The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-07-14
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Laurium Track Better Than That
at Hancock Says Disbrow

Barring the park bouleyards in the
big cities, IL is the finest stretch of
road have ever fooled machine
over" was the expression of Louis
Disbrow, when he pulled up in front
of the Central Hotel after driving
from Houghton this morning. After
thus commenting on the county road
he said:
81 look for much better time in the
auto races at Laurium. At Hancock
there was no chance. The turns were
cut up the worst l have ever seen and
after the first few events a driver was
lucky to get his car through the sand
and gravel on the turns without blow
ing a shoe or breaking down. / I'M
derstand the Laurium track is clay,
and If it is properly rolled and packed,
there is no better track made than a
clay course for speed, but they are
more dangerous on the turns, due TO
the failure OF the front wheels TO get
the proper traction on a too hard a
surface. That is what makes the
turns on the paved speedways so dan
gerous ana requires much higher
banking than the dirt courses"
Some one minated that perhaps It
was not all on account of the track
that the drivers failed TO turn in bet
ter time last Saturday, which nettled
the little champion, and he offered to
drive mile in forty seconds on the
county road if he was permitted to
make such speed and any one would
put up sufficient wager that II
could not be done.
Give me hard track next Sunday
and ! will demonstrate that the Zip"
is the fastest car in the peninsula now
or ever was in the copper country, and
if any of the drivers here now doubt
that statement, it can bc settled here
next Sunday in a match race.
Il know the car Mcdonald will drive
next Sunday is fast FOR / have had
an opportunity to drive it, and / also
know that some of the other boys
have record holding cars but when it
comes to the circular dirt tracks the
Zip" and | have won the worlds title
and held it for the past two years and
still stand ready to defend it against
any driver living"
Disbrow, Hearne, Johnny Kinney and
Fred Horey all drove their cars
through during the forenoon and will
try out the track as soon as it is put
in condition.
Track in Good Shape.
Work on the track at the Laurium
driving park, which is being made
ready for the automobile races to be
conducted Sunday afternoon, is pro-
crossing rapidly under the direction
of the park management and will be
about the middle Of the
week so that the drivers of the vari-
ious speed creations which are 10 COM
pete may have an opportunity to try
out and tune up their cars as well as
to familiarize themselves with the |
course. The heavy rains of the past
few days make it easy 10 mold the
clay track to the proper pitch and roll
il smooth.
There is absolutely no danger of the |
local track being in poor shape for the |
race, for proliting by the experience |
With the Hancock track last Saturday, |
more attention will be paid to its
1t is also planned To
subject the track to heavy automobile !
rattle for day or SO before the races
10 pack it to the proper degree of |
hardness after which it viii be rolled l
md finished off.
The racing cars which are to COM
pete Sunday afternoon at Laurium,
arrived here today, and are stabbed in
'arious parts of town. They attract
ID no little attention from local auto
SITS.