White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1921-07-03
SIX CARS REACH ELY
IN l,00O-M|LE RACE

fCBNTINtIFp t'KOM IAGE 0NE.1
| for real thrills. The vanguard of the
! audience was at East Ely, from which
vantage point there was an unob-
structed view of the highway clear
to McGill. The cars were a~scertained
almost as soon as they left the out
skirts of the smelter city, from the
trail of dust left behind. 1t was a
pretty sight as the racers streaked
across the valley and gave the i'm
preston that some new Il OF
ground comet was on its way, as the
two cars were so close together that
some of the time the ear following
was hidden in the dust of the ear
ahead. The dozen miles were reeled
off in not many more than the same
number of minutes. as the road was
in good condition and the drivers
just naturally stepped on them. The
Lincoln, No. 6, was in the lead and
the Essex. No. 3, just behind.
The cars roared through East Ely
like the Overland limited past a tank
town and were cheered by the spec
tators. No official time vas taken
in the railroad city, but the time of
arrival in ely was checked as 1903
a. m. for No. 6 and 10:03:30 for No.
3. No. 6 stopped at the Lincoln High
way garage for gasoline, but No. ,
kept on its way without making any
stop whatever in Ely. Time was al
lowed along the course of the race sor
taking gas. oil and water, but stops
for breakdowns or other unforeseen
emergencies which would allow q
competing car to pass had to be set
down as hard luck. According to the
actual running time the Lincoln n
was fourteen minutes ahead Of the
Essex on arrival in Ely.
The really spectacular start of the
ace through Ely led spectators TO be-
lieve that some real thrills were
ahead. The hopes were doomed to
disappointment, as the remaining
cars were far apart and did not go
any faster than the average local
jitney. nor so fast as some of them.
The next arrival was the Buick,
No. 5, at 1:24 p. m. followed by the
Ford, No. /, at 1:44:30. The Buick
broke a wheel north of Cherry Greek
and on arrival at Ely an hour and
eleven mir utes were needed for re-
pairs. The Ford also had a hard
luck story in the nature of a broken
frame. this calamity happening south
of Cherry Creek. The Ford wheeled
into the East Ely garage in search
of an acetylene welding outfit, and
not getting one they kept on to Ely,
where repairs were made by Ted
Woodward at the Lincoln Highway
garage. The welding required nearly
an hour, but the bug" hit out for
Tonopah only five minutes behind the
Buick, hitting 1t up for fair and ac-
companied by the best wishes of all,
because everybody loves a Ford.
The last car to go through Ely was
the Oldsnlobile. No. 8. which arrived
about 10 o'clock p. m. after a days
hard luck of various sorts. This car
first stopped ut the East Ely garage
and soon proceeded to Ely, where an
other stop was made, the driver and
his mechanic finally heading for To-
nopah at about IL O'Clock.
The cars officially checked at Ely
were Nos. /, 3, 5. 6 and Q. This Il
not as they arrived, but shows that
-four had dropped out of the contest.
The thousand-mile race over the
course mapped out was n real race
and a real test for the cars complet-
ing the run. 1t will tend to show the
condition of the highways. and this
will be one of the good results of the
race. Contestants who had made
trial trips over the course had aver
aged thirty miles an hour, and 1t was
found that the heaviest stretch of
travelling was between Reno and
Flko. on the Overland trail portion