The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-11-06
few STOCK CAR ROAD RACES
FtENTS tT IOWELI AND GRAND
RiPIDS tBaNDONED.
strict Rules Apsarrnii, Net Popular Win
Manufacturers. ~ They Have Net
Entered Wan, Contests Regulations
Declared 20 Favor small toncerns.

S'OCA ear, or ~ ripped So'k rhlSsls. fOau
racing has not ba.n Rs much Of success
this year had been expected. and the
small number of speed contests Of this
character has been u d,-sppoini nI-nt To
some NJ the m.n Who were mostly insiru-
mental In the drafting of The 1910 contest
rules oI he American Automobile As-ocla-
ZION After the contest board Of the Ameri-
Cln Automobile Association announced
IT. 1910 rules Las, February there were re
port- from various parts of the country
that stock ear. or stripped stock chassis.
road races were ~ b, promoted. but prac-
ii"aly all Of ihe-e projects We're later aban-
Toned
Two Of the most promising Of these prof.
s'"is paper the projected stock chassis
events talked Of To b. run Al Lowell. Mass 4.
and Grand Rapids Mich were given up
entirely. The Lowell event was scheduled
a. the third annual road race ~ tho Massa-
chus.tts city. and u had been espscted that
the national stock chassis road champion
ship would he decided over the Merrimac
Valley circuit there this year, as 10 had
been held here IN 1903
The Lowell Automobile Club met with
many di-coursEements in its early efforts
TO make arrangements for he holding Of
another great road race there The manu-
factur-rs " no had been counted on GER
tain entrants Of one or mors cars did not
display enough interest in the plans 70 en-
courage IN. Lowell men 80 60 ahead with
arrangements for another race there
insliy the outlook for another big stock
chassis road event became dubious that
President he,n,e and his associate officers
of the Lowell club announced that they
had abandoned all thought OF running a
road race this year, even though they had
succeeded IN having he state legislature
pass a Jaw authorizing The closing OF the
roads included m the race circuit
The Grand Rapids project never got very
far although a number Of motorists OF The
their city over which the proposed race VAS
TO he run When the Grand Rapids project
was first broached its hackers expected 20
get hIs entry list, IL was reported that
many oS the manufacturers OF Detroit and
other Michigan cities Mere ia favor OF the
rae" on account 81 it, hesnR the first road
race ever talked NJ TO he run in the State,
IN which more motor cars are produced
than in AMI other state or European coun-
Try either for that matter.
Vet with all the things IN favor. the Grand
Rapids road race for stripped stock Chasses
never materialiled. No Official announce
men' was ever made as 20 iusi what had
bhxDted project " hos, chances for success
mad seemed A. bright when first talked
about. II VAS the general impression that
IN. proposed race was given up because
the Grand Rapids men received 80 little
Encouragement IN their early search for
entries that they abandoned their plans
rat her than chance u failure
The race this year for the Cobe run, n
president of the Chicago Automobile club
was run on the big TWO and a half mile
lndianapo,,- Motor Speedway The nr-,
race for this trophy Was a stock car event
was won by Louis chevrolet With a Buick.
,c, " an ~. " ,ro ', s ,.s rosd rae
conducted Jointly by The Chicago Motor
ub ana the Elgin Automobile Road Racing
really three races. a. three classes 81 cars
competed sInuitl ncously over the same
'rrcuit. The cars IN each class having differ
"n' distances N cover The Nioiors IN the
'hrr- classes Mere Edward \ iiearne
IN Benz Toe Dawson in q Marmon and
n Livingstone. in a National
The second days race at klgin WAS for
larger ears than the machines that com
peted on the Arst day. the contest osinR
chassis road championship. This race was
captured nv Ralph Milford. IN I.ozier
ear. The victory NJ tn. i.ozisr ia she big
stock car road race II the wear was very
appropriate. a. ~ \ I.Oyirr was one ~ The
frat N not the very Hrst American auto
mobile manufacturer 20 publicly declare
himself IN favor NJ stock car road racing
Mr. Io2irr rrs' made IN" Suggestion
more than tire" wears ago thnf road races
regularly mad. ~ Quantities for sale - IA.
