Arizona republican., 1912-05-05
In Presence of 175, ,00O Spec. tators Daring Driver
 Sends Fiat Car to ]
 Victory :
BRAGG WINS
 SECOND MONEY
Worlds Record Is Smashed by Speed Maniac Who Travels 78.5 Miles
 an Hour
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SANTA MONICA, May 4-One hundred and seventy-five thousand people saw three new worlds records established at the fourth annual Santa Monica auto road race here today. Teddy Tetlzaff, of Los Angeles. driv- ing a ninety horse power Fiat. won the 303 mile free for all, with the pne- nomenal average of 1850 miles an hour, breaking the previous mark Of 14.63 made last year by Harvey Her. rick in a National on the same course, Caleb Bragg, of Pasadena, was second, David Bruce Brown, of New York, the favorite was third.
 In the medium car event Ralph De- i Palma. the Italian driver, in a Mer- cer, set new record of e9.54 miles an hour for 15l miles.
 In the light car event, George Joer- ! mann, of Los Angeles. driving a Max well, placed the 101 mile record for small cars at 61s6 miles an hour. TetZlaff, in the last lap, crashed into a fence at the Nevada avenue 1 turn, known as the Death curve" tore | tire off, smashed a hole in the oil 1 tank, and was laid up three or four minutes. Another accident near tho i finish of the free for-all accured when ! David Lewis, in a Stutz car, threw a l tire, which flew and struck Earl Wing. 1 of Santa Monica and rendered him un- l conscious.
 1 Once in the fifth lap, Barney Old- ! fields huge Fiat threw tire at the 1 Soldiers Home turn, which struck R. l w. Pierce, a spectator, a glanclng | blow but did not injure him. Again, Oldfield, going more than a hundred 1 miles an hour, dashed into a ditch; but the daring driver once more es- l caped unhurt, though his accident and 1 the breaking of d front axle spring
 earlier in the race. practically put him
 out of the running. "Oldfield Luck"
 observed one of the officials. Tetz-
 laff drove a beautiful race taking the
 lead in the second round.
 Lap after lap he reeled off at a rate
 of more than a hundred miles an hour
 on the straight-awayS. It was seen early in the race that barring acci-
 dents. Tetzlaff had far too much speed
 for any other cars Experts declare
 that they never before had witnessed 1 such bursts of speed. In the last ten
 laps several cars made a speed for in l excess of. hundred miles an hour.
 Bruce Brown, in his Benz, had the
 honor of turning the fastest lap of tho
 SAY mile course, making his thirtieth
 circuit in 5:27:25 or at an average
 speed of 93 miles. To do this he must
 have exceeded 125 miles on the l straight-aw Caleb Bragg, the young Pasadena millionaire, made sew eral laps al an average of better than , ninety miles Tetzlaff and Bragg, ac- cording to those at Death Curve, " . took the dangerous swing faster than , any other drivers and declared this , accounted for their finishing first and l | second.
 : In the medium car event DePalma
 lpracticany had no opposition. taking :. the lead at the start and showing the |. way to the finish. Joe Nikrent, of l Los Angeles, in a Case, finished sec l ond. Another Case. driven by Louis r Disbrow, of Los Angeles was third. = The light car event proved the sur X prise of the day. Joermann, in his Maxwell. scarcely being noticed in the ] entries but by consistent driving he 5 forged to the front and finally wor r with five minutes to spare. He firs'
 sat in a racing car eight mon,hs ago.
 The results follow: Light car race
 101 miles: Maxwell (Joermann) won: = Time 1.37:S7; Flanders (Evans) sec ,, Ond, 1:40:3S; Flanders (Tower) third = 1:42:O0. Average 61.S6.
 1 New worlds record, medium carI = 151 miles. Mercer (DePalma) wor :, Time 2:10:4S; Case G. Nikrent) sec = ond 2:15:20; Case CDisbrow) third
 2:22:23
 n Free for all, 303 miles: Fiat. (Tesz d laff) won. time: 3: 50:57 Fiat (Bragg e second, 3:54:05; Benz (Brown) third Q 3:56:32
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