The sun., 1915-10-24
SETTLING ON RACE
| CHAMPIONS OF 1915
Cooper Gets the Individual,
the Stutz the Car HOnOrs
for the Year.

champion OF the automobile race drivers,
and the Stutz car Is the undisputed leader
Of the racing cars for the last season.
This selection is made by the Horse
less Age, leading automobile trade
paper. In its annual review OF the rae
ing performances OF 1917.
This review. which covers tho twenty
i tw" road and speedway contests Of the
year. brings to light the fact tlat the
open competition season which closed
| with the running of the record breaking
! Astor cup race at the Sheensheai Bay
Speedway, has been the most interest.
| ing In tho history of motor car rae
ing. Throughout the year previous rec
ords have been constantly shattered. the
total average speed of the twenty-five
1 races being close to twenty miles a..
| hour higher than that made in al the
road and speedway contests OF two years
ago.
| Tho number OF starters In .hc various
events have been greater and the g"n-
| eral interest in this class tf sport nae
shown a marked increase through the
| erection OF specially constructed speed
ways throughout the country.
! Cooper. the road champion NJ 1918,
/ participated this year ir eleven events,
+ OF which he won three. was sec md three
/ times. fourth twice and wIS el inmate (.
three times. Under the point system of
scoring. which allows 10 points for a
| hrst, for second, for a third, 3
for fourth. . for a NTH. :or a
! sixth. u for seventh. .. for eighth. ~
| for ninth and l., for tenth. Cooper scored
| ~ points during the year, a. against
3S points for Gil Anderson and T.ld.e 2
. .bDonncll, his nearest competitors. OF
! Coopers points, - were carmel on toe
roads through his winning two races,
/ finishing second in another AMI bong
| eliminated in two others, while - Is
: his total for / win. seconds. fourth ,
and elimination on the speedways.
, Cooper won the Point Iona race at
San Diego Cal, on January ., and the
! Chicago Automobile trophy event at FL
/ gin. ILL.,. on August 20. these being his
, two Victories on the roads. His only
! speedway victory was at Minneapolis on
September 4. when he led his teammatc.
/ Anderson. across the wire in IA 800 M lie
race with an advantage OF only Il sec
, onds, the closest finish ever recorded
in a long dlstanc. contest. In the ROAD
races Dario Resta, who made such an
suspicious debut to American rae. fol-
lowers IN winning the Vanderbilt cup
and Grand Prize races at San Francisco.
Z finished second to cooper. tho 20 point :
scored AT these events giving him this
:
points, leads the drivers in the spec
way standing. though in winning N.
Sioux City, Omaha and Providence races
h" did not have the same class of COM
/ petition as Cooper and Anderson met
in their races.
In the fight for second honors in the
all round championship ranking OF
drivers Anderson and O'Donnell are tied
each having 3S points but in his ! J
] ~ far hA LAT 1 a,
Glendale road contest while Anderson
won the Elgin National and the Astor
cup race, the latter at a worlds record
pace. Therefore Anderson is entitled
TO the choice In the selection OF run
ner up. The Horscicss Age has ranked
the seasons winning drivers in the fnl-
lowing order: Cooper, Anderson. O'Don,
nell. Resta. Rickcnbacher Oidheld pe
Palma, Ruckstell. Burman, Pullen and
Mulford.
Under the same system of scoring
the Stutz car earned total OF 1913.
points in It's 80 starts OF the season
81 Of which were won on the roads and
5I's on the speedways. Maxwell ears
won second place through scoring 7oi,
points Dusenberg is third with 651s
Peugeot fourth. 49s, and Mercer nth,
with 20 points.
In winning chief honor'S the S,ut2
II TtlildThdble record ipl
consistency. scorglng 4 il-sts on thg
roads and on the speedways. s seconds
each in the road and speedway con.
tests II entefed. and 1 third and 3 fourth
in its speedway races. In its 3s starts
IL was only unplaced - times. strik-
ing feature OF the Stutz performances
was its double dccked victories, this
brand Of car being the flrst and second
to finish in both the Elgin road races
the Minneapolis 800" and the Aston
cup race. The Maxwell won road
races. Venice and Tucson. and . speed.
way contests, those at Sioux city. Omaha
and Providence. II WAS second in
road races. the San Diego. Venice ana
Tucson. In the Venice and Tucsor
events Maxwell scored first and second
honors Rickenbacher won third priz,
for Maxwell in the Chicago Derby. and
Orr drove Maxwell into third plac,
at Omaha The Peugeot. tho flee;es
of the foreign racing ears. won 3 road
races. the Vanderbilt, Grand Prize anl
. Oklahoma city contests. and speedway
race, the Chicago Derby. 1t scored
seconds.
According to the compilations OF III,
Horseiess Ago the 22 events of 1871:
showed IA total average speed Of 74S6,
miles an hour as compared with 65. 20'
miles an hour for the II events of 1911
OF 55.753 miles an hour for tho Is con
tests OF 1919.