Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-11-18
GREATEST AUTO
RACES EVER To
BE ON NOV. z
Events Will Be International
Grand Prize and Wander
bilt Contests.
SAVANNAH TO BE. SCENE
OF WHIRL WIND SPEEDERS
Cup That Will Be Awarded by
Automobile Club Cost
$4,000.

bile races the world mas ever hhp"h ""
be run In a week from Monday. In addi-
ton to the two great light car races, which
9 are themselves real classics, the famous
Georgia city will stage the greatest of all
road racing events, the International
Grand Prize Race for the gold cup OF the
Automobile Club of America, ana inc
William K. Vanderbilt Cup Race, an an
nuaI world-famous event. Either OF these
great races would be attraction enough 10
draw people from all parts OF the world
together, but the two great piue rlppoh
classics form an irresistible combination
that will attract a multitude TO this GU
terprising Georgia city. :,
TO those who know anything at an
about automobiles or the racing game
what a world OF significance there is III
each and every one of these names: Wag-
ner. Grant. Burman, DePalma, HemeFy,
Rrlce-Brown, Dawson, Milford, Matson,
Knipper, Hearne, Mortimer-Roberts, DIS
brow, Harroun, Cobe, Hughie Hughea'
Wishart, Patschke, Parker, Bragg, Cohen
Witt, Basic, McNay, Mitchell, Hartman,
Evans, Limberg. And there are others
of equal prominence yet to be selected.
Teddy Tezlaff and Joe Jaugsberger were
to have competed, but injuries a few
DAVIS ago put them out of the running.
No need to introduce this bunch OF drivers
to the public. Wagner won the first inter
national grand prize race at Savannah
in 1908, Grant has twice won the Wander
bilt cup race, Burman was the hero OF
the indianapolis race, Bruee-Brown won
the grand prize last year, DePalma, Hem
cry. Dawson, Mulford-but it would AXE
the entire issue of the largest newspaper
to give the records of all these drivers,
for each of them has a long string Of
marvellous achievements to his credit and
never before was such a classy bunch OF
drivers from both sides of the water
gotten together for any racing carnival.
And the carSi Think of it, Fiat, Mar
mon, Buick-Marquette, Benz, Lozier, Mer-
cedes, Abbott, Mercer, Case, Cole, EMF,
Apperson Jack Rabbit, Pope-Hnmmer,
Jackson-these, and others-represented
in this meet. In nearly every instance
there are more than one car of each
make. There are seven Marmons, six Flats,
three Benzes, six Abbotts, four Loziers,
two Mercedeses, two MERGERS, two Cases,
-four E-M-F's, two Jack Rabbits. 1t looks
as il the American and foreign manu-
facturers are going to spare no effort to
win the enviable distinction of being first
And, the course! Bruce-Brown and the
other famous drivers say 1t is the best
in the world.
course has been made vastly faster. The
average time made in the Grand Prize
Race at Savannah last year was n miles
an hour. Whether the Improved condition
VI liz AOhA61 VI nun - VE1f 49,
age rs miles an hour this year Is a mat
ter to be settled. The experienced drivers
say that nothing less than 70 miles Al
hour will win u place In the Grand Prize
or the Vanderbilt. Another powerful arBu-
ment in favor of the belief that all preVi'
Gus records will be broken is that the ears
in practise, though the drivers are al
playing foxy in this regard, and no one
seems TO know just what the other fellow
can do.
already been hung up in the races. II
addition to the splendid trophies; IN,
gold cup Of the Automobile Club u
America, to be contested for IN the Granf
Prize Race, cost $1,000, and in addition tC
this there are $4,000 in cash prizes II
this race alone.
Following are the races to be run ant
the provisions, details and restrictions
covering same, together with the entries
drivers and prizes offered:
Third International Road Race for thu
Grand Prize OF the Automobile Club -
America-This race will be twenty-foui
laps over the course, Which is approx
mately seventeen miles, making about 40
miles. First prize, gold challenge en-
Third, $1,000, in addition to which specia
prizes offered by manufacturers of mag
netos, earbureters, etc, bring the win
ner's purse up to about $4,000 i'm cash
Entries-Three Flats, driven by Bruce
Brown, Wagner and Bragg, three Benzes
driven by Hemery, Burman and Hearn
two MarlnOnS, driven tbN HalScllke AIT
DAWSON. one Lozier, driven by Mulfor1
two Abbotts, driven by Mitchell and Lin
berg; one Buick Marquette. driven u
Basic: one Appersou. driver not named
one Pope-Hummer, driven by DisbroN
aud a Mercedes, driven by DePalma Til
race will be run on Thanksgiving day
November 20. 1t was won by Wagner !
1908 and Bruce-Brown i'm 1910.
The other three races will be run o
Monday, November q, the light car race
being run off early in the day and tn
Vanderbilt later.
The William X. Vanderbilt. Jr.. Gu
Race Is the seventh by that name. 1t ha
heretofore been run ON the Long Islam
course. near New York. The length {
the circuit Is Approximately ~seventee
miles, which will be covered seyentee
times, making the distance of the rae
about 2S9 miles. The award of the gu
carries an additional cash prize of $500
the second ear gets a cash prize of $50
and the third, $780, In addition to whic
$1,000 is offered to the American ear thu
wins the race, and there are numeror
additional cash prizes from manufacturer
The last two Vanderbilt races have bee
won by Harry Grant. The entries in tn
race are as follows: Three Flats. drive
by Brown. Parker and Matson:
Mercedes. with Wishart; two Loziers, |
Grant and milford; Il Mercer, by Hughe
two Abbotts, by Limberg and Mitchell;
Jackson. b. Cole, and two Marmons, /
Patschke and Harroun.
The entries In the Savannah Challene
Trophy Race are: Two Cases. driven ]
McNay and Knipper; three MERGERS. |
Barnes. DePalma and an unnamed drive
three Marmons, by Nikrent, Burman al
Dawson. This race will be thirteen lal
over the course. or about 2l miles, II
trophy and 1000 goes TO the winner; 81
10 eaenr1 man and xl9E IN third In add