Tommy Milton Wins $9,000 Purse at New Charlotte Speedway, Oct. 26, 1924

Tommy Milton Wins Opening Race in Charlotte. . . A Change on Race Final. . . Re-Checking of Timing Shows that Milton, Instead of Earl Cooper, Won 250-Mile Speed Test on New Charlotte Track Yesterday—Time Was Two Hours, Six Minutes and 56.2 Seconds

By the Associated Press

Charlotte, Oct. 26—At 1 o’clock this morning Starter Wagner announced that Tommie Milton had won the 250-mile inaugural race at the Charlotte Speedway instead of Earl Cooper, who had been flagged at first.

Milton’s time was 2 hours, 6 minutes, 56.2 seconds.

Earl Cooper goes into second place with an official time of 2 hours, 8 minutes and 26.68 seconds. Benny Hill drops into third place with a time of 2 hours, 8 minutes and 30.9 seconds.

Still Checking

Checking the laps and time of the race was continuing at an early hour this morning at which time it was indicated that Peter De Paolo and Jerry Wonderlich were in fourth and fifth places respectively. Starter Wagner announced, however, that with the exception of the first three places, the positions of the other racers had not been determined.

The timer and scorers immediately after the race, began checking the laps of each car on the timing tape and the score sheets kept in the timer’s office during the race. A number of errors were found in the sheets, but the tape which runs through an electrical timing device and on which the number f each car, as it crosses the wire, is written, showed that Milton had finished first by virtually two minutes.

The recheck was directed by Starter Wagner who recalled that cooper had gone to the pits three times, once for 17 seconds, once for 1 minute and 13 seconds, and a third time for 48 seconds Milton by is victory won $9,000 as first prize.

From the front page of The New Bernian, Sunday, Oct. 26, 1924

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