The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-11-28
'STUTz IS DARK
HORSE IN RACE
DRIVER DAVE LEWIS HAS CAR
WITH LONG WINNING RECORD
IN RACE MEETA
LIKELY TO GIVE STARS ALE THEY
CAN HANDLE IN RACES
HERE FRIDAY AND
SATURDAY.

Among the dark horse entries In
the automobile races on the State
fair track Friday and Saturday, Ii
Dave Lewis, driver OF the Stutx car.
The ability OF Dishrow, Nikrsnt and
Minker Is we'll known. Disbrow holds
more records than any other driver
and 10 deservedly known as the
worlds champion driver. Nikrent is
the champion of the West. Wishart
is the Eastern champion. now that
DePalma is out of the game. for he
has defeated all the rest of tht East
erners Mixer is the Pennsylvania
state champion and also the star
driver of the Middle West
Disbrow drives Simplex. Nikrent
Case, Wishart a Mercer and Minker
a Kline car. and all have won fame.
Lewis drives a Stutz and here is the
record Of that car.
Stutz Racing Record.
Indianapolis. Ind. May 80. 1911.
800 mile International sweepstakes.
First stutz ever built finished In
eleventh place without a single me-
chanical adjustment. Average 81 IA
miles per hour for 500 miles.
Philadelphia. Pa. Oct IL, 191l.--
Finished second In Paramount Park
. road race in 301-450 class &c" The
only car In the race, regardless of
class that went through without a
stop.
Los Angeles. Cal, Oct. Ia, 1s1i.--
Santa Monica road race. Finished
third In 301-460 class, averaging u
LIZ miles per hour.
Los Angeles. Cal, Oct. ~. 1sii.--
Santa Monica road race. Finished
sixth In rree-for-aIl 2O2 miles with
one stop.
Bakerfield, Cal, Feb. ~. 1919
Won Bakersfield road race. Lakeview
trophy cup and Taft cup.
San Jose, Cal. March II. 1919
Won mile match race.
san Jose, Cal, March II. fsf2.--
Won five mile free for-all,
Santa Monica, Cal. May 4, 1919.
Finished fourth and fifth.
Indianapolis Speedway. May 80.
igi2.--Stutz finished fourth and sixth
in 5o0-mie international speedway
sweepstakes.
50-mile race at Rockingham PARK.
n. II
Philadelphia. Pa, June 20. isI2.-
Won Belmont park 5o-mile free-for-
all.
Old Orchard. Me, idly 4. 1919
Finished first in 75-miIe race.
Tacoma. Wash. July S, 1s12.-won
15o-mile class &c" 30l-450.
Old Orchard. Me. July 6. 1919
Won 100-mile free-for-all in o.
1890.
old Orchard, Me-, July 8. 1871
Broke Old Orchard beach record.
Elgin, Ill. Aug. 80. 1sl2.-Elgin
road race. Illinois trophy, won first
and second.
Elgin. H., Aug. so. 1s12-Elgin
road race, Elgin national trophy, fin
ished third ard nth.
Brighton Beach, n. Y, September ?.
1at2-Won fve-mile race.
Brighton Beach, n Y, September Z.
1912-Won free-for- all flve-mile handi-
cap. regardless of class.
Milwaukee. Wis, october 2. 1912
Vanderbilt cup race. finished fourth.
Mlwa ukee. Wis. october s, 1919
Grand prix, finished third. the only
American car TO finish the race and
the smallest American made car that
ever won place in Grand prix race.
Fresno Cal, october IL. Is12-Won
ten mile track race, Glass &C." under
$50.
Fresno, Cal, October 10, i912-Won
twenty five-mile free for-ail track
rs ce.
Philadelphia, Pa, october ;ls. 1915
Won forty eight mile free-for-all on
Belmont Park track.
Brighton Beach n. Y. October 81.
1s1l-Won ten-miie race, sol-4so.
Glass &C"
Brighton Beach, N. Y, October 81.
l912-NNon five-mile free-for-aH ham
dicap.
Salem. n. H. Rockingham Park
Track October %. 1e12-Won twenty
hve mile race. Glass e. 3o1-s00; Stutz
also won third place.
Salem. n. H., Rockingham Park
Track, October 20, 1912--Won twenty
mile track race; Stntz also won sec
Dnd place.
Sale. H, Rockingham Park
Track, october 20. 1s12--Won one-mile
line trials. Time. 81 SO on mile dirt
rack.
Brighton Beach. N. Y. November
!, l912-Won Glass &c under 500, ten
niles. for George Rector trophy.
From the foregoing IL would appear
rs II the Stutz was some car. and will
give the stars all they can handle
Besides the cups given by the Vir-
ginia theater and the Jefferson hotel
special cup f"S made dts ap-..
,earance. Manager Fanny Florsheim,
u the Royal laundry. has offered a
trophy for the amateurs to race for, II
{ liz only to see a Kline car beat a
stevens Duryea he says. Mr.. Flors-
helm appears to look as II his cup
viii be a gift to the Kline company,
,ut r. A. Blenner. who has Warren
'ar entered In soma of the amateur
vents. saws sonnet hing Is going To he
lone up before he loses the-Royal laun-