Evening Star Newspaper, August 2, 1925, Page 57

New Speed uaya Of Stars’ Autos to Millions *Big-Time Contests 2.500.000 to Tracks All Over Country During Current Year. BY WILLIAM ULLMAN. timulated by a determination on it of engineers and car buflders the autgmobile hevond the expectations, and to the doorsteps of millions of thro: the building of edways in all sections of the & fondest automobile racing is taking vatively that will view ne sort or another confi who lived or spor ) the- fortu who to the famous Jlis, automobile star” type has expand nt where thousands who the thrill o ng speed 1 by human daring and 1 precision are now within st one good race display City lotte “rancisco t the newest spee the Nati ears to be no reason n, the motor-car en eer or the thrill e denied an activity in I heen gaining for the past Customs Unfamiliar. ' ime racing t o has revealed the tite un nd para the mo n the es s smpara have wit race and a would vaves a does not Iv. The to do much und the and try e e The most famous starter of the day, and_of vesterday as well, is Fred J. Wagner. He is the Ha and Landls of the speedway What he < yes. and many a star per ck is indebted to him him the warning that e from sure death Wag ner can tell when a driver should go to the pit for a tire | fortunate features of it is that he wit important | change. Hel THE SUNDAY _STAR, WASHINGTON, D. €, AUGUST 2. 1925—PART 3. OTORS and hring Races Attracting About waves a yellow flag in front of the ar in danger icing starters command enviable ies when they reach a point where the drivers have confidence in their ability to guide the contest through its many treacherous devel opments. Wagner is said to receive from $700 to $1.000 for a single race. It is a hazardous job, of course, for obvious reasons. and one of the un the passing of many of his friends Unless the motorist is familiar with track’ events he is not likely to appre clate how much human sacrifice there has been in order that he may enjoy the privilege of driving a stock car over the roads and up the steep hills hour after hour at speeds that would have ruined the cars of former vears. Famous Drivers Killed. Among the famous drivers who have ost their lives in the interests of development of the automobile may be mentioned Gasten Chevrolet, Ros- coe Sarles, George Wade, Ernie Ans. terberg, Joe Boyer, Dario Resta and Jimmy Murphy, generally recognized as the most daring and spectacular of | them all.~ Up until the construction of the Baltimore-Washington speedway at Laurel, Md.. the speediest turns were imed to have been found at the Culver City Cali track. Curves there are banked At 45 degrees. while on the newest track 48 degrees of banking are employed in the con- struction of the board course. Not many motorists realize that in order to hold its place on a banked curve of this sort a car must be doing at least 110 miles an hour. A lively interest in the history of automobile racing in America has re ulted from the increase in the num ber_of motor speedways. The Amer-| ican Automobile Association records that the first' American motor race | drivers who previously had a monop- | was conducted by the Automobile Club of America on Long Island April 14, 1900 The distance was 50 miles. A\. L. Riker did it _in an electric in 2 hours nutes 30 seconds. | Dirt tracks at Newport, Chicago. Trento 'd other citles next at tracted the motor speedway artists. | At the Guttenberg, N. J., track a Win- | ton car kicked up the dust at the rate of 10 miles in a little more than 15 minutes. Alexander Winton himself cut down the mile record the follow- ing vear to 1 minutte 6 2.5 seconds. After that no record stood longer than | was required to assemble a crowd and start a race Ford Once Held Record. Many drivers of today’s automobiles re just coming to know that prior ry. 1904, Henry Ford held the unofficial ‘mile’s ‘record of 39 2.5 sec- | onds on the ice at Lake St. Clalr. As early as 1906 a Stanley steamer turned a mile at nea 28 miles an | hour. - l Back in 1904 W. K. Vanderbilt. jr. broke a world’s record at the Florid The Sumday Star’s MOTOR TOURS CHE 102: ia Fredenick. g : w— Fzred Good. Q ocxs Fair o Good sfone road Hyattstown B Ungeronstryct®, Clarksburgq g Henderson Gors. LAND Q Ga&m?&g Note : Short revfe fo Winchesfer saves 3omiles. beach races, and in the Fall of melRU same year the famed Vanderbilt cup | RAL race was inaugurated. It was four| it SO b | JOURNEYS FOR AUTO TOURISTS 5 merican, driving a Locomobile. suc: ceeded in outclassing the forelgn | oly on the leadership. | While the Grand Prize race cap-| tured the attention of sportsmen for 11 years, it. too, passed into history in 1916, only one American, Eddie | Pullen, having won during the entire | period of the competition remember the hair-raising | Fairmount Park. Philadelphia | Finally, in 1969, came the Indian-| growth of the speedway idea has been a closed book to many. The 3 motorist was still further handicapped | NlIS °‘|°‘;’ ;‘_f by the fact that of the many tracks | 2Pproached by & s w3 |and awe-inspiring - wonders of many | troubles and cares. that have been constructed since 1909 | 217 awelnepiring ' wonders of { 14 have had to be dismantled because they did not offer a satisfactory re. turn on the investment made by their sponsors. of these tracks were those at Sheeps- i head Bay, N. Y., Beverly Hills, Chi.