Show studebaker news placing one cue two three tit in tin the sweepstakes of the gilmore yose bilte economy run and first lit in its iti price classes in it field of F automobiles jl S lending leading american automobiles studebaker lias hits won undisputed national abonal leadership for foi 1940 j S the award of six prizes piles to the three cars cais entered by b studebaker lit in the economy run held january eth marks the first time la in his tory unit that one car cai manufacturer walked 0 off f f with the first three places in ili the sweepstakes and first prizes in three price ranges lilie studebaker Cli champion amplo a was victorious in the low price group with au an average of 2019 2919 miles per gullon the studebaker command er won ft on lu in the medium price dl di vision with 2472 and the stude baker president eight was victor lit hi its class ai averaging 2340 miles per gallon according to lane J bertelsen Bertel seu local studebaker dealer this Is the second consecutive year in which studebaker has bus won on the orand grand sweepstakes and in chica stude etude baker cars have hae been victorious over all cars lit in their respective price divisions righting fighting ralli rain most of the wily way an and d two to inches of snow on h higher gher mountain roads the drivers wll wit liam martin J E van sant and ill II N kyser did a masterful job of piloting their cars to victory over the mile run by a stroke of good luck lack said mr bertelsen Bu telsen a car might con celva bly aln win in its class two or three times in a row romr but when one manufacturer hits haa cars in three distinct sizes and price class es and win all possible prize prie it must be attributed to something more than good fortune the american automobile As guaranteed the stock fc titus of the cars gasoline casolin L and lubricants only stock gilmor red eed lion gasoline llo lion n head motoi oil and gilmore chassis lubricants of weights find and grades specified in ill the gilmore check chart chait were allowed by tile the AAA A A A the ton mile measurement of et ef tl fi clency wits was used lit in the contest placing cars of all sizes on oil in ili equal basis weights heights of the auto mobiles are considered together with lith gasoline consumption conceded to be the only stand eco economy test of stock car cars till the ellmore os emite run is a 11 trial over all conceivable driving conditions including city streets open 0 pell highways and mountain roan 10 ids iii as high ns its 62 56 f feet above P a level I 1 the hie only thing that comes t to 0 hill who waits is whiskers |