The Washington times., 1925-09-23
OLDS STOCK CAR
TAKES TWO
RECORDS
Climb Of Pixies Peak Within
11N2 Minutes of Racing
Car Time

Two records over the most Cruel
ling COURSES in the nation have
been captured by new Oldsmobile
Six stock car. Within week
brand new car taken from
shipment from the factory smashed
all sprevious records on the Pixies
Peak and the Lookout Mountain
Bear Creek Canon runs. -
These two routes are considered
the hardest road tests possible
to apply to any automobile. They
embrace steep grades. tortuous
curves and switchbacks, steep
descents and short straightaways
where quick acceleration is inpera-
tive If record time is to- be made.
AS a result of the natural handi-
caps to be encountered, every
part of an automobile is called
upon to give maximum service
pulling power. speed. quick pickup,
reliability. stamina of chassis, and
positive and strong steering and
hraking power.
Regular Stock Car
The new Oldsmobile had been
driven less than 1000 miles when
it was started over the Lookout
Mountain route with Floyd ClyIner.
of Denver, driving. 1t was a reg
ular stock car except. that the top
had BEEN removed to decrease wind
resistance,
The Lookout Mountain and Circle
route is fifty.seVen miles long and
contains 412 dangerous curves
many Of them of the "hairpin"
variety. The first leg of the trip,
from Denver to Golden, up a
gradual grade, ten miles long, was
made in eleven minutes. From
Golden to the top of Lookout the
grades run from 6 to IA per cent,
climb of 1877 feet up the face
is one continuous series of switch
back turns This six miles was
made in eleven minutes, and only
for a short distance was it necee..
sary to -~Sle second gear, which is
considered one of the most remark
able features Of the run.
The third leg to Morrison is
regular. mountain driving, up and
down and around. This 28 miles
was made in 80 minutes. The last
leg into Denver, 13 miles, was made
in Is minutes. = The entire time Of
the run was 1 hours 16, minutes
and 8 seconds. The average speed
was 44.91 miles per hour.
The Oldsmobile clipped minute
and 4 seconds from the best pre-
vious record.
On September S, one week later,
Clymer piloted the OldsmobiIe up
the Pixies Peak course in %
minutes, 49 seconds, the fastest
time ever made by a stock car
This run in 12h miles long and
the grade rises approximately a
ton is $3.50 feet above sea level
at Crystal Falls, where the run
starts, and is 14,108 feet at the
summit of the mountain. In one
two-mile stretch the elevation rises
995 feet. which is 203 feet higher
than the WOolworth Building in
New York city.
Years Racing Record
This stock car record OF %
minutes, AZ seconds is within II
minutes, 80 seconds of the record
time made by special racing car
equipped with superchargers in the
annual Pixies Peak race. The
Lookout Mountain record was Of.
ficially timed and checked by Damon
s. Gall, automobile editor of the
Denver News and Times, and the
Pixies Peak run was timed and
checked by Gall and Russell III.
Kenney, Of the Denver Post.
These two records are considered
by automobile men to be the most
remarkable ever made by a stock
| car. Official timers and, checkers
| report that at-no time during
| either run did the Oldsmobile grow
hot and show any mechanical diff
! Guilty. The time made is proof that
the performance was perfect through
out both record runs.