Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 29 May 1951 — Page 23

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TUESDAY, MAY 29, 1951

Banks Car CarriesLap by Lap With 33 Starters

DUKE NALON LEE WALLARD

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES —

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JACK McGRATH

(Novi Purelube Special) ‘ (Belanger Special) (Hinkle Special) . S amp Lap Time MPH Lap Time MPH Lap Time ‘MPH 1 sinennes vere 1:05.67 137.049! 1 ....0.00 ooo 1:06.24 185.870, 1 ....... sane 1:07.17 133.988 - » . D rererirenne 1:05.80 186.788! 2 .:00ivnees + 1:06.74 134.8521 2 ..iivveevas 1:06.92 134.489 SSG f A Brreesanannss 1:06.04 136.281 3 ceseessss 1:06.70 134.933 3 ...0000nn oo 1:06.91 134.509 4 reer nrinans 1:06.23 135890 4 ..... eenees 1:06.91 134.039 4 ......v00es 1:07.05 134.228 Henry Banks is automobile rac- Total ...... 4:23.74 136.498 Total ...... 4:26.59 185.089 Total ...... 4:28.05 134.303 ing’'s all-time king of persever- DUANE CARTER MAURI ROSE TROY RUTTMAN ence. Mobilgas Special) (Pennzoil Spl.) (Agajanian Featherweight Spec.) The little Englishman who didn't Lap Time MPH Lap Time MPH Lap Time MPH win a single title point in last Eo coi 1:07.20 133.929! 1eeovsrnnnnn « 1:07.2 183.829) 1 ..u.cvneene 1:07.84 132.665 year’s 500-Mile Race carved him- gol weer OTIS 133.968 2 cetainnnee oo 1:07.70 182939 2 ........ oss 1:08.31 131.752 self a niche among racing greats 8 Cressi. 130748 133.373 | 3 cveiiiinnas 1:07.92 132.000 3 ...... ceess 1:08.00 132.358 ! by still winning the Sports diieisceinn + 1:07.30 133.730 | 4 .cevvnnnnens 1:07.13 134.028 4 ...... eens 1:07.93 132.489 Championship title. Jamplg ISTD Ue. rie No 1 oq] Total fiui, 4:29.16 133.7149 Total ....... 4:29.82 183.422 Total ..... . 4:32.08 132.314 his Blue Crown Special this year. MIKE NAZARUK JOHNNIE PARSONS TONY BETTENHAUSEN He will reign as “the champ” un- (Jim Robbins Special) (Wynn's Friction-Proofing Spl.) (Mobileil Spl.) til the close of this season when L4P Time MPH Lap Time MPH Lap Time MPH the points in the Indianapolis ! verrnes 1:08:21 131.945) 1 .......... 1:07.95 132450 1 ........... 1:08.32 13L.333 * “500” and other championship 2 *:++++e+ee 1:0848 131423 2 .......... 1:08.02 182814{ 2 ...cieeene 1:08.22 131.926 races ate counted. 3 ivan we 108.25 131.868/ 3 .......... 10842 ISL540 3 .....ceuuee 1:08.20 131.965 | | When Henry “hit the road” for 4 sevenvirees 1:07.41 133.511 4 .ievannnns 1:08.02 132.311 4% .....00000e 1:08.09 122.178 ecial; 4-cylinder the title races on the mile and splacement, 270 longer tracks after Indianapolis Total ...... 4:32.35 132.188" Total ...... 4:32.41 132.154 Total . 1:53.88 131.950 he faced terrific odds that he CECIL GREEN FRED AGABASHIAN SAM HANKS couldn't take the title. Johnnie (John Zink Special) (Granatelli-Bardahl Special) (Schmidt Special) Parsons, the winner, had earned LaP Time MPH Lap Time MPH Lap Time MPH 690 points for that victory. and| 1 *:++++++++ 1:07.80 1328 1 ..... cerns TOGTL ASAOIZL 1 .iviveveses 1:07.96 132.431 other top finishers were ahead ofl 2 ****** +» 1:07.97 182411) 2 L.oceieuee. 10651 135818 2 Loi... . 1:07.65 138.038 Banks” “zero” SRR 1:07.81 132.724 3 ..eevieeee. 1:06.94 134449) 3 ....iie.... 1:07.54 133.254 Drove in Al Races 4 avis 1:09.37 129.7300 4 oiieierees . 1:0845 - 135.440! 4 ........... 1:07.53 133.274 § Shrugging off the disappoint- Total ...... 4:32.95 131.892! ‘Total .i..... 4:26.61 135.029' Total ....... 4:30.68 132.998

ment of 12th.place in the “500,” Banks consistently drove in championship races and gathered

WALT BROWN (Eederal Engineering Special)

WALT FAULKNER (Agajanian-Grant Piston Special)

