Evening Star Newspaper, September 27, 1925, Page 57

SPEEDWAY' AGES HERE AGAIN OCT. 24 Famous Auto Race Drivers Promise New Thrills in Second Laurel Classic. An opportunity will be given mo- torists, sports lovers and thrill seek ers to witness for the second time this vear a world chan ship automobile race on the more-Washington Speedway, near Md. Prepara- tions for another 250-mile feature, Oc tober 24, ure now under way, with| every indication that achievements in the inaugural race will be surpassed to the point ¢ 5 new world rec- ords for this Virtually drivers who country its tacle are Al the outstanding race zave this section of the| irst big motor race spec- i to compete again for a 5,000 and additional points toward the annual champlon- ship in this sport of speed and daring. Since the opening event on the Laurel Speedway program these racing stars have participated in contests on sev- eral other tracks, including Altoona and Syra and they will return here determined to master what they -onsider the trickiest track on the cir- cuit. Becoming National Sport. With th onstruction of several new board ovals within the last few | vears holding new possibilities for ari o tiny racing mounts at an unheard-of speed, automobile rac ing is & ntinual indication of national sport h i sater crowds throng the speed ponse to the lure of a pas- time replete with thrills and in suc- cessive feats defying space and time answer the impulse to join the num- ber of devotees to the pastime which} is motordom’s contribution to the world of sport. From the range of thrills offered by automobile cing has been taken much of the dangerous aspect it had in the not far distant past The possibility for serious injury faced by the plucky pliots is, fortunately, less imminent than it was. In its place is the opportunity for added interest in the race itself. Faster cars on the s, and at their whom the progress sport has decreed must be s time goes on. The ever-} ng speed attained by the r small motors now sonstitutes for the follow of the ort their chief opportunity for experiencing such thrills as they cannot find clse- where. Wagner Also Returning. Fred Wagner, who looms as the out- standing figure of the motor-racing game, again will guide the coterie of speed demons with his multi-colored signal flags. Drivers who have slow- ly advanced the speed records to in- creasingly difficult marks of achieve- ment, will return with a recol- lection of the challenge this veteran starter pronounced when their mounts had failed to conquer the novel sped- | producing characteristics of the Laudel Speedwa: “The track {s faster than your cars.” was Wagne age pronouncement each tively after his checker flag had flashed NEW MODELS WALLACE MOTOR CO. Distributor Retail Sales Room 1709 L Street Main 7612 'AMOUS RACE STARS WHO WILL CONTEST The National Capital enjoyed its first taste of big league automobile racing last July. rangements for another race October 24. All the spe: Hartz, THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, stars are promised for the event. So the ‘promoters of the 'his group includes De Paolo, McDonough, Milton, Hi ‘omer, Duray, De Palma, Wonderlich, and dunn in front, wearing the fancy golf hose, the most picturesque figure of all—Starter Fred “unar. D. C., SEPTEMBER 21, AGAIN AT LAUREL SPEEDWAY leted ar- Laurel Speedway have com Cooper, 1925—PART 3. Garage Men Get Laughs. called a Ford of anclent vintage |around to ask if he might be priv- Garage proprietors receive many | fleged to borrow a pair of pliers for a strange requests in the course of a|few minutes. The man who loaned | day's grind, but the one told by u|tools happened to be out but the gar- gaageman who is still trying to laugh | ageman was n-t immune to reason it off just about exceeds the limit *he cool of the evening the skipper of ' he might be able to locate a palr’ somewhere about the premises. skipper explained that was to take up on the bearings! The his objective Maryland was one of the first States commoa carrier. the winner to victory. But the driv- ers who heard his statement are re- turning to demonstrate their abllity to overcome a course designed to ex- cel in speed any other track yet con- structed. The throng that witnessed the in- sugural race on the Baltimore -Wash- {ngton Speedway is promised a keen- ness of competition that has been heightened by the achlevements of the participants ~since the initial event there. Several have won new laurels and are returning to draw from the local track the chance to carve for themselves niches in the auto racing hall of fame by bettering previous epeed records. Imposing Array of Drivers. An imposing array of world-famous race drivers s expected to be on hand when Fred Wagner signals the start of the second automobile event on the Laurel Speedway. Peter De Paolo, who flashed to the fore in automobile racing when he finished in first place in the last In- dianapolls classic and again