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» * IA1 Gordon. R• - -■ - af. -•Swathed in bandages and stampedwith mercurochrome, mute reminders of his hair breadth escape from deatnWednesday when his car jumped thfguard rail and hit a tree, A1 Gordon, Pacific Coast titl eh older, last nightsuited in the postponement until Sat-'hrday, spent the^ day directing his jinechanic at repairing' his new Mc-The-machine suffer- reaffirmed his decision to drive to-, morrow in the re-run of the Eastern AAA -championship race at the Alta-mont Fairgrounds track. * • -' .‘Til be all right Satdtdayr'declaredthe husky Californian. . “You know I’ve had other narrow escapes, and have been battered as badly, in tact, worse, yet I have always made a quick return to racing.“It’s bad to stay away from the wheel of a rhce car after cracking up. It makes it mighty hard when you return after being1 out a long timel In that respect, I suppose, racing is like aviatioh. An aviator always returns to the air just as'soon as possible after a crash, so he doesn’t, lose his nerve.. And I’d feel a lot better-driving Saturday than I would a few weeks hence.”Gordon spent a quiet day yesterday, but did make a trip out to the track to inspect the spot where his car jumped the guard rail.His fast Miller Special, which was badly warped when it struck the tree,, snapping it in two, is already on its way back to running condition. The Coast star carries two expert mechanics with him everywhere lie races. They started work on the car yesterday morning, and assured the management of the races that the machineed a staved-in radiator and the steering apparatus was knocked haywire When the car flipped over, 'but it will be in proper running condition by Saturday. ^ ,(Malcolm Fox, whose' - double* spin capped • the series of mishaps, also spent the day working on his mount. 1 But Malcolm did not have much to*■do, as the car was not badly damaged, ■ although it bounced off the-. guard rail ' twice.It now appears almost certain that . Ted Horn, of Los Angeles,% Cal., second ranging Pacific Coast driver, will be added to the list of starters in the ,s Ire-run. The Coast driver was origin- , ally b’iTled to ride here oh the holiday, but due to a prior entry at Hoho-kus, N. J., it was ruled that he had to , comppte there. The AAA officials have ruled that Horn is eligible to drive here Saturday.Workmen labored all day on ’the track to correct the defect responsible for, the accidents. It was. determined that the reasons for the trouble arose from the track surface, a thin layer of clay, beneath which was loose dirt. Tjhe heavy rain of Tuesday caked the cjay and when a car wheel hit it, the | clay came loose in small pieces, causing one wheel to lose traction andstending the car off at a tangent.| *l ; Heavy drags were used today to 1 loosen the track surface. Heavy j rbllets will be applied to pack it Icfbwn after the course has been com-ipletely and thoroughly dragged. Calcium chloride will then be applied towould be ready tomorrow.Bob Sail, Eastern champion, whose car rolled over in another of theseries of three accidents which re-' eiipiinate dust Saturday.*
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Altamont Enterprise
Altamont, New York, US
Fri, Jul 06, 1934
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