Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-02-18

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week to week AZ he will do.
Stone in his day has been an in
| dependent race driver, an A. A. A.
! driver and u licensed pilot in the
| International Motor Contest asso-
citation, the. latter being the gov
erning body which controls practi-
cally all dirt track racing in Amer
lea Stone of late years has been
satisfied to confine his operations
to the half and one-mile dirt ovals,
claiming that the hard driving and
constant action, coupled with the
short intervals between meets is a
great deal more to his liking than
the three or four speedway events
which take place each year.
| Much of stones practical eXpe-
! rience, that has made him n figure
! among the automobile engineers
and designers is due to his early
training with such firms as Knox
Motors, builders of the famous Gil
ant Six Knox: the American Loco
! motive company, builders of the
Alec with which Harry Grant won
two Vanderbilt cup races; the
United Motors company, builders
Of the Stoddard Dayton and Co
lumbia. All of these cars and
their firms have passed into auto
mobile history but the training
which Stone received in their
races, road tests and experimental
rooms is still with him. Stone has
had many experiences that were
| both exciting and instructive. In
the participation of the various
| hill climbs which are more or less
ancient history, he was always a
leading figure.
During the war Stone was used
as official inspector of airplanes
and airplane engines, being moved
about from one to the other fac
! tory which were building Liberty
| motors.
Several years ago Stone retired
) from the racing game, but after
! the war re-entered the field and
was a prominent figure during the
1919 and 1920 seasons and had an
entry at some of the largest dirt
track meets of that season. At
present Stone is the holder of
| twenty three state records and two
worlds records made during 1920.
| stones mount during the 1919 sea-
| son was the celebrated Minerva.
During the 1920 season, Stone
| piloted the Bitten Benz in eXhi-
1 bition and acquired the famous
( Duesenberg No. which he drove
/ the entire season, annexing nearly
every worthwhile race entered be-
! besides acquiring the track record
! for the same events with either the
! Duesenberg or Benz. The last race
of the season, however, at Biz
mingham, Ala, after a hurried call
on the Preston Motors corporation,
Stone appeared on the track with
a Premocar Duesenberg and pro-
! ceeded to clean house in the usual
| fashion. The little Premocar not
only won all races in which his car
was entered but lowered Louis Dis
brow's record on the mile track
by one full second and again low
cred his own record with the Benz
! by another second.
The Premocar people at once
contracted with Stone for the sea-
son of 1921, at the start Of which
Stone claims he will emerge with
three Of the fastest dirt track cars
in the country, the fastest of which
Stone doesn't deny will be his.
The Premocars now under con-
struction will be equipped with
Duesenberg motors as are the stock
| Premocars,
Watch Your Brakes!
One of the most important parts
of driving an automobile is the
proper utilization of the brakes.
by their braking ye shall know
them,' might well be applied to
auto drivers.
1t is the careful and conserva-
tive and wise driver who discovers
the ability of his brakes; when to
use them and when not to use
them. There are many occasions
when the natural action of the en-
CINE may serve as brake, and I
believe that the most efficient driv-
ing comes from only a liberal use Of
the brakes
To my mind even the service
brake should be considered a sort
Of an emergency brake. There are
many occasions when drivers
slam on the brakes" as the ex-
preston goes, and thereby do
harm to the car as we'll as the
tires. The man who depends too
much on his ability to use his
brakes really imperils himself and
pedestrians
He tries to hold his car on hills |
wholly with his brakes when his
engine might be helping the cause.
1t is just as logical for the mo-
tor to stop as it is to run it. With |
the throttle closed, the resistance |
against the pistons serves as brak- |
ing power by retarding the rear
wheels. The driver who uses his |
motor in a manner to brake the |
car will put one-third the wear !
on his brakes. Then when the cru |
cial test does come in an emer- !
gency the foot brake can be just
as much an emergency brake as
the emergency brake. The latter's
function, in my mind, comes mere Z
ly as a protective brake 20 secure
the car when it is not in use. Some
race cars have elaborate sets OF
brakes. Ny old Minerva was
equipped with aic-cooled brakes.
Some cars even have water cooled
brakes. Take care of yonr brake
lining Abuse TO brake lining is
like abuse to anything else. Its
results are destructive. i
Questions and Answers. i
Friend Stone:--I have n motor
which smokes badly. What do you
suppose is the cause and how
might / remedy it? Blaisdall
Ans.i--One OF the usual causes
for excessive oil smoke is poor
or worn rings. New rings will
probably solve your problem. A
patented ring will probably serve
your purpose bettec than an ordi-
nary ring. Should the smoke he
black color and the motor run I'm
evenly or gallon. then it is n sian
of too rich mixture from the car
buretor. Cut down your gas
Dear Larry:---At how many rev.
olutions does the Essex reach its
highest efficiency? r. d. North.