Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 29 May 1951 — Page 26

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. : —1911— 193 fe —1939— : M.P.H. | i h Pos. No. Car and Driver Cyl. Time M.P.H. Pos. No. Car and Driver Cyl. Time M.P.H. Pos. No. Car and Driver ih Cy.1ine AL 1 S 3 3 1 33 Marmon, Harroun ‘ ‘er : $ i i 3 3 3 Bowes Sea Fast, Svectal, Louis Schneider 8 3:10 3 26 i 3 1h Ll EE I, Jimmy Suyder ... 6 4.32:35.61 114045 | > 3 2 Losier, Muito wii A a cara Gin 12.13 3 19 Rory er Boeeial Tg i : 5 1 23 94.22 3 54 Offenhauser Special, Cliff Bergere rire 4 tah 117.648 Bites . 3 11 Mercedes. Wishart eneeeeses 4 0 36 $ 9 Jagson Special, Myiun Stevens ae 3 DIIGO. N01 3 a1 BAI White Special. Babe Stapp LB 429:42.68 111.230 re + 5 3 Marmon, Dawson fiance 4 4 " 31 : 4 usee Sight § pela Russell Snowberger 8 18 2 94 0 B 3 Bil White © celal Babe ADD ihger 4 4301260 111.025 : 6 2 Simplex, R. De Palma 4 7:0 1.1 8 33 Duesenberg Special? Jinimy, Gleason Eriesnses 8 5:20:29 93.60 . ; e Spe A hie Th 6 4:31:42.04 110.416 Ens | - - 4 1:08 10.47 7. Us Buckeye Speciai KE Lripiett 8 5:22:28 93.04 1 8 Thorne Engineering Special, Joel Thorne 3351 ’" | : 32 Ravional. 2 12 4 1:15 68.84 8 16 Jones-Miller Special, 8 Stubblefield 4 5.24:35 92.42 8 16 Wheeler's Special, Mauri Rose . . 4 4:13:31 80 103.444 9 15 Knox. Belc her 8 7:17 68 83 9 28 Elco Royale Special, Cliff Bergere verever 50610 31.83 9 14 Burd Piston Ring Special, Frank Wearne i 3:35:18 83 104.261 : 10 28 Tooaaon. Coe +1 67 90 0 37 Marr S8pecial. Chester Miller : 8 5:34:53 89.58 10 26 Barbasol Special. Billy DeVore Crerarees : Bl k t Cc S 8 § i . C 1 i —1932— —1940— anke overage Only 2 Drivers Killed 8 Setionsi: Dawson + sal Ty 1 3% . Miler Marte: Soectah. ¥ 10) 2 E4303. 1oLiA 1 1 Boyle Special Wilbur Shaw Coenen 8 422317 HASTE Catches All A 39 m ational, y . bear reanae 2 4 “ | Miller artz 8Specia rec rame 3 ? “; 23:45. 3.742 In R Since 1938 3 { Bab Tesisif : [rrreeseenss 4 R0 8.3 i 8% Lon Head Special, Howdy Wiicox 4 4:43.47 101.88 $Y Bin Phton Pin Special, Mauri Rose $ 43a. nym | atches ction Son i n ace I 3 21 Mercer, Hughes . sean rnsening t as 76.01 3 22 Studebaker Special, CIff Bergere 8 4:52:13 102.66 4 3 Boyle Special, Ted Horn a 8 Flagged 199 laps on 4 20 Stutz, Merz ai saree 3 B34 13.3 4 61 Meyer Special, Bob Carey 5 . 8 4:55:57 101.36 5 8 Thorne-Donnelly Special, Joe Thorne .. + 8 Plagged 197 laps | Race cars travel fast. So does Bv In only one instance has the 5 18 Schacht, W. Endicott 6 48 132 5 4 Hupp Com Special, Russell Snowberger 8 4:57:38 100.79 6 32 Sampson Special, Bob Swanson ‘16 Fiagzed 196 laps | 1 3 Ny y $ 4 ng 2 Stutz, Zengel 3 Sa. 12.7 6 37 Studebaker Special, Zeke Meyer ce 8 5.0438 98 47 1 ? Eo heer ars Wohi . § Fisemed 195 Ia: |The Times’ trackside report of Wi . d lelled the, 7 14 White, Jenkins i FA -4 7 35 Duesenberg Special, Ira Hall 8 505128 98.20 8 1 H I Mel RE 8 Flazged 194 laps “ " en increase in speed paralelle { 4 659 71.4 ) i y 3: £ arts Special, Mel Hanson 8 the “500 3 3 joe, Horan 4 11) 696 3 # Foreman Axie S. Special, Fred Winnal 3 3:07:83 743 9 18 Elsin Piston Pin Special. Frank Brisko ~*.0... 