New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-26

Th, As,or Cup race viii open the new
Shoes. head BAY Speedway next Sat
urday
We must all go, whether we are old
timers or newcomers in the motor
world
For Us old-timers il is like teaching
II # dogs new tricks. We do not know
the meaning Of all this boardwalk
racing. The new blood will have 70
show US the way The original atmos-
nhere has been wiped out and they
have taken away both the stage and
the background.
We are asked to enthuse over some
thing quite foreign TO our ideas OF
motor racing.
When they showed US the great 49,
100000 speedway last Saturday we
went there in large but mournful num-
bers.
II was more Ike going to funeral
Of the past than the birth "f a new era
in motor racing. The spi-7 Of the old
race was lacking. and tse spectators
moved as TO the beat OF the muiiied
drum. Even the deadly brass band did
not awaken the dead spark. The glori-
Gus might before the Vanderbilt Cup
was all gone and we felt more like the
morning after
Something which seemed to spell
"commercialism" hemmed US in and
hung a wet blanket on our emotions.
We stood like children, lok ng at the
most modern motor race course IN the
world-a stupendous affair on which
tn. finest engineering skill and a great
amount OF money has been expended.
The erandstand looked like a noun
tain range, rising along the home
stretch. The wide, high-oanked board
track looked to US like a prairie built
for speed
Ten thousand people sprinkled in the
monster stand were lost
Then came Mr.. Resta. in what ap-
peared TO be, in this vast eXpanse OF
track. only a toy car.
With all Of his speed, exceeding one
hundred miles an hour, he was still far
below the limitations of the track and
appeared to be merely a bug crawling
around the edge Of a mammoth platter.
Five times he flew around at a
worlds record pace. As he finished the
ten miles the band played and there
was a burst Of applause. As he
stopped crowd Of men rushed to his
car TO congratulate him. He had
broken worlds record, but still we
did not feel the thrill which the oc-
occasion demanded.
Following this the spectators filed
away to their cars TO return home. And
this was the opening of the speedway
Let US hope the big race next Satur-
day will be more exciting. New YORK
undoubtedly stands hungry and waiting
for a new sensation in motor racing. 1t
is entirely up to the management of the
speedway TO produce it. Everything
depends on the result Of the first race.
. If il is spectacular and well conduct
ed the future Of the speedway will be
settled. New York will then accept the
modern form Of racing and go to II as
it goes after everything which tiekles
ITS callous palate.
Not alone is this form Of motor racing
new to US, but the drivers are I'M
known. except for the newspaper noto-
riety they have received. The drivers
which New York knew in the early
days OF motor road racing came from
Europe. The young men who will ap-
pear in the Aston Cup race came, IN
large part, from the West Their rec
ords have been made at Indianapolis,
Chicago and on the Pacific Coast We
do not know them except in print. The
cars they drive were also developed
after the theatre Of motor racing was
removed from Long Island.