The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1910-07-03
SPEEDWAY
RACES WERE
VERY CLOSE
Burman and Dawson Fought Out
a Hard Race in 10-Mile
Event.
ROBERT SMASHEs HIS
ENGINE AND WRECKS CAR
Races Are Remarkably Free
From Accidents of a Se-
rious Nature.

INDIANAPOLIS, July Hood to
hood Burman with a Marquette-B Buick
car and Dawson with a Marmou,
fought for the victory in the 100-mile
race at the motor speedway today
and Burman won by only five Sec
ondS The event WAS for cars of 301
to 405 cubic inches piston displace-
ment and Burman set a new record
In the class, l 90, CSC. beating the
old record by three minutes. Har-
roun (Marmon) was third.
Outside the event. the races sup
piled holiday for Louis Chevrolet
and with Buick and Marquette-Bu-
ick cars. the Franco-Swiss driver won
three contests and set new record
In each
Thirteen cars got away in the loo
mile race Kincaid (National) took
the lead and held it for twenty miles
and right after him IN a bunch were
Burman, Chevrolet. Dawson and Har-
roun in Marmons. and Aitken In
National When they approached the
flfty.nile mark and began to scatter.
Burman jumped ahead and from then
on, he and Dawson seeSawetl In first
position with the other struggling for
third and fourth.
1t was either Burham's or Dowson's
! race. in the last twenty miles. Daw-
/ son took the lead, but lost II when
| he stopped for a quick tire change.
I Then it was hard grind TO the finish,
! with Burman few car lengths
| ahead
Louis Chevrolet's first triumph was
! IN the ten-nlile race for cars of l61
to 230 inches displacement, and in
| winning he cut the record down from
| 9s0S.6 TO s.; 1854. In the next heavier
class, 231 to 300 inches displacement
at five miles. he again won, this time
with a MarQuette-Buick, in 4:0S.37,
which was six seconds faster than
the old mark
Entering the following race, ten
miles for cars OF 301 to 405 inches
displacement and driving a Mar
| quette Buick, he won his third VIC
tory and set new record at 7:54.6.
two seconds better than had been
done before.
The fly wheel of Robertson's car
Simplex tore loose at the start of tho
| 100-mile race and smashed the en-
gine. He Will not be able to enter
the 200-mile race for the Cobe cup
| Monday
Aiken in a National and Robert
son In Simplex fought for the lead
| a fhn IN Ena NIL fraa fol
all. Aitlten nosed Robertson out In
an interesting race, Time, 3:3974.
| Griener (NationaD won the ten
mile free. for all event for amateur
drivers, with Tousey (NationaD sec
ond and Wishard. Mercedes. third.
Time. S:1Se6. ~
While tho cars were lining up for
the big event OF the day. 100 miles
for cars of 301 to 400 inches displace-
! ment. the fly wheel OF Robertson's
Simplex broke and bits of It were
| scattered on the course The start
| was delayed and the Srack swept
! Thirteen cars got away at the crack
! of the starters pistol.
Louis Chevrolet (Buick) broke
a record in the ten-mile race for cars
| from $50 to 800 inches displacement
1 I1l0 llut as o DpstU. uC
| record twas 9.03 CO. Burman (Bu-
| fk) and Chevrolet ran away from the
| fold.
L. Chevrolet (Buick) again cut
the time In the flve-mile race for cars
! OF 231 TO 800 cubic inches displace-
! ment. He went the distance in 1887,
beating the former record oiAi, 1882,
which he set yesterday. Burman (Bu-
iok) was second and Dawson MAR
mon third. Ten-mile race for cars Of
| 301 10 450 cubic inches displacement
was a furious fight for three laps be-
tween l.. Chevrolet {Marquette-B
| ick) and Kincaid in a National In
the last lap Kincaid dropped Fhind
and Aitken In a National took his
! place. Chevrolet finished first by a
cars length.
Dawson (Marmon) was third. Time.
| 7:54S6, breaking the record by two
seconds.
Kincaid (NationoD led all the way
1 through the first twenty miles and
broke the record for that distance.
His time was 15;54.S. The previous
record was 16:2417. Dawson MAR;
mon) was a close second and l..
Chevrolet (Marquette-Buick) was
only a cars length behind The field
was strung out through several laps
| The steering gear Of the National
| driven by Tousey broke while he was
| driving at terrific speed at the north
! end OF the track The car was not
badly damaged and the driven es-
capped serious injury. .f oso.fi
Grant driving an Alec won easily
In the 20-mile race for the big cars
of 451 to GOO cubic inches piston dis
placement. Greiner (National) was
second and Wilcox (NationaD third
Time. 1G;2713 ~
Robertson tSimplex) with handi.
cap of 1885 won the ten-milc free all
hs,ldicap event In Il field OF 81 start
\ ers.
SMITH NatonaD second: Ireland
lAAldlnndl third lima 1.ns 2S