Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 29 May 1948 — Page 18
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To Guide Traffic Flow RS Track Gates
Patrol Cars Will Be Stationed at 100 ‘Vital Points’; 300 Officers Ordered on Duty
' Speedway officials and traffic officers took.only a moment today to pat themselves on the back for last year's job of traffic y3andling and then went ahead with plans for even smoother work
go by, State, sity a and Sounty of- : an peedway employees ~. are Te. plannifig only’ “retinements” °F ‘this year,
All traffic outside the race
grounds, will be co-ordinated by Maj. Robert come closest to it by proceeding
"airplane Monday. O'Neal, State Police executive of-
ficer, will co-ordinate the activities of the agencies which handle i..tch enter the grounds from
the traffic up to the gates.
‘More than 100 ‘vital points” have been designated and patrol back greteh enter the grounds “cars will be located at each of them. Nearly 300 officers will be,
oh duty.
Overhead, with a view of the nearest the entire traffic picture, will be of-
ficers in an ‘airplane,
with traffic. Thus if 30th St. is jammed back
St. is only slightly filled the of‘ficers in. the plane will contact
Bt. and traffic will be diverted south to 16th St. Inside the track, Joe Quinn, Spedway safety director, will have a force of some 200 auxiliary police and employees who will handle the parking of cars. Cars may enter the Speedway
"Georgetown Rd. on the west, and _ 30th St. on the north. The main " gate will open at 6 a. m. and automobiles will be permitted to pass through it until 7 a. m. Then ® wu be open only to pedestri-
4a Yootehy job of handling cars in 1946 brought about a revision of trafic methods last year which paid big dividends?
Thus with a proven pattern tol ° = mC" lor a seats to go to
It will bejareas and the grandstands along their job to keep all gates filled|the homestretch
restricted
. Nir, Quinn advised those per-it
the track on special trains, busses This method.
will prove ‘speedieat. However, those desiring to park in a certain spot in the infield will
along these lines: To park on the south curve or on the south half of the back-
16th St. To park on the north turns or on the north half of the
from 30th ‘Gates Be Georgetown Road {will admit fans to parking spaces walkways leading from the infield to the parquet
and southwest curve. Busses and taxis will travel a
8t., west to Cossel Road, north to Winton Road and 16th 8t. and east to Main St., Speedway. Maj. O'Neal today pointed out the main avenues of approach to out-of-town visitors. Those persons driving in from the west over U, 8, 40, U. 8. 36 and 10th 8t., should turn north on Lynnhurst Drive. Traffic from Chicago and the northwest approaching the city over U, 8. 52 should turn south to the track on Georgetown Rd. Trafic from the south, east and northeast will funnel into the track over 30th and 16th Sts.
Clock Them Yourself
How fast are they going? With this chart you
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can translate elapsed time into niles an " hour, at least within the limitations of your ability to move your “+ rgyss from: speeding car to watch in hand." ‘ - The track is two and one-half miles around. The minute ands second column is set.upon a basis of the time for one circuit of the ¢ track translated into miles per hour. mp. min,
Aes iiisaicision 100. 2.16.8 AAARARRRARI RARE 118 pe
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FETTER ETRTTTROTY 122
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route... beginning at{ Capitol -Ave. and W. Washington 8t., west to White River Pkwy. West Drive, north to Michigan
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‘500° Win in 1928
Louis Meyer, who with Speedway. President Wilbur Shaw holds
He was driving a rear drive Miller Special 99.482 miles per hour for the trip. He again won the race in 1933 and 1936.
Speedway Dimensions
The long straightaways of the Speedway track are not, as many think, a full mile long. The “stretches” are each 3300 feet, the short stretches are each 660
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feet each.
and averaged!
feet and the turns take up 1070 ner.
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_THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES _
‘How To Get There—Here. Are Main Avenues That Lead To. The Sppedway,... | SE
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Foreign Cars Win During the 500-mile race in 1914 four of the first five places were won by foréign made cars
Delage, took first place, and the
the grind was a Stutz driven by Barney Oldfield. The Stutz wis made in Indianapolis.
Storm Stopped Race
In 1926 the scheduled -fivecentury race was called after 400 miles due to an approaching rainstorm which broke a few minutes after racing was ended. Frank Lockhart was declared the winHis average speed for the
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ROUTES TO THE RACE—Black lines on the above map show the main avenues of approach to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Out-of-town visitors wil be directed to the track by large banners stretched across the main bighuays leading
"| Meyer Captured. First
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