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Show CHEVROLET CAPTURES 100 MILE CLASSIC Now American Kecord Set ill Harkness Trophy Race; De Palma Wins Special. . &HEEPSHEAD BAY SPEEDWAY, N. Y., Sept. 22. Whirling around the track at a dizzy speed, Lewis Chevrolet in a Fronterae machine this afternoon set a new American mark for 100 miles when ho won the Harkness trophy from R field of eighteen starters". The Frenchman 's time for the eenturv was 54 minutes and 20 seconds, 2 minutes and 30 seconds better than the former record rec-ord made bv Tjario Rest a. Ralph De Palma finished second in the classic, while Eddie II earn e was third. Ten of the original starters finished the race. Tire trouble, engino disablement and other trifling troubles knocked the others out of the race. ' De Palma came back at the winner of the Harkness trophy, however, in running of tho futurity handicap at ten miles. Almost neek and neck the two tore around the track until the lost lap, when De Palma. with a tremendous hurst of speed that sent his car gliding glid-ing along at a speed of 116 miles an hour, nosed out Chevrolet and won. His time was 6:11. |