Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-02-09
NINETEEN ENTRIES FOR
BIG AUTOMOBILE CLASSIC
Grand Prx and Vanderbilt Gun
Events VIII BE Staged ut
San Francisco, Cal.
DRIVERS TO START
Races Will Likely BE Full of Thrills.
Course Laid With Asphalt and 200
Feet Widc-ACcommodu for
100000 Visitors.

HNN FRANCISCO, CAL, February s.
irlN ana the Vanderbilt cup already in
the hands of the race committee, and
more yet to be heard from, 1t is as
| suIed mat these two events will re-
| solve themselves into unprecedented
speed supremacy tests.
For the first time in the history Of
'hcse great American classics, both
events Will be held upon {, course where
nuhdcrdS or thousands OF thrilled spec
| tatorS will he able to see practically
every loot OF the entnre course. The
Vanderbilt cup will be run over the
exposition course ON February -. and
me :rn Strand i'riM or February ~.
Two Marmons and Stutz. the entries
Doing received by w. l.. IIughson. chair
man of the race committed The Stutz
entry was the third of this make to be
lstcd. ana the combination will make
9ne oi me strongest teams in the races.
the Stutz. Mercer, Peugcot. Maxwcii
and harmon teams will prove the
Greatest contest cccr held The racers
tendance records.
BEST OF Drivers Entered.
Eari Coopers recent victory at San
Diego with the Stutz has once more
demonstrated his ability to get away
with the big prize events. and macs
nm among the strong est compctitors
Tor honors in the exposition races Ray
i'tirouh is another driver who's. rcr,u-
tatlon as speed King will make linn
a prime favor.ic .yith the spectators
ol me mig events. larroun is at pres
racing car To be used in the races.
liatroun is one OF the best known
inc'hI experts III the world to-day. he
iiiE me designer and builder OF tho
famous Maxwell racing cars IarroIin
mas always been Il prominent contender
IN In, me bug events. ana especially dur
testamt on the indianapolis speedway
ana the biggest road events. Barney
U twn nf ana ana "; NJ Carlson will drive
pilot ithird, and the driver for the h,
fourth Maxwell entry has not been
n marl Cooper, Eddie Ricienbackcr, Gil
uii'erS already announced, and Ralph
De i,hima, twice winner of the Van
uerbiit cup, has declared that he can
not afford to miss the chance 10 Win
inc third time, which will result in his
saihihs permanent possession of the
The following are the entries for ,ho
Vanderbilt Cup and internniio me
G ARA i'riX auto, Races as received to
ING racing committee OF the l.. l.. l. E.:
,,S Htutz.Gi Anderson driver; Stutz
Stutz-Earl Cooper. driver; Earl
s'q!z-wilcox. driver; stutz Motor
reugcot-E. v Rick enbacker. driver.
Peuseot Auto Import Co.
AUTO 20.
Mcrcer-Merccr Auto Co
Mcrccr-Merccr Auto Co
r. M IinIn - Caldwell. driver; w.
simplex-Louis Disbrow, driver; Sim
Chevrolet-Jack LaCaIn driver.
Chevrolet Motor Co.
xwell-Barney oldneld, driver;
Maxwell Motor Sales Corp
MaXwell-William Carlson driver.
Maxwell Motor Sales Corp.
Deusenberg-Ed. ODonnell. driver: f
>. DcuscnbcrS.
DeuscnberS-Tom Alley, driver: + 6
DcuScnbcrE.
:, Delage-c. Il. Newhouse. driver; w.
Tahis-Jack Cable. driver: Frederick
Robinson.
Each of the above entries is made
jointly Tor both races.
just After Enir's Opening.
The Vanderbilt Cup will be the first
rye eyent to be contested at tho exposition
81. The Vanderbilt Cup race is 800
miles in length. and will require sew
The Grand Prix is 100 miles longer. and
Will require 100 laps to complete. In
the entire history OF these events there
course provided
Laid out as it is between the walls
OF the most beautiful exhibit palaces
will provide thrills for every moment
of the contests. At the. same time the
danger of accident Is reduced TO a mini
mum.
The roadway. asphalted throughout
with the exception, OF the portion OF
the mile dirt track employed. is 200
feet in width, and where the racers
pass each other ut intersections. going
I'm opposite directions. tho course is
divided by barbados of baled straw,
anchored to the roadway by cables.
This division line Is ninc-foot wall
covered with hurlaD and pads. II con-
stitutcS the safest form of barrier ever
employed on q race course.
Tho Frandstand. before which will he
the start and finish OF both races. seats
$4,000 persons. and faces the Bay OF
mt 10 o'clock in the morning. and arc
expected to be over by in the after
noon.
In addition to the principal prizes for
tho winners OF the two races, n num-
her of SDccial prizes are being offered
bv manufa cturers Of automobile parts
and Spccialtics for tho cars using their
products and making the best time
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