Imperial Valley press., 1922-03-25
SERIES OF SPRINT
RACES PLANNED
ON L. A.
TRACK

Los ANGELES SPEEDWAY, March
lS.-Announcement WAS made today of
the series of sprint races to be staged
on the Los Angeles Speedway April 2;
and according to A. NJ. Young, manager
of the Beverly speed plant, the affair
is to be national championship event.
The speed meet is to consist of five
short races which should provide the
most thrilling race program ever wit
messed in the west. Fifteen of the
drivers who were entered in the last
great race On the local bowl have
signed entry blanks.
-Four Short Dashes
There are to be four twenty-five mile
dashes and one fifty mile final. Five
prizes are to be offered in each race
and the winner of each dash is to be
eliminated.
One of the most important features
of the matinee is the fact that the race
meet is to be staged at popular prices.
General admission is to be but 81 80
with the open grandstand at 80 cents
additional. The box seats are to go for
50 and the main grandstand seats are
to be sold for SO and 81, with children
under twelve years of age admitted for
30 cents.
The race meet is being staged at the
request of the public and the drivers.
After the 250 mile race staged March
5, which drew the largest crowd that
ever attended an automobile race or
the Pacific coast, there were hundreds
of requests received by the speedway
management asking that another race
be held here before the drivers leave
Los Angeles to 90 to Cotati for the
coming race on the north bay counties
bowl. There was "a meeting of the driv-
erS and it was agreed that race
would meet with the approval of the
race fans, especially if the program
could be changed, giving u series of
fast events in which there would be the
greatest speed in the ears shown
throughout every lap.
Bordino To Show Speed
There is another angle to this series
of sprint races. Pictro Bordino, the
fast Italian with the Fiat, will have "a
chance to show his speed as he will
be able to run through the short fast
events without eating up tires as he
did in the long race.
Bordino should prove one of the
great hits of the short race program
and with him will be such stars as
Ralph De Palma on the Ballot; Jimmy
Murphy ON the Duesenberg that won
the French Grand Prix; Harry Hartz on
the Dnesenberg which he has driven to
place in the last three races on the
coast; the daring veteran, Art Klein on
the Frontenac; Frank Elliott On the
Leach Special; Eddie Miller on the
Ducsenberg; Joe Thomas, the Seattle
boy who had such a narrow escape in
the last race with his fast Duesenberg;
Peter DE Paolo On the Frontenac eight
and several others including the fla
nous hero Of the speed sport, Eddie
Hearne, the man who has placed in
more automobile races during his ca
reer than amy other living race driver
Promises Thrills
"Thcre will be "a hundred thrills iu
every hp,' said Harry IIartz, al
think the program will be one that
will please the spectators from start to
finish and | know the drivers are de
lighted with the prospects of this
novel race meet
There is another thug that appeals
to the drivers. They will all have a
chance at some prize money. ii will
be sort of "a getaway event for them.
And those boys who failed to finish
in the money in the last race here after
burning up tires in the proposed event,
all welcome the opportunity 10 add to
then bank accounts before leaving this