“In the 301-450 cubic inch class Burman in the Marquette-Buick also cut the 10-mile record from 7:57.1 to 7:56.45, and established a record for 15 miles at 11:46.4.
Another demonstration of place was made by Hearne in the Benz in the Helmet race, in which his 10 miles in 7:13, average 83.14 miles per hour.
The G&J Trophy race attracted a field of eleven cars which included Burman and Louis Chevrolet in Marquette-Buicks, Pearce and Heineman in Falcars, Fox in a Pope-Hartford, Harroun and Dawson in Marmons, Moore and Davis in Great Westerns, Miller a Warren-Detroit, and Cook in a Black Crow. Chevrolet cut out the pace at the start and held the lead for 10 miles, when Burman, sore at being beaten for the Helmet by Hearne zipped to the front and set a merry clip for his team-mate.
Chevrolet, however, was not beaten so easily and at the 25-mile post his number lead the others on the score board. Shortly after this, however, Burman again gained command, and from that point on held his field in check. All the way, however, he was grimly pursued by Chevrolet.
Burman, however, had plenty up his sleeve and nearing the finish he felt so safe that he stopped at the pits to take on a supply of gasoline and oil. Even with this he had enough left to beat out Chevrolet by 4 seconds.” – Excerpt from an article in The Automobile magazine, dated July 7, 1910, describing the exploits of racecar driver Bob Burman at the Fourth of July Indianapolis Motor Speedway Race, in 1910. This race pre-dated the Indianapolis 500, which began the following year. Burman died in a racing crash in 1916, in Corona, California..
Too bad the original X-prize(innovation test) for automobiles has been reduced to the equivalent of a shopping cart race