The Alaska citizen., 1911-04-10
AUTO RECORDS ID
 BE BROKEN
MANY NEW SPEED MARKS FIX. PECTED IN COMING SEASONS
 CONTESTS.

NEW YORK, Feb. 25.-The Amer iCan Automobile association has re vised its record books of speed com petition. The lists have been brought up to date by the contest board and await new results in the ever waging battle between time and motors. With the opening of the regular racing season not far remov- ed, the records afford the speed fan ciers abundant material on which to speculate on the making of new marks.
 That 1910 was great year in au- tOmobile racing Is evident when one considers that 82 of the 10i records on the books were made last year Judging from the plans of manufac- turers and race meet promoters. 1911 should see another sweeping of the lists.
 Owing to the fact that Barney Old field Is serving years suspension ending in January. 1912, for break ing A. A. A. rules, as well as records it Is almost certain that his name will not be on the record books as often at the end of the year as il is now. Foolish statements that Old field is the ailround A. A A. cham, pion driver are disproved by the records. De Palma and Ray liar roun did better than Oldneld a' the dirt track and speedway game It Is on the beach that Barney ex- celled. Incidentally, beach driving does not require the skill of the track or speedway It is merely a case of getting the fastest car made and letting it out to the limit. With credit to Oldfield, he had the nerve to open his engine wide.
 Summed up, De Palma begins the season acknowledged to be the best dirt track driver; Ray Harroun has the most speedway marks to his credit, and Oldfield is the speed king of the beach. This rating win be shaken rudely during tho coming six months. De Palma Is likely to re tain his dirt track supremacy, but unless Harroun forsakes his mono plane factory there will be new speedway leader. If the Navarro tf'iat Hemery (Benz) match race Is held at Daytona, Fla. as planned Old field probably will be pulled from his ruling seat on the beach.
 iACs uIohc ulS lllllc dI DdN tOild last March in 2733 seconds. On the speedway he made 3663 sec onds for the same distance. De Pal mas record mile for dirt track Is 1892 seconds. Incidentally, Old field would like nothing better than to exchange his speedway mile time for De Palma's track record. Barney has always backpatted him self that he Is without an equal on the dirt track. Yet De Palma holds that record
 Regarding De Palma, he holds six of the 12 short-distance dirt track marks. Oldfeld has four Inchd- ing beach, dirt-track and speedway events, however, Oldneld and De Palma are tied with 13 apiece. If De Palma holds to his present form he should add many new marks to his present lS before the years rae ing ends.
 Regarding the performance of cars, the Marmon holds 9 records, all made on the speedway; the Fiat has 19, we'll distributed, with one on the beach. l2 on the speedway and six on dirt tracks; the Benz has eleven in all - five on the beach, five on the speedway and one on the track. The Buick has 13 marks. while the others are we'll distributed.
 There are two remarkable long distance records, both 24-hour marks, a distraction being made as to stock and class c. The Lozier Is given the stock car record at 1,l96 miles, while the Stearns is credited with 1,253 as class c performance. which really means free-for-all. Harroun has the 1-hour and 2hour speedway records, the former at "A miles and the latter at 14S, both made at Los Angeles in the Marmon.