Arizona republican., 1919-10-05
FIRST FOUR CARS ID. END RACE EQUIPPED
 WITH GOODYEAR TIRES

After a thrilling duel between the two Chevrolet brothers, which termi- mated on the 10th mile with Louis Chevrolets car going up in flames, Gaston Chevrolet set new worlds record for 150 miles at the Sheepshead Bay, N. r., Speedway, Saturday, Sept. 20. His time for the distance was 1 hour 2 2 minutes S4.2 seconds, clipping three minutes from the former record and maintaining an average speed of lO9 miles per hour.
 The two Chevrolets in their Fronte- macs had lapped the field at the 50th mile, and after Gaston took the lead at 110 miles he was never headed off althoug Joe Boyer in a Duesenberg and Ira Vail in Philbrin pressed him hard throughout the race. The con- test between Boyer and Vail for second place furnished many thrills, Boyer finally nosing out Vail by three sec onds at the finish. Art Klein in a Peugeot finished fourth.
 The record of these four men in this race is enc of the most remarkable that has ever occurred in racing his tory, for all of them drove the entire l50 miles without making a stop for any purpose whatever It has been the rule, and not the exception, for racing drivers to win their terrific speedway contests without a stop-in fact. every race at the Sheepshead Bay Speedway for the last three years has been won in a nonstop run, but never before have the first four men in a big 150-mile race finished with perfect records. This achievement is a won- derful tribute to the cars and no less a triumph for the tires.
 It was also a victory for Goodyear cord tires, for the big racing cars of these four winning drivers were equipped with these tires, which added one of the greatest triumphs of the season to long list of races that have been won on the various courses Of the country.
 Denny Hickey, driving a Stickel ca, finished in sixth place, with three of his tires having gone the entire dis tance and a fourth that had rolled 130 of the 150 miles. He also drove on Goodyears.
 This unprecedented tire perform ance. with 19 tires going through the entire race without any attention whatever. is illustrative of the pro- gress that has been made in building tires to withstand the terrific speeds of the race tracks. In the early days races were necessarily slow because tires had not been developed for rac- ing. Tires then rolled a few miles and blew out. But this is all changed. A combination of the tire lore that driv- CTS have accumulated and the research work of Goodyear tire engineers has evolved tire that successfully resists the meteoric speeds of which present racing carsg are capable.
 The Sheepshead Bay race, in addi- ton to furnishing the best tire record of the season. also produced two thrills that brought the 10000 spec tators to their feet. Coming down from the top of the turn leading into the main straightaway, Ralph Null ford's Duesenberg went out of control through the breaking of his steering gear. the car shooting into the inner concrete wall and bounding up tn. bank into the outer wall, coming to a full stop again at the foot of the banked track. With the two Chevro- lets coming but a few feet behind him the enormous crowd set itself to wit ness a tragedy, but the Chevrolets got past while Mulford was bouncing from the inner wall, and Ralph de Palma shot by as he hit the outer one. When Mulford and his mechanic stepped from the car unhurt, a great cheer an nounced the crowds congratulations at the miraculous escape.
 The other thriller was furnished by Louis Chevrolet. On the 10th mile and in the lead, his car suddenly burst into flames at the sames pot that Full lords accident had occurred. With the daring driver standing up to escape the tremendous heat, the flaming cal shot past the grandstand and was brought 10 stop with consummate skill at thend of the straight stretch Both driver and mechanician jumped out Chevrolet lighting a cigar an. walking pack to the pits amid the thunderous applause of the throng.