The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-06-27
Italian. in n PcugeOt. Speeds at
97.6 Miles an Hour. Captur-
ing S?l,50O in Prizes.
CORPORATE SECOND:
CAR THIRD
FINISH N CHICAGO DERBY.

cutcAGo. June 2s.--ln the fastest 500
nile automobile race I've recorded, and
beiore a crowd OF 10000 persons. Dario
R,s,a. a ~cosmopollte OF italian birth n
r,g,ish p~arentage. drove his French car.
peugeot. 10 victory this afternoon at
.,s new Speedway Park In haywood.
The italian reeled of the distance at an
,v,r,se rate OF s7.6 miles an hour. His
lime WAS 5 hours I minute - seconds
N winning C~hicago's frst interna-
,onal automobile derby Resta broke
four worlds records. His time clips
q minutes IS seconds of the speed
way record set up last month by De
r,lma in indianapolis.
The Italian led from the FIRST ana
was edged out only a few laps in the
srst century. His total winnings for the
laws drive were s2i,5oo and n silver
bayfield, carbureter trophy.
It was a great day for italy. Second
,laee was captured by J. Porporaio, also
an Italian, driving an English EAR. the
sunbeam. He was 3 minutes % seconds
behind Resta. His average speed was
st miles an hour. His prize was
,is. 600 and his time 8 hours 10 minutes
70 seconds.
The third prize of $1,000 was captured
by Ed R~lckenbacher in a Maxwell. His
,verage speed was s5.s miles an hour
md he came in four minutes behind
corporate.
Harry Grant. winner Of W Wander
,ut cup races, drove in fourth place in
his Sunbeam. his average time peins
s5.06 miles an hour. :,
on the remaining six who landed In
No money Earl Cooper. Gil Anderson
Tom Alley, Chevrolet. Burman and j
Cooper. in the order given, all averaged
,peed I'm excess Of 80 miles an hour.
speedway records Of all sorts were
shattered. Every car that nnisneo III
he money-ten OF them-ran 5oV miles
Il a speed in excess of the worid :
,ompet!tlon record Of s9.s+ miles an
hour. set by De Palma on Memorial Ia!
N Indianapolis. -,
The first five cars to finish eaen
broke the worlds 500 mile record Oh
yI07 miles an hour, established nj
Rrocklands. England. by a team Oh three
lrivers, ,
Harry Grant set n new mo stop
-,cord, He travelled the entire 500 miles
without pausing once at the pits Tor OIL
ar %repairs. on the last lap he rar
on, of "iulce" but by adroit coastins
cot across the line without trouble.
Besides establishing a new world {
-erord for the 500 mile distance ano
citing the 10000 prize for that, Resta
aptured three $1,000 prizes besides
o,her smaller ones. He was the leader
at the 200 mile, the 900 mile and tht
400 mile mark, each time breaking ths
worlds record for the distance.
Al the end OF the first century Ear
COOPER, leading in "A Stutz, iaLaed I'M
$1,000 Guerdon. Otherwise II wouie
nave been a clean sweep for Resta.
Each OF the first ten cars. besides
others In the contest were equipped
with Goodrich Silvertown tires and TN
ace wa run without mlshap or acci'
dent OF note. Just before the srea'
wind M" Chevrolet drove his Deiag'
nto the fence in front of the CRANE
.,and. but without injury. A minute
and a half at the pit and he was OF
gain.
After the first 200 miles a dark str~al
began 10 appear on the yellow woodef
Scoring OF the track. On the turns tn
oresence OF this oil spelled danger fol
he drivers. As the peril OF skiddint
ncreased the drivers began avoiding
by taking the more secure footint
higher up the side of the saucer.
There were thrills galore for the spec
'ators when the cars would bunch oi
he third and fourth quarters after 1
brush down the back stretch.
The frequent brushes between Rest
n his Peugeot special and Cooper ant
anderson of the Stutz team were als'
sources OF continual excitement fer tn
Spectators. When the black coloret
peugeot and the white Stutz would roa'
nto the stretch the grand stand wouic
suddenly become alive
Although Resta "A number OF time
.ained the first quarter turn In the lea'
u the Stutz there was seldom a TIM
when the Italian drivers mechsJicla1
fould look back and not see the Amerl
an car pushing close behind him.
testa started ont with a pace tina
was intended 10 give him an early lead
There was a hum OF surprise ever
among the old timers when 1t was dis
Covered rat the Italian had driven tn
hrst three laps at the rate Of 104 mile
an hour. The field vas forced TO spec
ID acNordlngly