Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-09
SKATER RECORDS
At MOTORDROME
5000 at Opening of Huge Auto
Track Thrilled by Cars
Speed

The initial performances at lne new
motordrome took place before crowd
of nearly 5000 persons yesterday ana
the fast mile (3756) put over the pie
nan by Caleb Bragg in the Fiat. ''90'
was the pulse-warmer that started the
racing blood through the veins of
every motor car enthusiast there. What
the audience lacked in size was made
up in their unstinted Endorsement or
track, drivers, cars and management
of the greatest and fastest mile motor
car track in the world.
Though weather conditions kept
back a large attendance the fast track
performances of yesterday will bring
out a record-breaking crowd today.
All worlds records for mile track,
from one mile to 100 miles was Of
ficially broken yesterday in a series
Of perforrnances that have never been
duplicated on any track. The sue
ceeding six days racing can be de-
pended upon to furnish enough thrills
to satiate the most rapacious racing
appetite. and the highest class OF
snortsmanship. 1t takes men of in
telligence to drive cars as the racers,
both big and small, were driven on
the initial day. If certifiuate of
medical mechanical practitioner could
he conferred the mantle would settle
on the 1.-the shoulders of DR.. "Shebler"
Med Purcell, whose skill and treat
ment of carburetor troubles was re-
sponsible for every victory save one
in the days events.
LOWERS TEN-NIu4E MARK
Scarcely had Bragg returned to the
control when George Robertson, hold
er of the Vanderbilt cup, drove onto
the planks with his "90' Simplex and
lowered the worlds record for ten
in his 19O-horse power Fiat, drove tive
miles in 3.1562, breaking the worlds
record previously held by Bragg. He,
in turn, was followed by Ben Kes-
scher in the Darracq, who, in his two
mile trial, finished in 1.1S,29, clipping
inst three seconds from the previous
worlds record. AS a fitting finale for
the exhibition of singles, speed King
Barney Oldfeld brought out his light
ming Benz and covered a mile in the
phenomenal time of 1922 seconds.
These record trials demonstrated
that double engine power can do
no more than separate the limit of speed
bv more than one and half seconds,
and that the build of a car is going
10 be the greatest factor in racing
records on the new board track.
The first race event was the ten
mile stock chassis, class division B.
starters, and at no time was there
a cars length between the two leaders;
the "Cole." driven by Bill Endicott,
winning in 9:0S:25 and the time Of the
second car officially announced at
9:03:45.
GETS POOR START
The second race event was the ten
mile stock chassis, class c, division ..
The Great Western lost q half mile
In the getaway, and the Stoddard-Day-
ton falling way back after the second
mile made it pretty race for the
Knox. Apperson and 1sotta, but when
Oldfeld put plenty of daylight be-
tween the Knox and others after the
seventh mile, the contest was a pretty
one between Hanshue and Marquis for
position. The Knox was winner in
7:49 2-5; the Apperson second in
7:51 2-5.
The five-mile free-for-all was as
nretty a race as ever contested on any
track and was won by De Palma in the
Fiat 100" Time, 3:1630. The Sim
plex. driven by Robertson, finished sec
ond in 3:16:56.
THE fourth and last race called was
the 1O0-mile event, the Marmon, Cor
bin and Doris starting. Because OF
mechanical trouble, the Corbin went to
the control in the fifteenth mile and
did not re-enler the race ulilil INC Olii-
ers had covered fifty-five miles. The
contest between the Marmon and Dor
ris was a pretty one, both cars holding
close together up to the ninety-fifth
mile. when Harroun let the Marmon
out and opened up a gap that was
never closed The time was So min
utes, 22.7 seconds. which lowered the
worlds record held by the same car
and driver, and made at Atlanta, by
nearly six minutes.
ACCIDENT MARS
At the finish occurred the only acct
dent of the day. Seifert in leaving
the track to enter the control had be-
come so number by the cold that the
car skidded and in STRENGTHENING 1t
he lost control, and one OF the wheels
that rested on the dirt caved in and
threw the car on top of the driver. but
and only damage to Seifert was torn
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