Omaha daily bee., 1915-01-10
FIRST OMAHA RACE
WILL BE 800 MILES
Sheriff MoShane to Go to New York
to Arrange for A. A. A. Sane.
tion July 5.
PURSE TO BE ABOUT $4,000

That the first long race held on tho
Omaha Auto Speedway will be 800 miles
in length was decided by the board Of di-
rectors yesterday. The sum to be put up
as purse has not definitely been de-
termined. but will probably he S9oOOO,
The distance of the race was decided
after some weeks of speculation. II was
frst thought that 5Oo-mile race for a
larger purse would be best. but on second
thought tho directors decided that It
would be far more expedient 10 holi a
shorter race first anl hold the larger one
later
A purse Of S2O,Oo0 will be plenty large
enough and will attract the big drivers
Of the country hero. At Sioux city ss5OO0
is distributed among the winners. but the
track ss two miles and twcnty-seven
drivers are permitted to start, while here
only seventeen will be permitted to strt.
Thus taking the individual average $4,000
to seventeen starters will be bigger
money that s25ocO to twcnty-seven
starters At Point Luna yesterday
eighteen started with the purse only
$4,000
Mcshnne Co New York.
Sheriff McShane. director OF contests,
will go to New York when the American
Automobile association contest board
holds its meeting I'm a week or two. He
will represent the Omaha speedway in
effort to obtain sanction for the first
race on July .. Tacoma has a sanction
for July 4 and the consent of the pro-
Inoters there must be obtained to secure
a sanction for Omaha, July ..
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trials will be held ON July and 4. Sat
urday and Sunday so Omaha will have
virtually three days of racing.
McShane will also go to the Vanderbilt
cup race at San Francisco. February %,
and to the Indianapolis event on Dec
Grafton day to sign up drivers for the
Omaha meet McShane will sign only
the best in the country, such men as Bur-
man, Oldfield, Richenbacher, Grant
Pullen, Anderson, Carlson, Cooper,
Hearne, De Palma and the like who have
enviable regulations as pilots of racing
! motor cars.
start on Track March I.
Work on the completion Of the track
will start March declared the directors
yesterday. Even though the frost is not
| of the grandstand will be started. 1t was
decided yesterday TO build a grandstant
which will hold $4,000 people and tn,
bleachers and infield will accommodate tC
thousands more.
As soon as the frost is out Of the
! ground, work on the track will be started
Construction Expert Vaughn declares h
will have the track finished. the stands
built subways installed and everything
in readiness for the big race by June 1
Jack Prince is now in Los Angeles ant
| letter was received from him yester
day in which he declared the drivers nov
on the coast are enthusiastic over tn
triple radius track here. They are al
5 anxious to give II trial and Prince dc
clares Mcshane will have no trouble q
lining up the cream of the racing mel
forthe event here.
Race During Ak-Sar-BeB.
It was also definitely decided yesterda!
to hold race here during Ak-sar-Ben
This event will also probably be 80
miles, although it may be stretched I,
500 miles If the first meet is bly, sue
cess. A sanction has been applied if tn,
first meet is a big success. A sanction
has been applied for between the date o
! September Is and October Is and ha
been granted. On any day the Omaha
men chose they can have a three-A order
Prince reported that he had signed
Barney Oldfied to bring his Fiat anC
Christie racing machines here for tim,
trials at distances from one to five milet
some time during the first two days il
May, but the directors refused. declaring
their belief that It would be best to holC
no events except the two big race meets
Oldfieid declared that he would be abb,
to do 40 miles an hour with his Christi,
on the Omaha track.
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