Racing to Complete Charlotte Speedway in Time for Automobile Classic on Oct. 25, 1924

Speedway Race Is October 25. . . Track Near Pineville Will be Completed Early Next Month

Charlotte, N.C.—The 250-mile automobile classic on the Charlotte speedway will be run on Saturday, October 25 this year, beginning at 2 p.m., according to official announcement.

Orders for boxes and grandstand seats will be received at the speedway offices, 28 West Trade street, beginning Monday and continuing until the day of the races.

These announcements were made by Osmond Barringer, general manager, following a conference with C. Lane Etheredge, BD. Heath, and other officials of the Charlotte speedway.

Heretofore it had been planned to run a 200-mile race, but the drivers preferred the 250-mile grind, or 200 laps, inasmuch as the track will be 1 ¼ miles long. This decision puts Charlotte in the same class with Los Angeles, Kansas City and Altoona. With the race beginning at 2 p.m., and with the drivers maintaining an average speed of 114 miles an hour, means that the finish should come approximately at 4 o’clock.

It is unofficially announced that the drivers’ personnel will be virtually the same as that entered for the Labor Day races at Altoona, which is as follows: Jimmy Murphy, Tommy Milton, Joe Boyer Jr., Harry Hartz, Bennie Hill, Harian Fenglar, Fred Comer, Earl Cooper, Pete DePaola, Ernie Ansterberg, Phil Shafer, Antoine Mouree and “Red” Cairens.

Jimmy Murphy at the present time is leading the field with most pints in the Grand National Circuit, Tommy Milton is another former champion, and known as one of the fastest drivers in the game. When his motor is working properly, he will pass any and everything off the track. Joe Boyer Jr., son of a millionaire, is another driver with unbounded nerve. Harry Hertz, of Los Angeles, has the reputation of being the hardest driver to pass, while Bennie Hill, the “original thrill-maker” is known as “Peck’s bad boy of the speedway.” Mourre is the dare-devil Frenchman, and DePaola is an Italian entry.

The announcement that the races will be run in Charlotte on October 25 establishes definitely the fact that the big oval must be completed by October 10, or 15 days prior to the racing date. Fred M. Johnson and Jack Prince. (??)

Arrangements to receive orders for boxes and grandstand seats at this time is for the purpose of facilitating that work, or of making it possible for race bugs to plan their big day’s outing many weeks in advance, it is announced. There will be 10,000 seats in grandstand “A” and more than 2,000 seats in the grandstand “A” boxes.

From page 2 of the Alamance Gleaner, Graham, N.C., Aug. 28, 1924

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