New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-06-20
Nv SPEEDWAY
n BRING BACK
SPIRIT OF RACING
"A Sheepshead Bay Track
. ;srOt Away and Motor
'rircle Rises Rapidly.
SuFNSE PROJECT
BEGINS TO UNFOLD
-, Steel, Cement and Wood
Nal Will Easily Hold
100000 Spectators.

oval viii EaSliy holu
j 100000 Spectators.
,r. n you are one Of the old
vbn uset 60 got up ia the foggy
~. hose chill fall mornings and
" 20 Long Island, where the speed
-, we're hitting 10 ny; u you re-
-, the good, old, crazy times we
r'r',esine the fore. Caers grab the
4e..,Silt Cur and leave us nothing
.brse-day headache; and II you
~ the hale million speed fans
.Srsvs stretch"l your neck out OF
xltn the ,oo6-outs yelled Car
- 4 wi. be music 20 your ears
~ that once more Long Island Is
II. ,bs scene Of some speed battles
Id iii make your hair curl!
- ercup a. men, 1lled with en-
$50 and baoscu by ample means
f.Sll. have provided an entirely new
- for the accomplishment Of the
II ,stoundirg speed the world has
go. Last week they invited the
= md few members Of the motor
1.s.ts see the wonders they are work
~ tie old SEeepshead Bay race
%, lpeky ne who followed the
- on that famous old track we're
- They would have shed bitter
2, syer the transformation.
H. .bough q cyclone had come in the
~. A. the stables, the grandstand
A. rsn the sucieat track have been
=. svay. and on the great un-
80, plain rises a mammoth motor
~ o. steel, cement and long-leaf
Designed for Thrilling Speed.
=. surface is as smooth and hard as
Il s,erg floor. Two straightsways Of
IN, nls each and two curves banked
M 6 inches complete an oval OF
II uilss on which experts predict IT
<,rgible 70 attain any speed which
! ming machine Of to-day is capa-
Md
3 zen ears could run abreast on the
tsi,H.Tide surface II those on the
NJ ui could maintain sufficient
~ 70 hold the top, but this Is SIS yet
Ety possible.
Ehihs highest speed which has been
lr1l,ed az Indianapolis in the 500-mile
{s.,s,akes and n the trial spins on
3aisE Chicago Speedway nc car has
hsWs,rAted It's ability 10 hold the
3sd1oteh on s bank equal TO that Of
lasssspshead Bay track.
Tin the drivers 60 in TO and out Of
H. urss a. Indianapolis they find IL
xa0ry to cut down their speed for a
(sz,i OF two, but il is said that on
H. Slsspshesd course, II driver be
la properly set on the straight
3ns. he can hold his steering wheel
Iy-isily steady and take both curves
3r.sgi shutting OF for even a fraction
siroment
4 IL will mean not only 3 new SEN
l.. for the spectator, but some
Ia which drivers may have 20 ac-
1 n before they can reach the limita-
Is q the new track, said by experts
stssd l20 miles an hour without
1u tanger Of skidding.
ga little talk 70 the press last week |
aslid Thompson, general manager OF
4 : sheepshead Speedway, said that
~ rs builders have provided track
tvslek drivers may reach speed |
~ before believed possible, they
w likewise kept in mind the neces-
Il 81 preserving absolute safety for
2 trlyers and spectators.
igy feet back from the inside Of |
hEtl there is 20 be = heavy protect |
Il aul Of cement, beyond which no !
1Hsll be allowed. This gives any /
/ 81 who might meet with an acct |
"a free spillway on which ne would |
4 " Asely be able TO save his life as
~ a the lives Of the spectators on
iattsli.
A'ig the outside Of the oval q steel |
4 ansnt wall is provided 10 take
nH any trouble which might occur
~ II, for example, a car was ris-
i 1poh one Of the curves and met !
= % accident which caused 1t TO
a'Tsf and up the incline, il should,
1selig 10 theory. be stopped at the
~ this high wall, and thus pre-
20 from going over TO q sheer drop !
s'ng-hve feet.
ssn the Sheepshesd Speedway was
= announced and the generous press
" nld quarter of q million spec |
- would be taken care of comfort !
4nd that the track would allow q
more than one hundred miles |
nsi, Il was thought his twelve
,SN Imagination might be over
s6 bat IS the project ripens into
10y survey Of the work tends TO |
10 bis prediction.
''uI moment OF the last few weeks
ven the undertaking 70 ahead by
~ snd bounds. More than two
nd men are az work filing. grad
Pat'ng cement, riveting the steel
shc grandstand and laying the
1naee, which is built Of 2 by 4
suips set on edge and elinehed
"s-ineh wire rails.
Il should Last Twenty Years.
would seem that nothing but q
~ torpedo could ever shake the
H the supporting structure Of
Ia cement The engineers figure
,-uaee, which Is 10 be treated with
s.s~rlng auid. will last for twenty
NmeHl mas not QeClQcO Oh
I ralag date, but they hope TO hold
Wnier race during the coming
~ az annual race, which is TO be
a'efe Of the new track, has not
H. .nee or fixed as 70 date, but il
0aess be held each fall. and
H. a. first at least. exceed $50
H. torkers, IL Is assumed, will pre-
~ IVY, swift event, instead Of .
49, eVO miles There is talk Of
aehs club feature 10 interest
H. zen OF wealth in the mainte-
racing cars, even II they do
ies,..' nem. While racing has been
hug "a TIE East for a long time. it
- =, aeoWn there are more than q
- Young men In New York who
4rp rs owned fast cars and who
~ Asen on driving at high speed.
lSf.s u. not had an opportunity to
d, aeir skill OF their machines
pcone roads. The speedway
them the place TO drive, and,
~, !. more important to them, the
thn witness their ability 70 drive.
49,. are held for owners, entries
,s'atslly be restricted 70 those
Pa, suotd 10 indulge in the sport
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