The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-28
SIX MORE DRIVERS
QUALIFY FOR RACE
Aitken Makes Best Time of
New Men, With Lap at Rate
105 Miles an Hour.
TWO OTHERS EXCEED 100

49,
terday for the Astcr Cup race at $50
mics. which will be run st the Sleeps
head Bay Motor Speedway Of Saturday.
but as Grants accident. reported else
where In the paper. eliminates him N
possibly the car. the total OF those
Withdrawals % some OF those which
iAus far have failed 20 come out for
trials and absence from other causes
probably vii, bring the field that faces
Starter Wagner on Saturday TO two
dozen. but those Will he the pick OF the
entries and a big enough fed to provide
big thrills and fast racing
Among those who qua. fed yesterday
were Johnny A.;ker. Feuseot. who did
a lap IN eS 6 seconds. los miles an
hour That was nearly the fastest OF
the day. Resta. p-uccc;, who made a
secord trial. did Just about; the same as
on saturday, $50 seconds. which is
approximately los miles an hour.
Barney Oidheld. making his second
ir!a. with his Delage. improved con
s!derably over he Saturday PERFORM
anCe. He did the two miles in 50 Is
seconds. which e a lp4 NILE an hour
clip. However, Athens fast perform
ance puts Oldheld back into third place
OF those VIC have qualified thus far.
Wilcox, Aitkens tesmmAte, did a zap
IN Il seconds, a; TIRE rate Of lOl miles
an hour. Earl Cooper. S;utz. qualified
with a Ian in 1lS0 seconds, between 100
ana lol miles an hour. Eddie Ricken-
hacker. Maxwell, got IN with 72.1s
seconds for a lap. at the rate o. 50
miles an hour. The other lualr1ers
both were Dueseaoeres Bidie O Don
hell drove one a lap in 7s.S2 seconds.
between ~ and 50 miles an hour wi..ie
HAupt sent the other along in >0.o5
seconds. between 50 and 30 miles an
hour Nothing slower than IS miles an
hour qualities.
Ralph he Palma had his Mercedes out
on the track. hut after several warming
Up laps developed some trouble which
APPEARED 10 0e with the valves and
withdrew 20 his garage. Jack Peacock.
ire National dealer In Brooklyn. had out
4 Ftugvut car wh.0h h- is trying -
make ready for the race. This will
make Ave Peugeots In the hunt anyway,
even though - car entered b. LetCher
Brown to be driven by Ralph Milford
vii not; get here on time. a. II was
shipped or a SLOW steamer that will not
arrive until the day after the race. A
Siu'z car, the fourth on the list. entered
by = g Patterson q Chicago. who also
dominates he Palma's Mercedes. nav be
driven either by CALEB : Bragg or Jack
Rutherfurd. both amateurs, although Old
hands al The racing game, Brass said
Yesterday, however. inAi he had no
mount as yet.
F..lay l. Porter. who makes the F. r.
= car, was AZ the track yesterday. He
aid he had one car ready at his fac
tory AZ Port jefferson. L. J.. and would
bring u over for a trial in G.an For-
p1Ta.o's hands to-day or tomorrow.
The other r. n i. positively wiz not be
ready The Mercer cars were not out
on the course yesterday for elimination
trials. The Push Special. which has a
Huestnherg motor IN a Chevrolet
chassis and Is driven by Jack lie Cain,
was on the track. but did not try out.
pu,stnbcrg has no less than seven cars
entered with his motors. He has three
under his own name and the Sehring.
the Ogren. the milford Special (which
Ralph milford may drive himself now
that his Pougeot can't De here) and the
Pugh Special
II - understood that his friends have
been urging on Harry :. Hardness. pres
iden, ~ the speedway. that II would not
lie citing ior h.m in view OF his ofifca
to dr.yc a car in the race and therefore
he may not starr with his Deltge Moth
Ing has been heard ~ the Erwin specials
thus rAr. ~ the thirty-one cars en-
tered nineteen thus far ave ben out
on the track
Blaine Miller. the engineer VINO de-
signed the indianapolis and SheepShead
sI-rdNTLys. sad he had taken particular
rot.ve 81 the high points reached by m.
fastest drivers on the turns. Il was a
mark about SO feet up the sweep OF the
curve. which measures 1i.6 feet He com
puted that in a lap the drivers did 1917
feet more than two ndlcs and AZ a loo
mile an hour clip this would mean a
difference Of ! 3-5 seconds. ny his
computation he figures Resta's perform
ance 81 los miles an hour would have
been ll2 miles an hour II he had not
driven so high up the hank. Fred :.
p~deSeuhcrg. the motor maker. said he
considered the track Was an sdeSa one
for accommodating all CLASSES II cars
The faster ones. he said, would natu-
rally swing out Oh the turns and the
slower ones would Told TO the pole all
the way around and all would get along
well together. he thought, with little
chance ~ accident.
1t will not be until to-norow night
that the qualifying trials will he over.
Then the technical examination will he
made and numbers and starting positions
I allotted in tho order q; the speeds made
In the elimination trials. II is probable
that the cars viii start in rows OF
-four. The rows w'l be separated by a
distance OF 90 To- % feet. After lining
up behind the starting line in this forma
ton the cars will be sent along one lap
to get going. The ext time they pass
the l!ne starter Wagner will give them
the flag TO go.