Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 29 May 1951 — Page 18

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3 Drivers All Set For Fastest ‘500’ Ever

Qualifying Speeds ‘hey’ Of Speed And Endurance

They’ re Champions

t ° Bus, Co 2; Miles Per Hour if — Bus, C Hour Club for that select group 3 It's a toug § '50 R of 500-Mile Race finishers who people. as er an ace drive the 200 laps alone always WLLL will remain the 100-Mile-An-Hour By BILL EGGERT |Club. Ne Give them a good day of weather and this year's | This despite the gosh-awful ing the tho

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field of the “33 fastest ever” will write new records [speeds the drivers set this year quicker and

for each of the 500-Mile-Race’'s 200 laps. |in qualifications and prospects of

fore. Their overall qualifying average was 133.150 miles 2 terrific pace for the Memorial - James Col 917 vi . ate 050's Pay classic. tendent of t an hour, almost 215-miles an hour faster than 1950's Ie ould change. Many I Snap ols: revious high. things do change in auto racing. company is Bg pan) The pace could have been even fazter were it not for (Like this year before drivers went handle the c out for qualifications few speed © Use !

nasty weather that limited the final week-end of qualifica- veterans would wager the frations to one car and forced a four-hour extension last ternity would attain thelr gee-

: . : tahoe whiz gait. Monday in gusty winds that endangered high speed Only One of Its Kind

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traveling. But thoss who do the thinking ore Wy Regains 1950 Records for the Champion Spark Plug Co., alon the lin : ‘fi. 2ponsors of the club, say right E The starting lineup spreads out from the qualifying | So. 0 they have ro plans of keep up wit low of 131.473 to the highest average ever, 136.872, set (increasing the speed requirement Himes) ii by Walt Faulkner May 19 in J. C. Agajanian's Grant [for membership above the 100 smoothest To Piston Ring Special miles per hour average for the had.” said Co . : 3 |race. They admit they could conce 1 Faulkner, fastest-driving 128-pounder in the business, |change their minds. Right now, Soncerne) i regained his 1950 qualifications records this year after (1° er I ment we'll h Duke Nalon in a Novi Purelube Special, had won the [speeds for the drivers . .. don't 2a” Ey pole position with a four-lap average of 136.498 and a Want » See any of them drive Terminal Bus single lap of 137.049. Faulkner's best lap this year was or eats to become eitg: 2 and 3, and . ible for the club, HRT rive at the Sj 138.122. The Champion 100-Mile-An- he. From & un

It is still believed that a 140-lap could have been made Hou Sup i" he olisanding this year by Chet Miller in the No. 32 Novi Purelube |4rivers in the al " FP

run every 15 on bus servic from 8 a. m,

CHAMPIONS ALLS porting their new leather

Mauri Rose, Billy Arnold, Mack Helling, Johnnie Parjackets, members of Chery n's 100-mph Club are

Lou Myers, George Connor, Walt Brown, Emil Andres sons, Chet Miller, Cliff Bergere; (back row, left te

and Wilbur Shaw,

: : ’ tect z jon’ ! Special. Miller's car, however, was dogged by pinion ized organization, it 1s the only (font row, left to right) Duke Nalon, Jimmy Jackson, right) Russ Snowberger, Lee Wallard, Joel Thorne, Pass gvery 4! gear troubles and when the underslung monster was in |". Red Cab F : si} ) : : | ough 48 drivers h a v e list because rain halted the race 100 miles per hour average with- created the club. Only five other|mph; the late Bob Cavey, jn 1088, Athlete Club prior te the DOS- ley sald that good running condition, Miller had to make his bid with earned membership, only nine of 155 miles short of the 500 miles. | foul 1 the bother of #tronz winds (them hava been Tacs winners. | Although he never won the 500 jo a relief driver seven years mem had ever driven the distance/at 101.363 mph and Russ Smow~ | MMie“tlassio: pr gl o a dy ’ oo sila Yiticats 4 1 Must Complete Race lmils classic, the late Ted Horn| *" Mauri Rose, six years. {without a relief pilot before berger—now a race car chief me-| That year the small group ef work. e punched hard on the Iinal qualification day and | mq pe eligible, a driver must finished the 500 miles without re-| The idea of the 100-Mile-An-| Evans accomplished the feat. chanie—in 1932 at %00.791. honored drivers sat around a Kackley ho had a 137.615 first lap but the wind was too great an complete — not necessarily win liet at the 100 mph gait more Hour Club was conceived by They are: Billy Arnold, winner| While those who had done the smal table with newspapermen in service. obstacle and Chet “backed off” to average 135.798, still |— the 500-Mile Race at an aver-| years than any of the other mem- Dave Evans, now retired, after in 1930 who was the first to job previously were placed in and officials of Champion , . . “Don’t wal

utes to call ¢ ley, “call on 80 We can g

age of at least 100 miles per bers of the club. He was over the he averaged 100.425 miles per average over the century mark— | membership, the organizgtion had a far cry from the annual get- | hour without a relief driver. average eight times. hour in 19833 without a relief 100.448 mph-—without relief; Fred |its first meeting and actually had| togethers of the Club which now None of the drivers in last| Wilbur Shal, now president | driver to finish sixth in the race. Frame, 1032 winner at 104 144; !its birth in 19385. That's when the require a setup of tables of ban-

the third fastest qualifying average ever. $200,000 Prize Purse

Nalon, who hasn't raced here since he was burned Y®2r® race was added to the of the Spesdway was over the The Champion Spark Plug Co.|Clift Bergers, in 1932 af 102.662/group met at the IndiapEDQMS -propartions, A Wats, c e seriously in a north turn crackup in 1949, wants to con- * : 3 sulk Jaane, vince himself that he can overcome those burning mem- Four new ories. He, too, probably could have gone faster in the | Sach wil loa

speed trials, but he qualified the first day he sat behind the steering wheel. The lure of a $200,000 prize purse can draw strange antics from race drivers. This year was no different as 31 attempts at qualifying were made during the extended four-hour period last Monday. Only 12 drivers,

