Salt Lake Telegram | 1936-01-13 | Page 11 | Gordon Captures Coast Auto Race |

Type	issue
Date	1936-01-13
Paper	Salt Lake Telegram
Language	eng
City	Salt Lake City
County	Salt Lake
Rights	No Copyright - United States (NoC-US)
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Article Title	Gordon Captures Coast Auto Race
Type	article
Date	1936-01-13
Paper	Salt Lake Telegram
Language	eng
City	Salt Lake City
County	Salt Lake
Page	11
OCR Text	Gordon Captures Coast Auto Race OAKLAND Cal Cat Jan 13 UP UP- UP In a race featured by by a fire which destroyed one machine and by daning daring daring dar dan ing driving on a slippery track Al Gordon of Los Angeles captured first honors in a mile test on the Oakland auto speedway ester yester da day Gordons Gordon's time was 1 hour 50 minutes minutes min mm- utes and 53 seconds Rex Mays Pacific Pacific Pacific Pa Pa- coast champion in 1935 was second b by a slight margin Floyd Roberts pulled in third and Lottie Meyer fourth Chris Vest and his mechanic abandoned their machine on the lap when the car burst into flames The men escaped serious injury as s they leaped when the car careened into a guard rail Each had slight burns and bruises
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