CARL SCARBOROUGH (McNamara Special)

Lap Time MPH |Lap Time MPH Lap Time MPH Aun assortment of second aMl'y’',,.....,.., 05ST ISLES T .eoevseiee. TOAD 135SM2{ 1 éervevveres BOLIO 134128 third places. ol 2 eeevesnnees HOLES © 132685 Z coceeveeess 10556 137.278] 2 ..eeevee..s 10644 135.461 By the time the speed fraternity| g _ _ _..,.., 1:08.29 1SL791 8 ........... 1:0590 136.571) 3 ........... 1.06.24 135870 appeared at the 200-miler at Darl- 4 _ _ _ . ... . 1:08.48 131.521) 4 ..ee0e0000.1:0516 138.122) 4 ........ «eo 1:05.68 187.028 ington, S. C., in December, it dawned on the speed fraternity mga) .,..... 4:32.92 131.907! Total ....... 4:73.07 136872! Total ...... 4:25.46 135.611 that “Conservative Henry” was : AN IRR TEE : ; Y & BILL SCHINDLER HENRY BANKS CLIFF GRIFFITH within grasp of the national (Chapman Special) (Blue Crown Spark Plug Special) (Morris Special) eTown, : aap Time MPH Lap Time MPH. Lap Time MPH Although Parsons won the race, Je . 1:07.35 133.630] 1 covvrnrcene 1:07.35 133630) 1 ....c0000n . 1:07.12 134.088 Banks gathered enough points for , oo 00 3.0754 133848] 2 ..eveeeee.. 10708 134208 2 ....... ers 1:07.37 133.789 third place to take the champion-| 5 _____ ' 10685 134.630| 3 ..cccoeeeee 1:07.24 1S8.548{ 3 ......o..us 1:07.00 134.825 ship. Parsons was third in the, 4 1:07:15 130.028] 4 ...coeeeeve 10721 138.909 4 .....eeee.. 1:07.39 138.56 | title rating and Walt Faulkner nosed into second place. The mug .,,... 4:28.59 134.033 Total ....... 4:28.86 133.899 Total ..... . 4:2898 133.839 polite’ Sanks, 1300; Faulkner, CHUCK STEVENSON BILL VUKOVICH GEORGE CONNOR Ba on fires driver to win (Bardahl Special) (Central Excavating Special) | (Blue Crown Spark Plug Special) he I ir el oo Lap Time MPH Lap Time MPH Lap Time MPH | oul I 8 championship Without glen: crv INEZ, 1300881 121... vee: TOLIG 154.008 1 .evveree.. . 1:07.41 133511 pecisl; 4.cyline ing pois in the Indianapolis) 5 ceesosrs coo HOTE2" 188690 2 ciiierieris LOT4S 133.3781 2 ...ue cesses 1:07.42 133.492 iston displace- 500, except Ear] Cooper In1917).q |, 000 TOTOS 1849981 3 .evoesecnis HOTEL 1855000 3 covvensons . 1:07.45 133.432 h and Ralph Mulford in 1918 WHER! 4 oeveeverses TROL ISB057 4 vrevnenres YOSE 1356100 & +ovvervosss 1OTHR 187970 mph. there was no “500” because of World War IL Total ....... 4:20.13 133.764) Total ....... 4:29.21 133.725 Total ....... 4:29.96 133.353

Hard Worker He is not the first non-winner

GENE FORCE (Brown Motor Co. Special)

CARL FORBERG (Auto Shipper’s Special)

MACK HELLINGS | MPH |

(Tuffanelli-Derrico Special)

