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Show TWENTY-THREE START MO RACE Grand Prize Contest at Santa Monica Covers Distance of 403,248 Miles. Santa Monica, Calif., Nov. IS. Twenty-three drivers wero entered today to-day to start in the seventh annual International Grand Prize road race here. They included the same drivers who started in the Vanderbilt cup race on Thursday, with four additions. Today's race will be 403,248 miles, requiring 4S laps over a S.401 mile course on which the Vanderbilt cup race in which he set a new world's road race record of SG.9S97 miles an hour would win tho Automobile Association Asso-ciation of America's title of "Champion "Cham-pion Driver of America" should he win today's race. Resta now has 4,100 points towards the title and the $13,500 prize. The only man who is in a position to overcome this lead is Johnny Aitken, who has 3,440 points. The Grand Prize carries a total of 1,750 points, distributed as follows: First 900: second 470; third 240; fourth 140. Should Aitken win today the title would be settled at the Ascot Speedway, Los Angeles, on Thansglv-ing Thansglv-ing Day. This event carries S00 points for the winner. oo |