New-York tribune., 1910-04-04
ON THE GOLF COURSES AUTO NEWS AND NOTES
Records Will Be in Peril on Los
Angeles Board Track.
OLDFlELO-DE PALMA RACE.
Best of Drivers and Cars VIII
Be on Hand for Speed
Carnival.

one ,c -Ee biggest track automobile
meetings OF the year will begin on the -
Gently constructed Los Angeles board track
on Friday OF this week and continue TO
seven DAYS The best o. the American
drivers will pilot cars in the contest. anu
as the majority OF the speediest cars I'D
the country have been entered many re"
records are expected TO bN made III" con
tess between Barney Oldheld. in nis ois
Benz racer and Ralph DE Palma. IN -"
20e-ho-sepower Fiat cnr will be the cnief
attraction. These drivers were 70 have
met in "A match race on the Orrno1d-Day-
tors, Florida. beacn last month. but the
F, Fiat car met with an accident that put IL
out of the running The programme II
cludes d twenty-foUr-hOur race.
The immense board saucer. which mas
been designed scientifically % permit of a
combination Of maximum speed and . mini
mum OF DANCE possibilities. is a perfect
circle. measuring eXact,y one mile. Il .
banked all around at an angle of 90 d.
sreos being 25 feet high at the outer rim
The track is IS feet In width. bull, with a
wide fiar inside freebOa- or "pOls." IL -
buiIS Of the finest quality of oregon pine
which is said 10 he the best wood 20 stand
tho sun without varp!ng and cracking. :"
little rain falls on the coast that warping
through danDness does not have 10 -
taken into consideration.
Inside the board pole 2 circle of loose
sand ten feet in width all around viii act
a natural brake % car should 70 slide
from tha track owing to accident, The tact
that cars in practice have been making
mics In forty seconds without the least
skidding speaks we'll for tts sneody quail
ties The elimination Of skiddirg on this
course is due 20 the fact that the co-efi-
cieut % friction between wood and rubbs-
+ better than between rubber and any other
substance.
Three million feet Of by inch planks
IS feet long. and by inch under supports
enter into the saucsr's cOnstructior and more
than 100 tons ot nails. spikes and bolts were
purchased 10 hold the structure together
properly. Railroad engineers Who have seen
it declare that its construction is so strong
that an express train with rubber tires
could be run on il. \ remarkable feature
Of the pie pam Is that II all the under
pinning we're removed the wooden dish
would still stand alone and no strong
enough to stand several cars racing on it,
so remarkably have the planks beer wedged
and entviDed.
The surface has been carefully spr1nkied
and rubbed with fine povdery, absorbent
crushed shell preparation. This viii be well
worked into the cracks between the plan<s
and will readily absorb any oil stopped BY
cars.
Three cernented subways connect the
arena parking space with the outside. two
Of these being for machines and the other
n pedestrians Seating arrangements tor
forty thousand persons have been bulit.
tAe covered box seats on the homestretcn
side accommodating twelve thousand. tne
remainder 20 be taken care Of in the bleach
ers located on the north side Of the saucer
Trustees Of the New Jersey AutOmobiie
and Motor Cub al thei- meeting Tonight
will nominate ticket 20 be placed in the
field as the bylaws Of the club require
Inasrnuch as there is no sign of a contest
this year. a nomination by The trustees
will he equivalent 10 an election
Unless all signs fail. Clarence n BisselL
the present vice-president. will be named
for the presidency. as it is understood that
he has consented to serve. A z. II Mas
sena will without question be retained as
secretary. having done efficient work in that
office in the last two years. II Is not un-
likely that Cieorge H. SimOnds Will again
be treasurer.
There is some question as 20 the next
vice-president TO succeed Mr.. BisseI Two
names that have been prominently men
toned are Robertson :. Ward and Lewis
Straus
AS q special contest committee 20 plan
an event 10 be held this spring. Preside7-
Crosby has named the following members
Horace a. BOnnell. chairman: Benjamin I.
Hurd Dewitt G.. Reynolds. r. -. J. Wiss
and \ x. Isa NaSseua The contest. WHO'S
exact character has nor Vet been announced.
will o. open 70 dealers and 20 amateur
drivers alike Mr. BonneH announced yes
terdav that the Orga anization meeting % the
committee will probably be held This weeS.
Two plans have been suggested for Jn
event one cOntemplates hill climbing
and the other an endurance test. somewhat
similar - the recent ten-hour even- fO~
amateur drivers that met with much sue
cess Members OF the committee are also
said to favor a sealed bonnet contest 20
extent over two or more days m which a
varied route would have TO be trsverseJ.
Tt is probable that the event will be divided
into classes for cars Of various hOrsepow
erS. following the plan Of the teu-hour eu-
duranCe run. as IL Is thought hardly fair
20 make the light runabouts compete
against the powerful touring cars.