Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-07-01
RESTA WINS
MOTOR RACE
AT CHICAGO
italian Drivers Set Pace Az
the Way, Grinding Along
at SO to 100-MiIe
SPEED RECORDS BROKEN
Foreign Cars Take Most of
Money Rickenbach cher Is
Only American Driver
to Show Strong.
THE STARTERS.

20-Mercer ..........O Otto Henning
2l-Duesenberg ......... Willie Houpt
22-Peugeot ..........George Babcock
2S-Sebring j Cooper
24-Ogren Billy Chandler
27-Maxwell Tom Orr
3o-Mulford Special. 80. Ralph milford
31-Sunbeam ..........C Carl Limberg
Speedway, Chicago, June 90
Resta, the Italian driver, in a
Peugeot, after setting the pace all
the way today, won the 500-mile
motor a ace on the new Chi
cago board speedway.
The foreign cars today had all
the best of it. Only Rickenbacher,
in a Maxwell, was consistently in
the race from start to finish.
Standing at $40 miles:
Resta, 3:2S:O4: Porporato,
a:32:OS: Grant. s:s2:s5. Average,
sS.5 miles per hour
Haupt, whose retirement was
announced, ~re-entered. Sixteen
cars were running at $50 miles.
At 800 miles the first six drivers
We're: Resta, Grant, r. Cooper.
Porporato, Rickenbacher, and
Anderson.
1t was announced ina Resta had
broker the worlds records for 300
miles and for 500 miles at an aver
age speed of 9S miles an hour. but
he exact figures were not given.
Resta's time for the 800 miles
was 3:15. This mpa with
3:19;32 which DePalma required
for 800 miles at indianapolis.
Resta, leading by five miles. beat
the previous worlds record for 400
miles by 221la minutes His time was
d:O4:49. or an average of 9S.o3 miles
per hour.
Porporato was second and Grant
third. the latter but seven miles be-
hind Resta.
Speedway, Chicago. June 26.-As the
gong sounded. 81 speed kings, the
worlds favorites, crossed the line here
today in the 5OO-mile auto race, on
the new board track. Tom Alley was
the first to go to the pits for repairs
High speed was maintained in the first
few laps.
Thousands of persons early today
We're on their way to the new two-mile
automobile speedway. advertised as the
fastest IN the world, to witness the 500
mile derby participated i'll by 81 of the
best known drivers in the country.
First Auto Race.
Twenty years ago a so-called horse
less carriage" driven by Charles
Duryea, of Springfield, Mass, rlowed
through snow and slush on the roads
between Chicago and Evanston and.
won the first automobile race ever held
in this country. His time for the 40
mile route laid out was at the rate OF
rs miles an hour. Today, a generation
later, the finest creations Of the en-
pjnGprS IF fhrna anInfriac will moot of
10 O'Clock to battle for $54, 900 IN prize
money and they expect to go ~ times
as fast as Duryea did as a pioneer.
The drivers have two 500-mile marks
to shoot at. First comes the Brook
lands. England, mark of 94.75 miles an
hour, made in 1913 by Resta. Chassagne
and Guinness, who relieved each other
at intervals of a 12-hour grind, and
the Indianapolis record of 1884 miles
an hour established by Ralph De
Palma. who won the Hoosier classic
this Year.
Three Drop Out.
Predictions We're common tina the
De Palma record would be over
whelmed, based on practice records
over he board track. Enthusiasts de-
clared that the winner would nave to
average ~ miles. but the more con-
s~ervative questioned whether the
Brooklands record would be beaten.
keene, Hughes and Devore withdrew
before the start, owing to accidents to
their cars in practice yesterday. They
reported to Fred Wagner. the starter,
this morning that they had been unable
to make repairs over night.
The start of the race was delayed
half an hour to allow Bob Burman to
replace a broken piston rod.
The death of Private Moles, Com
pany F, Third regiment, l. N. G., Of
lockjaw in the speedway hospital, was
announced. Moles was seized with the
malady yesterday. He came with his
company from Pontiac to guard the
course.
At $3.50 a. m. the parkway space
around the big oval was filled with au-
tomobile parties and the grandstand
vas filing slowly. A mist which limited
at rain apparently discouraged the
crowds from coming early.
The start was made at the stroke OF
1880 with Burman in the race.
Resta Sets Pace.
Chandler withdrew with a broken
c~rankshaft at his Gath mile. Resta and
Wilcox made the first 20 miles at q
rate Of 1921 miles per hour. Eesta's
time was i1:40, a new record for the
distance. Thu previous record, made
by Ralph De Palma, at Los Angeles.
was 14.56:05.
The timers Of the race were unable 10