Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 132, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 June 1916 — Famous Race Pilots Passed Through City Thursday P. M. [ARTICLE]

Famous Race Pilots Passed Through City Thursday P. M.

Rensselaer was visited by some of the greatest celebrities of the racing game in the world Thursday afternoon. The pilots were returning from the Indianapolis race, in which they had been entered and were enroute to Chicago, where they a..*e entered in the speedway race in that city on June 10th. Dario liesta, winner of the Indianapolis race, and wife, sifter of the late Spencer Wishart, millionaire race driver and well known to followers of the racing game, were the guests of Barney Oldfield, who finished fifth in the Indianapolis race, in the latter’s car. Both of these drivers are entered in the Chicago derby. Arthur Johnson, in the No. 26 Crawford, also passed through in the cai which finished eighth in the Indianapolis race. Billy Chandler, also at the wheel of a Crawford, yras a visitor for a few minutes. His car ■ finished ninth at Indianapolis.