W. Saunders, pects to trar 30,000 people

Row

however, completed the required fou laps. Others ran No. Drh into mechanical difficulties or were flagged off the track because of slow speed. 18—Duke Ni And with all the increase in speed, the Indianapolis | §geatan Wil Motor Speedway escaped any death-rides. There were Pals i eight spins, including two crackups prior to the race. Makt serious was Bud Sennett's slide and flight last 27 Duane C Monday. Sennett, Los Angeles, Cal, lost control of his | 16—Mauri R Maserati in the southwest turn, hit a ditch, soared through 98—Troy Ru the air glancing off a tree and landing against a wire fence. Sennett was not injured seriously. Mike N Salay Injured | gr ey Mike Salay, South Bend, suffered abdominal injuries | 5—Tony Be last Sunday morning when he overcorrected a slide on the | same turn and hit the outside wall nose-first. One other | 4—Cecll Gr crackup eliminated the new Iddings Special from the qual- | 59—Fred Ag ifying lineup as driver Jimmy Daywalt escaped without a | 25—%am H. scratch. | Daywalt hit the northwest wall near the straight- 4—Walt B away twice during a practice run. 2—Walt Fi As if fate had a hand in the proceedings, none of the | ¥3—Carl Se low qualifiers from the first week-end were eliminated by | faster cars. Three drivers, Cecil Green, Walt Brown and | 10—Bill Sch Tony Bettenhausen were in the 131-bracket and were | 1—Henry I constantly in danger of being bumped. But rain and wind | 23—CHUft Gr stepped in with a big helping hand and slowed down most | of the lighter cars that could have gone 132 on a fast | 3.Chuck & track. 81—Bill Vul etme iar wc | 22 George { Order of the Day | : . Rd abi a hi : : Sa 5 ill. ab) i 5 : o 89—Gene Fo _ (All times Central Daylight) Wilbur Shaw thinks so nach of this new Carvel: | he has selected it as Pace Car for the 1 951 ? Tndiangsalis 500-mile race. I 5:00 a. m.—Military bomb, gates open. 9:30 a. m.—Parade by Purdue University and state American | wn « Legion bands. J 10:35 a. m.—Cars line up for start and official photograph. @ o * ww ” Rodger 10:45 a.m m.—Beginning of seven salute bombs. V# us. riven I'3 MoS. OW er, 4. cari 76—Jimmy 11:00 a. m.—The Pace Lap sends the field off to a flying start od o does not count as one of the 200 laps. The Pace Lap | on ————— EEEE————————— will precede the 1 a.m, start bomb. 38. Chet M nn 2—RBobhby WILBUR SHAW, AMERICA’S Here are Wilbur Shaw’s reactions—in his own “I drove 111 miles with the feeling I had expended 25==]0e Jan Don’ 1 Miss the Boss words—as taken down by a recording machine no more effort than in drixing around the block. . MOST FAMOUS DRIVER, DRIVES in the car; : “When Mrs. Shaw drove, her comments just about 85—Andy L “The 'S1 Chrysler has it! With this new engine and squared with mine. Here's what she thinks of the a Dike 1 NEW 1951 CHRYSLER— REPORTS Powe: Sioering: she first on any U.S. car, it's a whale 1951 Chrysler . . .” i an Som tle. Mrs: Shaw: ‘At first I could hardly believe the ease {I'm completely bowled over by the ease of steering! with which I could turn the wheel. That's important TO YOU ON REVOLUTIONARY (‘This steering combined with the automatic trans- : . . especially in the summertime. : mission ; . . is the nearest thing to an automatic ‘Often after I/have parked a car in the average park: FIREPOWER ENGINE AND pilot for a car I can possibly imagine. ing space, I féel I should taxi home, shower and get ‘This engine . . I can’t get over the amount of power ~~ dressed again But with Hydraguide Power Steering HYDRAGUIDE POWER STEERING and snap in this engine : : : it’s incredible! I parked it with one hand. It practically drives itself.” Wilbur Shaw: "It's hard to describe this new Chrysler without going off the deep end : : : it has it in every department. “In fact, I think so much of this car, I've selected it as Pace Car of the 1951 Indianapolis 500-mile race!” (Mr. Shaw's comments are reprinted through the courtesy of Popular Science Magazine.) *Mr. Shaw refers of course to standard passenger cars —not racing cars or special models. : Shaw inspects Fireronsi, the greatest new Smartly styled Chrysler convertible to Pege years. Indianapolis 500-mile race. * . # : finest engineered cars in the world 'K. W. CARR MOTOR CO. D. L. STONE, INC. C. H. WALLERICH C©O. 845.49 Virginia Ave. 1625 East Washington S¢. 950 N. Meridian $4. Indianapolis, Indiana Indianapolis, Indiana Indianapolis, indiana WILES- JOHNSON MOTORS, INC. LAFAYETTE MOTORS, INC. 3815 College Ave. 1639 Lafayette Road HIS \ 4 Indianapoliy, indiana Indianapolis, Indiana 4 SL . , 1981 Spee ; : “+