Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 231, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 September 1911 — Auto Racer Paid $1,000 to Quit. [ARTICLE]

Auto Racer Paid $1,000 to Quit.

In consideration of a thousand dollar bill peeled from a big roll by Henry Ford, at Detroit, Tuesday afternoon, Frank Kulick, the famous auto racer, has quit the game for good. The track was muddy and dangerous, but Kulick had spun off a number of miles in less than sixty seconds, and finished with one in fifty flat Ford was watching him, and when he finished stepped up with the thousand dollar yellow back and said: “Here, Frank, take this quit the game. I don’t want you to race anymore. When a man goes a mile on this track in fifty seconds it is too fast or on any other track, either.” Kulick took the proffered bill and promised to quit He is to be married two weeks hence. He has been a racing driver for Henry Ford for a long time.