Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-17

sylvania railroad on tha east and the
Newark branch of THE Erie railroad on
the west. II will be accessible by railroad
u@vci from all parts OF New York and
New Jersey. In all. the association has
acquired So acres Of suit la bic land. The
speedway will not be any mere rebuilt
horse track hut instead ii viii he "A
modern concrete structure. meaSurin 4
just ;Wo miles in circumference. surfaced
With vit'if5cd brick. which has been found
| - hc tn" host BY far for Speedways.
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The track of meadow land is far from
I being i swamp. for it has been found
1 To have = solid bottom only six feet
! from the present surface. and there will
lie no danger Of settling when the course
! is built. for the reason that the rail
road tracks laid over this section. which
hear the weight Of heavy loads. have
not sunk in the slightest.
This metropolitan speedway Will have
many distinct advantages over the
"ther four Spcedways Of america and
Europe. one is that because of its
+ accessibility from big cities by several
railroad lines. including the Pennsyl-
vania. Delaware. Larkawanua and West
EN- aud Eric. and hy chain of SPLEEN
did roads. the motordrome viii attract
people from section with a radius of
fifty miles whose population is approx
intatclN lph.tEsl. or about onc-thirtecnth
or the popula ton of the United States.
The area Of IT," territory acquired
permits il very liberal parking space
for automobiles. and plans arc under
way to provide ample quarters for about
1h.n6a cars. which can he parked nj
points Of vantage for the occupants
Of tn" machines. \ grandstand to seat
1un. ana persons is being planned. and in
addition 10 this there will he provided
. room for another 100. 600 in case this
is necessary. Thus II will he seen
chat u crowd equal to that which turns
out for the Vanderbilt cup and other
big racing events can ne suitably ac-
coTmodated.
Work nn the speedway will soon he
started. and it is probabl that its
initial event will no run during tho fall
of 1872, With tho disapproval of
manufacturers and race drivers Of CON
tests heid on dirt tracks which have
proven To he dangerous, the new speed
way Will offer manufacturers and deal
erS opportunity to race their cars with
safety in the metropolitan district. This
section has been lacking real motor
contests since tho Vanderbilt cup race
WAS lost to the metropolis and trans
posed to Savannah. because military
patrol could not he provided to guard
the course.
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With the Savannah races three months
off. great interest is being manifest ed
in, them. The Indication is that in the
Grand Prize and Vanderbilt the Amer
lean manufacturers will oppose their
foreign rivals with specially built rae
ing ears To greater degree than has
been the ease heretofore. when stock
cars adapted to racing have been the
rule among the entries on this side of
the water.
. Splendid progress is being made in
whipping Savannah uneXcelled course
into shape for the races. Already hold
ing all American road records, Savannah
is going after the worlds record in
the interna tional race. SayannahS last
years Grand Prize can rightly claim to
have been the greatest race the world
ever saw. It's speed has been oxcelled
in ono road race, the Florio cup, which
Navarro won in 1905. at an average
speed of 14.15 miles an hour But this
race was for $50 miles. Bruce-BroWn.
who won last years Grand Prize at
Sa vannah in Benz car. averaged 10.11
miles AN hour for 415.o miles. But the
great feature of the race was that
Hemery. in another Renz. went the
tremendous pace for almost six hours.
and came in less than two seconds be-
hind his teammate
The course is being much improved
this year. and it is confidently believed
that it will he five miles an hour faster
than last year If this proves to he
true Savannah will put aside it's record
of the fastest time ever made for the
long distance to take on the worlds
record for any distance over 900 miles.
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1t has been decided to change the con-
dtions Of the Savannah trophy race and
the Tiedeman trophy race, light car
events to be run in connection with the
Vanderbilt and Grand Prize races. so
that these will be removed from the
stock car classification and run as non
stock car events.
The change removes the races from
class 3, stock chassis division > 3, as
outlined by the American Automobile AS
ISOLATION rules. and places them under
class C fEon-stock), division ? G.
The change is made upon the solicita-
ton of the manufacturers and It is be-
lfeved that il will result in the entries
for these events being increased some 30
per cent. 1t will allow the manu-
facturers to make any changes they
may see fit on their cars to improve their