The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-23
FOR A FAST RACE
Conditions for annah-Topeka
Run Are Favorable.
Important Changes Are Made in
the Various Classes.
WILL SET NEW RECORD
Course Of Georgia Club Holds
Great Promise.
News of General Interest to
Motor Car Owners.

| Following the conference in Chi
cago between President Harvey Grang-
er of the Savannah Automobile club,
| Chairman S. M. Butler of the contest
| board of the American Automobile as
sociations Fred Wagner, official starter
of the Savannah, Georgia, races, and
number of the manufacturers, it has
been decided to change the conditions
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 nom
stock car events.
The change removes the races from
Glass B, Stock Chassis Division 8 B,
bile association rules, and places them
under Glass c (non-stock) Division
G.
The change is made upon the soli-
citation of the manufacturers, and it
is believed that it will result in the
entries for these events being increased
some SO per cent. The change will al
low the manufacturers to make any
changes they may see fit on their cars
to improve their racing qualities, and
removes entirely any requirement that
the cars be stock models. With these
restrictions removed from the light
car events they now take class with
the Grand Prize and Vanderbilt races
as events for racing cars strictly, and
differ from the bigger events in the
matter of piston displacement only.
The piston displacement for the In
ternational Grand Prize race is un1in-
tied, that for the Vanderbilt is from
3O1 to 500 cubic inches for the Savan-
inches, and for the Tiedeman Trophy
161 to 230 cubic inches. The Grand
Prize Race will be run on Thanksgiv
ing Day, Nov. 80, and the other races
will be run on Nov. 27, giving two
days intermission between the f==4
Grand Prize.
With the races three months off
great interest is being manifested in
them. The indication is that in the
Grand Prize and Vanderbilt the
American manufacturers will oppose
their foreign rivals with specially built
racing cars to a greater degree than
has been the case heretofore, when
stock cars adapted to racing has been
the rule among the entries on this side
of the water.
President Granger, who remained
North following his attendance on the
Elgin races, of which he was honor
ary judge and who is looking after the
interests of the Savannah Automobile
club with the manufacturers, and as
sisting Starter Fred Wagner in secur-
ing entries, writes that the Alec cars
will probably be seen in the Grand
Prize and Vanderbilt with a team OF
three cars in each event. The National
and the Abbott-Detroit are also in line,
and the Lozier team has written for
the reservation of it's old training camp |
following a, similar request by the Fiat |
and Benz companies of the European |
continent The Marmon cars are also |
expected to be represented with team /
of three cars in the Grand Prize, and |
probably in the Vanderbilt as well.
Course Is Fast
Splendid progress is being made in |
whipping Savannah's unexcelled course |
into shape for the races. Already hold |
ing all American road records, Savan- |
nah is going after the worlds record |
in the international race. Savannahs S
last years grand prize can rightly
claim to have been the greatest race
the world ever saw. Its speed has
been exce1led in one road race, the
F'ICrio Cup, which Nazarro won in
1908 at an average speed of 70.17
miles an hour for 1852 miles. But the
great feature of the race was that
in another Benz went the tre-
mcndous pace for almost 6 hours and
came in less than two seconds behind
his team mate.
The course is being much improved !
this year and it is confidently believed
that it will be five miles an hour fatter
than last year. If this proves to be
true Savannah will put aside its record
Of the fastest time ever made for the
long distance to take on the worlds