Evening Star Newspaper, June 13, 1926, Page 65

VIVID CORPS OF DRIVERS WILL COMPETE AT LAUREL Dauntless Courage, Resourcefulness an 1 Skiil Developed on Dirt Tracks to Be Revealed in Races Next Saturda BY WILLIAM ULLMAN. June 19 will be commencement day for the dare-devils of the dirt speedways: The automobile races that will be run at the Baltimore-Wash- at Laurel, next urday will mark the first ap- pearance of many drivers of the National Motor Racing Associa- tion on the “bhoards.” In addition, it will be the occasion of the return of many others who left the pine oval to establish new records in speed and daring out where the “roaring road” is dusty and where records are made more because men are men than be- cause cars are cars This is no sense a reflection upon the drivers who have con- fined themselves almost exclusively to the board track. The man who takes | less of the locale of his daring. dirt track is t is upon the latte skill, in the apinion of a There are two :technique ness of forcing an automobi its greatest speed - the another the most picturesque. ington Speedway, possessor of a superabundance of courage, but it that he is called upon to display the greater le race followers. How to Compute Speed of Speedway Race Cars, 1nical facil el dave-davil | Spectators at the races at Laurel next 3 . e y can 1 auick estinates o Willing to Take Chance. the speed of the race stars by Those who will compete at Laurel using the following .schedule. wduates of the dirt | | The time can be cloc ck who ing to the contests | | the rate figured exactly by the qu of -etulness | | ferring to this table. ~For in- are 1 the ter- | | stance, if it takes 39 seconds to where ihe tittest a make one lap, the ¢ survive, te of 10 k Lockhart won the In . Figures are sed on the Memorial day the | K 'IAIIIHI the track is 1's miles the event \\r:'vi in _circumference. ariv The speed table follows: Seconds Miles Seeonds perlan. perhr. itomobile aturday resou on - one fc = more than all ess to take vesh fic S of the | West. He debut on | the hard track of spe ough mes of equal | luster. Mr. Lockhart dete he Miles tz, Mc the throttle and spun off the faste lap that ever has been recorded on the napolis _tracl ve < than 115 miles mance zave many » were looking on. wve been @ flash in in achievement svon to be had 1wt come ¥ to in the | 10k the men who w every brick’ in the Hoosier Stars to De Seen. maximum of courage. He 1 some spec has pro- mances, istic is ex ircamstances. » wheel of a pping speed- en track rec- in the 100-mile Local race * ear that will thr when he cuts loos pleasant person ing ability is s outdistanced by Snowberger in the race for national hon- lenson has visited the Laurel 1 drove a test car around a speed which surprised officials, since it was a mount that wa i built for the e ptional board cour was placed on the oval only ey, 1 of the racing Gleason, who late start onl < pronc upon Drivin the dirt he has Laurel in e onivok- 1e breuth for He has had | °d the car before journey and wee in ev partment He the thrillin, f the present day on Sheepshead B ers of speedway Aspen saw nd st napolis at hom: s-on the dir eplied: | service s too {behind the wheel | ics, s that he rds as much a Frenchman to Drive. pin nish while | nal touch is given t m in the entry of for host " of id D. Pugh * An interna Qe Jaurel progi of surpassing | drivers as v oreign make. A % S f the zn for an inment a competition t hu asoned perforn . wces abroad. Pugh i driving a 1tti, which for beauty {and speed is not surpassed by any of the mounts that will be skimming EIhFt Tor a1l the theilb it 18 sorh. over the boards. It has been equipped B e ties comprise | With a: foreign supercharger, which the group of drivers who will buckle [ Was lacking when it first reached this Hey hall s 1925 Another driver of foreign birth is S R e Aauila Senyardo, a_Spaniard, who_has Pullmans and may be equipped with liquid cushions which give it a gliding motion, never known before the application of the rebound to a variable degree, but have no control whatever over “bottoming.” trol every movement of the great cars such ae Lincoin, body — upward & PierceArrow. 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CThe World-Famous, s life in his hands is an admirable individual, regard-| The driver on either board or| ofee of the sport which requires the | This will be a familiar scene on the Baltimore-Washington Speedway this week, when the National Motor Racing Association drivers get to work on their powerful motors. The Star photographer caught Armond Pugh, in- ternationally famous dare-devil, at work on his sleek Bugatti, on a visit to the track during the last week. 4 Upper insets, left to right: Fred Winnai, Jimmy Gleason and Tommy Dawson, National Motor Racing Association drivers, who will burn up the Laurel boards. - Lower right: Donald M. Walter and his mechanician-teammate, Niles Gary, both Washingtonians, who are entered in the races next Saturday after- noon. 