Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-06-27
Winner Of the Contest is Entered in
Omaha Races at Speedway
July 5.
DIZZY SPEED PROVES MARVEL
By F. S. HUNTER.

CHICAGO, June 26.-(Special
Telegram. .)-Dario Resta, the dar-
ing English pilot who is entered in
the Omaha Gasoline Derby on July
added another victory to his string
NV carrying off first money in the
4 bOO-mile race held at the new May
l wood board speedway here today
Eighty thousand persons witnessed
the contest.
Resta not only was victorious IN
the race, but he broke the 6OO-mile
mark for competitive racing with an
average of 81 .. 6 miles per hour
Rv winning the race Resta receives
s9s 600 OF this amount $4,000 is the capi-
AL nurse for first place. He also re-
ce,ved $1,000 for leading the field at zOo
I rriles. another thousand for leading at
! 900 miles and a third thousand Tor lead
,n9 AZ AoO miles. The other $500 is the
Ravfield cash prize to the WHINE he
o1so reoetves a 1000 silver trophy.
Resta's time for the distance was 6:o1;H'
15,a average was eight miles an hour
faster than the record made by DePalma
drove a French Peugeot car.
pornorato. driving his second race N
Anoeriea. pushed his English sunbeam
across the tape in second position. he
mas hit three minutes behind Hesta'
the 800 miles off In b:lO'oO' an
average of se.5 miles an hour.
Eddie Rickenbacher, omahas favoriOe,
canned the third money. Eddie learned
The racing game on the little art TRACK
west of Omaha, and Omahans VINO khe"
him during his several years OF resi-
AAnoa In Nebraska. have always oeen
Railing for him Eddie drove his MAX
,yeu the distance in 5:14:20, an average
of s5.S miles an hour. =
Never n stop for Grant.
Harry Grant was fourth In a Sunbeam
c,-an+ travelled the entire 800 miles with
ont onca stopping at the pits, the only
oar IN the race to perform the feat When
he made his extra lap after receiving the
nag his engine suddenly stopped ana
tba car rolled on its momentum Two
,otlea around the track. His gas mao
inst run out. and It is we'll that 1t did
not do 30 lust few seconds sooner as
mari Cooper in a StItz was but a. rev
yards behind. Cooper finished fifth just
twenty-four seconds behind Grant
Burman Finishes Again
al Anderson, Cooper's teamrnate' was
sdxth. and Tom Alley, another driver VINO
is entered at Omaha, finished seventh
Lewis chevrolet, plotting the Delage car
uJbieh will be driven at Omaha by John
11APalnna. won eighth money, and Bob
yauronan finished his second long race
tn the money. Bob was ninth in
PeuReot. At Indianapolis this year Bur
man. for the first tinIe, finished 900
k,nile raee. His performance today makes
hts seoond success. Strange to relate
Burnan was number nine in the elirnina-
ton trials and he finished in ninth Do
sition-
Closely Grouped fer Tenth.
Joe Cooper. who is entered at Omaha
finished tenth In a Seoring. When the
tenth car was tagged Ralph Mulford'
Babcock, Won Raalte. Orr and Carlson
were stiII In the race. All Of the others
bad Withdrawn. The entire Porter Knight
team, withdrew Just before the race on
account of piston trouble Two OF these
cars. those driven by Hughie Hughes and
Charley Keene. are entered at Omaha
hut It Is feared they viii not be in shape
for the race.
Billv Chandler was the first to quit
brolen shaft sent his OgTen into the
garage at \twenty-four miles. Howard
wilcox was forced out at ninety miles
nv a broken transmission. He was lead
ing the field at the time. Otto Henning
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