Some sprinters, those boys Paddock and Wykoff , but a Durant-Star car covered the 100-meter route in better time than either has ever made in test conducted upon Coliseum cinder-path.

Here is car shown as it broke the tape after clipping three-fifths of a second from the World's mark, using standing start.  Car is from Kaiser Brothers and is stock utility roadster.

OLYMPIC DASH MARKS TOPPED BY STOCK CAR

Durant-Star, Put Through Its Paces on Coliseum Track

by Harold Kaiser, Sets Records

How fast is the fastest human? 

That problem is one that has perplexed Harold Kaiser, a rabid track & field fan, and younger member of the firm of Kaiser Brothers, Durant dealers here. 

Last Saturday on the Coliseum cinder-path, Harold answered his own question.

Taking a stock Durant-Star Four utility roadster down into the big bowl, Kaiser put it through its paces.  In three sprint races under exactly the same conditions that will prevail at the Olympic games at Amsterdam next month.  As a result, Kaiser is claiming three new world's records for the Durant-Star.

Following are the times Kaiser says were established by the Durant-Star from a standing start through three gears in comparison with world's records:

"In establishing three new world's records for four-cylinder cars, over the 100, 200 and 400-meter distances, the Durant-Star put on one of the greatest performances in fast starting, quick acceleration and perfect road ability that I have ever witness," said Kaiser.

CONDITION SAME

"The Durant-Star competed against time under the same conditions as those that obtain in the Olympic Games.  The Durant-Star that made the records was a regular stock Utility Roadster model.  The car was not prepared for the race in any manner except that it was equipped all around with General tires.  The top was up just as it is when delivered to a purchaser.  In addition to the driver, Juan Figueroa, the car carried an observer whose duty it was to check the speed of the car as it passed each finish line. 

"Ralph Chick, manager of the Coliseum, and A. A. U. surveyor, attested to authenticity of the distances; Colonel Faneuf, factory representative of Durant Motors, acted as official starter, and Maxwell Stiles, well-known track writer and statistician, acted as official timer.

"The 100 meters was the first time trial made.  The Durant-Star Roadster was wheeled up to the starting line.  Col. R. J. Faneuf held the starting gun. 

"At the words 'On your marks,'  Juan Figueroa stepped on the starter.  'Get set'  was the signal for Juan to throw out the clutch and slip the car into low.  With the crash of the starting gun, the Durant-Star shot away from the starting line.  The thick-treaded Generals (tires) took perfect hold on the clay track of the Coliseum, although it was not in the best condition. 

CAR GATHERS SPEED

"Twenty yards out, Juan whipped the shift lever into second.  From the 20-yard mark to the 75-yard post, where the driver went into high, the trim little roadster gathered its speed quickly and smoothly.  When the Durant-Star's radiator breasted the finishing tape, the roadster was traveling thirty-seven miles an hour.

"Maxwell Stiles reported the official time as 9/ 4-5 seconds, three-fifths of a second better than the world's record for the distance made by Charles Paddock (of Pasadena) in 1921, and four-fifths of a second better than Frank Wykoff  (of Glendale High School) in winning the honor to represent his country in the event at Amsterdam.

"In the 200-meter events, the Durant-Star had a better chance to demonstrate its speed.  The time of t16 seconds flat in the 200 meter is four and four-fifths seconds better than Charley Paddock's record for the event.  Emerson Spencer of Stanford holds a world's record of 47 seconds flat in the 400 meters, but the Durant-Star covered the distance in 31/4-5 seconds.  The time of the roadster in these events is remarkable when it is considered that the driver was forced to apply the brakes twenty meters before the finish in the 200 meters."

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