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Show uu WILCOX RETIRES FROM SPEED GAME OWOSSO, Mich, Oct. 24. "Bob"'! Wilcox, widely known automobile! race driver, has retired from the j spepd game, owing to the dangers that ! have developed from the use of. high power motors in light racing ma- j chines, he announced at his home here, "llcox recalled that five dirt track pilots had been killed In on? season. "Light car racing on dirt tracks has become too dangerous," he said 'Motors ot 67 horsepower are now being be-ing Installed in small racing cars capable of making 105 miles an hour, while tho weight of the cars Is not; great enough to hold the track at I tho turns. A limit should be placed upon the power of small machines." oo |