Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 128, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 May 1920 — DEPALMA TO BE IN 500- MILE AUTO RACE [ARTICLE]

DEPALMA TO BE IN 500MILE AUTO RACE

Ralph DePalma, the most popular auto race drive in all history, who firmly imbedded himself in the memory of the racing enthusiasts when he pushed his car to the pits in the 1913 sweepstakes, held at Indianapolis, after he broke a connecting rod but five miles from the finish tape, has signed to compete for |50,000 offered as prize money in the speed classic to be held Memorial day. Ralph will pilot a Ballot, a product of the famous Ballot Moteurs, Paris, and there is no little mystery surrounding his mount. Ralph has won the right to the pole, which means that his car will be number 1, as a result of his speed trial Wednesday when he made the trip around the saucer at better than 100 miles an hour. Joe Boyer, Louis Chevrolet and Jean Chassagne, French car drivers, will occupy the front row with DePalma.