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DILLON ARRIS TOInw IthAUTO SPEEDWAYEi.cino Man Tells of Hoad Forty-Eight Miles Lou' Cuilt for Less Than $200, Over Which Cars Travel Rapidly,| rr n* hr rr in rlt; rn mHIVtS IPacP*laIIeltteit»P*3mttnt(r*NSiirResponding to a telegram fromPresident D. K. II. Sellers, of thefair association. It. i\ Dillon, of Kn-ilno, arrived her*- last night on thecut-off train and will remain in theell\ severu| days as th** guest of thefair association, while superintendingthe construction of the twenty nulesauto speedway on the mesa east of thecity. Mr. Dillon declared that the project was a perfectly feasible one. He Said that the course could he laid out. If the mesa was MS level at that point as it was claimed. without much difficulty, and that the track would be one capable of sustaining some extra fast running. r*•When R. P. Krvicn. state land h commissioner, went over the forty- reight ml leg we built to Panke slo ranch w ith one of these drags,*’ tie ? b said, “he was surprised to see how- IH great results could la* attained with't so little money. W e got from IMthe gtat* to Mid us in that toad work | and tin* entire* stretch was built for i f a little lea® than that sum. That sounds surprising, but it in remarkable what good roads the drag makes.'*!When told that there was a project on ford for staging some motorcycle) races on the track, should the troughs rut by the drag prove wide enough,] Mr. Dillon said that two motorc - * clists passed over the f »rty-elght tniles mentioned and declared that it was the best piece of road they encountered between Roswell and Santa Ke. He said that the bottoms of j the grooves cut were ample in width * to accommodate a motorcycle, and that he believed the races could be Ip Id easily. If they can be, the rar ing on that track will be one of the drawing features of the fair.There are 2,100 motorcycle* nowI«in flu* sf ilr it e saId1. ... I
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Albuquerque Morning Journal
Albuquerque, New Mexico, US
Fri, Jul 19, 1912
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