Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1913-05-31
Jules Goux, at Wheel Of Peu-
geot Car of French Manu-
iaoture, 0utdiStances Rivals
in Sensational Contest
NO FATALITIES MAR
INDIANAPOLIS EVENT
Mercer, American Car With
Spencer Wishart as Pilot
Finishes Second, While
Merz in Stutz, Is Third,
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q Fronchman. driving French car,
the Peugeot. won today the third an
nunl 5O0-mile automobile race at the
Speedway in 6:Si.ss.ta. an average
speed OF 1853 miles and hour
so fatal accidents marrcd the run-
nlng Of the race. although two men
were seriously injured when tire
llcw out causing an upset of the
Mason. driven hy Jack Tower. on the
back turn Towers rsht leg was
broken aud Leo Dmning his mcchun-
ician. received three broken ribs aud
informal injuries Physicians were not
sure as to the extent Of Dunning's iu-
iurios tonight.
Charles Mcrz. who finished third
in slut2, brought the biggest thrill
To the crowd. estimated at 10000
when he drove the last lap of the race
with his ear ON fire. The flames
broke out in the upper stretch turn
and Merz refused TO stop az the pits
until he had circlcd the uack another
time and finished the race. Coming
down the homo stretch In the finish,
/ Harry Martin. Mcrz's mechanieian,
/ climbed out on the hood of the car
and unhueklcd the straps SO the pit
men could cNtinsulsh the flames i'm
mcdiateiy
-Four ont ct the eiehl foreign enrs
entered. finished IN the prizes, the
other four heine forced oui hy hrnken
parts
ono american car a Mercer, driven
I by spencer WishWrt finished second,
seven laps behind the winner The
sunbeam. an English car driven by
Frenehman. Altert Guyot came in
I fourth. The other fproign ears IN
the money were.
pilicttes Mcrcede-knight tGer-
mani, which was firth. and Mnlford's
Mercedes tGermanl, seventh. The
/ three ltnlinn cars were forced out Of
I the contest
The race was little more than ten
minutes slower than last years con
test which WAS RIM in Gi2l0G. This
was due II was said. IN a large meas
ure to the intense heat which neces-
stated many changes of tires. An
other ihine which caused slower
I time was the fact that the piston dis
placement was limited 20 $50 cuhic
inches. while last year the race
was q "frec-for-1ll. All the Speed
way records for the class of cars We're
broken up to $50 miles. when the
many stops nt the pit began to cut
down the average.
Goux, ,hc winner. complained at
every stop az the pits because his
manager refused to let him put his
car to its highest speed. lie claimed
that he could have made much bet
ter time. but his manager contended
that as he was in the lead from the
/ i40th mile there was no use 10 let the
peugeot out. GonN. after getting the
lead when Burman stopped for oil
ard gasoline, was never headed ana
! finished far in the lead Of his nearest
competitors. Andersons Stutz pushed
the leader hard until the lSIth lap,
when the ear was forced ont by
broken magnetic shaft
Goux first won fame as race driv-
er In France. Before coming here he
went to the Brookands track, in Eng
land where he made l0G miles ~
Yards in sixty minutes in the same car
in which he raced today His record
in the 402-mile race broke all Euro
pean records for the distance, while
his performance al the Brooklands
track broke all worlds records.
Burman, who was the favorlte in
the betting. ran hard luck race. In
the 55th Tap. his car caught fire in
the back stretch. He put out the
flames and ran to the pits where he
had to change carburettors. He had
Ia make several other stops at the pits
and was relieved at the wheel by
tIughie Hughes. when the tenth car
finished
Early in the race Evans Mason
turned completely around on the low
er turn, but the ear stayed on its
wheels and Evans continued until
near the end Of the contest
Besides the prizes and trophies Of
fored ~ accessory concerns the fol-
lowing prizes were given by tho
Speedway management to the vim
ners. who. with their times, follow
pcugeot Goux. e.af:3a.t5, $20,000.
Mercer Wishart. 6.45.06, $lo.000
sutz Mcrz. e.50:8575; S5,Oe0.
sunbeam Guyot f.05 OSLO 81
500
Mercedes knight Piottc' Ia
2b.55. $4,000.
Gray Fox Wncox, 1s2ai3S.9o. ST.
200.
mercedes Mulford. 1.27.i7S5; ST.
500.
caee-pisbrow, 7:SO;50.95, $1,000
Tulsa-Clark. 7.4g:2l; $1,000
Mason IIaupt 7:5S.3l; Sl,4OO.