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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance Times, 1926-06-10, Page 2r WINOH AM• ADVANCE -TIMES Thursday, June retia., z926 This THE MOAN ADVMCE•TU ES A. G. Smith, Publisher, Published at WINGI=IAM, ONTARIO Subscription rates=One year $2.00 Six months $1.00, in advance: Advertising Rates 'and Application Advertisements without specific di tections will be inserted until forbid and charged accordingly. Every Thursday Morning wheel. They toss themselves into the hands of fate, to be swirled around the racing bowl at unbeliev- able miles per hour,, not alone for the purpose of thrilling millions but the development and constant ini'rove- anent of the car, that you are driving, i Automobile racing was not founded for financial gain but for the advance- 1 ment of automotive engineering - � thi ough the competition of ideas. The motor car of tomorrow will be as dif- i le efeut from car of today as the car sof today, is tlifferexrt from the first {"horseless carriage." Automobile, 'racing has been responsible for more 'than seventy-five per cent of the im-j ,provements of the motor car made in the past twenty years, and racing may .be expected to play at least as impor- ant a part in the development of auto- mobile transportation in the future. Those that follow this sport know that the pilots are not serious mind- ed weaklings who know only motors —men of theory. They know them as well-balanced,keen-witted, steel-. nerved men of inherent boldness who' play, the game of speed with all seri- ousness of men who strive to succeed: Moreover, theyhelp each other . as competitors inno other line of sport do. Beginners, if they show proper. attitude as well as aptitude, are given ready assistance. A racing ;camp harbors less enmity and better fellowship than is display- ed ° on any college campus, Before the race—and after -the pilots are the best of friends. They are clannish, to a degree, have paralleling tastes in many instances, and are aver ready to, lift.up, without the knowledge .of the whole world, a. struggling or Bean- cially down trodden competitor, 1 But on the speedway they battle with might and main. And they ob serve ,the rules and play the game as (it is written in the book 1 A little puff of air can inflate pric- es, but it takes a sledge to reduce them. xxx conservation of conversation would belietoo much talk has spoiled many a good thing. xxx Respect is something which a per- son should be expected to earn before he receives it 1 x x x There are women whospend a lot .of their time trying to disprove what the wrinkles are saying. x Modern life is such that one-half "the world is too busy to find out how the other half lives. ON THE KNEES OF LUCK .In which you are given some inside dope on Automobile racing by Erwin Greer, President Greer College of Au- tomotive Engineering, Chicago, I11. Stands and infield are' packed with excited humanity. Everywhere is the multi -colored hue of race day. The smell of castor oil is in the air and all eyes are turned towards the brick oval where the mechanical greyhoundsare beim tuned. "Lookit!" shouts a railbird, "There's De Palma, and he's driving a Miller. My money on hint to win." • The fellow beside him reaches for his roll. • May I call your attention to Ral- ph's nephew over there—Pete DePao- lo?" he inquires sarcastically, "Just how much money d'o you want to lose?:, '"O00000h, Daddy!" screams a flap- per, "There's Tommy Milton. I—I want 'him to .win." "Huh, not while Harry Hartz is awake," rudely retorts her, lipsticked buddy, "This is Harry's race. I like the way he combs his hair, And so on. The tardy cars steal softly towards the tape where other pilots are align -1 ing their mounts. The telegraph keys and typewriters commence . their ner- vous clatter to the waiting world out - The referee dispenses eloquent cau- tion, and drops his flag. Twenty,• motored projectiles leap forward. Despite your . protracted anticipa tion, the start is unexpected, A blast of violent, all -swallowing noise from engines suddenly accelerated smite your heart with a pang of sharply en - 'lanced apprehension. The roar of ex •hausts swells and broadens—main- stains itself -and temporarily breaks as the pilots lift feet from throttles to ease their mounts into the turn. They circle the back stretch and soar down. before the stands in perfect start for- mation.- or=mation.