The San Francisco call., 1910-11-13
BRUCE-BROWN SETS
new AUTO RECORD
Runaway Boy Wins Grand Prize
and UphoIds Prestige of
American Drivers
Speeds 4I5.Z Miles at II Miles
an Hour in a Benz-FOreign
Make Car

SAVANNAH Ga, Nov. 12.-The New
York boy. who four years ago ran away
from home to become 2 driver Of
racing automobile, today saved the rep
utation Of American drivers in the
grand prize race, the blue ribbon event
OF automobile contests. David Bruce
Brown won by A little more than a
second at the end OF 1852 heartbresk-
ing miles. He. flashed across the cleo
trio timing wire 1.42 seconds ahead of
Victor Hemery. the Frenchman- His
time was 5 hours 81 minutes 5-35 sec
onds setting new American road rec
ord Of 7O55 miles an hour.
Both men drove Benz cars, so that
the foreign machines triumphed over
the American made racers. The con-
ISOLATION in having an American at the
wheel Of the winner was increased by
the feat Of wild Bob Burman in an
American car. the MarGuette-Bu
which finished third, getting third
money and an additional $1,000 for the
first American driver to finish IN an
American car
AMERICANS BURNED SPEED
Before the race II was said the
American team planned TO set pace
in the early stages which would burn
me tires OF the Ok loIeASu BAd~llliits
Apparently the Americans tried this
trick and it nearly succeeded, for most
of the foreigners were either stalled
or wrecked before the finish, but the
forei igners were too numerous.
Wagner, in his big red Fiat. while
coming down a small hill at top speed.
lost control and one Of his front wheels
struck 2 stone culvert. throwing the
car on its side for a slide of so feet
into the trees.
Ferrow. the mechanician. was shot
into the top branches of a 20 foot will
low. He ran TO the car. beside which
Wagner was lying with machine oil
pouring about him from a broken
tank Wagner was not seriously hurt
HAUPT SIDESWIPES TREE
Willie Haupt. one of the Benz drivers.
skidded and sideswiped a giant oak
and plunged with his car into some
bushes. He was bruised and scratched
Fifteen cars started. Inside of %
miles the three Flats. driven by Wag-
ner, De Palma and Navarro. and the
three Benz. steered by Bemery, Bruce
Brown and Haupt had left the Ameri-
cans well behind. Hemery took the
lead al about 30 miles and held il until
the one hundred and fortieth mile.
when a change Of tires allowed four
Of the other foreign cars 10 rush past
him
Meanwhile Nazarro. holder OF the
worlds record Of about 70 miles an
hou-. was doing the fastest laps of
the day in an effort TO catch Hemery.
Nazarro's best time for single lap
was 1882. which was 7e.1 miles an
hour For over 100 miles he laid out
the pace. when Wagner took the lead
for about 20 miles. but lost ii in filing
his oil and gasoline tanks.
BATTLE FOR LEAD
Willie Haupt was the first to go
crashing from the course. Sixty miles
farther on Wagner sent his car roll
ing into the ditch.
Then Nazarro. reputed to be the
worlds most careful driver. bent his
rear axle frreparably. For the next
= miles there was battle royal be-
tween De Palms's Fiat, which had TAX
en- the lead. and Bruce Brown and He
merry in the Benz racers.
Bruce Brown. running second with
De Palma a few yards behind him,
but two and a half minutes ahead on
actual running time, tried to shake
of the latter. De Palma retaliated
with reckless efforts TO pass Bruce
Brown. once nearly overturning his
car at the grandstand corner.
QUESTION As TO WINNER
When Bruce-Brown rounded the turn
and shot into his last lap De Palma
was nowhere TO be seen. He had
stopped on the backstretch out of the
race with a broken cylinder. When
Hemery flew across the finish a few
minutes later it was. until the timers
hung out the numbers, a question
whether Bruce-Brown could get in
quick enough TO beat him on running
time.
Bruce Brown had started three min
utes later than Hemery.
Following is a table Of the standing
Of the contestants.