The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1911-12-04
SPEED TRIALS
BY FASTEST
CARS MADE
TO LAST ALL THE HIAIER;
PLAN or PROMOTER noRoSS
WOULD HAVE SERIES or TRIALS
AND RACES DURING The
MONTHS or JANUARY, FEsRu.
AIRY AND MARCH.

series of automobile speed and
time trials TO be pulled off en- Day.
tona beach during tn months Of Jam
uary, February and March. with
number of the fastest and most
noted cars and drivers and 6 timing
official of the A. A. A. to remain in
Daytona all through the winter
months, is the plan proposed By e.
A. Moress, manager OF Bob Rurnan
and owner OF the BlitSen Benz which
holds the present records made on
Daytona beach last spring.
The plan for this series of speed
and time trials was outlined by Mr..
Moross to the directors Of the Flor
ida East Coast Automobile associa-
zion at meeting held Saturday eE-
ening, and the directors OF the aSs0-
citation were favorably impressed with
the plan. Following the action pf
the automobile association directors
Mr.. Moross explained the plan 70
the hotel men in session and the
hotel men appeared to be fav0rably
impressed, although no action Was
taken by the association. The plan
viii probably be presented to the
Daytona board of trade at its sess
sion this evening.
The plan OF Mr.. Moross Is 70
bring five of his fast racing cars
including his new 300 h. p. Benz, to
Daytona the first of January and
have them remain here until the first
of April In addition 10 these cars,
which will be driven by Bob Burman,
there will be a number OF the other
fastest racing cars IN the country
handled by famous drivers. brought
here at the same time and kept In
Daytona throughout the Water.
These cars will give almost daily
exhibitions of speed on the beach
when conditions are favorable.
The plan is. to have timing Of
| ficial of the A. A. A. remain In Day
tona all winter and prepared at any
time to time the cars IN their races
against time, the times for the tests
to be selected when the conditions
are most favorable, with plenty OF
time to advertise the races.
The cars will be divided into
classes, with tests for the smallest
to the largest cars, and number of
races will be arranged between cars
of the same dimensions.
With Daytona as the winter home
of the fastest cars and the most Ia
nous drivers in the country, and
with the finest speedway in the
world on which to make the tests
against time this plan will give the
city OF Daytona and Daytona beach
a means of constant advertising all
through the winter months. 1t is al
most sure the worlds records made
on Daytona beach will be broken
under these conditions and it will
Increase the reputation the beach
already holds of being the fastest
speedway in the world.
4 A meeting of the Florida East
Coast Automobile association mem
bers has been called for next Friday
evening at the club house on the
beach and the plan will be thorough
Iy discussed at that time.
Mr.. Moross left last night for
New York to clear the new 300 h. p.
Benz. which arrives this week from
the factory in Germany The ma
chine will be accompanied by Ger
man mechanician from the factory.
Mr.. Moross estimates $4,000 viii
)ay the complete expense of having
these cars brought down here to hold
he series Of speed trials and
races, and this is the amount ne
asks the people of Daytona to sub
] | scribe for the exhibitions.