The San Francisco call., 1910-05-29
iHARROUN BREAKS
200 Mile RECORD
M arn7On Driver Makes Distance
in 2:46:3I and Other Marks
10 GIinmering

INDIANAPOLIS, May 2S.-In desper-
ate struggles for supremacy among
drivers of the most powerful American
cars. records went down for all dis
tances between and 200 miles at the
Indianapolis speedway today, and in the
merciless grind only two men were in
jured
Herbert Lytle, the driver, and his
mechanician, William Clifton, were
hurled from their car. an American,
when a front tire burst as they were
turning into the home stretch in the
last lap of the 10 mile free for all
handicap. Lytles left leg was broken
and Clifton was badly bruised
Harroun. driving Marmon. achieved
a sensational triumph, when he won
the zoo mile race in 2:46 81, breaking
the record, which had been held by
Chevrolet, who went the distance in
%6:4S at Atlanta. The performance
Of Lynch, in a Jackson, who was sec
ond, was hardly less brilliant, for he
did not stop once, while Harroun paused
at the end of the hundredth mile for
gasoline.
The FIVE mile record for cars of 451
and 600 cubic inches piston displace-
ment was broken by Barney Oldfield
and his Knox. The time was 4:03. The
old record was 4:43.
Aitken (NationaD broke the record
for 10 miles for cars of 301 and $50
inches displacement His time was
sos, against the former record of Sly
Harroun (Marmon) and Merz CNational)
were close second and third.
Burman (Buick) led off the 200 mile
race, Harroun (Marmon) pressing al
most against his rear wheels. but Bur-
man had engine trouble before the
twentieth mile and dropped back. From
then on, TO the finish, Harroun kept the
lead. His teammate, Dawson, was just
behind him until the SEVENTEEN mile.
Then Dawson had remarkable es-
cape from death. On the back stretch
a tire burst and his car plunged to the
inner sand cushion, turned completely
over, landed on its wheels and crashed
through a fence. Dawson did not lose
his seat, and when the car stopped
against heavy post he found himself
unhurt. The car, however, was
wrecked
Harroun drew 10 miles ahead of his
closest rivals after the 100 miles had
been covered. Lynch lJackson), A.
Chevrolet (Buick) and Aitken ma.
tional) alternated in second place, with
the rest of the field hopelessly behind.
but grimly hanging on.
The track was now an oil drenched
path, on which the tires slipped. The
and their mechanicians added their grip
on the steering wheels
Harroun carried no mechanician, but
nevertheless increased his speed in the
last so miles.
AS Chevrolet's engine went dry and
he lost a lap while he took in water.
Lynch jumped into second place and fin
ished there. with Chevrolet only a few
wards behind. Aitken was fourth. Har-
roun was ahead of all American records
from start to finish. Summary:
In the one mile speed trial Bragg (Fiat)
made the best time. Al fat; Kirscher Oar
racal. Ais second; Harrcun tMarmon), :423T.
third.
Tho 10 mile race for cars of 30t TO 40 cubic
inches piston displacement fought all the
way by Kincaid. Aitken and Merz in Nationals
and IIarroun in Marmon. On the homestretch
Aitken Jumped into the lead and won. Harroun
second. Merz third Time.I Sos This time
lowers the record. s:1T, set by Chevrolet at
Atlanta.
inches displacement was won by 0ldfield (Knox),
who took the lend at the start and never
headed Herr (NationaD second, Aitken (Na-
tionaI) third. Time. 4:03.2-
OIdheld lowered the record In this class. 1t
formerly stood at AS, made at Atlanta by Rob-
ertson in Fiat.