Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-10-03
AUTO RACE HONOUS
GO TO EARL COOPER
Motor Age Awards stutz, American
Built Oar, Supremacy Of the
Racing World.
SUCCEEDS RALPH DE PALMA


Although II is early in the season.
Motor Age, Americas foremost auto
mobile trade magazine, has taken time
by the forelock and has awarded tho
premier honors Of America to the sturdy
stutz car. and to Earl Cooper. The won
derful showing OF Stuts cars at Indian
anelis, Chicago, Elgin and Minneapolis
has prompted Motor Age to give the
stutz the American road race and the
American speedway championship for
the season Of 1915.
In 1913 the stutz, by a phenomenal
series OF wins established itself as the
road race champion for America for the
season During the season OF 1914 the
German Mercedes. driven by Ralph De
Palma. secured this honor. But 1915
brings the championship once more to
the Stutz, with Earl Cooper driving.
The record OF the Stutz is the most
spectacular OF any ever established dur
ing the history of automobile racing.
Harry G. stutz. builder and designer OF
the car. has entered twenty Stutz cars
In fourteen consecutive races and nine
teen OF these cars finished I'm the money
In the Elgin|Chicago trophy. the Blgin
national trophy and in the Minneapolis
HRNoAWay EdG0 Inc 6lulh cars won IlfEI
and second. and in the latter race the
closest car to the second Stutz was forty
two miles behind. In the Minneapolis
speedway race OF 800 miles the two Stutz
cars finished less than one-quarter of a
second apart or. i'm other words. less
than ten feet apart The finish was the
closest and most sensational in the an
mails OF motor racing, and the greatest
n at na,,N -
petitive debut in the Indianapolis sweep
stakes of 1911. Cooper captured the pre-
mier honors of the day and a purse of
$4,000. Measured by space, his margin
of victory was less than half cars
length.
Cooper IL First.
Earl Cooper. in winning the San Diego
road race January 9, 1915. and his vic
tories at Elgin. give him beyond the
question OF doubt the American road
race championship for the 1915 season.
Dario Resta comes very close to equaling
Cooper in this record, Cooper having one
second place better than Resta.
These honors, coming to the Stutz in
it's fourth year of racing. have estab-
liahed beyond the question Of a doubt
the supremacy of the American-made
CAT. Inc record OF the StuIH mas Deen
due more to a consistent performance in
every race entered than to special bursts
of speed, or races won through extraor-
binary good luck. The Stutz stamina,
the sturdy motor and the sturdy chassis,
driven by two master drivers, demands
the respect of every automobile enthusi-
asst In America and Europe today.
Harry Stutz. in a recent statement.
made very plain his reasons for continu-
ing his cars in the race course after
having achieved such wonderful vic
tories. His main idea was the perfection
of the car itself, and In obtaining this
perfection he has found racing the quick
est and surest means OF testing a car
and the hardest possible service in the
least possible time. Harry Stutz states
that he shall continue racing for this
reason only, The racing record OF the
Stutz car shows, beyond any question Of
doubt that the stutz construction has
been brought UP to the highest possible
state of perfection now possible.