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Newspaper
Indianapolis Sun
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1910
Page
7
In 1911 car demand is seen rising across the nation with farmers and businesses embracing autos as essential modern transport. Will H. Brown cites favorable crop prospects and banker caution as unlikely to dampen growth, while detailing clutch and transmission basics and their role in advancing automobile technology.
Washington July 16 More than ordinary interest attaches to the announcement that Lewis Strang a top American race driver has been named to steer the Pierce Racine entry in the Munsey historic tour. The tour will start August 15 from Philadelphia with 12 days of stops including West Point New London Boston Portland Bethlehem Burlington Saratoga Wilkesbarre Harrisburg and Washington.
The Indianapolis Motor Speedway hosts a September balloon meet with a planned $40,000 purse for top machines. Albert Bond Lambert promotes the tri city aeroplane race linking Indianapolis, St. Louis, and Chicago in a relay style with three stops. Entry estimates exceed twenty balloons, as Speedway officials expand housing capacity to accommodate a historic aerial carnival closing the 1910 season.
National 40 driven by Johnny Aitken and Tom Kincade won at Atlanta speedway in May, racing 200 miles in the 450 to 600 cubic inch class. Kincade led first 100 miles, Aitken the last 100, through a heavy rain to claim a then 10,000 dollar coin silver trophy.
The article explains how a large spur gear on the rear axle drives the floating axle when the clutch is in. It notes typical touring car gearing from 3 to 12 percent reduction, with engine revolutions versus rear wheel turns. High gear halves the wheel speed, low gear eases starting and hill climbing, and planetary transmissions typically use only two gears.
A July Boston meeting adopted resolutions supporting federal registration of motor vehicles. President Spears noted growing international touring and European trends, urging uniform U S auto laws to allow Americans to travel freely abroad and to extend similar treatment to foreign visitors, with possible future customs issues.
The Peck Motor Car company at 324 N. Delaware street is appointed state agents for the Great Western machine. The Glidden tour Great Western press car, driven by Frank Lowry of this city, will be on display at the Peck showroom with photographs of the tour’s rough Mississippi cypress swamp roads. The car will tour Philadelphia next, then proceed 2000 miles along the Munsey route through New England mountains.
Regal Motor Car company has operated a Detroit branch for over two years and plans direct factory branches in major U S and Canadian distribution centers. Existing branches include Detroit Buffalo Boston New York Philadelphia Kansas City Wichita Oklahoma City Denver Minneapolis Indianapolis San Francisco Toledo Lincoln Neb Toronto Ont and Chicago to improve dealer and owner service.
Louis A. Disbrow will compete in sprint events at Crighton Beach on July 23 steering Mrs. Cuneo's Knox Giantess. He missed Plainfield due to an accident when starting a racer after the Wildwood meet, the crank striking his jaw and leaving him senseless.
After over two years, Premier Motor Manufacturing receives the Mac Donald Campbell trophy won by Quaker City motorists for three consecutive years. Ray F. McNamara held it for Premier. The trophy’s search spanned road hazards in January 1908, a perfect score under scrutiny, and a delivery chase led by the AAA board. The trophy was located in Wilkes-Barre and sent to Indianapolis. The Premier company opens The Motor Company Farm near Valley Forge for Premier owners and friends, with a famed six-cylinder Premier touring the country visiting dealers.
An only $700 stock car of 12 horsepower won at Port Jefferson L I hill climb beating Ford Oakland Buicks 10 WV Jackson Everett Velie Marion Knox Corbin Palmer Singer and UWapp. The 2000 foot hill averaged 10 percent grade with a 15 percent maximum. The winning time was 40.29 seconds.
A St Louis motorist, R Crawford, drove to Cincinnati via Indianapolis and back, reporting the Illinois National Highway as poor. He would not use it again for a thousand dollars, though many motorists will traverse the route this year if it yields better roads by next year.
New York July 16 The Motor Racing association has posted entry blanks for sprint races at Brighton Beach on July 23. A high profile five mile heat match race for a 300 purse pits George Robertson in Simplex against Ralph de Palma in Fiat Cyclone. Nordyke Marmon enter two Marmon cars for Vanderbilt Cup and Grand Prize with Ray Harroun and Joe Dawson driving. The Flanders car travels via Canada, the United States, then Mexico after a stint in Laredo, with driver W J Lane ill and Jesse Applewhite set to finish the trip into Mexico City.
M Morane and J A Drexel Jr both completed the 21 mile sight to Needles Rock and back from Bournemouth on Friday covering 18 miles over the sea Morane time 25 minutes and Drexel 34 minutes
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