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brings his engineering know-how to the 500-Mile Race in the form of hel busutiiul Howard, Keck car drivgh by Jimmy Jackson.

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Car, Built by Mormen Timbs,

Acclaimed as

The most beautiful car at the midget and now has a design

Race Beauty

for

track this year, in the opinion of|a super streamlined automobile many, is the brain child of a 30-| which someday he hopes to build.

year-old California aircraft engipeer, Norman Timbs.

The car which he designed and! [truly

which is the leading for the beauty queen crown is the sleek, low, maroon speedster

which Jimmy Jackson will pilot.|

Timbs, a mechanical engineering graduate from the University of Southern California, got the order for the car from Howard Keck, West Coast oil magnate. He began work on it only last October. Consulted Moore Mr; Keck liked the performance of the Moore cars last year, naturally, and asked Timbs to build something along the same lines with any refinements he could think of. Timbs, incidentally, did some consulting with Lou Moore in the building of these two win“pers 1ast year. The Keck car is powered by a four cylinder Offenhauser of the same type -as--are in -the -Moore-cars.-- It is a front drive with individual wheel suspension. Its lines resemble a cross between the Moore cars and the Mercedes.

Timbs, by virtue of his work on the Moore cars and the creation of the Keck Special has become one of the nation’s prominent race car designers. His desire, he says, to build fancy looking cars began back in high school when he made a speedster out of

Not Completely Streamlined

“Not much attempt is made to streamline a car for the

contender 500. 3111 Race,” he said, “because is still

the pit neutralizes any kind ‘of streamlining you ign do with! the rest of the bod “The closed ero oAt is impractical,” he added, “because it would! pick up so much oil, dust and tire particles that the driver would never be you could figure out a way of keeping it clean . Timbs says the Keck car is not the ultimate in the designs which

expect even more from the young man in future years. ;

DePaoclo First _ aE 100 MPH Winner The first winner of the 500-Mile ‘Race to average over 100 miles per hour was Peter DePuolo, Who

turned in an average of 101.13 miles per hour in 1925.

better than 100 during thta race. A Miller Junior Eight driven by Dave Lewis and Bennett Hill averaged 100.82 for second money, and a Duesenberg Special, a mate to the one which DePaolo drove, finished third with 100.18. The third car was driven by Phil

an old jalopy. He has designed

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On Curves Wide, Level Aprons Reduce Accidents

are a tribute to drivers’ skill and race car builders’ ingenuity. For in the 32 years which the “500” has been held at the track no change has been made in its physical design. Builders of the racing plant thought the cars were becoming

when Howdy Wilcox won at an

the average may well be 120 and some of :-the heavy-footed lads have been turning the track at better than 130 miles. an hour. Built in 1911 The present track was -constructed for the 1911 race with

a layer of asphalt which: lends smoothness and traction. The curves, which at high speeds appear to flatten out, still retain their original angle of 16degrees and 40-minutgs. The track 50 feet wide in the

turns. The home. and back. straight.

and short straight-aways between |the curves on the north and south ends are 660 feet long: Safety Feature Added One of the biggest safety factors ever added to the track was|'

CAREFUL WITH THAT SPECTATOR—Joe Quinn, Speedway safety director, scans the track grounds from his lookout high atop the pagoda. His job—to get nore than 100,000 fans in and out of the Spegdwey safely.

Joe Quinn, Hulman's Aid, Maps Traffic Strategy

Everywhere a 500-Mile. Race him information on how the cars spectator looks on race day he|are flowing to the track on race will see a guard: day morning. and Svar ory re he jth oan Joe became associated with likely seé their boss, Joe Quinn,|Tony Hulman, Speedway owner, Speedway safety director. {about three years ago and he is For to Joe is assigned the job now the personal representative of handling the nearly 200,000 of the Terre Haute millionaire. He fans who will attend the race and is vice president of Tony's Terre

requirement of an open cock- stretéhes and 60 feet wide in the the task keeps him leaping around Haute Gas Co., president of the

the Speedway acres like a me- Terre Haute Community Fund}

chanic on the last day of qualt-| and president of the Wabash Val-| famed flying ace of World War 1, |

fications. [Tey MURS ASs6cTation.” The 43-year-old safety boss will} A native of Bedford, Joe is a guide the traffic in an out of the graduate of Purdue University

the pagoda. There he will be in worked for the State Highway radio contact with state, county and city police outside the

engineer's office and was chief engrounds and with his posts inside!

|Enesr of the BState Board of

{the fence. An airplane will give Health for six years.

