Imperial Valley press., 1923-02-24
Is ENTR
WILL RACE FOR
2 new AUTO MARK
Practice Marks Set 12O
Miles an Hour
Record

LOS ANGELES SPEEDWAY,
Feb. 24.-Sixteen perfectly tuned
exhausts and the stage is all set.
The 1928 speedway season will
be ushered in tomorrow afternoon
lat 9 O'Clock on the mile and q
quarter board saucer in quiet little
Beverly Hills here by America IS
best drivers waiting like hounds and
Eealy for the chase. just about two
|ours will be consumed by America IS
Fastest speed chariOts in roaring
Through $50 miles crammed with
thrill of omni-present danger in the
really scientific motor car labora-
tory of the world.
When Starter Fred j. Wagner
drops his red flag there is certain
Ito be created new world s records,
The fastest that man has ever known
for competitive racing over a like
Instance and a new speed champion
hlay be crowned as winner of the
beason s opener.
- 12O Miles An Hour
The practice marks have all
been around and above 120 miles an
hour. The world s record for the
distance set by Jimmy Murphy in
fhe victory he scored here last
thanksgiving Day at ll4.6 miles
En- hour, is threatened and it is cx-
pected that the new mark may be
bet as high as III miles an hour,
promise of rare sport in nnreeling
The thrills attendant on such a re-
narkable performance. ...
With each of the Durant team
lrivers, six Of them working alone
lnder strict orders of the young
nagnate-sportsman himself theirs is
even more of an advantage for team
movements hamper real fast trav-
lling on the board speedway of to-
lay; but little Benny Hill, stellar
pttractiom.of 1922 after his sensa-
ional wins on the Mcdonald Special
rount of his; Tommy Milton, cool,
deliberate and with a nerve Of steel,
ralph DePaIma, international racing
avorite for many years; Harry
Iartz, the boy cyclone" and a
oup ofSothers are to be reckoned
NTH in this fast melee.
Resta is Popular
More prominent than others in
nore ways perhaps than others is
Dario Resta far-famed Italian speed
ting and one of the greatest draw
ng- cards that ever drove on speed
way. Resta has proved his ability
o stay at the wheel of 125-
II hour racing ear and is expected
O furnish the hottest kind of COM
bctition Sunday afternoon. His
championship record in years past,
lis brilliant wins on the Pacific
,oast in the Vanderbilt and Grand
Prix races in 1915 in San Francisco,
niger in the. minds of thousands
+ fans here. Resta has already
nrned the lap at better than l20
niles an hour, and if he, can hold
hat pace for the distance, he stands
mighty good chance of winning
gainst the field.
sNhe Durant team of six numbers
HtOIS itS piioto ioui ycoio Shohi
ions: Murphy, of 1922; Hearne, of
919; Resta of 1916; and Earl Coop
r, road race champion 1875 and
II round champion in 1915.
Official Entry
The official entry list follows:
immy Murphy, Durant special;
)ario Resta, Durant special; Ben
ett Hill, Mcdonald special; Eddie
Iearne, Durant special; Earl Coop
+, Durant special; Art Klein, Du-
ant supecial; Cliff Durant, Durant
pecial; Tommy Milton, Milton spe-
ial; Frank Elliott, Leach special;
oe Thomas, Western Auto" Due
enberg Straight Eight special; Har-
y Hartz, Miller -Duesenberg special;
il Melcher, Melcher special; Ralph
pePalma, Duesenberg straight
Sht special; Leon Duray, Shok-chek
Fhesenberg straight eight special