Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-28

and will be out in a few day
George Sou6ers, driving Miller
Special owned by Harry Milburn, of
Texas, cut two seconds off the time
trial record for the track when his
made the mile in IS 2-5 seconds, an
average speed of approximately SO
miles an hour. The Miller car is
rated one of the best dirt track cars
in the racing game and the speed
ometer on hts car showed that on
the east, strai ghtaway in the time
trial Souders 4made better than 90
miles an hour or 4yt0O revolutions a
minute for sthe engine
chester and Ray Gardner, of Den,
yer, both driving fine cars, had bad
luck but finished in the money in
the ten-mile event. Ray Gardner
was in the money in the 15-mile
race, but Chester was out fin the
seventh lap, having produced one OF
the greatest thrills ever seen on a
race track when he jumped the south
curve in the second lap, skidded his
car clear of the fence and climbed
the bank back to the track to pick
up on the other racers with every
chance of being in the money until
the seventh lap, when the little car
again went into a tail spin on the
south curve, ht the ditch and lit
orally flew, like an aeroplane maxi
ing Il forced landing This time he
came back to the track but with a
smashed read wheel which put him
out.
Gardner's stunt was spectacular
when one considers that his car was
travelling at something like 20 miles
an hour when it left the track, that
Ill hit the weeds and bounced 20 feet
without striking the ground and then
ran for 80 feet with only the righl
wheels touching without tipping
over.
Jimmy Randolph took third money
in the -15-mile and 25-mile races.
His car was frozen when he startecs
the races and he had been TN bed
for a week with a bad attack of flu.
Randolph stated that lie would not
have entered the races except that
they were held in his home town
and he had to make a try at it. Hs
is rated as perhaps the best driver
who appeared and did some con,
sistent work, but his car was out
classed.
The officials Of the race oommIs,
sion have requested that mention be
made of the fact that W. R. Harper,
q popular driver who was slated to
attend, had wired hts entry money
but failed to show. up when every
thing was arranged for his appear,
ance. One Miller Special, new car
that had never been driven in a
race, was smashed up while tuning
UP early Sunday. This car for some
reason broke tooth in the differ.
ential and completely wrecked the
entire mechanism. This was q sad
blow to some of the drivers, as the
car would probably have created
even more competition than there
was.
Even with a, large number D.
mounted men patroling the track
and fences during the races serious
accidents We're avoided only by
chance when Bryan took the ditch
on the south turn. The ambulance
had hardly reached the badly shaken
driver before men and boys from ali
parts Of the field were running
toward the wrecked machine anG
crossF ng- the track Immediately IN.
front of the roaring cars making the
last three laps of the event. Several
persons just missed being dashed to
pieces by the speeding cars as they
ran across the south curve, appar
emily all unconscious Of their dar
ger. Guards hurried to the scene
hut could do nothing with the
crowd
The races and winners were; ~
10-lIILE RACE
George Souders. Miller Special a
minutes, 81 3-5 seconds; Chester
Gardner, Gardner Special minutes.
1-5 seconds; Ray Gardner, Gardner
Special 8 minutes, 81 r3-5s seconds.
15-NTILE RACE t
Harry Milburn, Miller Special. IL
minutes. 81 3-5 seconds; Gay Gard
ner, Gardner Special, IL minutes, 50
seconds: Jimmy Randolph, Randolph
Special, 1S minutes. /. second.
25-MILE RACE
George Souders, Miller Special, &c
minutes "a 2-5 seconds Harry Mill
burn, Miller Special, 21 minutes, %
seconds; Jimmy Randolph, Randolph
Special 22 minutes, SIS 1-5 seconds.