Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-07-20
Eleven Entries For Auto
Races Here Next Monday
Are Received Up q Date
O. W. Younggren Of Halock,
Mimi, viii Make His De
but on Grand Forks Track
as 4 Professional; Miss
Neville, Woman Driver,
Has Filed Entry 70 Take
Part in Events.

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Making his debut. as q professional
race driver, DIV. Younggren Of HAL
lock, Mimi, will probably be one Of
the starters in the 4peed contests
scheduled for next, Monday afternoon
at the Grand Forks~Fair, it wa an
nounced Wednesday by Secretary. e.
II. Montgomery, who is now negotiat-
ing with the Minnesota pilot to- close
the entry. Il.
Younggren has won no little fame
throughout northern Minnesota az an
amateur driver and has won the ma
iority Of the events in which he, has
entered at fairs and celebrations dur
ing the last few. years. His entry in
the Grand Forks races on Monday Will
mark his first appearance among in
ternationally known speed kings who
are gathering here from every nook
and corner of the continent.
f. Obtaining Ldcense..
IF Younggren proves the sensation
We expect him to be, we Will give
him an opportunity to drive against
Haugdahl. th~eI~orld's speed king
Secretary Montgomery stated Wed
nesday. II am making arrangements
to obtain a. license from the sanction
board for him to permit him to com
pete as l have been advised by r1en
who know that he isN a wonderful
driver on circular tracks and Wen able
10 take care Of himself In any Kind
OF competit' on. It is the policy OF
the fair association to bar amateurs
with make-sl1,ft cars from. nur races,
for safety's sake as we wish to avoid
oil accidents, If noesih!e. hit in T.ouhg-
gren I believe that II is SAFE to maize
an exception. expect h'rr to provide
some real thrills when he clashes with
the big field on Monday" 81
Entrics Close Today. !.
Entries will close today for the
races and immediate arrangements
for the seven event proSraW WILL ut
taken up by sanction board officials:
The entries at present include Sic
Faugdahl. worlds speed king with his
three mile a minute Wisconsin spe.
800; Ray Claypool Of Kansas City with
q D~eusenberg; Burr Lampkin, British
pilot, with a Puegot; Swede Anderson
" of Detroit with a Darracq; Wild Bill
Endicott Of Boston With a Fiat :: Billy
Jackets Of Des~Moi11es with an Essex
Eddie Daily of Tampa with a Peer.
less; Zenita Neville, woman cha rnpi6n
gren Of Hallock, Mimi. with a Young
gren Special, and Ted A'Hearn with 6
Sunbeam.
Hougdahl Bt& Feature.
Interest Of the speed fans will par
ticularly center on the worlds recort
trials to BE made by Haugdahl in hi
Wisconsin Special, the machine which
he hurtled over the sands Of Daytoni
Beach at the rate of 1927 miles PEI
hour. Not only did the little Norwe
gian establish new worlds marks Gi
the straightaway course at Daytonl
but since he began his campaign oi
:, circular tracks has been clipping sec
onds from speed records with mono
tonous regularity. The North Dakotl
state record. now held by Haugdah1
now rests at 1.06 Is. This is tn
mark which he hopes to reduce to IN,
minute. The worlds record for a hal
mile circular track. also held b.
Haugdahl, Is 1.01 is.