New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-26
AT Who Essay Lap Under
Official Timing Display
Necessary Speed.
AGAIN DARIO RESTA
MAKES BEST SHOWING
Me peuqeot Averages Nearly
,o6 Miles-Burman, Oldheld
and Anderson Next.


~ mex, Saturday afternoon. Seven
ICES competed in the qualifying
.,;.l. Yesterday. and all reached the
necessary speed easily.
rate Of SIS miles an hour for one
49,, ot the track must be shown by
-, various entrants Otto Haibe, at
= wheel o. the Scbring car, plodded
I'm, The circuit at 81 miles an hour,
..3sr the others were faster by far.
O,ce again pario Resta. the Italian
s.;v.r proved himself master of the
s.,.rs ln n.s oifoial trial he tore
..,,,5 the trac: IN j minute S 2-5 sec
"a. or AZ the rate OF lO5OS9 miles an
torr When he returned to the stand
- declared that the wind That swept
n. hackstretch prevented really ias'
time Earlier IN the day, while prac-
,ising Resta got his car up TO 100 ana
f,ec,ion miles an hour, and rated
along al the rate OF !V4 mlles WINE Sll
Eating for the signal from Fred Nag-
ner the starter. O,Aso,l
- ri Anderson were next IN rank.
~sting the circuit al the merry pace OF
,o9 ne an hour. They handled Peu-
r.o, Delace and Stutz cars respectively.
Tom Rooney, comparative young
driving a Stutz car, was right up win
lOl miles an hour 20 his credt.
uarrv Grant. who twice won the Van
a,rbilt Gun over the Long Island Speed
Wv qualified in leisurely manner
ceiling of "a lap in 1:l3:0O. or at the
.s,s ~ qS miles an hour. Halbe was
t9pght BY the timer in l:19:29, rate
no miles 10 the hour. The respective
times Of Oldfeid. Anderson and Bur
man on their qualifying laps were
I.lO:07. l:lO:S8 and l:1O;S5.
FdSie R;ckenbacker, who will drive
ons Of the Maxwell cars, did not quail
Nv He started. but after Keeling on
nile in g seconds he developed some
trouble or other and quit the track. A
cranky motor prevented Earl Cooper
irorn making an official record after ne
Ind thrilled the crowd with several laps
usrate Of lO5 miles an hour.
Speed Duels Thrill.
But the real thrills for the crowd
were not in the dashes against time.
There we're twenty or more impromptl
brushes while the men were tuning
their motors up that gave the specta-
,ors a real taste Of what will be seen
nsrt Saturday Most spectacular Il
these races was a ten-mile affair be
tzsen Bob Burman, in his Peugeot'
and Barney Oldheld. in the Delage, N
which the cars raced wheel 20 wneeI 10
usrrx Grant in his Maxwell. and
Riekenbacker. also driving, Maxwell
had nip-and-tuck struggle for aoou'
len miles. while IN another brush JACK
Aiken and Howdy Wilcox TOOK tneF
peugeots over the course az something
better than 100 miles an hour.
Oldfeld was tuning his car up, chas-
inr Rickenbacker around the bow.
when Burman came up from behlnd
and ioire5 him. A roar from thu
crowd went UP, and the drivers, noth-
inc loatb n race. accelerated 10 the
limit Wheel 70 wheel. the men tnuA-
dered down the straightaways' AND nv
Ike, they climbed the banks side -
side
By shooting OF the bank on the
bsekstretch. Burman eventually got
GU, in front By ffty yards, and for i'Ve
miles he STAYED there. O!dhe!d I'M
proved as ne drove. il seemed ano'
toaxing just little more speed ou>
Of his fra-throated steed he drew up'
and in front Of the stands weI INTO
the lead. Y was Burman's turn 20 tax
the smoke ard gasolene fumes.
Il continued for some four miles, Dn'
al the end % the tenth mile Bob Ore"
up on even terms. and then dropped
out.
. Earl Cooper and Gil Anderson hal
merry battle for ten miles IN their
Stu,z cars. and one might have though
that something hinged upOn their pass,
ing the stands first They alternaleo
in setting g. mad pace. but neither was
able 10 yet more than forty YARDS u
front Shortly after these boys lei,
the track Resta and Haibe had a niue
duel. but there was 100 much power IT
the Peugeot. and Resta went away o',
the wings OF the wind. Resta an
burman met later. and both were tuned
in l:0Sl0. or about lc4 miles an hour
The drivers complained that IN
strong wind sweeping over e oacN-
stretch made high sneed a matter OF
difficulty They could scarcely breatn"'
,hey said 60 tho committee decided 70
extend tho time limit from clocK
70 $40 o'clock. IN the hope that the
wind would die. II grew stronger a.
tAe minutes fed. however. and the
drivers we're sent around. anyway
Timing Apparatus Tested.
Fast time was not confined 70 inc
Qualifying round. While the. men wer:
tsning up the electrical timing APP
larstus was tried out. The driver :,
Sade every lap a winning one, and
here was little difference in the OF
Zeal trials and the practice. mere
Vas Rests. for instance. In one OF ms
irial trips he shaved inside Of l;O''
Which is iaunting along at l04 miles 70
ne hour Jack Aitken and Ho~dy
Wilcox, On the peugeot cars, were
aught in l:l0:70, or 1902 miles an
hour.
Gil Anderson tore % six miles at a
MY pace. The timers caught him IN
4:l2:60; l:il:90. and l:l0:s4, and ul.-
Sneial timers caught him on the fourth
zap IN i:o9 40, which is mighty con
sN'eni driving. u averages somewhere
eioand 1902 miles an hour. Burman
never seems 20 lose his hold on. the
crowd and his very appearance was
eaeered 10 the echo.
cooper, before his engine cut up
monkey shines, gave old Father Time
fether sorry jolting. He was timed
-, mree turns Of tho track in 1:ll:65;
4l."V and l:ll:75, or an average
'psec Of l0l miles an hour.
ron Rooney, :he youngster. attracted
Zen Zen attention by his driving. The
Ny ume this young lrishman is
sssppy Is when the car is going as fast
- y can, and even then ne has q bit
" crouch because more speed can
hot be af.os.a. n "a, -. a.,