Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-05-30

; At daylight the exodus from the city
10 speedway Park began by train, trolley
una touring car, and the sun found the
srand stands on the outer edge and the
parking spaces on the inner circuit uf
the brick oval beginning to fiji with enor-
i"ous crowds that was to see twenty-four
oi tne most famous drivers and cars unit
We lor the honor and fortune of enjoy-
rug with Kay Harroun and the Marason
"hsp the classic title of winners nf
tne greatest race of motordom.
me course, washed clean of it's black
ana dangerous coat of grease, accumu-
iateu turing weeks of practise grind.
gnstened In the sunlight when the big
motors pulled out along the repair pits.
swnrming with mechanicians, enger to
tlme their engines perfectly before
s'nrter Fred Wagner, at 10 o'clock.
should send them off into the long and
desperate struggle for supremacy Har-
ronn and his Marmon last year did the
distance In 6:42os, and every pilot to-
day was determined to cut this mark
IN his effort to come in the $4,000 offered
for the winner of the race
$4,000 In Attendance.
Inspired by the strident music OF the
motors, the crowd, estimated at 5000,
cheered as the most popular drivers
swept out on the track for the brake
test. Women standing In the boxes and
IN the hundreds of cars packed In the
inneiu. their motors daubed with the
Girt of the oiled boulcvards leading 10
the speedway, waved their wells in greet-
ing 20 the begoggled pilots and mehan-
les who soon were 10 risk their lives for
the glory OF the racing automobile
With an explosive roar of the enor-
nous engines especially built for this
ultimate test of speed and endurance
the cars came together at the electric
timing wire Il $3.50, FIVE motley ranks
Of the special creations of Italian
French, German and American engi-
neers, built In grotesque shapes better
TO slash the air. In a tumult of cheer
ing from the excited multitude, starter
wagner LETT the cars go at 10 o'clock.
The cars made one slow parade lap, led
by Gil Anderson In the Stutz No l. ana
coming again to the wire. leaped thun-
dering into the race pressing together
In bllnding cloud of burned gas.
TetzIaff Takes Lead First.
Teddy Tetzlaff aud his Fiat and Rnlpn
dc Palma and his Mercedes fought for the
lead in the opening laps and the others
strung out, all hitting at top speed the
ugh white banks where DEATH lying
masked in the sunshine, had tripped so
many daring drivers Tetzlaff's time for
the first round, 21z miles. was 1;43.4y.
Then he lost the lead TO De Palma
De Palma held his lead at the twenty
miles, which he covered In l4:9S better.
ing the old record of 1929 set by Mar
quis In an Isotta at Los Angeles.
Spencer Wishart in second Mer-
cedes. kept at De Palma's rear wheels.
with Bruce Brown, National third.
ormsby's Opel broke its gasoline line
and he drew out
Worlds Record Smashed.
The speed at this time was more than
eighty-two miles an hour.
At fifty miles De Palma still led and
was ahead of the record. Bruce Brown
came int osecond, and milford, Knox mn
chine, crept into third place The ter.
rible pace began to tell on tires Johnny
Jenkins came into the stretch with one
tire of his White whipping the track like
hal. The ear swung perilously, but
Jenkins held 1t true. Zengels Stutz cast
a tire high in the air, but he too came
safely TO his pit.
Worlds records went down throughout
the first 100 miles. De Palma, Leading
set a new mark of 1890 over Tetzlatfis
old record Of 1:l4;29. Joe Dawson. in
National, pounded into second place and
Spencer Wlshart took third
Bruce Brown withdrew his National and
Harry Knight his lexington because Of
engine trouble