Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 29 May 1940 — Page 26

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‘OFFICIAL 500-MILE RACE RECORDS |

MP. H, Driver

0:01:14.87 :02:25.79 :04:50.25 :12:03.79 :16.86 124.32 <0:48:36.37 :00:47.23 :12:55.14 :25:51.00 1:39:12.09 1:51:32.80 2:04:04.59 2:17:44.59 2:33:01.60 :45:34.95 :58:02.39 :10:59.37 2 3

0 0 10 0 20 0: 30 0: 40 0: 50 1 60 1 70 80 90 100 110 120 130 140 150 160 170 180 190 200

2 2 375 3 400 3:23:52.14 425 3 450 3 475 4 4

500

:36:44.64 :49:41.09 :02:41.67 :15:58.40

120.208 123.465 124.031 124.517 123.553 123.608 123.441 123.381 123.425 122.306 120.966 121.021 120.893 119.788 117.627 117.766 - 117.951 117.808 117.723 117.650 117.552 117.422

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117.200 Floyd Roberts

Given Up for Dead at 33, He Was Still Racing at 62---That's Bill Endicott for You

Few present-day or former racing drivers can boast the experiences

of Wild Bill Endicott, who at 64 has

settled down here in Indianapolis

to the somewhat peaceful job as real estate maintenance engineer,

For example—

He once was taken paralyzed from

of being embalmed at a Dallas m Two years ago, at the age of Columbus, O., dirt track in 47 sec onds. He competed in every Speedway event from the time of the track opening here in 1910 until the World War. : He has set numerous track and

|lap records and has competed on

“Cotton” Henning at work on the Shaw car.

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Mr. Henning Confides

“Cotton” Henning, chief mechanic of history for the race tomorrow.

+ ting the first “dead heat” in During practice, Henning, the checkered flag, went into a Hom and Frank Wearne—and he had arranged “secret signals” which would send any two of thera across the finish line simultaneously if they are running in the ’onetwo spots. “Each of these drivers is out thers working on a percentage basis.” Cotton said, “and naturally wants to hit the jackpot.”

‘It’s a Gamble Anyway’

“The 500-mile. race is a gambl> no matter how you look: at it. But to avoid being on the spot if two of these men are running in th: same lap and leading the field, we'v> worked out a system that’s absolutely foolproof. 1 “Let's say drivers A and B: of the team, are in the same lap and running close. From the pits I'll signal both of them which is aheac, which is trailing. That will prevent them from going out to chase each other, and taking a chance of breaking up with only a few laps t) go 5

who

“I can’t show favoritism to on: or the other, and the fellow in th= lead. niormally is entitled to it. However, the man running behihd, even if.a teammate, has the right to bz the winner and draw. down th: winner’s take. “Unless they are being pushei

‘Miss Dolly’ Has Yet to See The Start of a 500-Mile Race

. Miss Eloise §. Dallenbach h:s been connected with the Indianajolis Motor Speedway office since shortly after the inaugural in 1911, yet she’s never seen the start of a

race, | fornia - “Dolly,” as she is called by tle visits them when she can. .

drivers, is too busy. : At starting : , time she’s fin- | ishing up her work in the auxiliary office at the Speedway entrance before going to her box.’ ‘She never. has seen a qualifying trial either. Miss Dolly was first .em‘ployed as a stenographer but shortly Miss Dolly thereafter was ‘ made assistant to T. E. (Pop) Myers, general manager. She organizes. and controls the complete ofice force. Sixty days before the race she works both night and day, eat-

-{looks clear behind them, they will |

{never has had to say she didn’t

the Boyle racing team, is plot-

already has guided three drivers to

huddle with his trio—Wilbur Shaw, Ted then came up with the statement that.

hard from other contenders, I will} keep them running neck and neck, maintaining a steady pace which | [Will "assure them leadership over |

