Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-13
though both were

suring expedition. though both were
somewhat bruised.
Fifteen cars started in the race. In
side of twenty-five miles the three
Flats driven by Wagner, DePalma and
Navarro and the three Benz cars
steered by Hemery, Brown and
Haupt had left the Americans well be-
hind. Hemery took the lead at about
thirty miles and held it until the 140th
mile, when change of tires allowed
four of the other foreign cars to rush
past him.
Meanwhile Nazarro, holder of the
worlds record OF about rs miles an
hour, was doing the fastest laps of the
day in an effort to catch Hemery.
Nazarros best time for a single lap
was 1882, which was 76.1 miles an hour.
For over a hundred miles he laid out
the pace. Then Wagner took the lead
for about forty miles, but lost it in
filling his oil and gasoline tanks.
When the 200-mile mark was well in
the rear and the race more than half
over these big cars were still punched
and doing some of the most thrilling
driving in the annals of automobile
racing. A scant three minutes at
times separted the first four or five;
seconds only marked the difference in
some Of their laps.
Willie Haupt was the first to go
crashing from the course. Sixty miles
farther on Wagner sent his car roll
ing into the ditch. Then Nazarro, re-
puted to be the worlds most careful
driver bent his rear axle irreparably
and was out of it,
For the next seventy-five miles there
was battle royal between DePalma's
Flat, which had taken the lead, and
Bruce Brown and Hemery in the Benz
racers. Bruce-Brown, running second,
nopa TaXu U1r1C Hahin6 him
but two and a half minutes ahead Of
actual running time, tried to shake off
the latter. DePalma retaliated with
reckless efforts to pass, once nearly
overturning his car at the grandstand
corner as he skidded around the right
angle turn twenty yards behind the
Benz.
When Bruce-Brown rounded the turn
for his last lap DePalma was nowhere
to be seen. He had stopped on the
back stretch, out of the race with
broken cylinder. When Hemery flew
across the finish a few minutes later
1t was, until the timers hung out the
numbers, a question whether Bruce
Brown could get in quick enough to
heat him on running time. Bruce
Brown had started three minutes later
than Hemery.
STANDING OF CONTESTANTS
Following is a table of the standing
of the contestants:
Driver. Car. Pos. Time.
David Bruce- Brown, Benz. 5:53:5.S5
Victor Hemery, Benz. 5:b3:6.77
Burman, Marquette-B Buick 6:11s23
Ralph Mulford, Lozier. ..... 6:26:1z
Joe Koran. Lozier. ........ 6:3O;20
sJoe Dawson, Marmon. 6:3O:22
Ralph DePalma, Fiat, out at 80;
broken piston.
Louis Wagner. Fiat, out at 305; upset.
Willie Haupt, Fiat, out at 2l0; upset.
/ Harry Grant, Alec, out at $50; engine
trouble.
Arthur Chevrolet, Buick,
out at las miles; broken crank.
Louis Basle, Pope-Hartford, out at
800 miles: leaking pipe.
Louis Disbrow, Pope Hartford, out at
145 miles; engine trouble.
*Joe Dawson, Marmon, out at 75
miles; broken shaft.
Felix Navarro, Fiat, out at 800 miles;
axle and tire trouble.
~Later Dawson replaced Ray Har-
roun in Marmon.
Bruce Brown won the grand prize
gold cup and about $4,000 in cash.
Hemery won about $4,000 in cash. Bur-
man won about $4,000, which includes
the $1,000 for being the first American
to finish in an American car.
Joe Nikrent was on the Santa
Monica course with his big "6' Knox