Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1916-05-20
BARNEY loeIEl o AfTE
WORLDS RECORD ON CHI.
cAoo SPEEDWAY.

Barney Oldfeld, dean and foster
grandfather of all racing drivers, Is tc
retire this year after one final and
spectacular effort to show his con.
tempt for the laws of time and space.
II will not be swan song by any
means. but a fitting finish to a career
that has ever interlocked his name
with the sensational Of automobile
racing since its beginning.
The new feat that Barney will at.
tempt will concern the offer Of David
f. Reid. president Of Chicago Speed.
way. who has offered $1,000 to the
driver who will break the worlds two
mile speedway record and an add.
tional offer Of $500 II the new mark
established is better than two miles
per minute or 120 miles per hour.
That he can circle the huge two.
mile Chicago Speedway track inside
of one minute is the thought that Is
uppermost In Oldfeld's mind, as was
demonstrated by his quick acceptance
Of President Reid's offer, and Oldfield
always has contended that the Chi.
cago Speedway is the fastest track In
the country II not In the world and he
Is willing to prove II In order to win
the $4,000 In the coin Of the realm
and at the same time bring his racing
career to dramatic close.
Barney some time ago announced
that he would leave the racing game
for less exciting business life and that
he wanted to drive his last race on
the Chicago Speedway and together
with his entry for the second interna.
tional auto derby, which is to be held
June 10 on the Chicago tamarack
course, Barney has declared that he
also will attempt to win that $4,000.
Just what day this will take place Is
uncertain, but the offer of President
Reds requires that 1t be made out
side OF a regular race and special
date will have to be set aside for
Barney's last supreme effort. Barney
at the present time holds the best lap
time OF the Chicago track at Ills
miles per hour, the fastest lap Of a
two-mile speedway that has ever been
made in this country. The worlds
record is held by Chassagne. who
drove Sunbeam around the Brook
OF 11s.6 miles per hour. Resta is said
to have pounded his car around the
Chicago track at 11S miles per hour
but as the A. A. A. timers were not
on the Job 1t did not go as a track lap
mark Barney's record does not stand
as the American record, owing to the
fact that he did not declare himself
out for a record.
Tom Alley has been nominated To
drive one of the Ogren cars in the In
ternational Auto Derby June 10. Alley
is a Chicago boy who has made many
friends and admirers in the racing
world, and his entry Is bound 10 BIZ
popular, inasmuch as he will drive {
Made in Chicago" car Alley holds
the lO0-mile dirt track record made IL
"a Duesenberg in Hamlin, MINI.
Seven cars are now in for the BIZ!
classic of American Speedway events
including two Sunbeams, two Duesen
bergs and Barney Oldheld's Delage
Barney will use his Christie for thu
pun poo' VI icN'ii ms hl4C hDAAA 4tA
ord. II is the same one he used 4
establish the American twomil
speedway record at Tacoma last Jul.
OF l02 miles per hour.
Record advance sales are reporte,
by the Chicago Speedway officials
who say that il will be necessary I,
erect circus seats in the inield 4
take care of the crowds for the sec
ond derby. Out of town Republican
delegations who will be here for tn
national convention on June ar
buying big blocks OF tickets, and tn
Offices OF the Chicago Speedway il
the Marquette building are swampe'
with demands from local and out o