Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-12-02

4 Driver Car Time Speed =
= Aitken. !. Peugeot 4:42:07 $3.50 4
Cooper. ;. .Stutz 4:4S:>59 S3.S4 y
y Patterson Hudson 500: 80 1913 y
= Roads Hudson 5:34:59
The prize today, in addition to =
= the $4,000 gold cup offered by the +
Automobile Club of America, =
y are: First, $4,000; second, 81 y
= OOG: third. $1,000; fourth. $500. :
Distance, 40324S miles, As laps y
= of 3.041 miles each.
SANTA MONICA, Nov 1S.-Johnny
Aitken, acting relief driver for How.
dy" Wilcox, drove one of three Peu-
geot entries under the wire as the
winner of the Grand Prize race today,
and the question now arises in the
minds Of the automobile racing fans
as to who is really entitled to the
winning brackets
Technically, Wilcox is the victor,
and Judging from an unofficial state
ment made by Richard Kenneriale,
chairman of the contest board of the
American Automobile Association.
that Aiken would not be given any
points in the contest for the title Of
champion driver and the purse of $751;
500 offered by the B. F. Goodrich Rub
Der Company and the Bosch Magnetic
Company for his efforts, should leave
no question as to. who will be Of
ficially crowned the Grand Prize win
|ner. 80
Aiken Real Hero
But the fans still feel that he
should be given some credit for the
victory, and he will always be looked
upon as the real hero. of the event.
The time of the winning Peugeot
was hours AZ minutes seconds, an
average speed of $3.50 miles an hour
| for the 4032-mile course and a rec
ord for the Grand Prize, the best for
mgr time being set in 1914 by Eddie
Pullen in Mercer at n miles an
hour.
! Cooper in Stutz Second
i Earl Cooper brought his Stutz car
under the wire in second place just
six minutes behind the winner, and
his average time was SS.7 miles an
hour. A. II. Patterson, in a Hudson
1 super-six, came in third, his time be-
ing hours, minutes and 35 seconds,
an average Of IS miles an hour He
set nonstop record for the Grand
Prize, beating the former mark by 100
miles.
Start Promptly
Starter Adair got the first of the
Il entries off at precisely II o'clock,
and from that moment the excitement
of the day became keener and keener
as the race progressed. and the peace
and harmony that marked the running
of the Vanderbilt cup race on Thurs
day faded away.
! Resta, who was the fifth to leave
the starting place, was first under the
wire at the finish of the first lap by
a big margin. Aiken. in Peugeot,
and Resta's keenest contender for the
speed king crown, was sixth car out
/, and on approaching the judges stand
after one circuit of the course, in
which he worked up to third place, re.
ported that he had broken a piston
and would have to retire L
May Protest Race
/ 1t was then that the first fireworks
of the day began to explode, and
things happened in such rapid sue
cession that it was hard to keep track
of them. 1t looked for a time as
though protests galore were going to
be filed, and such may yet be the
case.
No sooner did Aitken pull UP to the
pits and was announced out of the
1 ace than the report was made that
he would act as relief driver for Will
cox, If given permission by Referee
Brady. At the same time a signal
went up from Wilcox's pit calling
/ him in.
Wilcox was sixteenth to start and
was coming up strong when he saw
the signal He ignored It for two laps
or more and then finally pulled up.
i angry at being called off when he was
/ doing such good work
! Referee Brady, however, would not
allow him to turn over his car to
/ Aitken, believing it trick. by which
| Aitken could pile UP points to beat
nesta for the championship honors.
/ Wilcox. who lost several minutes by
the delay. worked UP steadily into
second position, and when in the sew
/ enteenth lap Resta was forced to the
pits because Of motor trouble. he took
the lead and the Peugeot continued In
this place for the remainder OF the
IS laps. although at the end of the
goth Ian Wilcox pulled up to the pits.
complaining of being tired. and asked
| for relief, which was granted by the
referee.
Resta Goes Back In
I In the meantime Resta worked dill
/ igently on his car. got II going and,
amid the cheers of the throng in the
grandstand. started IN the bone Of
repeating the fast work he did dur
ing the ,early stages of the race.
He made but one circuit of the