The Washington times., 1922-06-14
OLDF|ELD SEES
YOUTH TRIUMPH
IN AUTO RACING
Famous Driver Says New Cars
Give Youngster His
Chance.
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BY Barney Oldfield.
IniHaraal SarNica

Universal Service.
NEW YORK. June 14.-Motor
racing fans are turning teir eyes to
Uniontown. Pa, where the next
championship race will be driven
Friday. And with the turning of
attention there comes the realiza-
tion that racing, as all other sports,
demands the same virtues. Youth
alone possesses these virtues in full
and SO we have all come to realize
| that in automobile speed youth
must be served"
The day of the foxy veteran Is
past. Many thought for years
that the winners came from the
old-timers who knew AL the tricks
Of the sport. But not 80 now, since
| the tremendous advance In motor
design, in tires and in all that
makes for the sport All the vet
| Grams left are beginning to see the
handwriting on the wall and / ex-
pect 10 see the few still racing Join
Louis Chevrolet. Ray Harroun. Earl
Cooper, Eddie Bald, Oil Anderson,
Eddie Rickenbacker, myself and
others in retirement soon.
This year and last year youth
has been supreme in motor racing.
If there was any doubt left last
winter il has been wiped away by
the series of victories by the young
sters this season. Indianapolis espe-
| cially was the swan song" OF the
veteran and from now on, youth
will come more and more into Its
| own and the vets will gradually
fade from what little limelight they
| now occupy.
Youth is not afraid Of work; Is not
afraid to try new ideas and equip
| ment. Youth is not backwards in
venturing for the many things
| which makes success. Youth is not
hesitant in throwing aside many
| things to which the old timers cling.
Youth has stamina to work early
and late-to experiment; to rebuild.
Youth has the dash and spirit; th.
| daredevil quality necessary to rae.
ing success. The young are not
afraid of anything. Hence this is
the day of the youth. The veterans
must be content to pass on what ex-
perience has taught and see that
| and youths new ideas developed into
winners.
1t is an old story in all other lines
| Of sport, but in racing motor cars we
| are just now beginning to truly
realize it, The foreigners have been
| taught the lesson thoroughly and I
extend my deep sympathy to the
builders and of the great foreign rae
| ing cars-the pioneers in radical de.
signs-for the losses they have ex.
perienced the past three years be-
cause youth was not there to be
served.
1t seems the young drivers were
| all killed or mained during the war
that is; the French and italian,
who have always led in racing until
| three years ago. The result has
been that the old-timers have had to
| pilot the startling speed creations
made abroad-only TO lose race after
race to the young. Three successive
| defeats have been handed them at
Indianapolis and last year, an Amer.
lean youngster with an American
car won the great French grand
prix, breaking the hearts Of the
French Phis was Jimmy Murphy
who won at indianapolis.
The French brought out the first
straight-eight racing cars three years
ago. They were much the fastest,
but lost because of the old.time pilots.
America adopted the style of motor
and with her youngsters made a
| clean sweep last year and this. And
| so IL will be from now on until the
French and Italian designers turn't to
their youths for the qualities de-
manded OF winners. Now and then
a veteran may creep to the front
but II will be rare.
The development Of the straight.
eight motor is n great event and
forecasts wonders for the future OF
motor car building. ] am looking
| for development I'm stock cars Of this
class which will revolutionize motor
cars as u has racing Likewise the
development Of tires through racing
has been 20 tremendous that prac-
ticaiiy nothing but cords are In de-