Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1924-07-27 | Page 11 | $300,00o in Prize Money Paid Racers during Year by A. A. A. Contest Board

a IN PRIZE MONEY PAID RACERS DURING YEAR YEARBY YEARBY YEARBY BY A A A CONTEST BOARD WASHINGTON W July 26 Close to In money for tor au automobile au- au racing oveat 0 w i dl by tho th contest board ot of th thi 1 American Automobile as association during 1923 l 23 according to figures just Washington ton made public at the Washing Washing- ton h headquarters l of th the tho A A A AThis This ers coders 88 It events Cf 66 of ot which were on dirt tracks track tracks Altogether ether there thero ther were cal cais registered In this contest conte t worle which li Is I generally lly regarded retarded as the backbone o of American automotive engineering development Exactly driver drIvers were required to lian-dio lian han ban handle bandie die dle these cars care with an additional to keep them burning the tho road The Tho contest board points to th thi unpopularity of ot reliability and economy runs run as aa a evidence e ot of o the th great that has ha como come over motoring as a x result of o the speed events sanctioned by the tho th A A A ATho AThe ATh The Tho report shows showe that there thero was but one on reliability and ana economy run sanctioned during the tho th past year Th The Tho reliability run Is I no long long- longer lon longer er necessary the boards board's bulletin I reads Th The Tho remarkable perform perform-anc perform perform-j perform perform- performance an ance co displayed by small displace displace- I ment racing cars and nd lh the t to o of th these thee cars cra to th the pun pun- of or a mlle mile o ay ent e Is proof enough to the ave aeo ago age motorist that the th American Amerlean ear nr manufacturers and the acc accessory sory I manufacturers have hav been ben able ablo abl to place reliability on a II r mat kably high plane piano The public publia enjoys enjo an occasional stunt but the big ble ts Is the nay ay Jr cl up on the speed and dirt tracks track Under Und r sanctions of th the A A A contest board 2050 were run runoff runoff off on the speedways as against on th the dirt tracks Every nub of this was a 0 run In itself l So far tar as economy Is I concerned the average car owner no non Is la more mor interested In the lh economy econom of o car life lit rather than In gas gos mile mile- mileage mileage age lie Ho H knows that the th lessons learned from the th race track are aro being applied led to the tho building ot of more tru worth cars which In the tho thelong long run Is 19 the tho real economy to consider The The biggest amount ot of money was as sas distributed at the tho These eight big ble events involved prizes amounting to paid to th the tho people who mak mk make a i business of ot making th the automo- automo automobile bile perfOrm beyond our ur ret I greatest ot expectations was distributed distrIbuted at the th dirt tracks track MURPHY AT TOP On July f 6 Jimmy Murphy head head- head headed ed Sd the tho th list lot In tn the tho annual A A A championship race raco with 1093 10 points to Ills his credit Cooper to- to lowed fo-lowed 0 lowed with 00 Corum with Fergler with 4 and Hartz Hurts with H Corner Comer r and Milton are ar al at lunder but abo e etho the tho mark Boyer stands at 15 eI I van Vail at 34 and Durant at 5 t but butone butone buton one I la is reminded that th the year Is stilt young