The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-12
NEW SPEEDWAY
 FAST AND SAFE
$3O0,OO0 Bowl At Char Iotte Opens On
 Oct. g

The newest, fastest, safest motor speedway in the country.
 That is the announcement which comes from Charlotte, N. C., regarding the $3O0,OO0 speedway now under con struction there, which is to have its racing baptism October 25, with 25O- mile race, in which fifteen of the worlds greatest race drivers are en- tered, competing for prizes aggregating $25, 900.
 The Charlotte bowl" as it is term ed, is the last word in board track con- struction. It is n mile and quarter in circumference banked to an angle of 45 degrees; is almost circular in de- sign, with grandstands on both sides of the inclosure; has accommodations for over 75,000 spectators, who are afford ed clear and unobstructed view of the entire track and of all the thrilling hap penings upon it; has parking space in- side the track for over 5000 cars, and outside for 10000 more, and above all else, has the latest and most effective safety devices, both for drivers and l spectators.
 For illustration. there will be no ttboard SfeneeYs between the track and the infield-the ancient and fruitful source of accidents when madly careen- ing racing cars plunge through them, as through hoop of tissue paper, once the cars escape the control of their drivers. It is this type of fence which has occasionally permitted injuries to spectators.
 Neither will there be the rigid, un- yielding, concrete guard fence, which, while usually protecting onlookers. is death to drivers and mechanics whose cars collide with it at high speed.
 Instead, the inside curves of the track--the danger spots"-will be pro- tected by a strong, yet resilient, heavy steel wire guard fence, of the well known Page 'Hi-way Guard type, which has been subjected to thorough tests and has been shown to be capable of successfully resisting the attack If racing car. It offers at once com plete protection to Onlookers, and the best chance of any type of fence to driv- CTS, owing tc the resiIiency combined with strength of the material used, which is wire of square mesh and con tinuous, interlockiRg weave.
 The property itself is also surround ed by a Page fence, both this and the in- terior guard fencing having been erect ed by the General Equipment company of Charlotte, under the direction of c. W. Allison, manager of the company.
 Richard Kennerdell of Franklin, Pa, chairman of the contest board of the American Automobile association, who has just visited the new track upon a tour of inspection, after a careful ex- animation of the plans, the work thus far done. and the provisions made for safety of spectators and drivers, pro- nounced the new track as likely to be the fastest, and as certainly the safest of all tracks he had seen. He stated that he would recommend the instalia- tion of the same type of wire guard rails and fencing as used at Charlotte in all other tracks operating meets sanctioned by the association, and said unqualifiedly that this protective meth cd is the best and most effective he has yet seen.
 The meet is under the direction of a local committee, headed by Osmond l.. Barringer. Fred NJ. Johnson is general manager of construction, and Fred Wagner will be starter. Among the noted drivers who will compete in the October 25 event are Roy Harroun, Harry Hartz, Ira Vail, Bob McDon. ough, Antoine Mourre, Ernie Anster- berg, Earl Cooper, Benny Hill. Harland Fengler, Tommy Milton, Peter di Paula, and others of the fastest racers in the world.
 With this field, on a track as fast as this is likely to be, and with the fear of fatal accidents practically re- moved, it is deemed highly probable that new records will be set at the Charlotte meet.