Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-11-05
IN SIGHT IN
AUTO RACING GAME
Speedway Owners and A.
a. A. Bury Hatchet; New
Organization Forms.

harmony in the racing game and the
end of dissensiOns between speedway
men and the American Automobile
association is at last in sight. For
nation Of a speedway owners asso-
clatlon Is In progress as a result of
the meeting Of representatives. Of the
various tracks with the contest board
OF the American Automobile assoca-
ton. Control of speedway racing will
rest in the hands of the new organi-
zation. which, however. will not be
hostile to the A. A. A, but instead
Will cooperate with it to the extent
OF recognizing its authority and Sc
curing its sanction for events.
Though the a. A. A. will thus be the
nominal body in speedway racing, the
new association will take care of vir-
tually all the details connected with
this particular part OF automobile
contest matters, thus both relieving
the y. A A. of much work and Civ
Ing speedway events the attention Of
specialists. 1t is probable that the
a. A. A. Will appoint n special repre-
sentative in each of the eight cities
now on the speedway circuit.
In this way harmony is expected to
be complete in the racing game, in
spite OF considerable dissension be-
tween various speedway men and the
a. A. a. previous to the meeting this
week a number OF speedway rules
were altered at the meeting, the re-
Bult being the elimination in the flu
ture OF some of the difficulties of the
past Sunday racing. over which In
dianapolis and Chicago were at odds
Us definitely prohibited by the new
rules.
500 Per Mile in Prizes.
Prize money now must total at least
800 per mile OF the event, or more,
If II is to be a championship event.
Also, the speedway must pay the
a. \. A. $40 for each starter in the
championship race, the money to be
placed in championship fund. Be-
sides this payment to the A. A. A. each
driver who starts is to get 500, the
Sum to be deducted from his prize
money If he wins place, while In
the case of some of the more distant
tracks, such as Tacoma, Wash, an al
lowance of $3.50 is to be made for
each starter.
Perhaps the most radical in the new
rules is one listing the grand prize
and Vanderbilt cup races among the
championship events. Both these
races are free-for-all, that is, have no
limitation on the size of the motors
that may be used.
The championship. however, is lin
lted To drivers of cars of three hun
dred cubic inches piston displacement
or less. Consequently, II ~ ruled that
the first driver of three hundred
cubic inch car in each race would
he awarded the points for first place
In the championship rating, the sec
| und driver of n car within the dis
placement limit and points awarded
to second place, and so on. This will
apply to the Vanderbilt and grand
prlze races next month in Los An
| golcs.
Another ruling that met with gen
| eral approval was that all speedway
managements be required to place tho
prizo money on deposit at least ten
days in advance of race.
Watch New Timing Device.
In the matter of timing. scoring and
announcing, which seems always to
leave ground for differences between
the drivers and the management. the
assembled owners showed great in
tercst in and will watch carefully the
operation of "A new device invented by
lCharles W. johnson of Uniontown
Pa, which is being installed on the
new speedway at Uniontown and will
get its first trial at the races on No
vember /.
II was also decided that for the
should be assigned a registration num-
her determined by the order in Which
the driver finishes in the champion
ship this year This has several ad-
vantagcs, as it will help in the iden-
Ititication of the car will add mater
tally 10 the scoring facility and pro-
mote interest by making it easier to
follow the performance of each car.
Eddie Rickenbacher, Ralph de
Palma and John Aitken were ap-
pointed as the drivers committee to
determine the distance from the out
side OF the track where the passing
and overtaking line shall be painted
on the various speedways This is 10
comply with a new ruling to the eff
| feet that all speedways carry tine
! painted within which driver may
pass an opponent or below which a
slower ear must drop, should II faster
car fchallenge and try to pass II is
, thohght that this method will abolish
| "Jockeying' and "pocketing."
! Another amendment was that no
championship event will be under one
hundred miles or be held outside of n
speedway.-Dallas News.