Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-06-12
M'NAY WINS TWO AUTO RACES
He Makes Twenty-Five Miles in
Twenty Six Minutes.
BRUNER TAKES OBSTACLE RACE
Makes Ten Miles, One Mt n Time, In
sixteen Minutes - Motorcycles
Give Fire Exhibition of
speed.

j. u. McNay. driving his big Cutting car
at furious pace around the Omaha Speed
way mile track won both the big races
OF Saturday afternoon. His time for the
twenty fve-mile event was % minutes. 80 is
seconds, nearly a mile minute, and for
the ten-mile race for cars under 49, cubic
inches, he made the time OF 10 minutes. IL
seconds
Close behind McNay throughout both the
races and crowding him hard at times in
the contest for the rail. came Billy Pearce
with his speedy Falcar making the TWEEN
ty-five-mile race in 26 minutes, 2-5 sec
onds, and the ten-mle in 10 minutes, 81 SIS
seconds
McNey's wonderful driving skill in keep
ing his powerful motor at full speed
while he Rugged the rail around
the curve and along the straight
away, kept the crowd in frenzy of ex-
element throughout both races. Receiving
equal applause from the 1000 people or :he
sides Of the track was Billy Pearce who
won the races Of Friday so handily Pearce
hung close to the rear wheels Of the Cut
ting car, taking the dust all around. and at
times coming perilously close to colliding
with McNay. Pearce. because he was on
the outside, travelled much more distance
than McNRy and received the worst of It
on the curves many times, but he stuck
bravely to his task. II the Falcar had taken
the rail al the start It is doubtful II McNay
could have passed Pearce throughout the
twenty-fi five miles, but the Cutting car had
the quicker start each race.
FrRhley Takes Third In Buick.
Third place in each event was won by a.
l.. Frahey In his Buick in q minutes and
q seconds for the twenty -fve-mile, and
IL minutes % seconds for the ten-nile
event. Six cars were entered in each event.
and In the ten-mile the two MERGERS and
the Marion finished beside the money car
and in the twenty five-mile no cars except
the three winners went the full distance
Not an accident, resulted in injury to a
single person happened Saturday despite the
fact that the time made was nearly a mile
minute in each event. The casualties of
Friday, when two men were hurt were
needed by drivers and spectators and great
care was taken by all.
The obstacle race was one of the interest
ing events of the day, Bruner winning in
a Hudson in 16 minutes, 10 As seconds for
the ten miles. The rules compelled the
driver to stop at the end of each mile,
kill his machine, and recrank it before
starting the next mile dash Bruner not
phiS OubSpSOueu OppOHtlilSi Dul proven
himself to be the coolest in handling his
car throughout the race. -
Two Mercer cars driven by Ralph Dufrs
men took second and third places in 1s
minutes and q AS seconds, and IS minutes
and 81 seconds, respectively. Stegger In
car No. made slow time, but he never
stopped and landed third as a result
Louis Fletcher spun around for ten
miles in the open to all motorcycle
race in 10 minutes and % S-5 seconds, at
the rate of a mile in 81 3-5 seconds
Fletcher had offered to Carl Malmquist,
who came in second on his Indian the use
Of Fletcher's Merkel machine but Malm-
quist declared he could make better time
on an Indian. When the results came in
Malmquist was second with 10 minutes,
81 As seconds. Third place went to HUH
on an Indian in u minutes 81 is seconds
The race for single cylinder machines
went to c. Rosenberg on an Indian machine
in 10 minutes 43 seconds, with Carl Malm-
quist a close second, with 10 minutes
4S is seconds. The race was one con-
test between the two. They led the other
contestants by lap or more at the finish.
Third place went to c. Addison in L.
minutes q 10 seconds. All three winners
used Indian motorcycles.
loudy at lou p III VIII start the great
est race Omaha ever saw, and a bigger
race than the west sees often The event
is a six-hour open to the world race, the
man covering the greatest number of miles
in that time winning the $500 Speedway
cup and the cash prize of $3.50
Betting odds among sutomobilsts favor
the Falcar, the Cutting, the Cadillac, the
National. the Buick, to make the best
time for ten or twenty-five miles as has
been shown in the past two days but who
will win the big six-hour race Is a ques-
ton. A light machine, with little wear
on the tires might go the whole race
without changing, and 1t is thought that
car making an average speed of forty
five miles an hour will take the prize
Tire changes take time and cost the ILL
fated man with tire troubles many a race.
As the rules of the National Automobile
Racing association forbid n driver remain
ing at the wheel more than three consecu-
tive hours. the drivers OF the cars will
have an alternate driving a part Of the
afternoon.
Workmen were at work all Saturday
night and will be all Sunday morning
scraping and watering the track In prepar-
alton for the event. The big roller has
gone over 1t so often the bed is like rock.
and It is thought that there will be prac-
tically no dust in today's race