Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-16
PIE PAN RECORDS
REMAIN UNTOUCHED
Noted Drivers Fall to Lower
Marks Established at
Motordrome
BUICK WINS FROM COLE
Track Managers Declare 0IdfieId
and De Palma Will Decide
Merits Today
BUICK WINS FROM COLE

Whether the Santa Ana" that nearly
obscured the sky yesterday interfered
with the fast eastern drivers at the
motordrome seriously, something GER
tainly was in the air when the first
bunch of worlds record trials were
pulled off, for none of the previous
high marks were stricken from the
slate. Bragg, in the Fiat 80, put
over three miles in 2:40.71, and in the
intermediate distance for the kilo-
meter record the time was 25.13, and
for the half-mile POPS, one mile in
40.0S and two miles in 1:20.52. Ker-
scher, in the Darracq, covered two
miles in 1:25.SS. Barney Oldfeld, with
the big Benz, made the half-mile in
1857 and one mile in 36.99, which was
just a little under the 100-mile pace he
set Wednesday.
The ten-mile stock chassis race,
Glass c, for cars of 161-230 displace-
ment, made a new worlds record for
both the contestants, the Buick (Nik-
renD winning in S:40.17, and the Cole
(EndicotD finishing in S:4044. At no
time during the race was there cars
length between them.
The ten-mile free-for.e.n for cars un-
der 600 cubic inches displacement was
close contest up to che sixth mile be-
tween the Fiat so and the Stoddard-
Dayton. The fail1re of a rachel brake
to work nearly put Barney Oldfeld, in
the Knox, out of the race, but after
the seventh mile the Knox picked up
and in an excellent drive Barney put
his car in second place. De Palma,
with the Fiat, drove like clockwork and
placed a new worlds record for cars
of his class at 1883. The Knox
finished in 7:44.68 and the Marmon
took third position in 9:44.73.
The ten-mile free-for-all, Glass d,
was closely contested by the Darracq
and tfe two Flats up to the fifth mile,
when the unfortunate Kerscher lost a
tire and was out of the race. The
Fiat cyclone (De Palma) won the race
In 7:11.62, the Fiat 80 (Bragg) finish
ing second in 7:13.01.
BARNEY A WINNER
The second contest of the day be-
tween "Speed King Oldheld and De
Palma was the ten-mle stock for
cars of 451-600 cubic inches displace-
m-ent, and this time the big fellow
took the victory into the Knox camp
with a new worlds record of 7:22.92.
Both drivers were at their best, and
better driving by two topnotchers was
never witnessed on any track.
The last event Of the day was the
fifty-mile race for cars in the 301-450
class. and the breaking of steering
knuckle put the Buick out of the
race, and a bad accident was mar
rowly averted, for as the car left the
track making direct for the subway,
Nikrent by main strength got the
proper twist on his car, and missed the
pitfall by margin of a foot The race |
was a pretty contest between the two
Marmon cars, and not only did Har- |
roun break the fifty-mile record held |
h. fhaN IL OF 10 af afafn h.rk
number of intermediate distance rec
ords were broken by both Harroun and |
Scott Wade, the respective Marmon |
drivers. 1t was the first race of the
meeting in which young Wade could
show to advantage, and while several
of the intermediate records were to
his credit, he should have pushed
Harroun's car harder. Time for the
race 39:53.55.
The shortened card Of snappy races
was we'll received by the audience of
3000 and the track management has
prepared some big events for today.
The Goodyear and the Firestone tires
have most of the records to their
credit, and the new fuel. autolene, is
being generally indorsed by the east
ern drivers, For the first time on any
track has a foreign car adopted Amer
lean made carburetors, but DIR. "Sheb-
Ter" Purcell took every winner into his
camp yesterday.
Authentic information from the Mo-
tordrome management last night says
that the Fiat 100 has been
repaired and that the big race be-
tween De Palma and Oldheld will take
place today. And this contest will de-
eide the supremacy of the two big
drivers.
PROGRAM FOR TODAY
Today's program at the MotordrOme
includes the famous two-hour race,
free for all, as well as the first heat
Of the worlds championship. The pro-
gram and entries are as follows:
Second event-Ten miles, stock chas-
sis. class G, division 4, 3O1-450 cubic
inches displacement Entries: Mar
mon, Ray Harroun; Chalmers, Frank
Free; Buick Nick Nikrent Marmon,
scott Wade
Second event-Ten miles. htock chas-
;is. class C, division 5. 45l-6OO cubic
inches displacement Entries: Fiat
i0 Ralph De Palma; Knox, Barney :
)ldfield; Great Western, Peter Des-
'eran standardization, AL Living
;ton.
$500, best two out of three heats, dis
ance of five miles. "Blitzen Benz"
ntered and driven by Barney Oldfield,
md Simplex "Cyclone," entered by II
simplex Auto company and driven by
George Robertson. First heat.
Fourth event-Two- race, free
or-all stock chassis, class E, for
'rizes of $3.50, 500, $50 and $25, and
pecial trophies for worlds records for
me and two hours. Entries: Palmer
singer, Frank Lescault Fiat, Ralph
De Palma; Marmon. Ray Harroun; :
treat Western, Peter Desseran: Dor
is, Frank Siefert; Fiat, Caleb S.