Salt Lake Tribune | 1909-11-14 | Page 19 | Automobile Races

1 AUTOMOBILE RACES 1 ATLANTA. Ga.. Nov. lo. Although American automobile track records were broken right and left, tho meeting meet-ing on the new speedway was finished today without, the lots of a life and without serious injuiy. George Robertson, Lewis Strang. If. L. Kilpalrick. John Aiken and other drivers of note declared that the track is probablv the safest, in tho world. Tho safely lies largely in the asphalt as-phalt urn used in holdiug (ho cement and dirt together, which forms the surface sur-face of ho track. Tho climax of the meet came in tho last race today, a 200-milo contest for stock cars, which avus Avon by L. A. Diabrow, driving a Rauior 'GO." The racers finished as follows: First Ran ier (Disbrow), 2:5:-5:'JS.;L'. Second Fiat (Robertson), 2;57:'.I7.0;". Third Renault (Chas. 'P. Basic).-2:oS:i;).y"i. Basic).-2:oS:i;).y"i. Fourth Renault (L. Dasle), :i: i:;. -11. sr. Up to the ono hundred and sixty-second . mile, Goonro liobertson, at tho wheel of a Fiat ,(30," seemed a certain winner, lie was three laps ahead of all oilier cars Avhon ho broke a chain, and before he could resume ho had lost fourteen miles.