(all others. “Then, on the finzl lap, if all |

receive a certain signal which will send them over the line hub to hub —in a dead heat. “In that event we would the first split-winher sine: 1924 when L. L. Corum and Joe Boyer shared the glory, and then those two drove the same car,

They all want ‘0 Win

If two of the Henning: pilots can turn this freak trick, they will draw zbout $25,000 each frcm the

ond place cash. And Henning’s boys have of the will to win.

to equal Lou Meyer's triple of 1928, 1933 and 1936. ‘Horii, second to Meyer in ’36 and money-finisher every year since then, is gunning for his first triumph. And Wearne, in the money the last two years, naturally is just as eager for a crack at the winner's: purse.

she has known every driver who lever raced here. | She lives alone at the Spink(Arms. Her family consists ot three | brothers, all of whem live in |CaliShe's fond of” travel and

She says she never has traveled in the United States or abroad without meeting many persons who. when they find out she’s from Indianapolis, ask her if she knows so-and-so. Because of her connection with the Speedway office she knows thousands of people and

know the person about whom she was. asked. Miss Dolly is fond of reading, particularly history and philosophy. She also likes current fiction “for relaxation.” She enjoys music, plays and the movies, but they must be the best. J She also has a reputation as an excellent bridge player.” It would be hard to imagine the “500” without her. Last year the Speedway official program was dedicated to her “for her efficient and faithful contribution to automobile racing.”

ing her meals at her desk. : Pop calls her “a very fine personality.” : , “She has all the thousand intimate details of the race at her finger tips,” he says, “and has a remarkable memory for dates and figures.” = Whenever the office searches the files and can't find some information they ask Miss Dolly. She usually knows the answer, She knows more about automobile racing than any woman in the

United States, Pop says. She’s cslled| were naturalized Americans at the the darling of ‘the drivers beciuse time of their racing here.

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‘The last foreigner to win the.“500" was Rene Thomas in 1914. Driving a Delage, he flashed to victory in what then was considered sensational time— 82.47 miles an hour. The three Chevrolet brothers and Dario Resta, while of foreign birth,

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That Dallas ‘Incident’ Race driving hasnt taken all his time, either. He served in the

ish-American War, held a poj orida, was a stunt flyer d engineer.

Endicott was believed dead after 8 spectacular crash on the Dallas track in 1909. He was barreling down the front stretch on one of

a wreck and came within an inch

he wheeled a car around the mile

gan to roll.” Endicott recalls that

the car rolled over him three times. “I never lost consciousness all the while but I was completely paralyzed when help reached me. I was taken directly to the morgue, and I could tell they were preparing to embalm me. Finally I managed to raise one leg slightly and attract an attendant’s attention.

Then they discovered I was still

alive and sent me to the hospital.” Endicott believes that “nearly every bone in my body” was. fractured in that accident. But in a couple of: months he was on the tracks again, right shoulder in a cast and driving with one hand. Endicott credits Memphis news-

his typically fast laps when a gatekeeper allowed a woman and two children to start across the track. - Endicott realized that if he kept going, he would hit at least one of| them. To swerve: into either fence | meant a possibility of killing several spectators. - “There was one thing left to do.” Endicott said. “That was to spin the car. I tried that, and it spun! twice. Then it turned over and bg- i

papers for the name “Wild Bill.” “It happened at the Memphis Fair Grounds in 1907. I was asked to give a driving demonstration and. open ‘er up. On the first lap the car spun on a curve and crashed through -the fence, .T pushed it back on the track and started out again,” Endicott recalled. “On the next lap, I spun at the same place, but fortunately stayed on the track. Then I discovered

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Seth’ Klein and the checkered flag . . . the best sight in the world to a weary 500-mile race finisher,

that the track sloped outward instead of being banked. After that, I drove accordingly. ‘But the Memphis newspapers that evening asked: ‘Is it Wild Bill or Crazy Bill?’ Fortunately the name ‘Wild Bill’ stuck.” While racing at the Speedway |

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