public n touring 'ar- and runabout~.
ought 20 "" arranged II. WAS Of 'he opin-
Iou that Designers and manufacturers Of
automobiles could acquire more useful
Information r"rar,ing h" strong and weak
wont. Of their cars from contests 81 The
nd than would ever IL. T-o-sibIs ~ m. old
plnr ~ rs".uY none but specially Designed
aud con-rru't"d machines w"r" followed
lnr"r'- n'nu not '"r" MAN. "f ih"'" roN"
proved thew fHirp py entering thri~ mn
'b'1ss ~ 'ltr-- events
IN. ElVin rae" was y Notable ~,lCc.~- IN
great many wRv-. ant N" thic,vo and
Elg'n men id"ntih"d with - promotion
AMI mana g'nent -"f 70 hivh standard for
-. runIucttng ~ biz road races Whit.
~ former STOCK car races There hB' h~-n NJ
tunes rrr'ein amount NJ discretion
or laNi'N IN IN" enforcement ~ ~" stock
car regulations ~" street l"f'"r ~ the rules
vas ."nf"-crI at tig'n with Spar'anliEe
,ImDli'Itv
~ j. r"irt"I that Sar,ou- racing driver
w" hal h""n tniy fin- ia. country with
what b" styled a "-'ric'ly -'o"A chassis
With which h" won manv stock car track
r1""~ was nearly IN i"aT- "fo-" the
t""hn",l commute" y"' through with his
car ~ rIsrn u" 10 rarh"r versatile rsr-
-"n this driver and hnd Incorporated into
hi STOCK ChHSsiH number of what he
'ail" improvements h" "arl" "r"d
r.u-- with many % his -imrrov ement@-
'"for" h" Wa allowed ~ start that he told
declared 'h"~ vorl"i =" rnsponsibl" II be
v"r" =" 10. injured during the rpc-
Fh" ONLY uth"- ct rr'pf - r.""sni-r
ma ard Nhsatlv H,'ls svrer..aL-- events
,,ha' ""r" run -'mClrans"n.N wih -"
vtnd"Thn' Gnp , rn"r ." org ', Island ~
va. u rec for al ~ all ir'suI- ard purposes
-" al" r"s'riCt'nr h"inr 'ha' "nrs r''Is' not
u. ~roL i-pia""rPuf
rh", >,"ys. 'hH.-is r"s'la'ior. w-rc "n-
7 - 't Tor me No swseft-F0bsA events
how ever. 'hp rr'rRu' Of one chr ui--
.."r ore! ~ h.s IUgrin pc had entered u
sir lu good "a, h a. n -fn"h rnr which II
Nas - m ~ N" Intentions ~: ~. wa er
ver" concerned bV' m. ~a- not
allowed - star. a. i'~ manufactured had
failed 10 ~" 'hn sworr 20 certificate. 81
10. r,U'or REQUIRED bv -. 4 \ con
'"st r'il"- Bil Fn"ico't Won the Na-~r
rsrIa -wr-p-'Rk~- vHh col. and ! Y
N",raw Won T.. whea'lv MIS- sweep
--HS.S with Fsl-CaT
r.. grand priyr and light ar road races
~"h"il led '"r savannah this week are
~ ~ -"r-a - the word stock cha-ai- events.
- 'hPy arc ."'nfrnfioraI contests. ard the
k--'ciati'n ~ Recosnl1sG
automobile clubs, winch has Jurisdiction
ov"r International racing, has never paid
any attention rn stock car events The
road rn'-- -rh~dul-i for November - AZ
santa NnrL'a. cal. viii not no stock chassis
events IN anv sens. Of The word and will be
r-Iu under rules mad. nv the I.csnaed Mo- |
-nr car Dealers Association Of Loo An geles,
= ndar who's. auspices they VIII Ia CON
Quoted
The confusion In she minds Of many |
mo orist- regarding Tlll"s and regulations |
for stock car TrCIHR - well Illustrated by !
a question puf bV John X Ei-.is, q former I
racing SECRETARY OF an association that |
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