Salt Lake Telegram | 1914-04-18 | Page 18 | Buicks, the Only American Cars to Finish

THE ONLY AMERICAN CARS TO FINISH Out o of 13 cars to start only thirteen cen were were in fn at the the finish of or tho the s seasons season's mile tour tou of France Tho The run In Included Included In- In halt half a dozen dozen hill climbs speed peed trials and a road load r race ce Two the only American cars to finish finish came through h with clean the scores the only team by the tha Wo way to come through without the loss S of or a member Half way around tho the courso course one 0 of til th bumped Into a cow Tho The left leCt frame member was bent and tho the front axle was thrown bade back several Eo Inches but it didn't prevent from k keeping on his wa way and reporting with witha a 0 perfect score Th The Tho other Buick Bulck which had hael the Delco starting and Ignition set was the tho only entry with a a. mechanical starter Tho The 1014 DU tour called for tor thirteen stages ar varying from rom 10 to n mlle miles which hUh had to bo ho covered ered at nn an average speed 1 of or not less Jest than nineteen miles an hour Al Alternating Alternating Al- Al with these were the speed events In which all competitors were obliged to start and anal just before th the last list two was a sixty seven race on a fast tast course near neal Ie LeMans Ian There was no night driving rl ln and cv every overy everybody ry- ry bod body drove e rove as as as' fast as as' as consistent with road ns No one wanted to bethe bethe be bo bothe the last In on control and racing lacing was the order of oC tho the day Most lost of tho the manufacturers manu- manu entered their speediest pee t. lef types e the restrictions restriction being a maximum of cubic inches as tho the cylinder cUnder area In n the larger class clas and 61 inches maximum inthe Inthe in inthe the smaller r class clas The Tho weather was unusually had bad The cars were on the road for three twenty days and It rained every one o of them To mal make o the course more difficult the mountain loads roads were followed wherever possible and a special excursion made up to tho the center of France to take the machines over o-er the a range of or wildness not usually ventured into bythe bytho by the tho tourist The cars that finished were re the Buick Bulck l two o Pierron Phoenix Barre Bane Barret t two o edel Sulza Suiza Georges Ho Roy Aqulla Aquila two