Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-02-20
EEFFtE CHEVROLET.
WINS Pixies PEAK
HILL CLIMB STUNT
HARVEY CRUDGINGTON LIKES To
TELL or STARTLING CAR
MARKED SUPREMACY.

Tho following story n the achieve
ment ~ the Chevrolet driven hy WI
liam T.. Bcntrup. In climbing Pixies
Peak. Is told fcclingiy by Harvey crudg.
ington. q the Crudgington Motor Com
pany. local Chevrolet dealers;
In 1895 Lieut.. Zebulion Pike Dc.
elared the mountain now bsaring biz
name never Would be climbed by NOR
tai man. 40 tina, time. ninety nine per.
sons out 81 huSdrcd would have
agreed with him. Bui ON Labor nus
81 this YEAR not one mortal man. but
thousands climbed rlkcf Peak. and
for the most ~ them u was an easy
and comfortable ascpnt For thty tray
slicd In automobile. the invention that
Il no rcspccter Of obstacles and thai
has made It's own roads over mouialn
plain and valley In manner that our
forcfatherE never dreamed posdnic
"The plkeT-Peak Automobile tilgh
way. the Fcenc u the Pcnroso cup 1911
Climb. Is world famous although built
ana open only five years u nsc,nds
the mountain by system q WONDERFUL
curves and VS.. the grades Averaging
ten degrees and running a. high a.
seventeen degrecS
The waevfr.Porter Company. Chey
roiei dealers In Colombo Springs Colo
had been getting such excellent O..
ports from Chevrolet cars that had
elimhtd the peak dhf4ng the tourist s,a
son that they discussed the race with
their chinf mechanic. william nenirup
He knew the r0d. Ilc also knew Chey
rolet cars He Jumped al the opportun
ny 90 enter INF .vent.
a sto,k eFdir Ninety" Touring Car
that had ALREADY run 200 miles o.
demons,ration work. was stripped foi
acticn. Only the chassis was used
Wire whecls were Installed. and m, ~.
tank raised 10 front u the dash and
the seat lowered flush with thu frame
No new bearings or parts were noces
sary despite the punishment given
car In the triai tests up the steep and
curved read
Clouds hid IL ns,ak summit on IN,
uay o. the race. twas only September
sixth but binding snow storm was rag
ING. ana bitter wind blowing aruunl
the rocky cliffs. iti09 Zee, abov. sea
level Three thousand motor ears lined
the highway and ten thousand u.opl.
wtre therc Co view the blue rihb1f
event OF tho West. Hundreds were as
senbled on the very peak 81 the famou,
mountain. AZ tbe terminus of the auto
mobile highway.
This year there was an imposing lie
OF entries with factory experts fror
eastern motor ccnters and protest. az.
pilots at the vheels They practiced fo
two weeks prior 10 the race Rentru,
made oniy two trial trips.
The race. conducted under 'he-aus
pices and rigid inspection II thu A. A
A.. was against time. and IN tn draw.
ing Tor position the Chevrolet was phc
81 next 20 last. Regularly a; t,n.min
ute intervals car would roar AVA,
across the starting line and b. lost a,
besnn the steep Assent around tn
pine-ciad hills. The telephone line,
proarhf the news % tho starting lin
srs OF what was happening az the IN
fsh on the blizzard-swepi summit.
The work ~ the starters was almost
over when Blll Bentrup sent nj. che,
roirt "Four Ninety across N. start
fng tape. No mechanism rod. yyi,t
him 70 pump oil and gasoline into Z
iaitering motor No goggles sbl.ldef
ms eyes and no elaborate trapping
kept the win;ry breezes from cuttlns
10 ms marrow He was out 20 win. and
wanted no surplus baggage.
TIE Chevrolet took each sharn cr-ys
with ease. and got away asal, Ia -.
speed- slippery curves wh.-a q p,
drivers before him had slldd..d q, .,.
negotiated with appGreu, ca.l. r,r....
70 seventeen degree grade irs..f a. a..
oefore the stout little motor ihsf rav,
fAlcd The mo;osneter showed t, he, -.
80 after twelve miles G. nr-s7as hui
NE vas no; sieainins. - he reached
we summit with a sifaighiawsy II o,.
" zoo yards. Benirup stepped on her
70 the limit. the car leaned "a II d,
command. and the race was oyer Tin,
ers ana Judges % the finish - N.
Annual Fixes Peak Hll Climb confer
sea ana the man with m. ru.rspbons
shouted. "Bentrup In Chevrolet. tim.
~ minutes. five and two fifths ,.conds !. /
spectators gasped. Here was The
cnevrolet competing with factor an.
uies plotted BY experienced race drlv. 1
: making the best time in Class No
=, s0r cars with piston displacement al 4
$50 inches or under. When the ~,
ana iast car came in. two fninu,.s a..
hiha the Chevrolet. Bentrun voit,.,
over TO the judges for his SEQ ur,v.
- n was his first race and his frs, prize.
ror'er. on the other hand. Who III.
.hesro'eis. gave vent 10 enough on.
thusiasm for both.
The Chevrolet -Four Nlne,v- ,.r.
nance in the 1890 Pixies Peak J,,c.
was 'he best YET made By car IN he
casa When you tour Colorado n,t,
,he 'Fiy up rikc's Peak. and see WIS, /,
u TO do u In 20 inlnutes-the ch.v,a
let Pour Ninety time"
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