Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 29 May 1941 — Page 27

"500MILE RACE HISTORY |You May See the Big Race—but Do You Know the Story Behind That 500 Miles? PTYSTNIR Csl Time. MPR. | Thousands of race fans see the og i | RR CE aly Yn NO.1

; - J i the length of the garages just in actual running of the Memorial | ean TD Tl ts

Day race yet only half the story is ; ; iY . told upon the track self. | | A winter fon teats tice o de- | MALITNY.SE QRZ. VAT] BY The worry, the work, the sweat ; | a stray rabbit or two hopping and the long hours that are spent an i E : TD the show. w oy ER a a ins in Gasoline Alley i§ a story in it- | o : i A i Then when the skies begin to Jackson, Cobe secssssssscsccsvesseecssessiece self—a story of hopes, of disap- ; 2 IN 2 3 R ; clear and - trees start fo bud, —=1912— 2 . pointments and sometimes of wl : TE Gasoline Alley bestirs itself.. G Fatlonal Dawson « ran ! tragedy. % : : J ~ d y = Mercer, Hugkes .... Few race drivers are millionaire | : ; a % Jago oors are flung open; big i Bad sportsmen and the meals between | 3 Fucks are ‘pulling up, dragging Sthac ol i | ¢ ; shiny racing cars; mechanics are races are sometimes on the skimpy | | hovering about eagerly waiting to hits, ‘Jenkins v...ivees side, if not missing altogether. 5 dl Tl j | g about eagerly waiting Losier, Horan $ get at the innards of the motors ational, WHICOX coeaese In one pulsating motor may be ith thei Tos: d Knox, Mulford the hopes of a driver and his help- Ww, eir wrenches; race rivers ers for “coffee and doughnuts” and railbirds gossip. until the next race somewhere on Now and then a car roars by a back country dirt track, with a ow on be ha ang Sonversas

d a doubt- & hoa Dvkey Dandviond snd 3 La | Sol heads make a half circle follow-

ful purse. Every penny that can be scraped ing the retreating car.

from the food budget sometimes is | = . Hours add up into days, and poured into a new set of piston > : i days become weeks. rings. The old hat is made to do : | : Finally" comes Memorial Day “just one more year” and the hat : pias WE : 7 a © + and in the still half-murky light money goes for new tools. . g $54 | : ; mechanics make last-minute adWeeks and even months are i i$ . justments and drivers nervously spent laboring on a balky ploy, i gan : ; Snpse pir heme 5 Hands are never quite free from s toi eparation for tomorrow. ! other race day has come grease and muscles ache from long Rex Mays toils gver is moter 1a pr a n for to = : and the stands fill and cars soon hours of bending over or crawling. a duplicate part may not be any- A heart-breaking illustration Then, too, many the car that line up in the infield. Thousands under the hope of hopes. where nearer than Detroit. happened one year when a car has roared away at the starter’s have made the annual pilgrimAnd after all this so many A “bug” may develop in the mo- which had been meticulously flag, only to break down a few laps age to see what to them is the things can happen. A part may tor and an all-night probe of the groomed for the race refused to later. complete race and which in rebreak the day before the race and motor may not solve the riddle. leave the starting line. Gasoline Alley, so dubbed by the ality is but half a story.

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Here's What Champion Drivers Put Away

~ EACH YEAR before the race’ the Champion Hundred-Mile-an-Hour Club holds a dinner for itself and friends. This year they met at the Indianapolis Athletic Club. They said they were hungry and this is what they ate: Fresh shrimp Cocktail Hearts of Celery Pickle Chips Julienne of Raw Carrots Hot Consomme Royal Roast Young Turkey Mashed Potatoes : Cranberry Sauce Sweet Potato Chip Broule Green Lima Beans Qrange and Grapefruit Salad Fresh Strawberry Sundae Coffee . How about another hamburger, folks? !

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