Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-27
RACERS READY
FOR BIG EVENT
EASTERN DRIVERS ENTER FOR
ASCOT EVENTS
Harroun Expects to Lower Records on
Local Course, and Two-Day
Meet Should Produce
Speed

All Southern California track records
from fifteen to fifty miles may be
broken at Ascot park next Saturday
and Sunday, when Ray Harroun IN ms
Atlanta speedway racer makes hts
initial appearance on the Pacific coast.
The big Marmon has been primed for
the races. and with a big field of fast
cars and daring drivers the first auto
mobile sport for two months should
satisfy the speed-hungry motor fans.
Harroun, with his two cars, and En-
decott with the speedy small racer,
have been here for over two weeks
and have taken advantage Of the stay
to thoroughly familiarize themselves
with the Ascot speedway, and Har-
roun is confident he will be able to
establish new mile track records for
the coast.
Negotiations are now under way
which, if they work out successfully,
will provide another star for the two
days sport. Joe Matson. winner of
the small car race at the Cobe meet,
and also winner of one of the small
car events in the Vanderbilt series, Is
here and is being urged to take the
wheel of one of Harroun's cars. Mat
son is one of the best known drivers
in the country, and was fully as sue
cessful last season as Bert Dingley,
Chevrolet, Strang or any of the other
noted road drivers. If he is secured
for the local meet it will be q ten-
strike.
Motor Derby Feature
The feature event Saturday will be
a twenty-five-mi race, and the star
contest Sunday will be the fffty-mile
motor derby for the Brock e. Feagans
challenge trophy, now held by the
Buick.
The other events will be short and
snappy, which means an afternoon of
sensations and thrills. The moIorist
who knows the cars and the drivers
likes the long races where endurance
and luck enters, but the general public
gets enthused over the shorter events
with the cars racing every second of
the contest.
Los Angeles is ripe for a race meet.
There have been no motor races here
for two months, and judging by the
record breaking throngs which
crowded the park during the Oldfield
meet, the stands win be none too large
to hold the people who will want to see
Harroun and Endecott perform. These
men come with great records in the
east. and if they duplicate any of their
past performances there will be plenty
to call forth cheers. Harroun was the
star of the Atlanta meet. With the
same car which he has brought to Los
Angeles he annexed every world s
track record from twenty to 120 miles.
After this performance Harroun I'M
mediately leaped into popularity, and
since then has been in great demand
all over the country. After the races
here he will hurry east to get ready
for the spring races at Atianta and
will also appear at the big Indlanap-
oils speedway meet.
Little work remains to be done on
the track. At the time of the Oldfield
meet it was scraped and made very
fast-so fast, in fact, that the fastest
five miles ever driven in competition
on a mile track were whirled and a
local stock car went a mile under SO
seconds. Assistant Manager Les
Henry, with force of workmen. will
get to work on the track tomorrow,
and Tuesday it will be ready for try
outs.
In addition to the eastern racing cars
and drivers there will be a long list
of local stars. Entry blanks are now
in the hands of the dealers and several
dark horses are expected. The speedy
little Corbin is better than ever. and
AL Livingston says he made Oldfield
hurry to beat him, and Harroun viii
have to travel in record time next
Saturday and Sunday.