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|Through the whole hundred miles, most of which were |
|reeled off at the record breaking clip of 104.6 |
|miles an hour, the two leaders were seldom separated|
|by more than a car length. |
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|Tire trouble early in the race put Oldfield in his |
|Delage and Burman in his Peugeot out of running. |
|They trailed along in a tremendous effort to |
|overcome the handicap, but trailers they remained. |
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|Once, on the thirty-sixth lap, it seemed that Resta |
|had lost. A tire went bad and he was forced to stop.|
|But in just 26 seconds he was on his way again. |
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|By that time Cooper had flitted far in the lead--so |
|far that had he not suffered a similar mishap |
|himself a few laps later, the game Italian never |
|could have overtaken him. Resta was again in the |
|lead when Cooper's bad tire was replaced. |
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|The cars lined up for the trial lap at 3:30, |
|Oldfield starting first. A roar of cheers from the |
|grandstand greeted Earl Cooper in his white Stutz as|
|he started on the initial parade around the track. |
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|Fred J. Wagner, the man with the red flag, stood |
|astride the tape and started the cars on their |
|flying race at 3:44 P.M. |
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|=The Race by Laps= |
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|=First Lap.=--Resta led in the first lap, Cooper |
|second, Burman third, with Oldfield trailing. |
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|=Second Lap.=--On the second lap Resta stretched his|
|lead, Cooper closed up on him, only a car's length |
|behind; Burman came third, with Oldfield fourth, a |
|wide interval separating Burman and Oldfield from |
|the leading contestants. |
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|=Third Lap.=--Resta was leading, with Co