Show u ANNOUNCE SPEED i RECORDS OF U S 8 WASHINGTON Sept OC 18 18 Of- Of Of Official national competitive speed records ot or racing automobiles for distances or of o from rom five he to miles milea were announced Saturday by the contest board of or tho the Am- Am American Am American Automobile association the arbiter of at the tho principal tracks and speedways of or the tho nation All AU of ot the tho new records apply to tho the smallest and newest car which Is equipped with the 91 S cubic Inch engine and which re- re recently recently re recently became the standard on the major tracks They revealed that the fastest average to date was made by Earl Cooper In a 1 drive Miller 8 at the Charlotte N C speedway on Aug 23 when he rode first In a 1 25 mlle sprint for tor an average ot of miles an hour The contest board that tho records s for tor 11 distances were made by three men Coop Coop- Cooper Coop Coop- Cooper Cooper er holds bolds the record tor for the five i ten twenty five and mile dis- dis distances dis distances frank Lockhart has las gone faster than any other man In the tho new cars In the tho 50 and mile distances And Dave Lewis holds the record for tor forthe the tho mLle mile event Under agreement with the race raco governing bodies of o Europe the contest board announced only the tho distances named are recognized In Inthe Inthe inthe the compilation of at records Tho Thor will r records cords be submitted to tho International body with the tho pros pros- prospect prospect prospect that they will be r recognized ed as world wC Tl 1 records No o one here or abroad has traveled as fast tast In the new cars as these three men mon It was asserted So tar far as the records stand to the Ithe credit oC or Harry Miller MilIcI the Los Angeles ng lu master muter racing en- en engineer engineer en engineer although the new prod prod- product product product of ot the Brothers show promise once all adjust adjust- adjustment I menU ment are synchronized Indication Is already strong that automobile will wm lose none of ot Its speed by the tho change chango changoor or of the smaller motors which fol- fol follow fol follow low the tha cubic l Inch engine and which are mere vest est pocket editions or of o the great machines that ten years ago and more roared about tho the tracks In la tact fact there Is every Indication that the new machines once their newness has worn off oft and the tho drivers hate l become thoroughly acquainted with them may even set new worlds world's records |