|2nd calms the cago, Unfontown and Cotatl New speedways, however, are fo- cusing new attention upon auto rac- ing, and now that the average motor- ist s reasonably nmear gt least one big event a vear the whole subject is taking on new interest. q Motor racing is entering a new era— the era of public interest. (Copsrisht, 10 Driving To one who has motor-rambled over In the o and until the recent |the hills and through the valleys of | Dominion’s naturainess, the Sboiis apscd ey anc ind Teins ‘many delightful touring regions, both | ness of many of the far and near, there is a charm in the |and the hospitality of the people one ginia that is still un- | finds a mellowing influence that works lelsurely Virginia one finds in the quiet, peace- | traffic encountered on the main boule o : Ir | ful scenes on every side a satisfaction | vards. D s ot Sraon™ | with life that soothes jangled nerves |in automobiling through the countrs VIRGINIA OFFERS RESTFUL (=i e o gt the vorse ot dotted were well | Winchester, {experienced Washington motor tourist | ach has played a conspicuous y in the annals of its suggests to the stretches of attractiv nent of shorte ' rendezvous » | from interest—Roads Are Good. the develo picturesqueness of the Old | iy iath quaint goals for & roads towns i The Star's the vaunted beauties|like magic in erasing workaday {ndicated an Here the roads are not i congested rural | with rushing, through whizzing. frightening Here one finds that pleasure most turbulent mind. | de that made motor touring such a Continu Beautiful Vermont Scenery Offers Appeal to Motorist ;Historic Country, Full of Interesting Associations and Sights, Attracts Tourists From All Over Land. Vermont, so named for its beautiful | independent commonwealth. but was mountains, has much to offer the|not admitted to the Union until 1781 tourist in scenery and historical as-| Vermont is universal in its appea sociations. The quiet restfulness of |to the motorists. For the sportsman |Vermont's green hills has made last- | there are fine lakes with fishing, boa |tng appeal to countless thoysands of | ing and vachting: many famous go visitprs, while a peculiar charm hov- | courses are located on this route: fo ers about the places connected with |the student, there are many scenes the early history of the United States. | linked with our early history; for the | Recalling events of the past, present.| nature lover, there is a variety o |day realities disappear and imagina-| mountain, lake and valley scenery that |tion carries one back to the stirring|more than satisfies the most captious |events of colonial and Revolutionar Among the towns reached on a trip | days | through the Green Mountains are The district east of Lake Cham-|Bridgeport, whence one runs to Strat plain is especially rich in historic | ford, and then follows the beautifu | recollections dealing with the early Nangatuck Valley, going through Der- |days when the white man claimed|by to Waterbury | the country for civilization, and the | motorist now travels in ease and N R sf Monmoneat comfort the paths that once knew the | Continuing into and through the march of dusky warriors and the | Berkshire Hiils, one runs to Benning aching feet of captives. -This region |ton. situated almost on the New York |carries us back 1o the France of |State border, where there is a notable Henry of Navarre, the England of jmonument, over 330 feet high, com James the First, and, on this conti- | Memorating the battle of Benningto: nent, the supremacy of the Five Na-| Manchester, one of the famous Sum tions of the Troquois among the men | Mer resorts of New Iingland, s sit- of ‘tHe: Toraet | vated on a plateau 1,000 feet high. 1 | broad Main street is shaded by great Found by Champlain. |elms and the sidewalks are white marble, a reminder of the importance with Tourists Are Increasing. Harpers Star Motor Tours Guide Maps 175-Mile Route That | ¥rederick are names tamiliar to eve Takes in Many Points of Scenic and Historic highly for Blue Ridge Moun more of Virginia's hallowed battlefields, her quaint towns |} 1.5 1 on Seventh was Champlain, his voyage on the him. English _attempted - to the Connecticut Valley, to frequent warfare. In of peace between I zave the cglonists a curity, but in 1702 war {m the surrender of thank-you- | Henry lake Later both the French and the The first white man to see Vermont | who. in 1609 1609, made named for the | occupy country between Lake Champlain and | and this led | 1697 a treaty | gland and Fran feeling of se- again broke | In 1757 the struggle culminated Fort William . When Canada was finally conquered withdrew. the country Lake Champlai alley Ferry and ate and each | a_ne rist liitless | s York scenery. With |its boundary and | the entire territor: | The began and who had organized the tours guide has map those | L exington In 1775 phie scribed the iconderago. Finally. in 1777 by the English and the F obstacle. could not intended 1o ry struggle between the X | parties was still going on Capital are making these places-their [ Revolution week-end trips motor of joined the revolt after “rench armies Iving between nd the Connecticut commonly led n opened foi tle colonists the wilde were soon The settle annex two when Ethan Allen, | Green Moun. tain Boys among the mountaineers to | just_completed a trip over the route | resist the Governor on the accompanying recommends it who would have a glimpse of the fa mous Shenandoah Valley at the height | for {of its beauty. the |tains, a dozen or New York, | the battle of Allen led a force to | T and demanded its | sur Percy MacKaye has gra scene in his the h— of Vermont's quarries. Mount Equinox, the highest mountain in the souther: part of Vermont, is near Manchester and there is a road to its summit from which a magnificent view may be had. To the southeast, lie Grevlock and Stratton Mountains: to the east Ascutney and Monadnock: and to the northeast, Mounts Killington and Shrewsbury may be seen It is but a short run from Rutland to Woodstock, one of the most charm ing of V park and From Rutland the r lington. on_ Lake ( metropolis of Vermont Howells once said the most beautiful city in the wo It is situated on a side hill slopi down to Lake Champlain, which ha as a background the splendid moun tain wall of the Adirondacks.” The buildings of University Vermont _are located he_highes (Continued on Ll William Dean “Burlington FOR ALL WHEELS Rundlett Rim Co. 1336 14th St. N New 1926 Cleveland Sets Record Sales Cleveland delivered more cars during the first six months of this year than in all twelve months of 1924! 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