Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 29 May 1940 — Page 17
drove only 37 miles. In other scattered years, he picked up an addi- * Mional 242 miles as relief for, other pilots. - Following Shaw. and Meyer for the most completed “500s” is Cliff
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thousands of dollars, sometimes serious Smith, the Speedway that Louis Meyer would have won last year’s race if it had not been for physical exhaustion, . "
Dr. E. Rogers with other exper
fect condition, but 1,” Doctor Smith said. d and tremendous punishment the [driver receives finally overtoo im. » : “Twice I sa u takes chances he wouldn't haye taken had he realized he was so tired. Before his final spin, his wife noticed if, too, and waved across the track to the “pit ‘crew [t& stop him. After his crash, although ne was not injured, he was near collapse. » i
Shaw Could Hardly Stand
Dr. Smith also said that after the 1939 race, Shaw, Snyder and Bergere —+fhe three top| winners—were sO exhaus without 1 “Each year the punishment the drivers take is getting worse because f of the higher speeds.” The doctor said that while many motorists are driving on paved highways for 500 miles at a stretch .at speeds around 65 to 70 miles an hour without becoming exhausted, motorists do not face the many factors which confront race drivers. i “Instead of long, straight highways the drivers are turning 800 times a speeds up. to 140 miles an hour,” he explained. “They know they constantly are in danger with some 30 other cars to consider. They're operating an investment of
somewhere near $20,000. And many pave
of them/ face actual hardship unless they finish in the first 10.”
Must Train Constantly
"| One of the most conscientious drivers in training in Shaw. He has trained for weeks. He spent at least an hour horse-back riding early each morning beginning a month ago. Whenever he
full round of golf at the Speedway course. He shoots in the low 70s. Week-ends he has spent fishing and : hunting. He also flew his - Stimson ‘monoplane several times a week. He is president of the In- . dianapolis Aero Club. . He had frequent rubdowns to tone his. muscles. Year around he weighs about 150 pounds. By racetime he is a lean 138. During the grind he, like all the drivefs who finish the “500,” loses weight—on an average from seven to 11 pounds.
Eats a Light Breakfast
Tomorrow morning he will eat his usual breakfast of bread and milk and bouillon. During the race the drivers are too nervous to eat any-
thing. Afterward it's a big steak
dinner. A vear-atound trainer “is Clift Bergere. Cliff is a Hollywood stunt driver: and neéds to keep in shape. He watches his diet carefully, gets nine hours sleep a night, and exercises moderately. - Grass cutting and handball keep him fit. His usual weight is 180 pounds but pre-race training brings him down to 167. Racing on . the dirt, like Bob Swanson and Rex Mays do, keeps other drivers in shape. They are twc more drivers who eat’very light on race day. They both weigh about 155 all the time, George Barringer keeps in condition by working in a garage here.
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28 in World's Fastest Club
“The Requirement: 500 Miles Without Relief
Nerve, speed and ‘enddianios- are the requirements for membership in the l Xi —the 100-Mile-an-Hour Club. It.is composed of the 28 men, liv-
full 500 miles at the Speedway
miles an hour or better. : Winning the race itself is the nnly honor which is coveted more by entrants than membership in the club, |! since to belong distinguishes the experi driver from the merely good pilot. Hare's the roster: Ted Horn, Kelly Petillo, Mauri Ross, Lou Meyer, Fred Frame, Howdy Wilcox II, George Connors, Gecrge Barringer, Cliff Bergere, Louis Tomei, Wilbur Shaw, Lou Moore, Zeke Meyer, Russell Snow|berger, Chet Miller, Billy Arnold, Evans, Babe Stapp, Joel Thorne and Frank Wearne. x Deceased -members are Floyd Roberts, Bill Cummings, Bob Carey, ‘Chet Gardner, Stubby Stubblefield, Doc MacKenzie, Jimmie Snyder and Ray Pixley. Snyder, Stapp, Thorne and ‘Wearnes were the new members added last vear. Zeke Meyer is presi-
He weighs 165, losing 5 to 8 pounds during the race. Contrary to what other pilots do, he eats-a healthy breakfast before the race. Dr. Smith and Shaw have been working several years on some method to re-invigorate drivers after the race is about three-fourths through. For years sugar and salt pills have been kept in the*pits for tired nilots. The doctor also has experimented with mildly invigorating drugs with little success. “I can’t seem to get the idea of carbon-monoxide poisoning out of my head,” the Docfor said. “It oesn’t sound right but I just can’t see what else could make them so groggy.” Oxygen Tanks Impractical
“The carbon monoxide from all those cars would tend to settle on the'inside.of the track. Then the gas comes right up from the engines into the drivers’ faces so they breath it all during the race.
