The Ely miner., 1915-09-10
PRIZE WINNERS IN 500
MILE SPEEDWAY RACE

MllH0dpOllS, O0pl. &. -LSdti SoOpOlr
driving a Stutz car, once more cap'
tured the first prize in a long distance
race. Cooper carried off the high hon
ors at the new speedway and pressing
him hard for honors was Gil Anderson
his teammate, who shot across the fin.
ishing line less than half second be,
hind the winner. Resta, Barman and
DePalma were forced out by engine
trouble and the Stutz team had walk
away.
Cooper's car averaged S6.35 miles an
hour for 500 miles, and although the
time was not fast, the high honora
and $4,000 in cash go to the Califor'
nian. For his efforts and success Gil
Anderson draws down $10,o0e. Eddie
O'Donnell, who finished third, several
laps behind the winning pair, took
down $4,000, and Tom Alley took
fourth money.
Resta Leads at Start.
The race started out with Resta
shooting into the lead over the two
Stutz cars and De Palma. Bob
Burman, who had the pole posi-,
ton in the second row, displayed
some rare track knowledge ON the
very first lap. He started in to
overtake Resta and on the second
whirl around the track the Italian was
driving at his best, with Burman rid
ing in the vacuum of his car. But
when the two cars broke into the
stretch off the bank near the main
grandstand, Burman gave his car a
| full flow of juice and he slipped past
| the other Peugeot, Resta taking up his
dust Driving like Wild Bob of old,
Burman continued to lead the field and
lap after zap he shot past the judges
stand holding a lead that varied from
| 20 to 80 seconds over Resta De Pal
ma in the meantime, was fighting hard
in the attempt to overtake Resta.
Cooper, in the meantime, stamped on
his accelerator pedal with all his
might and the StutZ soon passed Res
ia, but Burman was going too fast for
the field. At 20 miles De Palma steam
ed into the pit row for repairs, and al
though he spent only about as seconds
in the hands of his helpers, when he
got under way he was far behind. Res
ia in the meantime found Gil Ander-
son pressing him and on the next turn
the second Stutz had slipped ahead OF
the Peugeot driven by the famous Ital,
ian.
Burman Is Forced Out.
Averaging SO miles an hour-a clip
never touched after he broke down,
Burman continued to lead through 80
miles. Then, on his 18th lap, Wild
Bob applied the brakes, he opened the
hood, looked over the machinery and
without much ceremony climbed over
the pit row and announced his retire
ment because of a broken connecting
rod
Cooper was leading at 120 miles with
an average of 1871. De Palma was
second and Anderson third De Palma
lost more ground through engine trou-
BILE, and at 130 miles Anderson was
second to Cooper. De Palma once
more broke into the speed class and
at 150 miles he was in second place,
but engine trouble again brought him
to the pits.
With no outside opposition, both An
derson and Cooper slowed down per-
ceptably and, although both seemed to
be dragging the best speed possible
out of their cars, it is safe assertion
that better time would have been made
had Resta or De Palma, or both, been
in the race. At sundown Starter Wag-
ner tagged Billy Chandler and Barney
Oldfield and both were awarded prizes,
although they did not finish the 500
miles. Brown in the Du Cheasneau was
the last man to give up at the pits.