MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON, SUNDAY, JANUARY 14, 1940.
PAGE SEVEN
Economy Marks 1 940 Gilmore- Yosemite Run
Gruelling Drive Proves
Test of Drivers, Motors
Average mileage for all of the
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compeuiifi i'J
Yosemite run was boosted by
one mile per gallon of gasoline
over the 1939 record!
Average running time for all
cars the fastest since the his
toric mileage test was begun in
19161
Every car to start the mileage
classic finished well ahead of
the allotted time.
These are just a few of the
highpoints of the Gilmore-Yo-semite
run recently completed
between Los Angeles and Yo
semite National park a run
that saw 28 drivers cover them
selves individually and col
lectively with glory for motor
performance in the world's
greatest stock car classic.
The Gilmore mileage tests
have always been gruelling
events and the 1940 edition
was no exception. The first car
got away from Gilmore Stadium
in Hollywood at 5:30 in the
morning in the midst of a driv
ing rain, and the elements con
tinued to buffet the cars trying
to achieve new mileage records
for the entire 306.5 miles to Yo
semite National park.
Flurries of snow and fast-dropping
temperatures were experi
enced by the drivers shortly
after the cars left Coarse Gold
and began the winding route up
over the high Sierras. By the
time the cars reached 6000 feet
high Chinquapin, "King Winter"
was after the stingy drivers with
white vengeance bordering the
highway and covering the curves
with a white, slippery coverlet.
Because of the threatening
weather, none of the drivers
took any chances on coming
close to the A.A.A. time limit of
10V4 hours for finishing the
test. They all bore down on the
throttles heavily over the moun
tain grades so that every one of
the 28 cars was checked in at
Government Center with min
utes to spare.
Official results released by the
American Automobile Associa
tion Contest board show that the
average for the 28 cars was 22.9
miles per gallon of regular stock
Red Lion gasoline. In 1938 the
average was 21.9 miles per gal
lon. As important as the average
miles per gallon is, however,
A.A.A. officials do not use this
figure in computing the winners
of the nine price divisions in
which the competing cars were
divided. In order to take into
consideration the weight of each
car and the load each entrant
carries, winners are selected on
the basis of the greatest ton
miles per gallon of gasoline. Ton
miles are calculated by multiply
ing the weight of each car in
tons by the distance traveled
and dividing by the total gallons
of gasoline used.
The Gilmore - Yosemite run
proved to be a red letter event
for Billy Martin, driver of the
Studebaker Commander. This is
the fourth time that this skilled
driver has participated in the
mileage classic. Last year he
romped over the mountain
District
Manager
ing roads to win top position in
division I with 47.659 ton miles
per gallon to its credit and an
actual record of 18.04 miies per
gallon.
The Red Lion gasoline used
by each of the competing ctrf
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23.76 Miles Per Gallon
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Don K. Bagley. district man
ager for the Gilmore Oil com
pany with headquarters In Med
ford. He succeeded George Jali.
who is now district manager at
Salem, Oregon. Don has been
associated with the Gilmore or
ganization for ten years and
came to this city from Portland,
where he was connected with
the sales organization.
Charles W. Ellis, former Med
ford man and district manager
here, i now Oregon division
manager with headquarters in
Portland.
grades to gather in the coveted
sweepstakes trophy, and in the
1940 event he repeated this con
quest with an average of 54.75
ton miles per gallon and an
actual average of 24.72 miles per
gallon of gasoline, Martins
sweepstakes winning perform
ance . automatically garnered
first in Division E.
In addition to this victory,
Studebaker proceeded to win
two other price division firsts.
In the highly competitive price
division B, J. E. Van Sant
brought a sleek Studebaker
Champion to the finish line with
a ton mile record of 53.448 and
an actual mark of 9.19 miles
per gallon of Red Lion gasoline.
The other Studebaker driver, H.
N. Kyser, zoomed a big Presi
dent 8 up over the high Sierras
to the tune of 23.4 miles per
gallon of gasoline and 54,573 ton
miles per gallon to win first hon
ors in division F.
Curly Crawford, driver of the
Willys Sedan, put his sights high
in the mileage test, for when
the final check-up was com
pleted, A.A.A. officials discover
ed his car had done 30.05 mites
per gallon of Red Lion gasoline
on the mountain journey with a
resultant ton mile mark of
48.124, which gave him the first
award in price di'ision A...
Andy Henderson proved to be
another driver who could repeat
a victory won in previous con
tests. He laughed off the on
slaughts of rain and snow so ef
fectively that the final compila
tion showed his Nash Lafayette
iiad done 23.76 miles per gallon
of Red Lion gasoline and 52.699,
to be first in price division C.
In division D, the first award
trophy went to the Mercury
with W. R. Knopp at the wheel.
The record made by this Ford
product was 23.76 actual miles
per gallon and a ton mile record
of 50.822.
The second triumph for Nash
in the mileage test went to the
Nash Ambassador 8, driven by
J. D. Bowersock. An actual
miles per gallon figure of 21.43
and a ton mile record of 51.655
won first in price division G.
Lincoln Zephyr, driven by
Horace M. Jones was adjudged
the winner in division H with its
ton mile average of 49.329 and
an actual mileage mark of 19.9
miles per gallon.
One of the largest cars in the
run, a Packard Super 8 with
Allen Fleming at the wheel,
powered its way over the wind-
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IN DIVISION "A" OF THE
GILMORE-YOSEMITE
ECONOMY RUN
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IN GILMORE-YOSEMITE ECONOMY SWEEPSTAKES
Conducted under American Automobile Association supervision
Studebaker wins first second 'and third place
in this official economy test. ...no other car
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23.13 MILES PER GALLON
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batter than evert In the world's greatest stock cor classic, 28
sedans, ranging in size from the smallest to the largest Ameri
can make, battled over the 6,000-foot climbs of the High Sierra
mountain roads, fought off the handicap of driving rain and
snow J., and averaged a mile more per gallon than was
achieved in this annual event in 19391
And there's no funny business about this record. American
Automobile Association official observers riding in each ear
saw to that. No coasting was allowed on the route between
Los Angeles and Yosemite National Park. No trfefe mechanical
gadgets to get extra mileage were permitted.
Naturally every car was in tip-top mechanical condition. ,
and driven by art expert. But each was using identically the
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