The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-04-11
LEADS
RACEWINNERS
Wins $4,000 in Three Cali
fornia Meetings, Old6eld
Getting 900.
|RESTA'S RECORD NEXT
Suicide Club" of Fast Drivers Start
" East. Several Stopping in Okla
=. homa for Event.
RESTA'S RECORD NEXT

After. six lively sessions over the pre-
pared roadways- of five Pacific Coast
cities. the members Of motordom's Sui
| eide Club. have nearly all packed up for
| the annual move eastward Some Of
them are stopping off at Oklahoma City
where a 20O-mile road race is scheduled
Tor April 2; others have shipped direct
TO indianapolis or to the Eastern fac
Ffories where they make their respective
headquarters. A few of the resident CAL
| iiornia drivers remain at home. refitting
| their cars for the next invasion of the
| big leaguers."
me close Of the Coast circuit marks a
pause in the racing season which per-
mits resume of the winter competitions.
Maxwell Cars Get $12.SOO.
Aside from added money paid to win
| ners at Corona and Venice, the Coast
| cities distributed total of $45, 800 in cash
prizes to the circuit chasers. OF this
sum. Barney Oldfield, star Of the Max
Wen team, captured the largest total
sL'W. Barney got it in three bundles
Vow Tor his record-breaking nonstop run
| at Corona: $500 for his win of the Ven-
ice Grand Prix. and s1.O00 for his victory
In the Borderland Fair event at Tucson.
oldnelds campaign was a wonderful
combination of speed and consistency,
A<oNh vi was the result OF a
hight in which his Maxwell neither
stopped nor slowed down. In meme OF
the three races mentioned did he change
gears after he had gotten under way.
Inc three nonstop performances aggre-
gated Ill miles
Second to Oldfield in total winnings
was Darius Resta. the foreign pilot.
with $1,000 Resta found the twisting,
dangerous course inside the San Fran
cisco Exposition grounds ideal for his
Peugeot. and was able to keep this sem
sationally light speedy car running to
the finish in both the Grand Prize and
Vanderbilt. The Peugeot had failed to
| finish at Corona and San Diego. Resta
also declined the issue at Venice and
| Tucson.
Carlson Has Unique Record.
Perhaps the most interesting record by
| any of the speed demons is that of
Sure Finish" Billy Carlson. of the Max
well team. who pressed Resta close with
a total of $500 winnings. Carlson start
| ed In all six of the circuit events and
| finished in each one. In five of them he
| was among the money winners In two
/, OF them the finish found him in second
position to Oldfield, his Maxwell team
| mate. Carlson also figured as mon
stopper. his car running the entire 3O6
miles of the San Diego race without hes
| itating. &c. -.
Eddie Pullen, first place winner at
Corona and third at San Francisco in
the Vanderbilt, follows Carlson with
$500 winnings. Cooper, and Wilcox. with
5000 and 5000 respectively. are fifth and
sixth. De Paiwh, last years champion.
had to be. cenxent. with S2,000-fourth
| money at Corona and the Vanderbilt,
The victories of Oldfeld and Carlson
| make the Maxwell the seasons cham
pion up to date. with total winnings of
sl2.Soo Cooper. Wilcox, Anderson, Grant
| and Lewis. the Stutz quintet, were sec
ond with an even $4,000. Pullen, Ruck-
stell and L. Nikrent with MERGERS won
| S.l5o. O'Donnell and Alley won 5000
! with their Deusenburgs