oxygen tanks, but they would be impractical. ~ At the speeds they travel, drivers couldn’t wear oxygen masks. In event of a crash where the tank bursts, the -oxygen would just feed a possible fire.” Until some means is found - to help the drivers the only way they can battle the growing peril of fatigue is by more intense pre-race training. .
“world’s most exclusive club”
ing and dead, who have driven the]
without relief at an average. of 100
dent and Ted Horne vice president." has had a chance he has played a* : :
“Wilbur and ‘JI - thought about.
Mays.
lost to the Italian- -magde Maserati. hauser supremacy.
“That's the way it’s done,” says Fred (Papa) Offenhauser to Rex Offenhauser, designed and constructed the engines which won the Memorial Day classic in 1935, 1936, 1937 and 1938.
+ Last year he So he’s out to regain the Offen-
“So You Want to Race? Well, Then, Take Your Test
You can be the world's greatest race driver ‘but if you've never competed on the local oval, you have to take a driver's test the same as a rookie. . The first requirement is that you must have a year’s experience on the dirt. That is the principal reasan “Lucky” ‘Teeter never has driven here. He's too busy cracking up cars at-county carnivals to hit the dirt. Then you have to make test runs here under the supervision.of Chief
‘Observer Harry Bennett of the
AAA. Contest Board, He's aided by five of the veteran drivers, The “rookie” is required to drive 125 miles, the equivlent of 50 laps. He driyes 10 laps lat an average speed of 80 miles an hour; 10 at 90; 10 at 100; 10 at 105, and 10 at 110, Observer Bennett keeps as close watch on the driver/in the straightaway. The drivers are stationed ‘at spots around the track, particularly
in the turns to observe how. the newcomer rides the arcs. The “rookie” never know$. where the veterans are or when they are out. They might be there during the
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As ‘Iron Man’ Of Speedway
He’s Covered More Miles Than Anybody Else
eLduis Meyer, the only triple winner of the five century whirl, stands as the “iron man® of the Speedway. He has covered a total of 5249 miles in race competition here. Tony Gulotta of Detroit ranks second with 4880 Speedway miles. Cliff Bergere has piled up 4745 miles. Wilbur Shaw stands in fourth
piace with 4171 miles, and the great | |
Ralph DePalma is fifth with 4061 DePalma held the mileage record for many years, being dispiaced a few years back by Meyer. DePalma is the only one of the “old school” of drivers ranking among the top five, an indication, perhaps, that the younger generation of drivers are re consistent | finishers than those bf the past.
2 Old-Timers in 2d Five
In the second five, however, two “old-timers” are listed. Ralph Mulford of Brooklyn stands sixth with 4009 miles; Ralph Hepburn of Los Angeles is seventh with 3730; “Deacon” Litz of DuBois, Pa., is eighth with 3645; Eddie Hearne of Los Angeles is ninth with 3627 and Chet Miller of Detroit, takes 10th with 3511 miles.
DePalma, Mulford and Hearne| began racing here when the fos
“500” was held in 1911. | Meyer and Shaw each have com- | pleted seven five- century grinds. Meyer's record began in 1927 when he tallied 133 miles. He completed the “500” in 1928, 1929 and 1930, raced 397 miles in 1931 and 125 in 1832. He had a perfect 500-score in 1933, slipped to 230 miles in 1934, finished the “500” in 1935, 1936, 1937 and dropped to 372 in 1938 and 492 in 1939.
It's a Habit With Shaw
Shaw also started his record { 1927. He completed the “500.” H repeated that total .in 1933, 1935] 1936, 1937, 1938 and 1939. In 1932 he
cracked off 392 miles but in-:1934
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