Show LAXITY FORRACE DEATHS accident to ray keech was due to hole in wooden aen bowl at altoona AI toona criticism of the laxity under which automobile speed contests are con ducted throughout the country was voiced in washington by the american association in co operation with the automobile club of illinois the charge was nude by st 81 mayer president of the club chih of illinois and vice ice president of the A at A that tant the failure on the patt part of authorities the races to permit only experienced drivers to participate on well C tracks has resulted in avoidable loss of life to both drivers and spectators the recent death of ray reech keech tt at altoona Is the latest example of tills this iii laxness ness write artes a YaI trl A ham in the chicago C evening post following ills hh death it was tallY announced that the accident acl lent was due to a hole in the wooden bol whick it was stated would have required less than a carload of lumber to repair state authorities should put a stop to these av rie rave track killings vice vic e president mayer told tile the executive board of the as association ocl atlon which approved his hig charge of ff laxness by the adopt adoption ign of a resolution cepl I 1 ring dg the sacrifice of life aej placing phaeng the lie blame primarily y ow on tile organization having supery supervision ision of the races any auto organization w choso whoso ii 0 se m major ajor function la Is public safety and which undertakes to sponsor automobile races said mayor mayer cannot annot escape re tor for the tragic con sequences of inexpert driving dil ns regards personnel or 0 tb physical condl bondt ito alon of tracks over the races are at automobile run amobile racing Is sufficiently hazardous without imperfect trach conditions and we believe belleve public ton ion will no longer tolerate contests under such conditions no matter under whose auspices tind mid sanction the races are run automobile racing under the pres ent system Is conducted primarily for profit and series no useful purpose in tile the early years of the automo automobile races were of value in the file development a of f automotive sc science I 1 ence anti and mechanism at the present time however each automobile manufacturer makes his own tests on his own proving ground furthermore the bevel of an automobile that will travel miles an hour Is of no practical value to automotive science for such speed would always be a menace on the public high highway ivay |