Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-12-02
AITKEN, SUBSTITUTING FOR WILCOX,
WINS THE GRAND PRIZE CLASSIC

an effort TO get it to hit properly, but
finally gave up in despair and was
excused from the race by the referee.
Resta Aroused
i Once out Of the contest, he busted
himself asking questions as to what
Athens re-entry into the race meant
in the matter of points in the fight
for the race championship. The first
reports had it that Aitken would get
so many points for each lap of the
As he drove This aroused Resta's
ire and after conference with the
racing officials the statement was
made that Wilcox would be allowed
points for the 90 laps he drove. but
Aitken would get none for his work
, Chairman kennerdale using as a
precedent the action of the contest
board when Rickenbacker acted as
Henderson relief in indianapolis.
This satisfied Resta. but now the FANS
are wondering what Aitken will do
! Goodyear Tires Score
Aitken certainly drove splendid
race when he returned into the CON
. test, maintaining an even pace for the
remaining laps of the contest. and not
once did he make a change in his
| Goodyear cord tire equipment, truly
remarkable record for so long a race
and SO fast a courses
Accidents Mar Race
While the fans were busiIy engaged
| in discussing the Aitken-Resta affair.
/ the report came that Pullen had over
! turned on the back stretch He did
not overturn, however. but his Mercer
caught fire from a leaking gas line,
and was entirely destroyed Forum
ately both he and his mechanician
escaped uninjured. Then came Durant
in his Stutz special UP to. the pits
with his car afire. He quickly sub
dued the flames and got into action
again. and just as this excitement was
abating came the report of the fatal
accident to jackson on the turn just
above the home stretch. The specta-
tors in the grandstand saw the speed
| ing drivers passing the pits making
/, the grim signs of car overturned,
and excitement ran high.
! The mishap occurred on an S turn,
and doubtless was due to Jackson's
1 inexperience in handling high
powered and fast-moving motor car.
This was his second appearance in
fast racing company
Resta Sets Fast Pace
The fast pace set by Resta during
the first 100 miles of the contest be-
gan to tell on the car after they had
been going a little over the century
/ mark. At a rapid rate the field be-
came smaller and smaller, until over
/ half of the original 81 starters had re-
tired, most of them from motor
trouble.
Cooper, In the same steady fashion
that always characterizes his driving,
maintained his fixed speed and for
the final % laps held second posi-
ton. He did not stop once at the pits
for motor trouble or to change his
+ Goodyear cord tire equipment. He
made two stops for oil and gasoline
and during these short stays at the
pits was eheered loudly.
Hudson Super-six Scores
! A. H. Patterson, the Stockton
driver. VINO made his initial appear.
ance Thursday in big racing chas-
/ sis, bobbed into the limelight today
by establishing a new worlds record
when he shot across the finishing line
lin third place with his Hudson Super
sEsix without having gone to the pits
once during the race This beats the
best previous performance in Grand
Prize race by 100 miles.
+ His Goodyear cord tires held up
throughout. while the so gallons Of
Igasoline which he placed in the tank
Iprior to the beginning of the terrific
/ grind, proved to be more than suffi-
\ eient to carry the Hudson Super-six
fat an average speed of over 7S miles
per hour; which breaks the previous
Grand Prize record held by Eddie
Pullen.
Hudsons Consistent
| In fact, one of the outstanding fea.
lures of the long race was the con
sistency of the two Hudsons. Me-
chemically and otherwise they more
than held their own with the special
! ly-built racing machines that they
had to compete with.
Patterson displayed keen judgment
in the handling of his car. Although
but a novice. at this particular game
the Stocktonian put up one of the
brainiest drives ever witnessed in this
classic. He proved by his work at the
wheel today that he is to be a prom
inent figure in future road races.
| William Weightman, the Virginia
| millionaire, who has developed a love
| for the racing game and who in the
Vanderbilt cup race was third to fin
ish. drove his Dusenberg into fifth
place, and at the end of the 18th lar
turned 1t over to Rickenbacker. who
tried to beat out Roades in Hud
son Super-six for fourth place.
Roades, however, had too big a
lead and finished two laps ahead OF
Rickenbecker. who was tagged and
given fifth position
Ascot To Decide
/ II the decision Of the chairman OF
the contest board holds, neither
Resta nor Aiken will score any
points in the championship title con.
ftest for their work today. The stand
ing Of the drivers Is: Resta 400