Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1921-01-02 | Page 5 | What's Duration of Racing Car?

WHAT'S DURATION BP RACING CAR? Usually One Hundred Hours But Hudson Upsets This Precedent "So terrific is the strain to which , a racing car is subjected that its life is only a matter of hours." said L, L, ; Hulns. manager of the ugden Motor ; Cr Co. "It Is built not to endure. bul sacrifice Its own existence in a , struggle for one supremo achievement engineers estimate the life of an airplane air-plane motor at 100 hours. The life J of a racing motor Is scarcely longer. "In the big European races, it is common practice to prepare several cars of Identical design for the contest. con-test. Only one of these is used in the preliminary trials, however, any alterations alter-ations found necessary in the test car . also being made on those being saved i for the, day of the race, in this way all but one of a string of cars enter a race without the handicap of ha - 1 iug been subjected to any previous ; strain. "One notable excep:lon to the usual short life enjoyed by the racing cat. however, is to be found in the Hudson Super-Six which won fourth place In the first race ever held on the l.os Angeles speedway This car was five y ears old and hud previously taken j part in innumerable other contests but nevertheless its time for the 150 1 miles was only two and eight -tenths I of a mile per hour less than that of 1 the winner. "Entered by an individual owner. I this Hudson never missed a shot from . start to finish, although the pace was so hot that nine of the eighteen other ; ' contestants were forced Into the pits." oo 1