The Coconino sun., 1926-01-29
PLAN BIG AUTOMOBILE
RACES FROM PHOENIX
TO SAN FRANCISCO TOP

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Details of plans for stock car races
up San Francisco peak once year
which will rival, If not actually sur
pass, the annual motor car races
staged over Pixies Peak road, are be-
ing worked out by leading automobile
men of Arizona, it was announced last
week
The annual race over the San Fran
cisco peaks toll road will be staged
every year, August l. and automo-
biles from all parts Of the state will
be admitted. Inasmuch as Flagstaff
which will be the town out of which
the races will be conducted, is one of
! the leading summer resorts of the
United States, it is thought that the
races will draw an immense crowd.
Flagstaff has a population of APP
proximately 5000, and it is estimated
that it doubles its population every
summer. Tourists from everywhere
come to the town.
San Francisco peaks raise their
majestic heads in perhaps the most
picturesque scenic country in the
world. Those who have visited
| Switzerland and revelled in its beauty,
say that the country about Flagstaff
/ is superior
Flagstaff has an altitude of $500
! feet, and is an ideal vacation region.
+ 1t assures comfort to the visitor from
southern Arizona, California and
Mexico. 1t has excellent water, de-
/ lightful camping spots, recreation ia
/ cilities of all kinds, the finest OF
roads, boating on beautiful lakes,
mountain fishings, golfing, tennis,
4 baseball-in fact anything to charm
the tourist
Flagstaff is connected with the re-
mainder of the world by the Santa
Fe railroad system, which runs
/ through trains. from Chicago to Los
Angeles.
1t is the starting point for trips TO
4 Lees Ferry, the only crossing OF the
mighty Colorado river for 400 miles,
to the painted desert, that wonderful
conglomeration of vivid colorlng SO
Ilavishly scattered over a thousand
square miles of the landscape. From
Flagstaff you can also visit the Can
Won of the Little Colorado.
From Flagstaff one can visit wal
nut CANYON, where one sees con-
Meeting line between present day civil
lization and the past. 1t Is IN thls
CANYON where the cliff dwellings, Oh
the prehistoric people continue 70
puzzle scientists.
A 7O-nnile drive around the famous
Gan Francisco peaks gives visitor g
view of mountain grandeur unequdileu
anywhere on the globe.
Manager Treadwell of the Autono-
bile club of Arizona says that the
staging of annual stock car races up
San Francisco peaks will actually
draw greater crowds and create more
interest than the races over P1ke
peak. The reason for this, he thinks,
I is because of the number OF people
who will be attracted to the country
every year because OF It's mafVelous
scenic beauty and unsurpassed vaca-
tion advantages.
The decision to stage annual races
over Pixies Peak came about as re-
suit Of recent successful automobile
races in Arizona. Leading automobile
men of the state have formed plans
IN give Arizona more elaborate
speed program Throughout than is pro
ivided track followers in any other
state.
The plans conceived and announced
bv George Moriarity, A. A. "a. repre-
sentative in Arizona include:
There are races on the Phoenix ana
Douglas tracks, the only ovals In the
state now holding A. A. A. member
shin. Establishing of tracks IN other
cities of the state will be-fostered and
encouraged by Mr. Moriarity, the
Arizona Race Drivers association and
others interested in the sport.
In the climb of San Francisco
peaks, Arizona's highest mountain
The race would be run on the new
toll road being constructed to the
crest Of the peak, which towers more
{ than $4,000 feet above sea level. Inc
only event of the kind in the world IS
the annual climb of Pixies Peak, IN
Colorado. a classic which attracts IN
ternational interest. .
A. point system will be used 70
determine an undisputed Arizona
racing champion each year. Plans Tor
this phase of the program exist IN
only the most tentative form. How
ever, as they now stand, Mr.. Moriar-
ity suggests that certain number OF
points be allowed for each recognized
race, the point value of the event to
be determined by distance and hazard
That is to say, a 100-mile race would
have a greater point value than DO
mile event. A designated portion OF
the receipts of each event having a
point value would go into a general
fund to be distributed at the end OF
the year in the. suggested proportion
of 60 per cent to the champion; Is
per cent to second place; Is per cent
to third place, and 10 per cent to
fourth place.
All point races would be limited to
drivers who have resided in Arizona
six months or longer. No effort
would be made, however, to interfere
with events attracting the games out
standing celebrities.