• Again the flag goalies a red flame. They're off—to a flying start. Lap after lap these daredevil hu- mans flirt and kid with Death, the. -wind crushing them back, ears splitt- fug with the howl of wide open throt- tles, and always with eyes front that the curves may not slam them into oblivion. It always appeals to the spectators to watch the cars roll into the pits o£ tea races will finish r the 1 1 Week Number z2 nose out in front of the iveterans at' Indianapolis and stay there, was a thrill that comes only once in a life time, To take those four short 'terrible turns of the brick saucer without juggling the accelera- tor wasn't done for„ Death doesn't 'like to be kidded. But led by two tiny baby shoes young • Pete knew that there was nothing in front but victory and so didn't bother to lift hisacce- lerator foot from the floor, turn orno turns. Sheer guts and a.mechanically perfect car won that race. Peter, when he visited me in Chica- go on his way back frons Italy, told me that he would be able to achieve the unheard of speed ofone hundred and forty-five miles an hour on the. Culver City, Bowl, in California Thanksgiving Day. As Pete is a mo• dest young man his statement bears considerable weight. Itis doubly em- phatic in view of the fact• that .this year's A. A. A. champion—little Pet- turn --for they are dice -wheeled dice --that leave the loser no chance to recoup. No chance? Yes, the chances are ten to one with hire if he happens to "crack" on the latest of board speed- ways, For out, in Culver City, Cali- fornia, is the fastest race saucer in the world. Jack Prince, its designer, . figuring that a marble would always' roll to- wards the, center of a bowl, built his track accordingly., The result was that the few accidents that have happened threw the pilots and their cars down the steeply -pitched bank onto a wide concrete apron where they slid into a wire fence that acted as a life net. No pilot has yet been injured -and cannot be unless he collides with an- other car: Even then the chances are with him,' for the two cars will prob- ably lock wheels and slide to safety. Race day dawns' clear and bright.. The car is brought out early in the er, himself, turned the Culver Bowl morning and given her final test.;' The n Competition last April at 139,7 speed is there. Acceleration is right, Somebody, with more romancing miles per hour, which, .as, the world (A racing carmustnot hesitate when k w Lu - than truth -telling, has called the race no s, is moving right along. One a heavy foot "hits the button"). jpilots guinea pigs of the industry, liv- hundred and forty-five miles an_ hour brication is excellent. The ignition ing subjected to strain. What hap - mile nearly four miles faster than. the nien are satisfied ;the spark -plug` men 'pens? An experiment with new means mile straightway record. for 122 -inch have added their O.R. ' And even the for attaining still greater speeds. That cars. So you see what automobile pilot—the hardest_ man to satisfy of his not true becaus`a the pilots are ear- 1 v- proveis doing. the whole lot—is Happy: Every one yen more careful than thea designingFront drive machines and balloon is on their toes—waiting for the start engineers. As an illustration; tures were the innovations at this ing flag. And then they are' off The engineer makes microscopic year's Indianapolis race. The front again. tests of all vital " the turns And now to answer in concise foist these tests flaws show up Andheu under better,caand amanufacturers cla in it the many, many letters that I receive 1a1 exactly as do human bones when won't be long now before passenger -and which are sent nie by race pile - 1a1 1 -Ray is trained upon the .body. ears are built along similar lines, ots—From boys who seek to become But the race pilot takes nothing for : It is seldom that a tire "blows on race pilots: God knows why' they granted. He hasn't nine lives and so rhe speedway. Tires on cars nulling want to be, I don't! —dismantles his steering gear and re- into the pits for a change are more There are two ways' to get"on the. moves the paint with emery cloth often removed because of loose treads track if you so desire. One is buy; a from steering rod arms: and tie rods. thin. for any other cause. It is the : car yourself—and a racing car costs With the metal shining like new he (pilot's job. to watch his tires carefully, from ten to twenty-five thousand doll - soaks the part in dirty kerosene, af- and Boy! he does, slipping quickly airs—and the other is to have an "en- ter which he wipes it dry and covers Tinto the pits when a tire commences gel" provide the necessary steed: The it with chaise: ,.The part is then put ! to look fuzzy, other way, and one almost impossible Dontget