The Washington herald., 1915-10-24
COOPER LEADER
OF j. 5. DRIVERS
His Work of Past Year Re-
viewed by Auto Trade
Paper.
GIL ANDERSON SECOND
Dario Resta Gets Next to Highest
Honor in Road Events with Winner
of First Award.
GIL ANDERSON SECOND

Earl Cooper is the 1916 all-arounC
champion of the automobile race
drivers and the Stutz car is the I'M
disputed leader of the racing cars for
been made by the Horseless Age, the
automobile trade paper, in its annual
review of the racing performances OF
1915. This review. which covers the
twenty-five road and speedway con-
tests of the year, brings to light the
fact that the open competition sea-
son which closed with the running of
the record-breaking Astor Cup Race
at the Sheepshead Bay Speedway has
been the most interesting in the his
tory of motor car racing.
Throughout the year, previous rec
ords have been constantly shattered,
the total average speed of the twenty
two races run being close to twenty miles
an hour higher than that made in all
the road and speedway contests of
two years ago. The number of start
ers in the various events have been
greater and the general interest in
this class of sport has shown mark
ed increase through the erection of
specially constructed speedways
throughout the country.
How He Won Points.
During the season. Cooper. the road
champion of 1913. participated in
eleven events of which he won three.
was second three times, fourth twice
and was eliminated three times.
Under the Mason point system OF
scoring, which allows 10 points for a
hrst. for a second. for third, for
fourth. for fifth, / for sixth, x for
seventh. q for eighth. = for ninth
AID y for tenth. Cooper scored 81
points during the year as against IS
points for Gil Anderson and Eddie
O'Donnell. his nearest competitors. OF
Cooper's points. "a were earned on the
roads through his winning two races.
eliminated in two others, while 81
Is his total for one win. two seconds,
two fourths, and one elimination on
the speeGways.
Cooper won the Point Iona race
at San Diego, on January 8. and the
Chicago Automobile Trophy event at
Elgin on August 30, these being his
two victories on the roads. His only
speedway victory was at Minneapolis
on September when he lead his team
mate, Anderson, across the wire in
4 590-Elile race with an advantage OF
only 81 seconds, the closest finish ever
recorded in a long distance contest.
In The road races. Dario Resta, who
made such an suspicious debut to
American race followers in winning
I. Vanderbilt Cup and Grand Prize
races 81 San Francisco finished Sec
vI.d to Cooper. the twenty points
-"ored at these events giving him this
o$ition. Eddie Rickenbacker, with
0irtytwo points. leads the drivers In
he Speedway standing. though in win
ming the Sioux City. Omaha and Prov
jJence races he did not have the
anne class of competition as Cooper
and Anderson met in their races.
IN the fight for second honors in
the sll-arOund championship ranking
of drivers. Anderson and O'DonnelI
ave tied. each having thirty-eight
points. but in his thirteen starts the
later only won one race. the Glendale
Tad contest. while Anderson won the
E'gin National and the Astor Cup
race. the latter at a worlds record
pa ce. Therefore, Anderson is entitled
To tho choice in the selection of rum
The Horseless Age has rank |
ed the seasons winning drivers in the
order: Cooper. Anderson,
O'DonneIl. Resta. Rickenbacher. Old |
TeId. De Palma. Ruckstell. Burman. |
Pullen. and milford