The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-03
RESTA KING OF SPEED
IN RACE OF CHAMPIONS
English Born Driver Captures Hardness Trophy in
Record Time for 100 Miles-De Palma and
Burman Share Glory at Bay.

his tire change. but when one Is driving
miles at thirty-ive seconds enough Is
lost In mat time TO make II expedient,
and In fact most necessary. to loop 1t
ike anything to make up the lost dis
lance. And although no one knew IL
then Resta was to hold that lead which
he got at twenty-eight miles until the
race was done.
Milford certainly set out cheerily to
up Inc ground he'd lost. II was
more tina a mile at twenty-eight miles.
but thanks to hts going at a ITO
mile an hour clip for several circuits
he was inside IA mile at thirty-eight
miles. De Palma. whose car was tapped
by Resta's at thirty-nine miles. stopped
at the pits after his fortieth mile and
didn't coine out again. lie broke "a
connecting rod. and his hard luck sea-
son for the Mercedes was over.
Tire Trouble stops Nulford.
The Resta-Mulford battle was going
along merrily all this time, and when
they had one forty-eight miles Resta
was about half a mile TO the good. so
much OF the lead nae milford Gu, down.
Fifty miles saw milford In he pits
again. lie made the change on the
right rear tire In rs As seconds and
lost all the advantage no had gained,
Resta tapped Milford as the latter was
coming gu Of the pits, and as the Peu-
geot was slow to pick ny he vas more
tina two miles behind Resta. However,
Milford passed Resta the very next
time around and at ifty-sIx miles set
sail TO get back the lap he needed Bur
man all this time was third and Ricken-
hacker, almost four miles behind Resta,
was fourth. running serenely and con-
hdently.
Milford was picking up from so to 75
yards to the lap. go that II looked like
a matter of fifteen laps before he would
be well up In the lead again. He was
making ITO miles an our most of the
time and his stern chase was inspiring
the crowd with hope that they would see
a top notch strugele the last ten miles
or so. Again tire trouble interviewed
Just after passing the tape at seventy.
four miles part of the tread OF that often
OFFENDING righ rear tire on MulfoId's
car flew off and the consequently slower
lap that he was forced to drive, even
though followed by a quick tire change,
put him ga miles behind Resta. THE
AT seventy-six miles looked a hopeless
handicap, but milford went out sgain
after Resta when he was completely shod
for the taunt.
Plucky Milford Restive.
Driving all the time about as fas,
as he could he was picking up again
80 that he wac o n mile 10 the bad
where tire trouble for Resta would have
given him a first rate chance to win
when at eighty-eight miles came the
GROWING blow. In the backstre,ch the
right rear tire came of the wheel en-
tircly n ne drove down the home
stretch on the rim. The next lap was his
last. for the engine broke down and the
race, as a contest. was over.
Resta's winning time was IS 1911,
averaging 1858 miles an hour. Bur
man. who got second. made SIS 1895, ar
average OF 1924 miles an hour. and
R~ickenbacker, whose steady plugging
kept him on the track with never a stop,
was third In 81 :0o.59. averaging 9s.3
miles an hour.
The huge Bitten Benz covered its
exhibition lap the first thing OF the
afternoon. II swooped around the track
with its sharp brats peak over the
radiltor cleaning in the sun and went
far higher aroun the turns Than ANY
other racing car has done thus far on
the speedway. In the race with H.
Palma's Sunbeam there was a mis-
understanding In the rrst heat. n,
q Aha "b~ti I ''H's aA' 'SS
ner gave him the flag and the hca'
didn't count. De Palma slowed down
and Burman won easily. Later on they
got together and then DE Palma showed
great speed. His time for he four miles
was . los CT. at the rate OF 1ll97 miles
N hour. In the two lap event. az later
in the three laL (six mile) event. he led
from the start and won by a length or so
For six miles his time was 3 :09. 90
averaging ia miles al hour
Although the wind was too strong fol
=. c. Mlilman to ny over from Gardei
City to the motor racing speedway IT did
not prevent Jean DomenJoz, already a
the field. from doing stunts in his Bleriot
monoplarN. He looped and did the deat
leap drop and other effective stunts
much to the satisfaction of the crowd
The crowd. by the way. was OF good size
numbering certainly In the ~neighborhooc
of 10000. The general satisfaction owe
the programme seemed to show that thu
public more enjoys the shorter races ant
that even a $50 mile race, although al
improvement over a SOC mile AFFAIR, !!
longer than the public wants. The 1o'
mile race and perhaps something some
what longer with good competition ap
pea rs 10 be what Is wanted.
Some of those present were Mrs. VIII
lam X. Vanderbilt, Jr.. Mr.. and Mrs
Buell. HOLSTER, Mr.. and Mrs. Lorillar'
Spencer, Percy L. Pyue I'd, Miss Mar,
Pyne, Miss Edith Mortimer, Mauric
Roche, W. Rhinelander Stewart, Jr
Miss Symphorosa Bristed, Miss Angelic
Schuyler Brown, James l.. Breese, Nj
and Mrs. Robert Franklin Adams. Nils
Edith Adams, Jules Glaenzer. Ben Al
Iaggin, Prince and Princess Pau
Troubetzkoy. Lawrence NJ Waterbury
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Potter Breese. Jon
J. Ide, Miss Maggie Teyte, Martin j
Keogh, Jr., Mr.. m Mrs, Orson kilborr
Mr.. and Mrs. Grafton II. Pyne, l.. Cor
don Hamersley. Miss Clair Bird. Mr.. an
Mrs. Frederick Havemeyer, Sewar
| Johnson. Evart Jansen Wendell, Mr.. an
| Mrs. W. Halsted Nanderpoel, Harr
Hardness, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles T. Proc
| tor, Mrs. +, Hopkinson Smith. Jr,, Dun
bar Adams, Trumbull Thomas and win
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