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Show ANNUAL SPEEDWAY RACE FOR $11,250 OMAHA. Neb., July 4. Tho third annual speedway automobile race will be entered to compote for $11,250 in prize money. The feature race will be for a distance of 150 miles, followed follow-ed by a 50-mile consolation event. Practically every car entered in the race has made over 100 miles an hour during elimination tests. The local track, which Is a mile and a quarter in length and banked to an angle of 42 degrees, has been declared by automobile racers as of the fastest in the country. Dario Resta won last year's event, averaging 99 miles per hour. Louis Chevrolet and Charles Kirk-patrick Kirk-patrick will occupy the pole positions on the get-away, while Louis Chevrolet, Chev-rolet, Joe Thomas, Davo Lewis and Ralph Mul ford rank as the favorites to win the feature event. oo |