Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1920-03-28 | Page 27 | Stock Marmon Car Makes Wonderful Speed Showing

STOCK MARMON CA CAR MAKES WONDERFUL SPEED SHOWING Wager ager Set Settled ed by Yodel Model 34 in Dri Drizzling g Rain at Indianapolis Indianapolis Indianapolis In In- Course Tho The performance of ot Marmon cars Is Isa a always was wa's so satisfactory from tho the standpoint standpoint stand stand- point of or the thc owner that little is ever said about It it sa says saS s W. W K IC Lovering Marmon distributor for tor Utah recently when t tho e following account of at tho the ex exceptional exceptional exceptional ex- ex speed performance of or a stock Marmon car was brought to his attention atten atten- tion Uon Some Somo time ago said Mr Ir two Indianapolis clubman disagreed regarding tho the possible speed of ot the tho now series Beiles Marmon SI a. Ono One man contended contended con con- tended that a stock Marmon touring louring car could circle tho the two an and one half mHo In Indianapolis lan speedway way from a standing start at th the rate of sixty miles an hour for tho the first two and one half I miles The other insisted that this could not bo be done dont dontA A wager was made mado and there arose a warm argument Nord Nordyke ke M Marmon rmon company offered ot- ot of offered Its services to settle Bettle tho the wager wae-or and on Thursday Y March 11 11 furnished n a sto stock k Marmon larmon SI 31 I seven passenger demonstrator belonging to the tho Indianapolis Indianapolis Indian Indian- apolis branch of r tho company to try tryout tryout tryout out the speed cd problem A crowd of at interested spectators Including motor experts newspaper men an and tho the enthusiasts enthusiasts en en- who made mada tho the wager w journeyed journeyed jour jour- to tho the Indianapolis motor speedway speedway speed speed- dway d- d way to witness the trial At 2 o'clock a drizzling rain succeeded succeed succeed- ed cd the bright sunshine Besides this a stiff stitt g gale s-alo U blew up the track toward the tho starting wire wiro and conditions were judged unfavorable However or tho the car with Its top and windshield up and with Its side curtains raised and buttoned buttoned buttoned but but- toned tight mado made tho the two an one half milo mile circuit in two minutes and ty-two ty and two fifths s seconds from a 01 j standing start or at tho the rate rata of 63 5 J Jmiles miles per hour f fJ J uJ II 11 I Lederer business manager o of l the tho ho Indiana Dan Dally Times and 0 O. A A A- Kantner of ot tho In Indianapolis Newt News locked clocked tho the trial trl-l with stop stop stoP f and are arc authority for tor the correctness of ot the tho time timo and avo average speed peed made