The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-03-28
GOLDEN RULE
BEST POLICY.
SAYS BURMAN
INTREPID RACING DRIVER SAYS
HONESTY is a HELP TO ANY
MAN-"wILD 5o5's" cHARAc-
TER.

BE honest ana you'll never get
Killed in a racing automobile" is the
motto OF Bob Burman, the fearless
motoring hero who will be the big at
traction at the coming beach meet at
he Atlantic Pablo Beach from March
q to so.
with this principle the daring driver
has fought his way though the rank
and file in the automobile battlefield
uEtn his motor musketry is more dead
Il than that of any other driver in the
World. Death has stood very close to
tie peerless champion often and many
times his hopes In the Burman golden
rule have been almost despair, but
while he Is not the boyish-lookdng
pilot that broke into the game, he has
always passed the danger point sue
cessfuIly and is now more sanguine In
his belief than ever before.
Pay Your Bills.
PAY your bills and be on the
square," said the intrepid Burman,
-and you win be lucky and never get
killed driving racing car. I have
tried to study the philosophy Of au-
tomcbfle racing as well as the science
of It and find that this is the closest
ssolution that I can reach It is the
same principle that applies to people
IN every walk OF life, and when a
person Is engaged in as fierce and dam
gerous an occupation as motor racing,
where luck IL such q great factor in
keeping you alive, you surely begin to
wonder what you can do to lessen the
margin Of danger.
Personally, feel that shall never
meet death on the tracks or roadways
of this county at the wheel OF a rae
ing automobile, and the main reason
for this belief is that 1 have always
tried TO be on the square with every
body"
That Burman does not think himself
4mmune from accidents even though he
considers himself lucky in the extreme
q shown by his action but just a few
days ago, when he drove in the novelty
race at Moncrief park and won, estab-
fishing a new worlds record for the
mile and one-sixteenth with a stand
ing start
Ate No Lunch.
E A. Moross, director OF contests
Of the coming events. who was going
out to the track with Burman. noticed
that he did not eat a lunch before
leaving the hotel to get his Buick
bug racing car. Curiously he ques-
toned the pilot to ascertain whether
he had forgotten to eat in the hustle
of getting ready and received the as
tonishing information that he had
omitted the luncheon purposely. This
Immediately brought forth the inter-
rogative Of why he did this and the
naphtha hero accounted for 1t with
his Golden Rule
None Of the stuff for me-" replied
Burman. II haven't eaten noon-day
meal prior to a race for several years
and as long as I am In the automo-
Die racing game I shall omit the lun-
cheon in my racing day routine. Sew
eral years ago I always ate a good
lunch prior to a race meet, but no
more food for me when am going to
drive a racing car.
IN case of an accident and I am
rushed to a hospital in a hurry, why,
can't be worked on as well as 1 can
with an empty stomach and the diff
ference in my condition might spell
disaster. I had an incident similar to
this happen in one of my first serious
clashes with the fence, and I have
always tried to be prepared for all of
the game might present
Fears No Accident.
TT is not a very pleasant sensation
20 go into the game with the plans
laid for a smash-up. but say they are
50 very probable it is best to look for
them even though am firm in my be-
lief that I shall never die on a track
or road at the wheel of a speeding
motor car. Be honest is the plan for
me, and while I might prepare for a
smash-up am always sanguine in the
belief that Bob Burman will live long
after he has quit the track
This aspect on the great driver
frame Of mind is one that has never
been presented to the public and is
one Of the distinguishing marks that
elevate him from the lot of other
speed gladiators- 1t is another Of the
modern methods that Bob Burman is
Injecting into automobile racing and
which is being copied in all of the mo-
toring circles over the country.
That Bob Burman will have intro
dueed more theories and ideas into au-
fomobile racing than any other driver
will be a distinction that he will bear
when he ceases to be the king of the
naphtha arena, and Jacksonville's mo-
tor fans will be treated with this mod
ern juggernaut's eriginalities at Pab-
10 from March 81 to 80.