The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-03-31
'OLDS OUTRU|VS
VOL VI R||VE
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Ali previous records Of running
between Chicago ana Detroit were
broken this week BY q stock Olds,
mobile touring car driven BY Floyd
Clymer. Of Denver. The sOl miles
from the loop in Chicago TO the
center 81 Detroit was made by ely
rner in hours and s. minutes, IN
Guiding two stops en- route. This
Is the fastest time ever made pc
tween these cities bys an autonaopile'
and Sis 16 minutes faster than the
Wolverine, the crack Micl1igan Cen
trstI train. The run was officially
checked by Western Union
the best previous time made py
an automobile between these IWo
cities was over a route w naiss
long and REQUIRED six hours and rive
minutes 81 seven minutes longer
than the Oldsnnobile's time,
C.IvYner. who made the record
I,reaIxfng trip, last fan lowered the
I5ilses Peak and Lookout Mountain
stock car records in an OldsIno1 ~.
Re used the same car on his Cflls
caro. Detroit run. II is g stock car
with top and front side curtains up
The only changes made ~ equll1.
lnent were the additions Of TWO
extra spot lights and q inuffler cut.
out.
Wife Was With Him.
e,lv,ner was accompanied on the
nm ~ his wife. Mrs. Meryle Ciy-
naer This was her first participa-
zion III any of the several record
hrealxinq trips made BY her nus
hand When the Cly1ners We're met
Fl Dearborn by an escort from tns
Detroit branch Of Olds Motor WORKS,
and She changed places with q pilot
Il guide her husband into the cen.
ter OF Detroit. she was asked Is
the run had frightened her.
YES. she replied, II was aIIal I.
Eloyd wouldn't break the record.
Clyner and his Oldsnobile cnechs
ed out from the Western " nlUil
office at washington anu Las5aLle
streets, in the heart OF the iOoK
district, at 1901 q. m. central , 49,
Thursday. During the Ilrsl Iou =.
which included miles q drlying T.
Chicago, he registered e mics:
Runs Into Heavy Snow
when about half way to this
,;4,s the OIdsnaobile record seeker
,.a,, INTO heavy snow for distance
n AZ miles. This caused the SLOW
est time Of the trip A. miles ~ al
hour. The most miles run IN
single hour were 81
one stop was made at Kalamazoo
for gasoline, which took two min.
,Ites' The OldsmobiIe did not halt
rain until ii reached Dearborn
where about four minutes We're
lost iii picking up the pilot.
Detroit motorcycle policeman
also met the OIdsn1obile az Dear
born with the intention Of clear.
ing the way for the car. but the
OidsrnobiIe ran away from the
motorcycle. which was handicapped
by side-car equipment. The fastest
speed consistent with safety was
maintained through the CITY, ana
the Western Union office in the
Union Station, Fort and Third
Streets, was reached at 5:59 9. ~.
CIySner said that he rarely drove
his car at excessive speeds on the
run. but that IT was the ability Of
his Oldsmobile to maintain high
rate of speed hour after hour, to-
gether with exceptional braking
and acceleration powers, that en-.
abled him to set up a new record
between Chicago and Detroit.
Road conditions were far from
favorable for the test. In fact only
the afternoon before Clymer started.
the Detroit Automobile Club advised
against making the run at this
season.