Popular science monthly . The hcfilinu .in oblong pndwhich is ina washable coverand connectedwith the lamp-socket Timing an Automobile Race The Mechanism of the Judges Stand. Here they come, snorting fire and skidding around the curve at a hundred miles an such speed, is it any wonder that tlie judges records sometimes become confused ? WHEN twciitN or more racinn; auto-mobiles lined up for the start inthe big speedway raees duringthis summer and fall, Numbers 13 and20 were missing. Number 13 was outbecause no dri\er will risk his life in acar with that ill-omened d
Popular science monthly . The hcfilinu .in oblong pndwhich is ina washable coverand connectedwith the lamp-socket Timing an Automobile Race The Mechanism of the Judges Stand. Here they come, snorting fire and skidding around the curve at a hundred miles an such speed, is it any wonder that tlie judges records sometimes become confused ? WHEN twciitN or more racinn; auto-mobiles lined up for the start inthe big speedway raees duringthis summer and fall, Numbers 13 and20 were missing. Number 13 was outbecause no dri\er will risk his life in acar with that ill-omened 20was omitted because of a mis-take which occurred in the importantAstor Cup race last year and whichtemjiorarily reversed the order of finishand almost resulted in the loss of $1,500to the misplaced racer. This error wasmade b\ misinterpreting the call 22 forcars 20 and 2. Eight checks and double checks arcnecessary before the judges can decidethe final positions of all of the contestantsin a race. Few realize that at a main-tained speed t)f miles per hour,which was attained last year, the carsshoot by the judges stand at the rateof approximately 150 feet per sec
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