Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-05-14
DRIVER L|MBERG
AND MECHAN|C|AN
KILLED IN RACE
Men CatapuIted Over Rail Of
Saucer Track Limberg Is
IInpaIed on Upright Piece
Of Timber.

New York, May 13.---Car Limberg
an automobile racer, and r. Pallott,
his mcchancian. leading the field In
the fifteenth lap OF the l50-mile race
for the Metropolitan trophy, were
killed when their machine crashed
into a guard rail on the Sheepshead
Bay track this afternoon.
I.imberg, who had been taking the
turns near the very top OF the hlgh
saucer track, apparently lost control
of his car while rounding the bend
al q speed of more than 100 miles an
hour Both men were catapulted 100
feet over the rail and crashed e.
the ground about thirty feet below.
The driver was impaled on an up
right piece OF timber and was killed
instantly Pallotu died on the way
to the Coney Island hospital.
The machine, one of three French
cars imported for the race by Harry
pact ana burst into flames. The
blazing car chung 10 the rail as the
other drivers flashed past without
slackening speed, ignorant of the fate
of their fellow racer. 4 flash of
flame and cloud of black smoke
told the spectators That an accident
had happened but as it occurred at
the far turn or the two-mile saucer,
few realized that it marked a tragedy.
Limberg's wife was In the grand
stand As the other cars dashed by,
she missed her husbands machine
and realized that he was the victim
of the accident. An attendant es-
corted her from the stand and an au-
tomobile carried her to the hospital
as she was told Limberg had been
taken there. Not until she reached
there did she learn that he was dead
Few Of those in the stands knew until
the race was nearly over that two men
had lost their lives.
Eddie Rickenbacher was an easy
winner Of the trophy in one hour. 80
minutes and 81 seconds an average
OF 1923 miles an hour for the $50
miles. Jules Devigne finished see
ond IN one hour, 35 minutes and II
seconds. and Ira Vail, third, in one
hours, IS minutes and 44.GS seconds.
After the accident Dario Resta
forged ahead and led until the 144th
mile when engine trouble forced him
to quit. Ralph milford led in some
of the early laps but was forced to
quit by trouble with his engine before
limberg's accident,
a new worlds record was establish
ed in the twenty-mile race by John
ny Aiken, who won this event In IL
l6 seconds The previous
records was established on the same
track by Dario Resta In 1l:24: so. !
finished third In the race
and Joseph Christiaens second.
limberg was a long distance run
ner and n bicycle and motorcycle rae |
or before automobile racing became
popular He came to New York from |
san Jose Calf, eight years ago as
an amateur bicycle racer and later be- |
came professional.
For several years he was the team
mate of Harry Grant, the automobile {
racer who was fatally burned when |
his machine took fire on the same |
lidth last ldll q Lew udS = btiOIt lnt !
Aston cup race. He raced with Grant
IN the Indianapolis and Chicago 500 I
mile races and distinguished himself4
IN the dirt tracks by winning the Am
arican road championship.
After the Astor cup race last fall, 4
n which he drove. he was sent to
France Ly Mr. Hardness. president OF
The Sheepshead Bay Speedway cor
ooration and brought back three new
'ars, in one of which he was killed.