thei in a'vise and subjected .to strain. den that race pilots now, is to serve an apprenticeship as What happens? A crack even too strive constantly to set up new speed a mechanic in the hopes that you will tiny for the misroscope causes the records. They don't! Their object be' able-sometime—to demonstrate kerosene, which has seeped into the is to win the race, and good pilots, your mechanical ability and fearless flaw, to come out again and reveal' a dike experienced baseball pitchers, win ness .thereby getting a mount of your line along an otherwise invisible contests with brains and control own. crack: That part.is discarded at once. as much as by speed. I The first step is doing small bits Another tricl..is heat the questionable 1 Wild stories of the immense earn- around the'pilo's garage at an . even part o£ a cherry red whereupon the ings of race pilots startle' the world smaller salary: This and perserver flaw shows us' as a dark line on the into believing that automobile racing ance pushes a mechanic zip the ladder• cherry red surface. But accidents in easy money. But there is no pilot Since all of the work on racing cars sometimes happen in spite of these •who earns oncatenth enough to war- must' be done by hand it stands to precautions and such accidents are other car. Even• then the chances are reason that< the mechanic must be extremely unfortunate. ,Yet the re- against him. Every so often some pilot nothing short of a wizard. salting wreck furnishes the best ma- capures a big race with'a big prize, But The various parts of the engine aerial in designing new models. The'there are hundreds of pilots and only must be made by hand. And these. engineer, by carefully going over the a few big purses, And yet each of parts must be experimented with con - wrecked machine, determines what the' race entrants is confident of win- tinually, for an adjustment of this or caused the spill and remedies the part 'fling "first -money," And every one of that may give the car a speed of an that defaulted—that it may never hap- them is planning just how he will additional fraction of•'a second;' more, 1spend that money. There isn't a more `This is decidedly :important: And the pen again. f , One of the most astonishing things optimistic crowd in: the world. (real rnachanic naturally become a fa about a racing automobile is the ease fa - The chap who wins tate great races ,vorite with his pilot. To him aro in with whicli it rolls. ' A racing car can today is the fellow who is best at the trusted the more intricate and import be pushed along a level surface with tricks of the trade. Witness Tommy:ant details of the car which he does one finger. That is -the test, For the'Milton—two-time winner of the In- under the fiilot's eye. pilot• knows that unless his car rolls dianapolis 'classics -who in •nine out j When a race, is over and, the victory n ' money. won—it is the pilo who gets the Or, Ralph DePahna, idol of the racing plaudits and the money. Mechanics fans. Ralph has been unfortunate of on racing cars are usually paid a late• years but even so he brings his weckly•wage—»seventy-five dollars be-: admirers to their feet with a gasp by ing consideree) high. DePalnia's.crew some sort of superior driving. for replacement work. Here is the Pittman machine battling the clock to a greater degree than where it is the rnechanisin of i:he car annihilating time. • And so thrill follows thrill .un - i ll- 1 he checkered flag is flashed. In no other sport are the haliards as great as those of the speedways. The pilots take their very lives m their hands as they grip the ateeting Ij this easily he cannot hope to get he maximum speed on the track. The secret' is perfectly aligned parts, lubri- cation and expert tuning, •. A lucky year--x925—for Peter De- Paolo, twenty-six year old nephew of Ralph DePalma,. Ever since 'Peter tied his baby's shoes to ' the front springs of his Dueseuberg he°has fin- ished in the money, To see his little ,get this wage and also seven and one- Accidents? These, of course, are to half per cent of his winnings. This be expected. is an itrcentive to ever be on the job. The race pilot must naturally be a 1 Now for the last lap! Just as stea- fatalist, When his turn comes to be idy and sweet as anyone could wish, kissed by the icy lips of death he We're traveling some --wow! Perfect wants to be gripping the wheel of the 'polo.. She never ran better. Gosh, fastest car in the world, with his foot the good old home stretch. Here we shoving the throttle wide open. 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