Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-08-05
CONFERENCE ON
RACING RULES
NEXT FRIDAY
The Manufacturers Contest AS
sOciation Will Meet
at Detroit.

Reports now being received at the
New York office of the Manufacturers
Contest Association indicate that the
coming meeting of the general rules
committee at Detroit, on August II, will
be the greatest gathering ever held by
the organization. Besides the regular
members of the association, who have
been invited to attend the meeting,
special invitations have been issued BY
President H. E.. Coffin to members of
the contest board of the American
Automobile Association, the technical
committee of the same organization,
the advisory committee of the M. c. A.
acting on the A. A. A. contest board
and other officials and individuals
prominent in contest matters in this
country. Two local altomobilists are
included in the list, H. A. Bonnell, of
East Orange, and Joseph H.. Wood, Of
| Orange. The subjects to be taken up
at the conference are as follows:
In view of the fact that motor-car
contests of all kinds will be held in in
creasing numbers throughout the coun-
try, and in view of the commercial and
moral influence which such contests
may be made to exert for or against
the general good of the automobile in
dustry, in both pleasure and COM
mercjal car lines, are you or are you
not In favor of extending to a we'll
organized contest board such support
as will insur a strong and clean-cut
administration of contest affairs?
Is he attitude of your company
favorable or ~unfavorable toward any
or all Of the forms of contests here
listed?
A-Commercial car trials,
B-Pleasure car endurance runs OF
tours.
C-Long-distance road races.
D-Speedway races.
Emile circular track competitions
(a) Ordinary mile dirt tracks, CD re-
modelled mile tracks, properly surfaced
and with concrete retaining walls or
fence moved fifty feet from edge of
track.
F-Straightaway beach racing.
Reliability Tours.
1. Is it, In your estimation, desirable
to hold one or more big annual re-
liability touring events?
2. Should this event, If held, be man.
aged by the A. A. A.? Clearing In mind
that the contest board is itself the
sport-governing body to which must be
referred all matters of protest against
the decisions of the referee).
8. Should such a national touring
event be known as the Glidden tour?
4. Should any motor-car contest
event have coupled with it the name
of a cup donor or any Individual who
might be instrumental in the promo
ton of the event?
5. What recommendation shall be
made by the M. G.. A. to the contest
board as to the disposition of the
Glidden trophy? (Answer to this
question dependent upon answer to
No. 81
stock Car Events.
6. Are stock car events desirable in
present numbers?
Z, Are you In favor of entire elmina-
ton of weight restrictions in stock car
events?
8. If not in favor of the above, do
you believe that afweight limit fair to
all would be obtained by having the
A. A. A. technical committee take a
chassis from stock, and stripping it to
racing condition. obtain the true
weight thereof?
8. Would you favor only four or five
big stock car events annually, includ-
ing road, speedway and hill climbing
contests, placing these under the most
rigid technical supervision as to the
bona fide nature of the stock claims?
10. Would you rather see the term
So Al. - ~ -tE~1l ~fa-.s-.x-l So.
competitive events?
IL. In view of the fact that facilities
and present financial income of the
contest board are Inadequate for a
proper national control of motor-car
competitions n for an energetic adj
ministration of the rules which the
NJ. c. A. has recommended for the
adoption of the contest board, would
you favor a formal request to the a
tional association or other trade or
ganization for such financial support
as may be necessary to insure the
proper administration of the contest
rules which the M. C. A. has
mended?
Commercial Car Trials.
IL. Do you favor supervisor by the
United States Government of two OF
three big commercial car trials each
year?
10. Do you desire such a revision of
the present commercial car rules as
will make competitions more strenu-
Gus?
Circular Mile Track Competition.
IA. Shall we l~egislate for the safety
Of mile-track COMPETITIONS or shall we
1erislafa FIR the conrriate illumination
of such contests?
Is. Shall the contest board strengthen