Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-09-05
COOPER wins
BY 4 SECOND
OVER. ANDERSON
Twin City Speedway 500 Mile
Motor Race Was Sensation
al Affair.
DARIO REsTA DROPS
OUT OF RACE EARLY
Roughness Of Track Makes Re
cord Speed Impossible
on Speedway.

TT. Smelling, Mimi, Sept Ain one
of the mast spectacular and closest
finishes ever witnessed in a 500mile
motor race, Earl Cooper OF Los Ange-
les today won the fist automobile
derby over the Twin City Speedway.
Cooper was less than one second
ahead of his teammate, Gil Anderson
Ct Indianapolis, who finished second.
The official time Of The two cars
was:
Cooper, 5 hours, Al minutes and 20
seconds.
Andersen, 5 hours, Al minutes and
80 seconds.
Coopar's average speed for the
race was S6.35 miles per hour.
O'DonrelI Third.
Eddie O'Donne!l, who was more
than 80 miles behind the leaders, fin
ished third His time was 6 hours,
20 minutes and A seconds.
Ely his victory, Cooper, who drove
IN American car, won $20,0G0 Ander-
son won $10,000 O'Donnell, $4,500;
illu CAC Vi PcV.UcU w dS III
vided proportionately among other
drivers who completed the long grind.
Drivers Relay. ;.l
Cooper who drove an exceedingly
we'll judged race, was relieved 11S
miles by John Aitkin of Indianapolis; !;
Anderson also was relieved for a
shorter distance by Tcm Rooney of
Indianapolis.
The race, according to expclts Of
the sport, was pre-eminently contest
of endurance of cars and drivers.
The Stutz machines driven by Coop.
er and Anderson roared around the
course, dancing ever tie rough spots
in the concrete and driving other en-
trants who attempted to .liu up like
pace from the contest.
Drivers Change Often.
Frequent changes in drivers were
necessary.
Drivers declared that conditions of
the Chicago and Indianapolis courses
were greatly superior to that of the
Smelling course, and that the rough
part made record time impossible.
Several of the leading entrants
dropped cut during tle first 200 miles,
"Eob' Burman was the first to be
eliminated. He withdrew after hold
ing first position for nearly 80 miles.
Resta Drops Out.
One of che surprises of the race
was the withdrawal Of Dario Resta
whose Car shot into the lead early in
the contest He was considered a
strong contender for premier honors
before the start. A br,ken oil pump
forced his withdrawal at the end of
81 laps. He held fourth place at the
time.
Ralph Mulford dropped out after
laundering around the oval for 118
miles. A broken q spring was the
cause. A detective valve put Hen.
ming out h #3s
De Paima's Hard Luck.
After a terrific squirt which placed
him in second position, engine trou
BILE forced Ralph De Palma out Of the
running at the 1906. miie point. He
Z was another strong favorite of the
day.
After the first 1C0 miles Anderson
and Cooper pushed into the lead
gradually widened the distance be
tween their cars and those of their
closest competitors, and for the next
900 miles, the lead see-aawed between
the two Only nine of the IA cars
that started remained in the race
when one-half of the entire distance
had been covered. Eight cars finish
ed.
No accidents marred the derby
which was viewed by approximately
$4,000 persons, under ideal weather
conditions.