of the “500” to take the title, how- Lap Time MPH Lap Time MPH (Lap Time . . ever. In 34 races run since the 1 ........... 1:07.62 133.097 1 ........... 1:07.30 138.780 1 ........... 1:07.98 132.392 Just before the green starting flag tomorrow notice the beautiful lustrous first one in 1911, only 14 winners 2 .,,........ 1:07.70 132.939 2 ..eee000000 1:07.86 132.626) 2 ..cc000000eee 1:07.56 138.215 : became national champions. 8 2 eens. OTE 133.09%1 3 ....... veer 1:08.02 132.311) S......e00h.. 110748 133.878 finish of each racing car. Every car has been given a BLUE CORAL Treatment. Recognized as one of the hard-| 4 ........... 1:07.58 133.274 4 ..cce000e. 1:07.65 133.138 4............ 1:07.83 132.587 d ik I est working drivers in racing, . o mir Xi $ as Banks started in 1932 in the Total ...... 4:30.47 133.102, Total ...... 4:3083 132.925| Total .x.... 4:30.90 132.890 | The finish of these cars have been burnished to a hard mirror-like surface midgets. He has driven in seven RODGER WARD = —JOHNNY McDOWELL JIMMY DAVIES : : . . y ¢ do the track. Indianapolis races, Bites times as| (Deck Manufacturing Co. Spl.) | (W. & J. Special) (Parks Offenhauser Special) | protection against the 170 mile an hour winds as hey roa wn a starter and four times as a re- [ap Time MPH Lap Time MPH |Lap Time MPH | © : . lief driver. Y cecirnereess HOBSO ISATSH 1 ..eveivsreee 10762 138097 1 .ocvvveeee. IOLIE . 185.968 No wonder BLUE CORAL is the first choice of champions «ess ltis to your A native of England, Banks! 3 ........... 1:06:39 135.055} 2 cove seers T0744. 188452 3 _........e0 107.31. 133.710 . lives in California. He ismarried| §...... .... 1:06.82 134.680 3 ........... 1:08.07 132217 8 ........... 1:07.21 133.909 advantage to make an appointment through your own car dealer for a and the father of a 13-year-old 4 ........... 1:06.72 134.892 4 ............ 1:08.62 18L157| 4 ........... 1:07.93 132.489 . boy, John Allen Ranks. Banks | BLUE CORAL Treatment and preserve that fine factory finish of your car... is 35 years old, weight about 145 Total ...... . 4:26.93 134.867 Total ....... 4:31.75 132.475 Total ....... 4:20.68 133.516 pounds and is 5 feet, 10 inches CHET MILLER BOBBY BALL JOE JAMES tall. a (Novi Purelube Special) (Blakely Special) (Estes Lincoln-Mercury) Here is the list of AAA Nation- Lap Time MPH Lap Time MPH |Lap Time MPH al Champions and winners of the "JV" == y.4540 3187615) 1 «eveeeeres 10722 133.888] 1 ........... 10041 138.511 “500” those years: : 3 1108.92 134.80%1 2 sieveeesee 10112 134.088 | 2 ...vee0ese. 1:07.49 133.353 | YPAR AAA CHAMPION 500 WINNER g ..., 1:06.68 134.978 3 ...cceccen. 1:07.00 134.148 3 .......00...1:0682 134.690) “J “J; : hi “] I In Raloh Debaima 02 DAWSOR. | 4 seeeeeesees 1:06.30 185.747 4 ceeerecrs. 1:07.03 134.268) 4 ...cieieen. 10710 134.128) e Jiaishing ./ouc i 1204 Ba Clore Le i | | 1913 Earl Cooper Ralph DePalma | Total ...... 4:25 185.798 Total ...... 4:28.46 134.098 Total ...... 4:28.82 133.919 / 1917 Pari’coover (No Race—war | ANDY LINDEN DUKE DINSMORE | BILL, MACREY | for So Cor 1 Raivh Myler Howard. Wilcox { (Leitenberger Special) (Brown Motor Co. Special) (Karl Hall Spl.) | Y o Jor Caton Cire Samer Mien | Lap Time MPH Lap Time MPH Lap Time ~~ MPH | 1922 Jimmy Murphy Jimmy Marphy | 1 e...eeseess 1:07.84 132.665 1............ 10836 131.636 1 ........... 1:07.91 132.528 1223 Fadje Heame omy 2 veessinives 1208.09 182.023) 2 ccceecnseees 1:08.34 181.694) 2 ...ce000... 1:08.45 131.483, 92 Jimmy y + L. C i | * 1033 Pere DePaclo Pet DePaclo | 3 ........e.. 1:08.47 I3L444| 3 ...ceee.ee.. 10786 132.626) 3 ........... 1:08.65 131100] COMPANY FACTORS. 1308 Hany Hans Ean Le | § sicrersnsn HOUT 13978814 covveee oe TUBZ2. 131976] 4 vouvevceess THOBSL 130.795 1928 Louis Meyer Rois, Meyer | : 1930 Bily Arnold Billy Arnold Total ...... 4:32.26 132.227 Total ...... 4:32.78 131.974' Total ...... 4:33.82 131.473 : ERE Ten [eelmeetiieo = > BEC Hi cmrne Meyer Winner at 23 1936 Pail Rey Reine When Louis Meyer won the 16th ALWAYS BE CAREFUL DRIVING ¥ 1938 Mord Ropers Plovd Roberts annual 500-Mile Race in 1928, he 1940 re Wibyr i was only 23 years old. That's the 1941 Rex Mavs Flovd Dayis and came age as Troy Ruttman. Meyer 13S Hora? Da son [WOR the Face with a rear-drive 1047 Ted Horn Maun Rose Miller Special, but did not equal 1945 ohnnle. Parsons Bill Holland the track record set in 1925 by 1950 Henry Banks Johnnie Parsons pete DePaolo’s Duesenberg. DeArs. Paolo’s time was 4 hours, 56 min1st Borg-Warner Winner utes, 39.46 seconds. Meyer's

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