The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-04-24
PILOTS POLISH
RACING Autos
PostpOurment Results In Added Coats
Of Paint and Varnish for Big Race
Sunday Afternoon.


The best looking fleet .r m.lug
cars ut any American meeting -lucr
Indianapolis last May
That is the way IN experienced rae
lug man summarized tAr situation
which has developed locally. through
the fact mat the driver, OF all the
wind splitting buggies have huI plenty
Of time for the "dOllins OF their
mounts.
Prior to the p~Ostpourmrut each
racing camp had occupied .'1r.t large
y In the final details Of rluIug up the
mechanism. Some Of the rats showed
plainly Ia their finish 'hr r0.t thut
they had been campaign severely
aud for some time. On tE..l. morn
Ing. however, brushes wrr. brought
cut mud, with plenty Uf time. drivers
and mrchHniCianH went To- work. -prrnd
lug paint aud yuruish I". result VI
their efforts viii be- seou Tomorrow In
nm cApnnse NJ shining ,sl.l.m sure
IT, delight the eye.
Those who expect a. ... lu these
ears muuy close exterior Iu-yuhIuurr-
t. the stock products of rNy various
factories they represent 1921. doomed
ro disappointment. for l.. field In
| Sundays race N frank o. tHr free
fDrull character. is car nuI.t to but
two essentials speed Hud endurance
Stock Car Race Pa-sc.
Contrary 10 popular .UUrrr,iuu.
there Is no longer know n. lutumo
bile racing such an event 1- % stock
car rucp The last event Of obi. .hHr
meter was held away hach Iu 1910 Not
even such an event Ms thar W Tuesday
on the oklahoma City course f. open
10 stock car classificntiO. though in
that race. most Of the competing ours
we're stock-ca adaptation. N.rn more
ur less stock material Remaining In
their construction.
In lines and design Tine ears that
rGce tomorrow make No. concession 10
beauty. rOOminess, fleNihIIltE nt slow
J sleed, Quietness, completeness ~
equipment, hill climbing ability or
many VI the other attrlhu',. necessary
10 a satisfactory touring ear
The rules specify merely that these
ears shall be- vehicles "uf three or
more wheels, propelled nE SELF con
'uincd mechanical mean. fitted with
nt lenst two brakes operated inde
pcudentIy " each other uul O motor
driven reversing mechanism
Speeders Have Individuality.
The racing cars will give ucyrrthr
less n fairly accurate idrn m the de
signing and manufacturlur principles
W the various factories represented
Firms Ike the Maxwell Motor Co for
Instance, build compete their own rae
Ing cars, manufacturing rot only mo
tors, transmlssions, aIlrs and other
essentials, but building even hoods
tanks bodies and radiators The cars
are 10 the designs OF chief Engineer
Ray Harroun. the former speedway
champion and %carburetor expert who
also designs the Maxwell "2j tour
Ing car.
Under the hood" thc>a Maxwell
cars bear many striking resemblance
to the stock product. There is the
snme long stroke. small bore type mo.
tor. rating by $ A f formula nj "a
horse power The cylinder heads are
detachable another Maxwell 80.
characteristic Materials are I'm most
INSTANCES identical with tho~, NJ the
stock product. Whore there Is yaria.
ton, II IL usually dine 10 a process ~
experiment, entered into with @ view
10 testing some new tyne of steel ullo,
Ia the cruel task NJ racing
In such detail. rne racing ear. u'
today are often tnr fore runner, Of
the stock ans M tomorrow.
But they ARE aIl hort and stunn1
they hang close to the ground thew
cannot, In the widest flight N funr,
be- termed comfortable. they hplIov
aud oar. They are as imurartIrn'
for any purpose other than speed "a,
n touring car would bee for racing n,p