Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 29 May 1946 — Page 15

29, 1946+

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Highlights of the 1941 500-Mile, the last one held before the war: 1. Early bird, waiting for the gates to open, 2. The start, after the wildest pre-race period in the history of the Speedway, The 500-mile was delayed an hour because of a $150,000 fire in Gasoline Alley. Mauri Rose, the co-winner with Floyd Davis, is in the first car shown, although Rex Mays and Wilbur Shaw already had pulled aheady " 3. The wreckage of George Barringer's car, burned in the garage fire. y 4. Wilbur Shaw, three-time winner, being lifted on a stretcher from the wreckage of his auto, which crashed into the retaining wall as he completed 380 miles, leading the field. 5. All that remained of Everett Saylor’s car after it crashed through the inner retaining wall on the northwest turn shortly after Shaw's accident, 6. The checkered flag waves for Mauri Rose, whose own Maserati went out at 152 miles with carburetor trouble, but who climbed into Floyd Davis’ Offenhauser Noc-Out-Hose Clamp Special, to win. 7. Rose after victory.

Yoie Chitwood Has Stunt Show

JOIE CHITWOOD, who this year | is driving the ‘Noc-Out Hose Clamp | Special which won the 1941 Indian- | apolis classic risks his neck in auto- | mobile stunting “when not manhandling a racing car. Between big league races, Chit- | wood will stunt with his Hell Drivers at county and state fairs | and sports stadiums throughout] the Midwest and the East. He will appear here with his automobile and motorcycle stunting troupe on Sept. 1 during the In-|

diana State Fair. . d C B + h me Saa vi wun snipivers and Cors Bo king seen in deliberate automobile | crashes locally since the late Lucky | G : R : id F : + ’ Teter was killed in his Hell Driver| \Z IV EN gi xaminarionsshow at the fairgrounds July 5, 1942. 2 8 = You may be a mechanical wizard, | car must: be equipped with a brakBILLED as “successor to Lucky top man on the dirt track totem|ing system.which operates simul-

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Teter,” Chitwood is : yd : as r wheels. thrill the fans at many places But unless you've competed on OU S.. hh where Teter formerly attracted ‘he Speedway oval, you'll have to Other rigid examinations cars y undergo a thorough examination must pass state that the net weight

record-breaking crowds. along with your automobile before of the car must lie within 35 pounds Chitwood proved during his first entering the “500.” of the requisite minimum weight year in organized stunting last| Aside from being physically fit, for the piston displacement of the year that he could duplicate many | rivers are required to spin around | car. of the Teter thrillers, | the 21%-mile track under the critical| In the weight of the vehicle is One of his most spine-tingling eye of officials and seasoned speed- |included the oil in the transmisadventures is the automobile jump|gters. sion chamber, the differential and over a highway transport but| A series of 10 laps at speeds the tires. Ballast maximum weight which proved fatal to Teter here. ranging from 85 to 115 miles per must not exceed 35 pounds and Chitwood said he would attempt| hour is a prime requirement. These must be securely fastened in place the feat during the state fair pre-|griver-critics want be sure the!to the satisfaction of the technical sentation. [novice is a careful, adept handler committee. The maximum wheelbase can not exceed 99 inches and the body of Then, too, brakes are thoroughly |the racer, with one or two seats, ' tested. Regulations insist that each |must show a minimum exterior = - | width of 32.46 inches. Transmission systems must incorporate a de-clutching device and a reverse as well as a forward speed. Fuel tanks must be built and installed to insure against breakage. A fire wall between the engine and the driver's compartment is required. Triple-checked by track officials, steering must permit a 20-degree turn in either direction, The gear ratio cannot exceed 15 to 1.

The 20 veteran stuntmen, some of a machine before letting him of .them formerly with the Teter | compete. organization, risk their necks in 28| high-speed events,

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finish line, but was disqualified.

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