The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-05-10
MOTORDROME IS
DECIDED upon
Prince Will Build Three Lap
"Piepan' at Wanda
mere Park.
GUARANTEES SPEED OF
THIRTY -SIA SECONDS
Automobile and Motorcycle
Races Will Be the Big
Features.

"Nandamers will get the three-lap an-
tomobilc and motorcycle race track SAM
John Shilling,on Prince late Monday
evening To the sporting editor OF The
Tribune.
After two weeks OF dilgeut search FOR
suitable locations, everything considered.
Prince came To tho conclusion that Wan
usmere was especially ordered for .he
new automobile and motorcycle track.
which il 10 he known the WanddmcrS
Motordromc. Prince says he VIII coiL-
lnence driving stakes Wednesday or
Thursday, and Ina the course of one moh'h
Will have erected the finest ,hroe Tap M.
gor track in the world. the plant TO cost
IN the neiehborhood of $4,000. FRINGE
says that ne Will guarantee n.ilcs IN thir-
Jy-,'M seconds on motorcycles. and auto
notes can be driven in 40 seconds. L"g
rack viii he circle and Will BE- banked
at pitch of 40 degrees, which VIII be
steep enough 10 hold machines going nj
almost any speed possible. Accommoda-
tionS viii he provided Tor al least tl.up"
people. The arena of the big stadium
will be turned into a frst-c!ass athletic
fled. including baseball diamond. foot
and Marathon races. stretch for loo-yard
dash and field for scholastic track and
field events. Prince said that he was
greatly SURPRISED when he came her" To
f1ud that there was no general athletic
field FOR sports outside of the school cam
pUses and having been an athlete all his
HE. q place iOI 1thlcllc spOilS was one
al his first considerations,
Observation From Autos,
\ subway will he run under the track
for the accommodation OF all au-
ionobile people. who will be- able
10 drive 10 the center or The track with
out getting out Of their machines. and
rhcy viii be able TO see the races from
their cars as well as they could from
the reserved scat section.
in erecting this track Prince will put
in all the experience he has had I'm build
ing several others Of Tho same dimensions
and is confident that he viii be able 10
put in perfect track as far RS the max
ing OF fast time is concerned. The track
Itself will be constructed OF heavy lum-
her in order 10 hold the large racing au-
torlobiles.
Before Barney Oldficld left he said that
he would be able 10 drive his racing car
In about 50 seconds and said he thought
the track would he as great a success in
this city.
Prince said that the automobile drivers
were able TO go miles the two-mile
track Al Atlanta. Ga. I'm not less thdu 80
seconds. and he is confident that he can
break all the Atlanta records on this
Structed that machines can go nearly as
fast as on stra ighta way, and on the
small track all the spectacular part OF the
game is reserved. whereas on II two ar
three-mil" track. only the finishes are
seen by The spectators who sit near the
;ape.
Tho proposed Wsndamere AIotordrome
VII be placed on circuit With Los An
geles and San Francisco Racing will he
held here in the summer and In the win
mas already sigued tho best riders in The
wovid both motorcycle and automobile.
nd these mcr will arrive as soon as the
track is completed