Salt Lake Tribune | 1915-02-28 | Page 41 | Resta, Driving Peugeot, Wins Grand Prize

RESTA, MUE PEUGEOT, WINS 110 PHIZE I - ! Italian Does 400 Miles in 7:07:57, at Average. Rate of 571-2 Miles an Hour. WILCOX AND HUGHES SECOND AND THIRD Big Race Is Run Under Weather Conditions That Are Extremely Dangerous. Dan-gerous. GRAND PEIZE RACE. Distance 403.9 milea. Darius Rests, Peugeot car, wins. Time, 7:07:57. Average, 57Vi miles an hour. By International Nes Service. SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 27. Darius Resta, an Italian of London, driving a Peugeot from Paris, today took from America to Europe the international grand prize. And in doing so he won one of the most difficult, dangerous and exhausting road races ever run iu America. Resta, who drovo his Arts race !n the United States (o victory, was cheered the 403.9 miles of the race over the oi-position oi-position course by S6.000 persons, official offi-cial count. The Sd.OOO, like the drivers, braved heavy rains, sitting in the uncovered un-covered grandstand practically eight hours to see the race. Resta 's time wa.3 7 hours minutes and 57 seconds, an average of practically GTii miles au hour. . Howard Wilcox was next behind the winning car. bringing the Stats into second place in 7 hours 1-1 minutes and 36 seconds. He fought for this honor mile by mile and cinched second place when Hughie. Hughes, who had driven a wonderful race for ninety-four taps in an Ouo car, ran out. of gasoline a mile from the pits. , Hughes's Great Try. - Hughes had led for several laps during dur-ing the early part of the race. He made, a wild and spectacular dash at the finish fin-ish to make up the lost time. Hughes's time was 7 hours 21 minutes and lii sec ouds. Disbrow, in a Simplex, finished fourth, and Anderson, driving a Stnt.', was fifth. Of tho thirtv-ono starters, fifteen finished. The race was run under the most extraordinary ex-traordinary conditions that ever marked a road contest. More than half of the exposition race was through a downpour and over a course that was made as treacherous as greased pavement. The immense crowd was indifferent to the downpour. Dangerous Going. The asphalt invited skids at overv foot and the boarded section was so slippery slip-pery ij required the greatest skill nnd strength of the driver to prevent disasters disas-ters !u every lap. Ralph De'Pa.lma found the conditions so bad that he withdrew at the end of the Eixty-seveiith lap. Caleb Bragg, the 1912 Grand Prize winner, was forced to quit, in the thirtv-iifj h when mud smeared his goggles and dirt filled his eyes. Eddie Pullen and G. F. Ruckstell, who figured proniinent.lv in the earlv running, withdrew at the sixtv-eightn and seventieth laps, respectjvcl'v, w-beu they found it impossible longer 'lo keep their high power cars on the course. Iiesta won .1-30(10. tho olher four named dividing $-1000. The Entries. The lineup to face tho starter wok as follows : 1. jVIaxWell, Barnev OHfleM. Duestnhei-K. Torn Alley. 3. Thais, Jack Cable. 4. Mercer, Eddie. Pollen, i'. -'Uitn, ) .Anderson. ti. "Mercer. G. K. Ruckstell. 7. Mv.'antK Special, Lou Gandv. 8. vShilz, Karl Cooper. f. l'Ue;-,TOl., 1. Ket. 10. Mercer, bonis Xikrent. 11. Edwards .Special, Captain Kennedy. Ken-nedy. 12. Simplex, T.ouIh' Dlsbrow; 18. California!!, Cale.. 1-irang. 15. Felnce C. It. ,New'nr.!i:-e. JO. King. Arthur II. Klein Ji. Ma:,-.vell. Ed Htekcnijucker. IS. Chevrolet, .tack LcOaiii. lie Duesenlerc. Edward OTlonnell, 50. Chevrolet, R. C, ruirant. Case. I-;. A. Ilcailm. t'J. Meiceii,.H, Kalpli lie r.ilmn. f'-t. Parsons Km eki.I. J;Jmes Parr-on-;. -fi. SHulz. Howard IVIlcnx. U7. P.naatti, J. R. Mnnriih. L's. Crank Young's Olio, Hnshhi Hughes. 2. Alco. W. B. Taylor. .'10. Case. Iian-v Gr;tnt. :U. Overland, TPomas Mrk't1-, t!i'. Maxwell, WMIiam Carlson. 51. Gnrdon special. ITunl'ey I'iordon.