Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-11-08
WITT. WITH {. NJ. F.
BREAKS SPEEDWAY
RECORD IN 10 MILES
Car Went Distance in 9:12.66
Breaking The Record of g..
1916 Made Last Year b.
Joe Matson in a Chalmers

Two speedway records-the 10 miic
event for small stock chassis cars and
the 2O-,nile free-for-all were smashed al
the Atlanta speedway during the running
OF the first four races on the program
TO- Atlanta day.
The f. NJ. T. car. driven in the open
ing event by L. 4. Witt, clipped severa
minutes off the record as a starter and
in Event No. - BOBBY Burnan. driving
his Buick. smashed the record for 70
miles. The old record for 10 miles, 9:i9.i &c,
was made by Joe Matson IN a Chalmers
GER az the last meeting Of the speedway.
The record broken by Bobby Burrlan
was 15:S1.S0 and vas he'd By George
Robertson.
Good racing was the order OF the day
or Friday and quite a crowd was IN at
tendance when the big events were
started. BY I O'Clock the bleaclers Te~e
packed, the grandstaad was comfortably
filled. all boxes were occupied and each
parking space in the paddock was taken
by cars. The procession from Atlanta
reached The park shortly after 1 o'clock
and at once filed into tie spacious
stands.
The big procession was formed in the
city and then drove to the track. Hun
dreds Of suto owners had places in the
long line. BY 80 O'Clock long before
time for running the race for the Atlanta
trophy, nearly every seat in the spacious
stands had been taken and it was EVIL
dent that Atlanta Day" was to be a
huge success.
OLDFIELD PRESENT.
Barney Oldfield, who was prob ibited
from driving in the meet by an order
from the American Automobile associa-
ton, was at the track for the first
time. He occupied Il seat in the grand I.
stand and was the center Of attraction
The races during the early hours OF
the afternoon proved unusually close and
highly interesting. The cars entered i'll
the different events were closely match
ed and the fight for supremacy between
them was OF the high est and most thrill
ing order In many OF the races the
three leading cars were never further
apart than 100 yards and in many even
closer than this.
Bobby Burman, in the races he was
entered in, gave daring exhibitions Of
driving. handling his famous Buick car
In u great fas...Jn. lie won event No.
10, 10-mile Iree-for-all. and event No
u, 20-mne free-for-all, in which he
smashed the speedway record.
CARS IN BIG RACE.
There were originally 10 men and cars
entered in the race for the City of At
lanta trophy, but the death of Al Liv.
ingstone, one of the National team,
threw such gloom over the National camp
that the two National cars entered in
the trophy race were withdrawn, as all
other National cars entered for the meet
have been withdrawn. This reduces the
number of cars and drivers to 10, as fol-
lows: ....
Ralph milford, in a LoZier.
Joe Koran, in a Lozier.
Heineman. in Marmon.
Gelnaw, in a Falcar.
Hughes, in a Falcar.
Charles Basic, in a Hartford.
Endicott, IN n Cole.
Louis A. Disbrow, in a Pope Hartford.
Stanley Kepler, in a McFarlan.
Burt Adams, In a McFarlan.
Pierce, in Falcar.
Joe Dawson. in a Marmon.
Ralph Beardsley. In a Simplex.
In addition to the magnificent trophy
itself that. the first man across the tape
wins, there Is $1,000 in money waiting for
him, with $500 for the second man, $500
for the third. 500 for the fourth and $50
for the fifth.