Show NOTABlE VICTORY t Af PIKES PEAK 1 Its Special Entry Driven b by Y jf Loesche Leads All Cars i 1 spin in Its Class Up Hazard Hazard- I t O Tc ous Climb It 1 J J. J V Lexington ton wins again at Pikes Pike's Peak Against tho competition ever offered In this worlds world's greatest lest hill bill climbIng climb climb- rig Ing event a n Lexington Special driven b by Ot got Loesche won first mone money on Labor day In the second class cars of ot IS 18 1 to Inch piston displacement I made tho the dumb clump of oC twelve miles and 2200 feet In l 19 minutes and 5 5 S seconds lowered his own mark made whon when he won the 1920 hill climbing championship at at Pikes Pike's Pe Peak k by 1 more than 2 minutes 7 The irlie 1 result of ot the race raco Is a tribute to the sportsmanship or of Frank B B. Ansted president of ot Lexington and md com com- nies Unlike many motor companies which retire retho from the field to to rest on their lr laurels after niter winning one great enl race Mr Mr Anstett Ansted with the 1920 title his his In- In alsted upon n again entering In lp 1920 Lexington was a 3 newcomer In the great Pikes Pike's Peak Penk event Its dou dou- ble ble-barrelled victory startled the motor IOU IOU-I world orld As a a. result Lexington faced In the tho 1921 race cars cats o of special design from engine engine en en- gine gine- to wheels I en-I The The victory of ot Lexington ton in Its class In- In tho Labor day race proved highly grat grat- Jf to President Ansted It meant I that the Lexington Special with a a stock stockA A Ansted engine not only won In its class but was only a arc few s seconds behind the tho winner of or the much bigger class that th cubic Inch piston displacement and over and a car equipped with a n special special ci cial l motor The Tho Pikes Pike's Peak race has come to be benot riot not only onh or ore of ot tho the premier motor events of the world but it Is remarkable because of ot the fact tact that It puts to o the utmost test every phase p pf motorcar construction performance performance per per- tor-mance tor efficiency and reliability The most daredevil motor pilot is thrilled and chilled on hs Ms first trip up Like other mountain roads the Pikes Pike's Peak course is Is' Is cut in into o the sides o of the slopes To go IO over the unprotected t edges d es would mean crashing Into depths anywhere from rom 1000 feet to a n half mile deep Tho The hazards o of the course are arc I greatly Increased by hair pin turns Some borne of ot these turns are arc tak takeji at nt 40 and CO miles an nn hour 1 The timber line Is reached at liSSO feet above sea level From Prom that point on the tho character of or th the country changes to bl bleakness s and cold It Is hero that the tho famous switchback cle or on turning twisting writhing course really really real real- ly Iy ly begins There are places where the thc troad road is 20 let fet wide and the turns are arc from 20 O to 50 SO fc feet fee t wide Tic The averl average e j grado do Is 7 per cent and the maximum 10 pet pei per cent but always nl up up up No Xo car goes Joes vor very far at any time on high h gear car its practically all se second ond or orlow orlow low gear work for the average e car No No car can descend with tho use of or brakes alone The braking power of ot tho engine als also must be used The course starts at Chrystal creek bridge and ends at the very eQ lop top of or the Peak Peal In more than twelve miles of or the course the climb Is over o feet and nd every ery Inch of or It is o of a serpentine nature There were were ere three e classes entered for forthe or the r race ce the first being for or cars If It less than 18 1 cubic Inch piston displacement e second for cars of of IS 1St to cubic Inch n. n h piston displacement ment and the third or large car class for cars rS of of f cubic Inches piston displacement and over Tho The splendid victory of and the Lexington Special In tho the class In which it was entered Is only another tribute to the merits of oC tho Ansted the tho so called mir mir- aclo acle motor which swept the tho platter clean In the the- 1920 1921 race |