Norwich bulletin., 1920-11-26
eAsToN CHEVROLET ki,kEb IN RACE WHEN MACHINES CRASH ED

E Speedway, Los Angeles, Cal, NoN. z5. -Gaston Chevrolet, famous tf.IEcing
 driver, and Lyall Jolls, meehshteiAn
 for Eddie O'Donnell, were lkilled tpday
 when ChevroIet's $ and O'Donnens ma
 chimes crashed together on the. A4os' Angeles speedway at the eaS end of
 the grandstand near the close pf the ,250 mile race. s~ WSitS : Chevrolet, it developed, had Won the national championship for fe2Q jon 9 point basis, Roscoe Sarles, wtnner of the 250 mile race at Los Angeles this afternoon, was born at Deaunt, Frances October 26, 1892 and came to thisl country in 1901. Chevrolet made his debut by winning the indianapolis speedway race, :, in the second best time in the history of that event. r ODonneu was so seriously injured that it was at first reported that he
 was killed. His skull was fracturede and both arms broken and little hope 1 was held that he could recover.
 l John Bresnahan, Chevrolet's mech l aaiclan, was seriously injured.
 1 The Chevrolet brothers, Gaston and l Louis, have been entrants in practi- l cally every important automobile race 1 held in the United States during, the l past two years.
 Roscoe Sarles, driving the distance 1 without stop, won the 250 mile race, Eddie Miller finished second and Eddie Hearne third. Sarles led on every laI 1 and in addition to first prize of 0,0et | took the same amount in lap prizes l Miller and Hearne won $6,U00 and $3,000, respectively. Jimmy Murphy
 finished fourth, taking $2,000 in prlze:
 and Joe Thomas was firth.
 Sarles' time was 2:25: 20 an average of 1882 miles an hour. MiHer's timt
 was 2:26:14, and Hearne's. 2:N:27 Gaston Chevrolet killed just befor.
 the end of the race, was the younges l of three racing brothers He was {
 mechanic for two years before he dem l onstrated that he was a driver of mer
 it at the 800 mile Memorial day rac' at Indianapolis, where he finished |: third.
 Ii After that Chevrolet. drove as al outlaw" with several other prominen 1 drivers, but was reinstated in tn
 ! ranks of the American Automobile As
 sociation pilots In 1919 he raced ol
 ] many dirt tracks, winning many of tn
 events and placing others. He wol : the Indianapolis speedway race in tn ] best time in the history of that annua : event, averaging a speed of 8S.16 mile
 l an hour. 8 E ddie O'Donnell began his racin : career as a mechanician in 1912. At e Kansas City race in 1917, O'Donnei
 had a smashup which shattered on s of his arms Il did not race again tn q til last year.
 - The accident occurred while Chev 1t rolet, O'Donnell and Joe Thomas wer l.. fighting to make up the half doze ,. i laps they were behind the leaders g ,, the 150 lap point. The three cars wer h punched on the east turn.
 Il According to persons grouped abor . the turn, Chevrolet turned to pas
 Thomas, who was on the inside of th \. bowl, and his car struck that si O'Donnell who was on the outsid leE O'DonnelTs car turned and plunge IT down the incline and Chevrolet's al n parently out of control shot to the tc n of the track, tore out twenty feet 8 fence, then rolled. down the incline ( IT top of the wreckage beneath wfic V ODonnell and Jolfs were pinned. al All four men were removed to a ho. ]. pital. se O'Donnell was unconscious, h ,e skull fractured and both arms broke 70 and attendants brought information e. the judges stand he was dead IT to officials announced that both Chevr ly let and O'Donnel1 had been killed al