Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-10
OLOFIELD GOING
AFTER RECORDS
King of Auto Dare Devils and Six
other Pilots to Meet at !.
Ascot Park
AN OUTLAW RACE MEETING
Other Well Known Drivers and
Cars Are Entered in Vari-
GUS Class Events
AN OUTLAW RACE MEETING

A new red letter chapter will be
added to the auto racing history of
the Pacific coast this afternoon and
tomorrow when Barney Oldfeld, the
worlds speed king. and half dozen
other pilots win meet in competition
and record trials at Ascot park,
Never were conditions more ideal
for a great dirt track meet. The
gasoline following has had feast of
both road racing and motordrome
contests, and now the bugs want a
slice of hair-raising, blood-tingling
dirt track competition where Barney
Oldfield, the peer of all chance takers,
will be given an opportunity to turn
himself loose as he has done in the
past
Last winter Ascot park was the pop
ular track for auto racing. and until
the motordrome opened in the spring
all the meets were run there, Such q
thing as a poor attendance was never
known and such a thing as an unin-
teresting program was unheard of.
And when Barney Oldfield showed it
meant new records for the dope artist,
At the meet today and Sunday Bar
ney will be on hand with more frills
cause he is better equipped than on
any previous trip to the coast. He
has a quartet of speed machines that
are >excelled nowhere in the world, and
some idea of what they can do was
shown at the motordrome couple or
weeks ago when Joe Nikrent drove
King Barney's Knox stock car to vic
tory in every event in which 1t was
entered and finished first in six out Of
also
breaking two worlds records.
TO TRY OUT ALL CARS
What Is to be expected of his other
machines, if the Knox has no trouble
in winning over all competitors? And
Barney is going after the dirt track
marks with all of his cars.
After trying out his Prince Henry
Benz yesterday Oldfield felt very en-
thusiastic and declared that he would
be able to surpass all previous sensa-
tional stunts when his turn came to
perform at the meet this afternoon
and Sunday.
No more wonderful sight is known
to the speed world than Oldfield's 200
horse power car, and 1t has never
been seen on a dirt track in Los An
geles. Last year on the motordrome
the machine eclipsed the best previous
mark of q racing creation on q speed
way and established a new worlds
record, but since then Barney has been
campaigning through the east.
But the Benz will have anything
but a cinch in its onslaught on Father
Time. as Ben Kerscher Is also back
on the coast and will drive his 100
horse power Darracq machine in the
speed flights, Kerscher and his car
now hold four worlds records and the
Flying Dutchman, as he is known,
is out to add a couple more laurels
to his wreath.
The Darracq machine when last seen
at Ascot park was capable of doing
miles in record time, and 1t forced
King Barney to eXtend himself as he
never was extended before. This year
the machine is equipped with new
wheels and is much faster
LOCAL MACHINES ENTERED
OF the local machines entered there
are three cars that can be depended
upon to show class and finish among
the winners-the Cutting 80. which
has made an enviable reputation since
it's arrival on the coast; the Parry,
which was among the biggest winners
in the eastern track meets this year,
and the Staver- Chicago. The latter
machine as of stock design and VIII
be driven by it's owner, who has en-
tered it in every race in which 1t is
eligible. -,
In the novelty road race there will
be seen in action two Knox cars, a
Petrol, two Fords and a Cutting.
Another novelty feature VIII be a
match race between two trucks-a