Omaha daily bee., 1910-05-29
AUTO RECORDS ARE SMASHED
High Speed Motors Lower Worlds
Marks at Indianapolis.
KNCAID BREAKS THE CENTURY
Driver of National Car Spins OFF
One Hundred Miles I'm One
Hour and Twenty-Three
Minutes.


INDIANAPOLIS, May 9s.-Records went
down before the onslauBnts OF desperately
driven cars in Fridays races at the motor
speedway. and the new course, the only
brick track in the world, justified all hopes
OF its experimenting constructors that it
would surpass all others for speed.
In three classes OF American stock cars
time was hammered down. The greatest
victory of the day was the 1OO-mile race
for cars of SOL to $50 cubic inches piston
displacement, won by Kinoaid in Ma
tional In 1;2s;4s. The previous record set
by Chevrolet. In q BuicA at Atlanta, vas
1.24:0S.
III fortune took this race away from
Dawson. driving a Marmon. He led the
field from the tenth to the eighty-fifth
mile and lost the lead by the fouling Of a
spark plug and could not regain It. Kin
caid. pounding down the home stretch,
barely escaped crashing into the press
stand when one OF his rear tires ripped
off and was hurled high In the air. BY
sheer strength of will and muscle he held
| his car to the track and the crowds In the
grandstands gave him a roar of cheers
Gets Two Prizes,
| In the five-mile race for cars OF the same
| class as entered the 100-nlile. Kincald
broke another record, winning over Daw-
son and Harroun, both driving Marmons,
| by a tremendous burst OF speed in the
home stretch that carried him from the
field to the fore. His time was 4:O5, bet
| tering the former record by forty seconds.
Harroun had his inning In the ten-mile
event for cars of 2s1 TO 800 inches displace-
ment. He won in SIG. smashing the for
mer record OF s:0S. Chevrolet, driving a
Buick in the five-mile race for the little
cars of 16l to $50 inches displacement won
with q brilliant dash In 4:4l breaking the
previous time Of 5:12.
The withdrawal OF all the Buick and Jack
son entries because the technical committee
had barred several cars said TO exceed
classifications of power, threatened the sue
cess of the meet, but after several confer
ences the Buick owners consented TO re-
enter those of their cars that met the
American Automobile association rules a.
interpreted by the technical committee
Chevrolet and Burman thus were saved t
the meet.
No Serious Accidents.
Good luck averted any serious acciden'
today. The steering gear of Barney Old
fields Knox broke as he was trying out hi
motor before the first event was called, an'
he ran to the high edge OF the bank on
curve, but stopped safely The acclden
put him out Of the races for today, but he i
expected to be ready for tomorrow's pro
gram. Fox, driving Pope-Hartford, ais
had a narrow escape when the steering gea
of his car broke and the car shot into tn
inner ditch, but it did not turn over.
The feature of tomorrow's card will b
the 2OO-mile race. which was called off las
year because of death-dealing accidents
Monday the first national championshi
races of the American Automobile sssocla
ton will be run.
Today's summary:
The first event was for ten miles: Har
roun (Marmon) won; second, Dawson
(Marmon); third, Fox. Pope-Hartford)
Time: S:16:06.
With a sensational burst OF speed in tn
stretch Kinkaid (NationaD won the secon
event, five miles; Dawson (Marmon) was
close second and Harrison (Marmon) wa
third. Time: 4:o5:07. Kinkaid lowered tn
: American record by 40 seconds.
After q conference with the management
Of the speedway and officials of tn
y American Automobile association the mar
Y ayers of the Buick and Jackson cars dc
. cided to allow their entries to stand.
Ten miles: Aitken (NationaD first, Kir
; kaid (NationaD second. Wilcox (Nationa
= third. Time: s:26O9.
Five miles: Chevrolet (BuIch) ran ava
= from the field and won easily; Endcot
(Cole) second. Prayer Q'irestone) thirt
o Time: 4:41:0. This time lowers the pre-
vious American record, which was 5:1S:O4
. Five-mile free-for-all, amateurs: Creme
3 CNationaD first, Tousey (NationaD secont
y Time; 4:09;02 Two starters.
Five-mile, free-for-all. handicap: Creme
CNationaD. scratch, first; Tousey CNs
tionaD, 80 second. second; Green (Stoddart
" DaYtonl. scratch. third. Time: h:4A:Oa