The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-10-13
GREAT RACE EXPECTED

 tests. between Barney and Louis will be the most sensational and spectacular that has ever been witnessed in the southland. These same persons, taking into consideration that Chevrolet's car is light and fast and that he has had almost as wide a range of experience in hurling racing creations around dirt saucers, like the Frenchman's chances, although Barney, because he has been a more frequent visitor here and is more widely known, is the favorte.
 Barney said last night that after he and his rival have massacred time and made conquest of speed and the dust their flying heels have kicked up settles, he will still wear his crown and that Louis will have to be contentd with his present stellar honors-speedway campion of the world.
 Chevrolet, noted for his taciturnity and modesty was reluctant to discuss his chances of victory. but stated that if his work this year had been fol- lowed a bit more closely by followers of racing in the southland that Bar ney would not rule as such big fla vorite He told a few close friends that his car is in spick -and-span shape and that being both light and fleet is adapted to dirt track racing, and that he thinks pretty well of his chances.
 WORK ON TRACK
 Scarcely had the crowd started to ] file out of the grandstand and grounds <; yesterday afternoon before big crew of worknen started to make the track ! lightning fast for today's contest. Aft 1 CT it has been rolled into a. hardness j that will accelerate speed, 1t will be !, treated with calcium chlodire to re move the dust--the source of grave i danger to the speed kings and much annoyance to the spectators, especially 1 fair femininity and it's finery.
 1 As soon as the course is in shape | this morning, the pair of renowned veterans of the speed sport, Oldfeld and Chevrolet, will begin tuning up l their cars and get them in tip-top shape for the fierce encounters of the ]! afternoon. Each will show as little as possible of his speed, but will keep q watchful eye on the other ] Barney and Chevrolet asserted last l night that if the track crew does Its duty and gets the track in good shape l that they will have little difficulty in l lowering the track record of 519s sec 1 onds for the mile, made by the late l Louis Strang They said that they will be greatly surprised if the time fol each mile in the earlier races-be- 1 fore the track gets cut up--will not I be lower than 50 seconds as each Will give} thelr racing creations all the leash they wish in whirling inte the 1 dangerous turns and hitting the 1 straightaways.
 l EXTRA ENTRANCE Because of the record breaking at tendance that is expected, especially among automobilists. the fair manage 1 ment has decided to open the Osceola street entrance so motorists may gt direct to the infield. The officials ol the exposition have urged all who car do so to get to the grounds early ! if they wish to get comfortably To- cated before the rush starts before tho l start of the first race--3 o'clock.
 Oldfield will trust his new ane l freakish Golden Submarine" with hi' chances of victory at the start of tht | races, and, if accident should overtak' | it, he will call into service his famous "Devil Delage," the winner of man, ] brilliant victories. Chevrolet will sem 1 out on his chase after gold and glor. his fast little Frontenac that won hin the speedway championship. and i' will use as an emergency car it's twii Frontenac--the speed creation tha Dario Resta, speedway king last year drove in the last big New York speed
 way race that gave Chevrolet tn
 championship.