Imperial Valley press., 1912-10-28
MAYOR WAOHAM AND RALPH
HAMl|N RACE WINNERS
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the Cadillac into second place, finish
ing in IL hours IT minutes. Every
second of this flight across the sands
was sensational, with drivers exchang
ing places from time to time. The
desperate battle came in in Mammoth
wash, where Hamlin and Soules took
the lead.
Three cars, the Simplex press car
driven by AL Faulkner; the National,
with Fred Fuller at the wheel, and the
Cadillac with Bill Bramlette at the
helm, fought one of the most gruelling
races ever witnessed on desert sands,
with the Simplex finishing only 23
minutes ahead of the Cadillac.
The purse of $500 at Yuma is to be
divided at a ratio of 65 per cent to
Ralph Hamlin. in the Franklin; 25 per
cent to Charles Soules, in the Cadillac,
and 10 per cent to the Simplex.
The finish was the most exciting ever
witnessed, as the race for third place
was hard to decide until the Colorado
river was reached.
At Mammoth wash Fuller, in the
National was only two minutes be-
hind the Simplex. He drove into
this hindered him seriously. But he
finished with the motor of his car
hitting perfectly every second. He is
in the running and will make fight
today for first honors.
With his eyes bloodshot, but with
his six cylinder motor in perfect shape,
Ralph Hamlin rolled to finish at Yuma,
the hero of the great road race. Never
haf in, hn I, ,;e,o
has such a nerve-testing deser. battle
been fought across the plains.
But six cars of the original twelve
which started from Los Angeles arc
able to continue today. They are Ham
lin in the Franklin, Cadillac with
Soules driving, Faulkner in the Sim
pl"X, Fred Fuller with the National, w.
w. Bramlette in the Cadillac and S. A
Mckee in a Cadillac, which arrived IN
tne order named. While no driver was
seriously injured, the other cars were
disabled aad forced to drop from the
race.
The cars started on their last lap
at five minute intervals after 5 a. n.
today. In the San Diego race, Lyons
in the National led. Campbell in the
stevens Duryea, second; Washburn
driving the thlrd. Lyons time
was hours minutes.
Getting away with a good start, six
of the twelve autos in the Los Angeles
Phoenix race started for the last lap
this morning. Ralph Hamlin in the
Franklin was sent away first and was
followed at five minutes intervals by
Charles Soules, AL Faulkner, Fred Full
Ter, Bramlette and Mckee.
The San Diego racers were sent
away Immediately after the Los An
geles racers al the same intervals.
Moving Picture Story
Los Angeles Times: Moving pictures
of the Phoenix road race are to be
Picture company. Four machines will
be used The cameras will be placed
at convenient points along the route
and a complete set of pictures will be
coming week in connection with the
pictures taken of the Times special on
its transcOntinental journey.
The racers will be shown as the men
are fighting their way through the
sands near Palm Springs and also will
be snapped in the Mammoth Wash, the
fiercest part of the 511 mile run from
Los Angeles to Phoenix. Experts who
are skilled in the use of the camera
will wind out the films, which should
be particularly clear, because of the
atmospheric conditions of the desert.
Individual pictures of every car in
the race have already been taken.
These will be show in connection with
the actual story of the most gruelling
contest ever held. The Phoenix race =;
being conducted over the California and
Arizona stretch of the oceanic ocean
highway. This is the exact route fol-
lowed by the Times car and the
scenes in which the ocean-to- ocean
highway machine are shown will be
repeated when the reels show the rae
ers dashing across the sands.