Arizona republican., 1920-03-01

races. But when Smiling Car' did land in front. he landed there with a first places in all three events in addition to the time trials, and one second.
 The clever handling of the Hudson Special by Jimmy Thomas brought home" the bacon in the 50-mile free |. for-all. as fans stated after the race. He got away to a good start and on the good. He held front position throughout the race, which he com pleted without stop. After aSSum- ing commanding lead, he drove easy" opening up only when signaled to do so from the pits. This does not around the speedway Not that the timers could see as they clicked him at 50 flat, 501a and 50 and 45 sec onds for the mile.
 The Bennett Special, after holding a steady pace in second position, a few yards behind the Hudson, for five miles, was forced from the running when it blew a couple of piston rings on the sixth mile. The car was en- tered by Bennett brothers of Silver City, N. M.. and was one of the fastest cars on the track
 Overland Has Hard Luck
 Considerable misfortune befell the Overland No. 8, entered as the Over land Special and driven by Frank Eddy. For the first few miles, Eddy held to steady pace and held second place. but was forced to the pits on the eighth lap for water. The car had also developed motor trouble and for the remainder of the race, 1t was never a serious contender. Again on the 26th lap, Eddy was forced into the pits and lost full mile on the stop.
 The Hudson Special was well to the f,av |, of fix-a Iy11 The time for the ten miles was s S:47 3-5 They went to the 15-mile post in IS: Is and for 20 miles, the time was Y: 4e; ; they covered 25 miles in 22: 36; 30 miles in 26:63; 35 miles in 31:21; 40 miles in 35:43 and the last five miles in the quickest time of the day. four minutes and 12 seconds. elapsed time, an aver age of 50 and 2-5 seconds per mile. The last five miles was made in four minutes and g seconds. The Essex finished second and Charles Goldtrap. who drove a steady, consistent race throughout, finished third. A Mercer Special. driven by Glen Thomas, also started but was several laps to the bad when finally flaged down.
 The time trials were the first event on the program, the different cars GOV ering the practice lap follows: Hud 54 flat; Essex Special, 54 flat; Overland Special, 59 flat; Mercer Special, 59 flat and Dodge Special, 59 flat.
 Duffy Hooper Real Sports
 The 20-mile light car event was next, the three starters being Overland Spe- cial, Essex Special and Dodge Special. The Overland was left at the post" when it's engine went dead when the starters flag went down and the other two entries were nearly half a lap to the good before it got away from the tape Eddy set out to overcome the lead, however. and succeeded in passing the Dodge Special on the sixth lap He continued to gain steadily on the Essex Special throughout the race. but Toft's lead proved too great for him to overcome and he was 100 yards to the bad when the race ended. He drove a beautiful race, however, against great odds. The Dodge Special, Goldtrap up. finished third.
 The Australian pursuit race at 10 miles was the next, the Bennett Special Hudson Special. Dodge Special and Overland Special being the only start CTS. The Dodge Special was passed on the first lap by the Bennett Special and was forced from the running The race narrowed down to the Hudson. Benaett and Overland with the Hudson threatening to pass the Bennett several times during the race but never sue ceeded. When the race was finished. there was some question as to the win ner, and judges first announced that the Overland had won first money with the Hudson second and the Ben nett Special third. A mistake in tim ing was found. however. During the controversy that followed, Messrs. Hooper and Duffy of the Overland Arizona company, the entrants of the Overland Special, proved their good