. No One Knows (Capacity of “300°

Speedway from his perch atop| (civil engineering) and formerly Commission, the Indianapolis city

nd ah 1911 Ray De HATTOun Marmon-6 9 ” 1912 Joe Dawson National-4 opi 000 1913 Jules Goux Peugeot-4 8. Repos 150 e [194 Rene Thomas . Delage-4 82.470 a So fans have 1815 Ralph De Pi Me 83.260 Ny 1916 Dario Resta“ Peugeot-4 been trying to guess the capacity ; . dwny grandstands, par-|1919 Howard Wilcox Peugeot-4 88.060 eachers and the infield. |1920 Gaston Chevrolet Monroe-4 88.500 remains just that; a/1921" Tommy Milton Frontenac-8 89.620 only figure available y : ay oficiales. is 85,000. 1922. James A. Murphy = = Miller8 94.480 y for all-the tands, parquets 1928 Tommy Milton H.C. 8.8 - 90.950 Ash Estihates 15.000 1924 L. L. Corum-Joe Boyer Deusenberg-8 98.280 Times Sports Bditor Eddie Ash|[1925 Peter DePaolo Deusenberg-8 101.180 estimates that 75000 fans crowd (1926 Frank Lockhart Miller-8 95.880 |the infield on Race ay. Xt Hus 1927 George Souders: Deusenberg 8 97.540 |always has noted fa an Sout 1928 Louis Meyer Mtfer-8 3 439 {after the race starts thousands o 1929 Ray Keech Miller ng to the infield where they, have|1930 - Billy Arnold Miller-8 100.440 parked their automobiles, his 1931 Louis Schneider Miller-8 - 96.620 tonstast moving beck an 1932 Fred Frame Miller-8 & 104.140 t infleld t dstand ! 3 lied many to overestimate the a3 i Louis Méyer Miller-8 104.160 [tendance. 1934 William Cummings Miller-4 104.868 Spay ne anne 45 hat 11985 Kelly Petillo Offenhauser4 106.240 early 0. er ae a uend- 1 Louis Meyer Offenhauser-4 109.069 ance 1937 \ Wilbur Shaw Offenhauser-4 118.580 h t do th : ning, To Ones do the same), 098 Kloyd Roberts Miller-Offenh’r-4 117.200 But, you can be pretty -sure|;ggq bur Shaw Maserati-8 115.085 3 on hand for the race "® ** 1940 Wilhgr Shaw Maseratid 147 1941 Mau "Rose-Floyd Davis Offenhause : Track Was Headed 1946 George Robson ih Hi [1947 Mauri Rage Offenhauser By Rickenbacker |! Maur 10.338 | Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker, First Rear-Engine Car 26 Is Top hoes The first rear-engine car en-| The greatest number of cars tered In the Indianapolis’ 500-Mile o end of .

|' was president of the Indtanapotis| | Motor Speedway Corp. for more than 18 years. His term in the presidency lasted until after World War II. He also was a famous competitor in early races on the famed oval, a}though | he never won the race.

Track Built During 1 1911, In Tip-Top Shape Fort Higher Speed ! Regge Winners Since 1911

still running at classic was the Miller \Special nominated in 1938, Using wheeled drive, the car w completed in time for qual tions and was therefore k among the starters. The Ia Ralph Hepburn was to have driven the car.

ing on the track of th started the 1911 ra performance of a 1940 when 20 ning at the finish.

500-Mile race on the atanatoln Motor Speedway was 26. That number of cars was still remain.

[the construction of wide, level!

he has up his sleeve. So we can/2prons on the inside of the north

and south turns.” Nearly all of the cars which now spin on the curves come to rest on the inside apron where before they!

retaining wall there. The. only work done on the! track since last year's race was! the resurfacing of ‘the northeast |

every year to repair damage caused by the weather. | However, Jack Fortner, track. superintendent, has kept workcrews busy on many other jobs at the elaborate racing plant. | 3+ 8 New Garages Built Eight new garages were constructed in Gasoline Alley and new parquet stands, to seat an

Shafer and Wade Morton.

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Wide roadways built for last

'year's race have been improved

in the past months and are now ready to stand any type of weather and traffic. The. new

|| roadways and gates were large-

ly instrumental in the speedy handling of last years record crowd. Nor have the pedestrians been | : forgotten. A new bridge over traffic entering through the main gate on -the west side of the grounds will relieve congestion in the rear of the paddock stand "3" Plant in Top Shape { A new cement retaining wall along the outside of the homestretch between the two tunnels was also constructed this year. Track officials sald today the historic plant is in top shape for the. ..32d. running of - the -interevent. More seating

the fans and excellent roads are ready to facilitate speedy parking... The race track is in ideal

| form.

Closest § Race in '37

The closest finish in the his2 race took place in 1937 when Wilbur Shaw beat out the late... Ralph... Hepburn by. «2.16 ‘seconds. Shaw finished the race at an average speed of 113.580 | "milés pér hour and was followed | by Hepburn, who averaged 113.560. |

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