'TWO LOCAL DEMONS OF SPEED 1 TO GET BIG TEST AT LAURELj {Donald M. Walter and Niles Gary Will Make Debut| on Board Track in New Frontenac Car—Both killful, Fearless Drivers. BY F. J. CARMODY. | When they roar away in the first big automobile race of the season at Laurel next Saturd two Washington youths will be making their maiden appearance in big-time board track competition. hey are Donald M. Walter, 10 East Kirke street, Chevy Chase, and Niles Gary of Takoma Park. Although Saturday’s race will be the first for each on the pine oval, they are far from being without experience and reputation. On the dirt speedways throughout the East th arless drivers who | are not afraid to “step hard on the button"—the drivers' idiom which | means that the going never gets hot enough to blister one’s courage. | ich has a number of victories to his credit in terrestrial track compe- | tition. Walter comes from a prominent|to build his own. family in the National Capital. Early in life he found himself possessor of an impulse toward things mechanical. [ ew older the impulse became more and more irresistible, and finally, to gratify it, he turned to automobile His first experience was in State fair engagements, where he pro- ceeded to “cleah-up” so satisfyingly | that the w kly opened up for hi ational Motor Rac- ing Association ranks. It was while at Daytona Beach, Fla.. that Walter decided upon hi: vocation. There he saw Tommy Mil- ton and others of the speed demons piloting automobiles at almost un- dreamed speeds. other speed devices to his c: s the “This,” mused young Walter, “is a | car grew faster Walter grew richer. | fine business. I'll have to do some-| Finally he National | | thihg about it." Motor Racing The next step was the acquisition | immediate of a car. a most difficult step. as every | “‘big-timer. one knows. To set one’s When he starts in one of the events big-time auto racer requires on the Laurel saucer next Saturday outlay of about $12,000. This much | the machine he will drive will be in not being immediately available, Wal-| sharpest contrast to_ that in which ter decided the next best thing was ' he made his debut. For his first ap- | il nd set about | transforming it into a speedway thor- oughbred. This Is no small feat for neering genius of any localit after some trying weeks the | neighbors' ears, Walter had a car | that was capable of hitting 85 on the | dirt tracks. Began at Hagerstown. | With this machine he entered his | first race at Hagerstown. In similar competition that Summer he man- aged to make an excellent reputatioh and enough money to add several i the engi- | but | The Flint proves that fame is no recognition of ability and value. A Demonstration Will Convince You FLINI1 1605 14th St. N.W. Pot. 1673 more than earned pearance on the “boards” he has pur- | ises to be one of the most striking| tuning chased a | capable been 1 4,175,365 AUTOS MADE IN UNITED STATES IN 1925 Capital Invested Is $1.888,028,810, With 6,650,081 Employed, Including Work- ers in Widely Varied Lines. BY HERBERT S. HOLLANDER. .\llhugxh the average citizen has a vague comprehension of the magnitude of the automobile industry, of its importance as an element in the general economic structure of the Nation and as a factor contributing to national prosperity, he lacks definite facts to back up his opinion. Unquestionably, there is widespread | understanding of the place the growing industry has assumed, yet laccurate and precise knowledge the subject is held by a very circumscribed group. i g ) . Industrial facts and statistics usually are regarded as dry and uninteresting, but those covering the n phases of America’s first endeavor are full of life. full « ng and even full of romance. A nce at some of them, taken for the most part from “Facts and Figures of the Automobilg Industry,” just published by the National Automobile Chamber of Commerce, will indicate | the truth of this assertion. | Capital invested in the business of 1 iiacturing automobiles and trucks totaled $1,88%.028,810 in 1925, with a total of 3,204,442 persons directly employed and 3 ectly employed. conception of the ramifi m’s taxation system is + industry can he gained SGHT.000.000 motor ve- £ the various s paid in 1925, OFf the total, dependent + special motor taxes 0,000,000 personal list "¢ Wwoi n whole or in part upe includes motor veh cors there is = on the ance as a ng nation, definite in- e person is fessionnl chauffeurs truck drivers, gasoline 0il we automobile isurance, nd steel on goes, the avera How d the United States with leadirg world powers - manufacture of automobiles? Second. France Ranks i s ‘s plants side countr asheste sh facto terial we | paint and var coal miners | The i uches, thers most ev f workers vital economic effect upc ness as a whole. The effect | automotive industry of the country id Denmark, . world was 4,500,321, ite of all cars made esponsible for per cent ries 9 per loads. Motor the thirc of manu 832.713 ¢ Jow the & tes was . Canada for 3 ind the United States —made so by Miller: | zeots 2 the current which it nt total of mileage added to the netweork. ays and motor quotes United will compete | Gary Also to Drive Car. | The 100.mile event probably see Gary behipd the wheel car. his lad iy 2t one of the youngest drivers compete on heard speedw the United Walter met were rivals in bile race ev impressed with his ski He lost no ti 1t Gary and ha »d his car the Takoma 1 of the big dirt track like W& game to leaning He is earned the absolute respect driver in N. M. R. 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