Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 29 May 1946 — Page 16

Batten, in 1927, Saved Pits From Disaster

Old-tmers along Gasoline Alley

— THE INDIANAPOLIS “TIMES Hore Are the Main Routes to Roach Speedway

still mark Norman Batten’s heroic stint in the 1927 Speedway classic! as a feat that makes the “500” | something besides a race of speed and endurance. More than half way through the race, Batten's car burst into flames |

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on the home stretch and lunged to- | ward the pits. To -svoid flaming | disaster in the pits, Batten wrestled with the steering wheel, stood up on the rear end and slowed the | racer to a stop near a fire truck.

Badly burned in that accident,

the Carribean in 1928 when the U. 8. 8. Vestris went down at sea.

Thorne Hero of "41

_ Joel Thorne, who was injured on the West coast in a recent mo-torcycle-automobile accident, was crowned No. 1 hero in the 1041 Speedway race when he avoided a possible three-car smashup by crack- | ing into the center south straightaway wall on the sixth lap. Emil Andres and Louis Tomei had spun and collided prior to Thorne's| wall crash. The bravery of Ira Hall, former Terre Haute sheriff, won the “Sportsmanship Award” when, after a crash, he pinned his racer against the wall with his body to prevent | it from sliding down into the path of oncoming cars.

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When a Jockey Kicks an Old Goat, It's a Gilhooley

A study of some of the jargon | peculiar to the racing crowd might {save the lucky fans who manage somehow to be around the garages and pits many bewildered expressions. Here, therefore, are some of the common terms in usage at Gaso-

line Alley= ALLIGATOR—See “Old Goat.” AN OLD CLUNKER—See “Old Goat.”

BACKING OFPF-—Reducing accel-

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BALLOON FOOT—Slow driver. BENZINE—Motor fuel. BLINDERS—Brakes. BLACKSMITH—A mechanic. BLADDER~T ube. : BLOWERS-—Superchargers. BUCKETS—Pistons. BUGS—Mechanical faults. CHAUFFEUR ~— Driver | “Jockey”.

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COG—Gear ratio (high and low).

CONTROL STICK—Steering wheel. CUTTING A QUICK ONE—Driv=ing a particularly fast lap. CRATE—Any racing car. DOUGHNUT—See “Shoe.” FIFTH WHEEL—Steering wheel. GADGET BOARD — Instrument panel, GALLOPER—Connecting rod. GATES Valves. GREASE MONKEY-—Mechanic. GILHOOLEY—A bad spin or skid (the original Gilhooley lives in New York. He was continually risking his life in spins, skids, etc., hence the term). IRON—Motor or auto parts. JOCKEY-Driver. KICKING IT-—Stepping on the gas. LEAD FOOT—A fast driver.

LOGGY-—Motor acting lazy.

LOSING IT—Letting a car get out of control. ON IT—Pressing hard on the throttle. OLD GABE—Reference to Gabriel riding with a driver who has had a narrow escape “Riding with Old Gabe.” OLD GOAT—An old car. POURING COKE TO IT—Going fast in the turns. POTS—Carburetors. QUICK~—To go fast. REVVING—When a car is “really revving,” it means the driver is getting all of the revolutions per

4 minute possible out of the engine.

SHOE OR SKIN—Tire (Also called “Doughnut”). SMALL BULL RING—A dirt track. ' SNEEZE—Backfire, STICK—Cam shaft. SMOKESTACK—Exhaust pipe. SOUP—Motor fuel. WINDMILL—Supercharger. WIND IT UP-—Slowly increase speed until the maximum is

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Drivers Know Curves Despite 5-Yeai Layoff Adroitness of ‘Man at Wheel Counts Most

Taking the ‘banked Speedway curves entails a combination of mechanical structure of the car and the adroit driving ability of the “man behind the wheel.” Even after a five-year layoff from speeding around the twosand-a-half mile oval, these dardevils are about as cautious as a jeweler wih a plastic diamond. They don't hesitate to whip their mechanical steeds around the bricks once they take a “slow” preliminary tune-up trip of 100 miles per hour. After that they only lift their foot from the throttle when they approach the north and south ends of the track to co-ordinate the mechanical makeup of the racer with the steering idiosyncracies of the | driver. ‘Pull’ Car Through Turn

Men in front wheel drive gasoline

[before the turn, then barrel away | when they are half-way through [the curve. The front wheel drive {pulls the car through the turn. The fear of centrifugal force sending the car into an uncontrolable ‘spin cautions drivers of rear wheel {powered racers to release the throttle only when they are half-way through a curve. The rear wheels push the car around the bank. Theories differ on how to take a four-wheel drive car through the bank of 16 degrees, 40 minutes. Some of these four-wheel powered cars zip according to what pair of| wheels predominates. Still others depend upon the adeptness of the driver. How Europeans Do It Despite the mechanical construction of the car, most European drivers maneuver on the Speedway oval in the manner they employ on the pretzel-like continental tracks. They approach Speedway curves like most Indiana motorists travel Brown county concrete labyrinths, slowing considerably. Meanwhile, American-bred speedsters hit the curves high, emerging close to the rails on the straightaways. These drivers spot a position on the track at least 100 yards ahead of their car, always seeking holes to cut in-and-out of slower Cars. Whirling their cars around the bricks is like grooving a ball down! a bowling alley. However, a strike | on the Speedway means $20,000.

1911' Average 74.59 The first Speedway 500=mile race was wan in 1911 by Ray Harroun, driving a Marmon, six cylinder, His

average was 74.59 m. p. h.

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