New Britain herald., 1928-04-25
L0CkHART KILLED IN SPEEDING GAR
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record today because of the un- favorable beach an' 'ccause he did not believe Lockhart had his motor tuned up properly. Beach in Had shape ! | The beach was said to have been in the worst condition of the past week, Adverse wind had left ridges parallel to the course which looked like q washboard.
 On it's first test run this morning, Lockhart's machine took one of these ridges and ran into the water but was not thrown out of line. Coming back north on the return as he was following the course of the beach the car was seen to swerve at 25 degree angle, However. he righted the and continued on the tryout,
 Makes Adjustments
 At this time he was travelling al speed of l93 miles an hour. He spent 30 minutes at the north end making motor adjustments and then went op the trial run south at 2oS miles an hour. As he came back for the official run, which was op- posite the grandstand, Leckhart was 500 yards from the spot when his car went out of control.
 Hurt in Same Car
 Lockhart was driving the same car in which he had a marrow escape here on February 2. last while making an attempt to break the worlds speed record. At that time his machine got out of control and dashed into the ocean. He was seri- ously Injured and spent some time in hospital.
 Was Little Car His car was tiny little enamel | machine weighing less than three thousand pounds. It had E sixteen l cylinder motor which Lockhart de- 5 signed himself. The car cost more 5 than $7o,0o0.
 Iockhart was d to have held every American record from one to U 100 miles on circular courses. He . also held the worlds straightnway V record for 9l1s cubic inch displaee- ment motors which was set at the 4 Dry Lake, California course in ls27 when ne Indue lOt PST hVoi. , Photographers Escape
 A number of photographers q standing at a favorable place on the beach were narrowly missed as = Lockhart's machine hurtied through . the air. What looked like wind shield from one of the wheels oi Lockhart's car was torn loose and 7 hit Hans Orte. n local photographer He was shocked and bruised but e after treatment at hospital was allowed to go.
 2 Mcteo4c Career . Lockhart's career as a race drivel was among the most meteoric of an, e pilot in the annals of speedom n Coming out of California after sev n cral years trainings on dirt track ,r of the western state. ha sprang tt
 sudden fame when he won the l92' |, Indianapolis speedway race, WhRl d was cut down to 400 miles that yea d instead of the customary 500 miles d due to rain.
 He was noted on the speedway ,s for the terrific pace which he alway " set.
 f, Like several other stars of tn to Indianapolis classic, Lockhart me , his death in later speed attempts h, Dario Resta was killed at Brook lands Speedway, England, in an ef
 for to set a new mark on the course I II, Jimmy Murphy went to his death 2 n, Syracuse, N. Y., on the mile diI N' track there while Gaston Chevrole
 il previous winner at 1ndianapoli '' met his death in a speedway race. VT Lockhart was almost an unknow >o when he won the Indianapolis rat = but he sprang into overnight fan
 iupon his victory and has been coi
 sidered since then along with II
 veteran Ralph De Palma as II
 greatest of drawing cards in mot'
 speed events.
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 1.ockhart. race driver killed tod; n. during a speed trial at Daytoi !, Beach, Fla. was 26 year old and Wi born at Dayton, Ohio. He move
 10 Los Angeles, Cal. with his pa
 en,s when he was a small boy.
 yb ,a ,omobile racing as driver in di ,a track faces. He came with oth ,a race followers 10 Indianapolis f =, the 800 mile contest in le2t.
 few days before the race the illne
 Of Peter Kreis left one of the ca ., without a pilot and Lockhart W
 given the place. He qualified the ( Tn record time and then won {
 race.
 Several months ago Lockhart $ o' a speed record on the Dry Lake b her o1-o ,,odoc 1lab He thon ca, oh- 10 Indiana polls to supervise f
 building of inc special Stutz rat ala in which he met his death. any The bullet aoacd machine, pow 10 ed with d sixteen cylinder motor q all built to do upward of 2co miles 'os- hour was the creation of- its wet p'y and the Stutz Automobile Compa
 of America. X fortune was SD on the car, the rear axle alone be . valued at s20,o00.
 n In winning the speedway r ., here in 1926 Iockhart drove J Ter ST, cial at an average Of 9S.
 miles an hour. The race was
 miles long. being stopped because Ill rain. Lochhart WAS backed bl group Of Lafayette. Ind, auto rae enthusiasts. At the time Of
 speedway victory he held all exist . records from one 10 twenty-1 . miles from dirt track racing.
 Iockhart was entered in the l
 speedway race here and won sev'
 lap prizes before his car was for
 | out by mechanical difficulties.
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