Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-04-09
FIRST ENTRY FOR
<OMAHA AUTO RACE
Z. y. Rawlings Writes President lie
Bron for Entry Blanks TO
Gasoline Derbics
FOREIGN STARS COME TO U. s.

The fret request for entry blanks for
Che gasoline classics which viii be held
on the boards II the Omaha Speedway
this year has been received BY President
Bert re Bron r. u. nawlnRs Of 5Oes
llrondway Chicago, % Tho man VINO
mnhea the request
Rawlings n evidently strong for the
Omaha oval as he has asked for entry
blanks for oil races which wll bo held
here le Brou IL naklna ready 70 send
Hnwlings entry binnka for both rnceH
which win b. held here One Will be
stnged July 70 and the other during Az.
anr Ben
Rawlings Is the man who owns the
ogrcn car which genial Tom Alley drives,
Alley VIII be- remembered m tho stocky
. little chap vino rltoted a bcusenbtrg here
iom July md went out early In tie race
when board apfnng from me track sur.
face Hnd ripped through his motor. Alley
h9s had the car gnt 90 The chleago track
ahd has clipped or number ~ miles at
the 20 gait
M sionx fity Race,
sloux cry may moi hold nm automobile
race this year Aioux CITY was granted
two sanctions for races tbs year. ono
for NJ amateIr faee. Nny T. aHd the
other fof the professional claasic, July 4
The former event Inns been declared or
and now there Is some doubt about tho
biz derby
Haccs At Aious city haven't bcen overly
succeafful, AZ result some 0f the DE-
rectors of The speedway are opposed 10
holding race this year. especially ~
Minneapolis II expecting 70 hold one on
the Same dry Minneapolis h alrendy 81
work signing up drivers md has landed
a number Of the prominent oues. Ri9ux
CITY has not taken any steps yet Gud ~
field IA certain 10 be n secondary one,
with si0uy city ont of fbe field fho
Omaha claBsie ri July 70 should be- more
n success, na II vii he tho only race
IN this immediate section Of tho country
0nd the speed enthusiasts would all come
10 Omaha.
Foreign Drivers Coming.
Here r. some startling ncws that will
not sound very pleasant on tho ears Of
American drivers. band of European
pilots are getting ready 70 invade this
country to pluck or some of tho Juicy
prize money Offered By the various speed
ways. II ID said that these foreign speed
boys will ride on all of the spcedways Of
the country. 30 Omaha rallbirds can look
for some real thrills whom they start 10
tool their mounts around tho local oval.
ls
four Of the fourteen drVerg. They aro
two sunbeams from England and two
Fiots from Italy.
Two Belgian PILOTS will drive tho gun-
beams Theodore pillette, who finished
sixth NJ indianapolis in the knight mo.
tored Mercedes in 1919. win have one Of
tho new sir-cylinder sunbcams recently
built IN the English factory. Joseph
christtacns, another subject OF King Al
bert, viii drive the other These sun
beams arc said to have shown n speed
Of i2o miles m hour ~ practice IN Eng
land. They we're designed especially for
racing on American speedways Permits.
zion 70 import them 70 America has been
granted BY the British government
Scales Pilots FInL
Jack Scales, n famous English pilot,
will drive one Of the italian Flats. Scales
has been working at tho Fiat factory IN
Italy Antonio Fagnano. driver OF the
old school who rode az mecbanicinn with
Feieo Nazzaro when the latter was the
speed monarch Of Europe by virtue Of his
victories IN tho French Grand Prx and
tho German enpcfor'a cup racc. viii 10
scales teammate
Tho Italian cars arc the same that COM
petod In 1914 In tho French Grand Prix.
with tho exception That the motors have
been redcsgned. They now have four
valves and tho bore has been Increased
10 bring tho piston displacement up 10
tho maximum Of 300 cubic inches
Reno Thomas. the famous French pilot
who won the indianapolis Derby In 1914,
sails for New York this week, Recently
II was announced Thomas had been un-
able 70 secure permission from the French
government 10 como 70 America, but
later advleea state that Reno has secured
his passports and will sail this week.
Thomas VIII tool one OF tho Peugeot
mounts owned by tho indianapolis Speed.
WnV ComuanV