El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-06-20
SPEEDWAY TOO
DANGEROUS FOR
AUTO RACING
Brown Declares Oil Soaked
Track Makes Race Too
PeTiloUs.

That there should never be another
race held on Indianapolis track in its
present condition, is the verdict Of
Walter II Brown, Los Angeles Stutz
agent. who has returned after Witness
ing the speedway race.
years Of racing and testing on the
track have simply saturated the bricks
with oil" said Brown last evening.
The suction OF the tires and the heat
OF the sun in the middle OF the day
bring the oil TO the surface At noon
on Memorial day the track was slip
perry as glass and five accidents re-
suited. any one Of which might easily
have proved fatal 10 the drivers There
was talk before the race OF reducing
the piston displacement Of the racers
next year TO 900 cubic inches, hoping
thereby TO reduce the speed and lessen
the chance Of accident but the show
ing Of the 1S3 inch PeugeOt, which av-
eraSed close 10 50 miles an hour dis
couraged this idea The turns are not
banked high enough. either, 10 make
the track safe AT the speed II is now
necessary TO drive the race
Barney Oldteld drove great race
and we were very proud OF his show
ing He had the slowesr Of the three
StutZ cars and his average Of 1915
miles per hour was TAR from being
poor one. Barney's cool head and un-
shak eable nerve prevented a terrible
accident at the time Of DawsOn's spill
GilhOOley in the Isotta, had over
turned and Dawson in the Marm0n
Collided with the wrecked car and
whirled around. OIdfield was COM
ing directly behind at a 90 mile clip
and shot between the two wrecked
cars I don't believe he had six inches
70 spare on either side, but he got
through.
After the race Rene Thomas was
one of the first 10 reach OldIeld and
congratulate him on his wonderful
drive. Barney had a smile after the
showing surely put him in right with
the eastern motor fans.
Hard luck with tires and the slip
perry track but both Cooper and An
dersOn out COOper's car was in fourth
place in the 11Sth lap. with RAIDER. the
relief driver, at the wheel when q rear
tire blew just as he was coming out Of
a turn The car skidded and left the
track and smashed a wheel Anderson
had somewhat similar experience,
Whlrlng completely around at SO miles
an hour when a tire blew He kept
TO the track however, Strengthened
his car out after his dizzy turn, and
shot on at 80 miles an hour HIS car
was wrenched 50 by the turn. how
ever, that he was forced 10 retire.
I examined the foreign racers very
thoroughly, and they are certainly
wonderful pieces of mechanism I be-
lieve that superior meualIurgy is the
secret Of their success The reciprO-
eating parts Of their motors are Of
wonderful steels, FAR lighter than
American construction, but tremdOus-
" strong. Connecting rods and crank
shafts are Of hollow steel and piston
rods are Of hollow steel
"BOillOt, 1 think, was the greatest
driver at the track this year. His lap
at practically 100 miles an hour in the
elimination trials was the most Won
derful piece OF driving I ever saw HIS
speed was something terrific and .
blown tire would have spelled certain
death.
4 bought Cooper's car and expect TO
enter HIM with it, He has entered
No. S in the Seattle speedway events
and Will 90 there at once