The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-06-01
NOTHING TROUBLES
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race. one of the coolest demonstra-
lions of pure nerve was made by a
movie man on the south turn during
the lsotta and Marmon accident He
was fortunate enough to catch Gill
hooley and his mechanician when their
car hit the retaining wall and they
were thrown onto the track.
AS Dawson rounded the curve at
terrific speed, the operator caught
Dawson's car when it started to skid,
and swinging his machine around with
the Skldding car, he caught the entire
accident, and when Dawsons car final
ly left the track it passed the operator
at distance Of about ten feet, and
he stayed his post and got the entire
picture. However, he was a little
shaky in the knees when relating the
incident.
This accident was undoubtedly caus-
ed by the amateurish driving of Gill
hooley, most of the drivers being
afraid of his way of driving. The err
ratio Irishnan was stopped on his sew
enteenth lap and warned by the judges
to discontinue his foolhardy reckless
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nobody on the track but himself.
Drivers Under Strain.
The average mOtOrist who sees a
race of this kind can not appreciate
the terrific strain on the driver and
when the Sunbeam threw tire on
the back stretch and turned over, ii
the driver, Chassagne. had had the
strength the accident would have been
averted. In fact, he righted his car
and pulled it back on the track, but
| when it started to skid again, he had
not the strength to pull her back into
/ place.
, BoillCt demonstrated the coolest bit
! of driving and skill when he pulled
{ his car back on the track after having
run entirely off it, breaking his frame
and causing him to leave the track.
BOillot is. without doubt, the greatest
| racing driver in the world today. One
of the sad things in the race was the
appearance of the hospital after the
| accidents occurred. Those who had
arted with confidence and daring
were now on cots, attended by nurses,
| but even while suffering they listened
with rapt attention to the roar of the
cars as they passed near by, and Daw'
son asked to be informed as to the
standing of the different cars during
the remainder of the race.
Thomas Cod-bIooded.
Thomas, Of the Delage, and winner
! of the race is, without doubt, the most
unconcerned and nonchalant driver the
writer ever saw. After winning the
race and making couple of extra
laps, he stopped at the pit and yawned
! finally sliding out of the car, raised the
| e.
er satisfying himself that his car was
in good shape, closed the hood, and
turning to his mechanicians, smiled In
a sardonic manner, said the one Amer
can expression he knows, d, and
very unconcernedly endured their en-
bra ces and excited congratulations as
, if entirely bored by their very pres
| enCe
This, however, was not true Of Du
ray, Guyot and Goux. When they fin
tshed their race and pulled up at the
pits they were as joyous as any. Boil
lot and Goux embraced, and the eXcit
ed Boillot jumped into the car anC
| opened the motor. seemingly in vair
| endeavOr to tear it up in his excite
ment and joy. After the excitement
i had somewhat subsidized GOuX INDUCED
himself in a couple OF bottles Of rare
| vintage and sat on the edge of the
pit watching the remainder of the race
| Bob Burman showed his skill WheI
his KeetOn pulled up to the pit will
! a broken valve. Burman renDVed the
part from the sizzling hot motor, pull
ed out the broken valve head, put in {
fresh one and in less time than car
be imagined the keetOn was off will
! a roar.
The race is over. The FrenchmeI
Will start home very much richer anC
with a good laugh for the American
cars. Congratulations are due to the
men who stayed with the race anC
the smooth way In which the grea
crowd was handled. No spectator:
| were injured or even in harms way
and speedway racing is certainly {
! superior way to hold races.
In the old road races 1t was no I'm
common thing for a dozen or so spec
tatOrs either to be killed or seriously
injured With all due respect to Am
eriCan cars and American entries, the
foreigners surely demonstrated a SUI
periOr racing knowledge, and in the fu
ture the American cars will have to e
some to get the big money.