San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-03-11
SIX RACES, TWO FOR
MOTORCYCLES, TO BE
HELD HERE APRIL l
Program for Speedway
Events Out-Lots of
Drivers and Riders In.

Six races. four for automobiles and
two for motorcycles, are on the pro-
gram, announced Saturday for the
Easter Sunday speedway events at the
San Antonio Speedway on April 1.
The program of races offers the most
diversified speed program in many
months here and, through a decision
to make every race ten-mile event,
the program, at the same time, should
be well-balanced and free from any
draggy, one-machine contests.
The racing at this meet will start
promptly at 2 o'clock.
A feature of the program is likely
TO be the participation of several OF
the racing drivers in the motorcycle
events also. Grayson Lubbock, for
one, who has just turned the local
two-mile track in the unusual time
of lis on a motorcycle, Is liking
up a Chevrolet Special for the auto.
mobile events. Jimmy Lawrence will
ride motorcycle, also, in addition
to plotting his Dodge Special.
The automobile entries includes
Eddie Eckenroth, who is well-known
to all speed lovers of this and other
sections, having been motordrome
rider for several years before drop
ping the motorcycle game for auto
mobiles and made a success of that
too. Eckenroth says he has put a
little more speed into his trusty
Southwestern Special for the COM
ing meet, although he was winning
consistently with his car before.
Other entries include f. J. Jordan,
who has made a racing car out of a
Ford with the "Fronty" features;
w. Harper, who has Packard Twin
Six that won the 1922 Pixies Peak
hill climb and has been appearing on
tracks all over the country since
then; Allen Tillotson, who has been
having lots Of luck since he put more
soup" in his Chevrolet; Dell Gotten
and his oft-promised dark horse;
]. B. Doyle, who has rebuilt his
Oakland; Bill Mccoy of Mccoy, Tex,
with his eight-valve Ford that he
promises to keep so far ahead of the
Packard there will not be a chance
for another collision; l.. r. Parker.
with a new Paige Special instead of
his old Mercer; Joe Maurer of Seguin,
with a Chevrolet; j. c. Ehrhardt,
who has a factory-built Fronty-Ford
which he says can be pushed to 102
miles an hour; j. r. Thompson, a
Fronty-Ford dealer. with one of his
products; and ]. w. Draper, in a
Durant Special that won first and
two seconds in the last races here
and had a record of firsts before that
and in which Draper has never failed
to finish in the money, he says.
In the motorcycle events, the old
rivalry of Red Peters and Ogle
Heikens viii be intensified by the
fact that Peters will ride an Indian
while Heikens will propel a Harley
Davidson around the track. Both
machines are factory-built racers.
This pair of riders has put on some
great battles for the state champion
ship, at present held by Heikens, who
took it away from Peters. Vivian
Taylor of Austin will be along to
contest the Glass A honors.
In Class b, Sterling Bernhard. Bob
Shepherd, Tucker Wells, Curtis
Cross, Jack Meadows, Jimmy Law
renee and others will ride.
Entry blanks for all the events have
been mailed over the state by the local
racing association and a large field
is expected.
A race meet once a month is plan.
ned. Admission has been set at sc
cents, including war tax.