Imperial Valley press., 1912-05-06
WORLDS RECORD BROKEN ,
IN SANTA MONICA RACE

The big event in the Santa Monica
races Saturday was too late for even.
ing papers to chronicle.
Although the last event, the free
for-all was the most popular race of
the day, the vast multitude cheered
Justify as the powerful cars swept
around the course in record breaking
time. Continuous thrills were fur
nished for the 100000 people who wit
! messed the breaking of all world'i
records.
The cars lined up at 1:30 o'clock.
I The crowds were impatient. AS The
/ time for the great free-for-all drew
near interest was at white heat
Dave Lewis was the first man to be
sent away by Starter Fred j. Wagner.
AS Lewis dropped his clutch in the
crowd arose and cheered Justify. The
Strutz car leaped away The race
was on
! Cooper was second to leave, and
was followed at thirty-second inter
walls by Oldfeld, Tetzlaff, Bragg, Brown
and Dingley.
/
| down the home stretch His motor
was running smoothly and he passed
| the grandstand at ninety-mile clip.
During the first lap the cars retained
their relative positions, but Teddy
Tetzlaff was the. first man to cross the
| tape in the second lap.
From the second lap Oh TetZlaff
held the lead and was not overtaken
! 40 rhn
was in fine condition, and Tetzlaff. by
taking the turns at a moderate speed.
| relieved the strain on his tires and
the speed king was compelled to make
stop at his pit for tires.
TetZlaff drove the race of his life.
! Never had the man, soon to be ac-
! claimed the new speed king, been in
! better shape. His work at the wheel
showed wonderful knowledge of
! the big car and the course Lap after
! lap was made in wonderful speed,
with Tetzlaff leading and the other
! cars fighting hard for first place.
| Until the thirteenth lap Bragg and
Brown fought a speed duel Several
! times these two famous drivers
! passed each other, both striving to
i W
being slowly increased In the four
teenth lap Bragg stopped at the re-
pair pit for tires and Brown jumped
into second place.
From the fourteenth to the twenty
ninth lap Brown held second place
forcing Tetzlaff to show his best
speed. The driver made many fast
laps, and for time it looked as if he
might gain first place
During the first few laps Oldfeld
sent his car around the course in
fast time. But in taking the San
Vicente turn his car went wide and
the one-time speed king came into the
pit with a broken sprinebolt. II wa
seventeen minutes before repairs
could be made and the crowd gave
Barney a big hand when he again
started to circle the course.
Bert Dingley made the first lap in
SLOW time. Tire trouble began to
haunt the local man early in the game
and at the twelfth lap, when he had
regaiped several minute Of lost time,
one of the rear tires. together with
the rim, blew off on he Palisades
turn and shot down the course with
the car for several hundred fepr
DlnSIeE was forced 10 come INTO ln6
pits in slow time, but made quick
tire change and was again on his way.
The two StutZ cars were tapping tie
course i'll fast time, but the sturdy
4 machines were out of their class and
could not beat the powerful racing
cars.
Lewis went through the entire race
without a single tire change and only
stopped once for oil and gas.
Tetzlaf averaged IS 1-2 miles an
hour for the entire distance, which
sets new worlds record and one
which, in the opinion Of Starter Fred
J. Wagner, will be hard to beat. 1t re-
quired hours 30 minutes and 81 sec
OndS for Tetzlaff to complete the
303.112 miles.