The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-08-26
DRIVER HEARNE
WINS AUTO TROPHY
Benz Car Covers Course in 2:32 80
Marmon and National Cars
Also Winners.

ELGIN, ILL.,, Aug. 26.-Benz car No.
IS. driven by Eddie Hearne, wins the
Fox River trophy.
With two-thirds OF the Illinois tro-
ply races finished, Livingstone still
led by more than eight miles. His av-
erage speed to this time was SO miles
per hour. Falcar No. 2 was second
and Marmon No. third at this stage.
Hearne's time was hours 80 min
utes 80 seconds.
D.. Buck, driving Marmon Car No.
6. won the Kane county trophy.
Livingstone won the Illinois tro-
ply.
Bucks time was 8 hours, 4 minutes.
46 seconds. Lvingstone's time was
3 hours, FL minutes, $3.50 seconds.
Cino car No. q, w. Fritxschke, driv-
ing, In the Kane county trophy race.
broke a wheel and went into the ditch
on the first curve on It's third lap OF
the race. Driver Fritzschke suffered
a broken shoulder The mechanician
was not injured.
More than $4,000 persons were
banked In the grandstand, massed In
the bleachers and perched on fences
or In automobiles today when Starter
Fred. Wagner gave the word to AL
Livingstone, driving the National No.
1 car. In the Illinois trophy race, the
first speed contest started on the FIRST
days running of the Chicago Motor
clubs national stock chassis races.
At 10 o'clock Livingstone steered
his National to the line and starter
Wagner's voice tolled the seconds.
The Falcar No. got away thirty Sec
onds later and, with clock-like regu-
larity, the others were started. Eight
cars started In the Illinois trophy
event, the race to cover 203.35 miles,
or "a times around the h-mile course.
In the Kane county trophy seven
cars started. In the event the cars
will cover 1895 miles.
Twenty minutes after the last car In
the Kane county trophy was away, c.
Cheney, driving Staver car, was sent
away on his 135.57-mile grind In the
Fox River trophy race. The two Ford
cars were scratched In this event,
leaving but six contestants.
With the road course oiled to per-
fection, excellent protection by the
militia and ideal weather conditions,
new records for endurance contests
are expected to be hung up today.
Starters--Illinois trophy:
No /, National. A. livingstone; NO
Kar. H. Endicott; No, Falcar. ,. Z.
8. Marmon. u. Dawson; NO. I, Natlone
w. qreincr; No. .. Lexington n
Kane Ka COUNTY nrSyn 'r9pnMX atsop: No. a. ov-
Heinemann: No. az. Marion. A. Monssn:
No rs. Kissel Kar Gar. g. sch % sex W. w
Fritschke.
Fox River trophy:
No. 80. Staver, c. Cheney; NO: So. Cole
W. Endicott; No. "a. Staver. n Crane;
No. s5, Benz. f. Hearne; No. So, Staver
G. Mockmier: No. 81, Warren Detroit.
A. w. Miller
Livingstone, in the National, COM
pleted the first lap, s1h miles, in STA.
Gelnaw, In Falcar No. 4, passed Fall
car No. 2 and Kissel Kar No. 3.
Grenier, In National No. Z. also took
a lead, passing No. 2. The cars
passed the stands at mile-a-minute
clip and with hardly 30 seconds be-
tween them. On the second lap Liv-
ingstone turned on more juice and
smashed the course record by travel
ing the entire distance at better than
a mile a minute. His time was 7:42.
At the end of the first four laps Liv-
ingstone had gone better than amile
a minute for the entire distance, hav-
ing covered the "a miles In 1855.
National Makes Great Time.
AL. Livingstone, driving National No.
1 car in the Illinois trophy chassis
race here today, is creating the sensa-
ton of the day by his marvellous speed.
Livingston covered the first ten laps
of the 203-mile race In 1920 for an
average OF 63h miles an hour.
Livingstone leads the field by lap.
The others are well punched. With
the three races running simultaneous
ly. a car was constantly In sight. Fast
brushes between the drivers were fire.
quent.
The Corbin car, withdrew from the
Kane county trophy at the end Of the
eighth lap, on account OF broken
frame. Marmon car No. 8 led the Kane