Show bl Ay FRANK rAAK K BAKER BAKER- Presence of Ab Jenkins the Utah Utah race dr driver ver i in Salt j Lake City for several weeks calls to mind that now is the I tune time i nc for fOJ authorities autho to o make preparations to adequately h A regulate the racing activities on on on the Bo Bonneville nevill Salt Flats 0 j ext summer p t tAb Ab has already been making plans f fox for r another ra racing ing ven yen vent yent t t tUre re in iii which he be hopes to crack the hour 24 record of miles an an hour now held e d by Captain George Eyston of England The Ut Utahn hn says he is counting on the thc use of an airplane f motor for the power power and may perhaps install it h L in the same car ii he dr drove last summer Ab and those associated with him in l last 1st st C i summers summer's run in which he averaged a trifle over miles an anho f 1 hour ho r w were e well satisfied satis ed with the performance of f the he ch chassis f The car ar was wase easy sy to handle hal and Ab believes it itcan can be adapted to toto 4 j to tOI lap miles mUes an hour speeds speeds' if it sufficient nt power can be installed in- in stalled under t the e hood i- i a it Ab hop hops hopes s to use an airplane motor capable of producing t an excess o of 6 Q horsepower which iII be be- bec c comparable to toH H v trie m motors tors John ohn Cobb and C Captain Fy Eyston ton used sed in their C en endurance urance cars here last summer The Th airplane motors a as f has been pointed out previously ha have an edge edg over tho the ordinary ordinary nary au automobile ont motors tors bec because use the they are lighter and nd operate on less rev revolutions l which minimizes minimizes' strain and heat on a aI I z long run h 4 Altho Although gh u unable able to obtain a motor horn front the war department the pilot expects ts to buy one from an independent ride inde p pendent nd n company S I 11 t r 5 The Utahn hopes to have ve his his' car ready for a run on saIt the salt flats as soon as they will be ready for racing That brings to mind the fact that Cobb left here last sum sum- ymer m r a after er setting the record at miles an hour sugg sug sug- suggesting g gesting Sting t that at t authorities schedule different t ruis so each pilot will have time to cash in on his performance before another iother other driver goes into action The Briton suggested that the be next run be withheld for a month This year Ab Al gave gae him two weeks sufficient sufficient suf- suf time in in- which to return n to to England before going after aft rr the record but the Briton went after the hour r record cord less than a week aft after r the Utahn set a record i The pro protection idea might be feasible if there were sufficient sufficient suf- suf racing days aDS in the summer summer but because se of the I limited time tim the salt is dry enough for racing and the great num number er I of racing ventures held on he the fIats flats every year yea the tho different runs l- l runs o ought t to be scheduled d without trying to safeguard each drivers record The track should not b be tied up for only two S or or three individuals each year And the one regulation of f S requiring each succeeding venture to wait until the prec preceding d- d ing one is o off f the flats fiats would be fair opportunity S for every every- J 0 S S t Sports Trophy to Airm Airman n o t Count Arnold De De' Loos en of Belgium was awarded lX cc the 1935 Nationale Du Merite Melite for his two f- f flights to the Belgian Congo ConO opening a new new route over over the r t Libyan byan desert In 1934 the trophy donated by the the widow of ofa a a Belgian Be gian sportsman went to a football team that won won 50 straight g gam fames s s.- s. I |