in the initial event on the local track. has returned from abroad and intends to take part in the race at Laurel Oc- tober 24. Two other American drivers who went to Europe to vie for new honors, Tommy Milton and Peter Kriess, also are expected to be en- tered. Automobile racing fans will follow closely the performance of Bob Me- Donough, honors in the inaugural race at Laurel, July 11. McDonough gained turther fame in the Altoona race, La- bor day. by driving to first place, with Hary Hartz and Earl Cooper in sec ond and third places, respectively. De Palma Picturesque Figure. The return of Ralph De Palma, un- ; disputed star of the dirt tracks, also is expected. De Palma, whose mi- raculous escape in the first Laurel race was one of the tense moments of the program, won the recent Syracuse race, with Leon Duray in second place and Ralph Hepburn coming in third. ‘The majority of the drivers who will participate in the October event Easily the Great “Buy” of Its Field apparent, in its long, low, costly-car look. It has choicer upholstery, too, and more who was nosed out of first | lookin® in a car will over- look quality altogether when it comes to takin' care of what they buy. Take the matter of engin~ ofl, just as an instance. I see ‘e, out here in front of my shop. They drive up for gas. and then raise the hood to see about the oil. It doesn't make any difference to them what cond tion the oil 1s in, just so long as th ofl-level indicator on the engine side registers full I surprised one fellow one day by askin' him what on earth he was doin' by liftin' the hood to see about the ofl. He thought I was due for an asylum for sure when I told him he could find out all he needed to know by watching while the engine was runnin’. 1 ad- mitted that the pressure gauge wouldn't tell him how much oil there was in the engine, but I reminded for quality the ofl-pressure gauge | THE OLD MECHANIC SAYS It's always been a puzzle to me why | him that it would tell him what shape people who will spend so much time | that oll was in. Well, sir, we ran the engine and looked at the gauge. The indicator registered so little pressure it was a foregone conclusion the ofl was thin- ned down to a point where he needed six fresh quarts of oil, not just one or two Many a time I gea an owner going to u lot of trouble to see that he has enough water in the radlator when he ought to be drainin’ off some of the old water and gettin' rid of the rust. A lot of rusty water is far from the equal of a smaller quantity of clean water. Same way with chassis lubrication. There is grease and grease. I've seen untversal joints go dry the day they were greased just because the owner dldn't insist_on the proper grade of lubricant. The grease simply worked out on a long, hot run and left the joints In bad shape. With an automobile it's quality first and last and all the while. on the Baltimore-Washington Speed- way will have in their favor the fa millarity they gained on their first ap- | pearance on the track. This knowl- | edge of the peculiarities of the great board oval is believed to prove of con- | siderabie assistance in mastering the extra high banking on the curves, which they failed to conquer in the first race. Should they be able to ex- haust the speed possibilities of the course, it follows as a natural conse- quence that a faster time than ever | before attained will be made by the contestants. Many Improvements Made. Improvements have been made on the speedway since its inauguration, in July A bad hump at the beg ning of the south turn has been elimi- nated. This was a defect which drivers n- declared reduced their speed in Ihe first race. With this and other physical shortcomings of the track remedied, the vay i3 belleved clear to the breaking of world records. Widening and grading of roads lead- ing from the Baltimore-Washington boulevard to the speedway are in- cluded in the improvement program of the speedway company. These steps will be taken to avoid trafc congestion at the next race. The speedway company also plans to widen the old Bowie road and the road from Laurel so as to allow two lines of cars to move safely and com- fortably. Easy access to and egress from the speedway will result from these changes in its approaches. The Pennsylvania State highway department and the United States Bu- reau of Public Roads are co-operating in the construction of a concrete test road located on State route No. 50 in the vicinity of Harrisburg. Here’s a car that will take your eye at once —the new Advanced Six Sedan. There’s no equal for it in its field—in QUALITY and VALUE. The proof is plain: Just look it over care- fully and you’ll see a hundred different points of vital superiority. There’s better workmanship, better mate- rials used, and finer design that is readily CARE IS NECESSARY IN COOLING MOTOR Actual Physical Danger Involved in Refllling Radiator That Has Boiled Low. 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