Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 209, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 August 1919 — NON-STOP MARK FOR LOCAL SPEEDSTERS TO SHOOT AT. [ARTICLE]

NON-STOP MARK FOR LOCAL SPEEDSTERS TO SHOOT AT.

Hugh Kirk on Thursday completed the remarkable record of piloting a Franklin sedan from Syracuse, N. Y. t to this city in the sensational time of 30 hours and 10 minutes, elapsed time. The distance covered, including detours, was 906 miles and the engine was not once permitted to stop until reaching Francesville, eighteen miles from Rensselaer. In submitting this record Mr. Kirk believes that it is a touring record among drivers of this city. The average number of miles per hour was slightly over thirty. Aside from brief stops to replenish the gas tank and the driver’s stomach, the car was in motion constantly until it drew into Francesville. The start was made from Syracuse at noon Wednesday in order that the driver might strike the Erie shore road for the dark hours. Daybreak found him this side of Cleveland and at 6:10 Thursday evening the car was in Thompson brothers’ garage in this city. Thirty gallons of gasoline and five quarts of oils were consumed on the trip. Speeding was not resorted to on the good roads, but a steady pace was maintained no matter what the condition of the road. Mr. Kirk attributes his fast trip to having a good road during the night and the Franklin’s ability to take any road at a thirty-mile-per-hour pace.