The Washington times., 1926-06-18
DRIVE RS WAIT
LAUREL TEST

Four additional drivers Ok the
National Motor Racing Association
qualified today for tornorrowss
races at Laurel.
Breeding around the giant oval
at the rate Of III miles an hour,
Tommy Dawson. driving i Front.
enac, burned q right to place II
the list Of entrants. Warren
Chadwick did 100 IN his Mercedes.
while Oscar OiseYl'S Hispano-Su
turned the track al 1OS miles m
hour. Ben Shaw. III Frontenae
was clicked III 10f Russell snow
berger's Miller, which had already
earned him the right, II race TO-
morrow, bettered ifn own qualify
ing spin. going lilo miles IN hour.
These speeds WIN be increased
considerably durinE the course 81
the day. according to Albert =.
Jacobs. secretary OF the National
racing body. who pointed out that
the drivers win be becoming more
accustomed to the track.
On the eve Of what promises q
be the most spectacular contest n
the annals of automobile racing
two great cities washington and
Baltimore are anxiously awaiting
the wide sweep of the starter
nag.
Speed records are not the only
kind that seem likely to be .toppled
wllefi automobile racing Ii resumed
af the Laurel speedway tomorrow
afternoon. Early ticket sales tn.
dlicate that the attendance record
established last year may also pc
pushed from It's pedestal by the
thousands out to hl1Inor their cray.
ing for speed.
when the National Motor Racing
Association contracted for the Sia n
MARYLAND bowl this spring, its OF
ficiaIs banked everything on q rad
caliy different type Of program.
sTiae automobile race IS the
start and the finish. All the dis
lance in between counts, of course
but with the driver instead ct tne
fan.
This conviction was voiced by Al
bert III. Jacobs, the associate lion
secretary. when he came 20 terms
with the speedway officials
1--WE will have no 250-mile race
Instead, we Will puG on three
event program which will Include
two sprints. the most gripping speed
spectacle. and one modified mara
,thon.
Enthusiasm Revived
Jacobs, idea wasn't slow u catch
Ing ! following In Washington and
Baltimore. judging by the response
since tickets for the races were
put on sale. Thousands. many 81
whom were plainly bored at previous
races. have had their enthusiasm
for automobile racing revived.
His idea about more interesting
program is Tar from the only one
that JACOBS has. Another. that Il
proving tremendously popular Is
that the mark Of Bob Marlborough
set last year. is in q fair way TO b
erased by the rubber tires on the
car Of an N. M. r. A. driver toTnor
row.
Jimmy Gleason and his fast rid.
ing cohorts, from the qualifying
speed runs. seem eninently capable
OF making Jacobs second prediction
come true.
The huge pine saucer ait Laurel Il
4 verita,le hive or activity today,
With sleek. low-hlng cars zoominE
around and around az speeds rang.
ing from 10 to 40 miles an hour
and with mechanics hovcrine
anxiousIy about machines which
have pulled up 1T the pits Tor 9
diagnosis and a remedy.
National Motor Racing Association
cars have been declared by experts
as among the finest to be found IN
a single group anywhere in this
country or abroad. The list Of
names reads like d bIuebook 81
automobile racing and construction