6 Flarged 103 laps 000. T d standin; a a . CL sare $rsrsavn rps any es ‘ uesenber Special, ly Winn . 5 3 1 OC « . ’ a I 192 laps : ’ *"” rise in auto racing fatalities at 0 0 gloP™G ford re akan saieee 6 853 56.2 10 53 Hignway Parts Soecial. Joe HUR Livan 16 542°31 7.58 19 » Roc-Ous Rove Clamp BD LeBezue.... 3 Flazend p Here's BOW he ines Speecs a seat. the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. ==1910w 4 63508 75933 —1933— 1 18 Noe-O . & D 44 5.117 he eet ® rine . stationed sve it . Got Le : : i Noc-Out H, C Special M. Rose & avis . 2 1 mes s ST a Since 1909 only 40 mechanics, 3 3 ner Wishart A 6.08.14 11.49 u [vdol Special, Louis Meyer is irans eves B 4:48:00 104 16 2 1 Bowes Seal Fast Special, Rex Mays = 34 4.450 an observation stand at the places t : : 3 2 Stutz, Merz 4 6:48:49 14.48 2 17 © Mallory Special, Wilbur Stiaw ig 4 4.54.42 101.79 3 4 Thorne Special, Ted Horn . 6 4:2 3.864 In The o «drivers and spectators have been 4 9 Sunbeam, €iuvot 6 1:02:08 10.92 3 37 Foreman Axle Special, Lou Moore ceteris 4 4:95:16 101.59 4 54 Bowes Seal Fast Special, Ralph Hepburn 8 4 3631 | utside of each of the four turns. 5 23 Mercedes-Knight, Pilette 4 7:20.13 68.15 4 21 Sampson-Radio Special, Chet Gardner ....... 18 4:56:29 101.18 5 34 Noc-Out H. C. Special, Cliff Bergere 4 4 3.528 | ; 3 h The nto bei killed during practice runs and on. § 13 Gray Fox. Wilcox 4 Lagas 87.8 $3 Shafer “w Special HW. Stuboleneld A 4isTay 10076 $ 4 So¥le Special, Chet Miler ov = "020 Saif 1921 He's equipped with a phone. * a stead | 7 26 s, Muliford Sous rt Rose ecial, Dave Evans } 4 ‘ : . n ee : 798 - ‘ race day. But 35 percent or 14 of | {30 RMIredgy FoLter 4 7:10:08 344 7 34 Studebaker Special, Tony Gulotta #50248 49.07 3 & Bill Holabird Special. Frank Wearne .. 14 058 phon: is Hosked oe a Times ghee finally Rn - 4 752 8 4 Russell “R" Special, Ri 1 Snowberger ] 02:59 99 01 ; : wader Card Special, Paul Russo" .... ver 5.62 . : 8 ock roo ‘ #'" fhose fatalities are spanned be- 9 15 Mason Haupt « 13614 61 99 3: § Russell “a Special. Russell Siowberger 11.110 A 3.023 90 1) 8 [rader Oard Social, Pan) BUSS Lesrvnseis is R03 3830 [cuit that feeds the pa au ane tiveen 1933 and 1938 when the 10 4 Studebaker Special, Luther Johnson cre teeee 8 5:08:22 9728 —1946 press box. i ber of 500-Mile Race speed average had i 16° Delage. Thomas 4 susan ad. 44 J U8 fee 1 1s Thorrie. Bhs. Spl. Geo. Robson 6 421-160 114.820 Information on the turns is . sed {ts biggest jump from 104.162 to’ 2 14 Peugeot. Duray “ee 4 8:30:24 ° og vonurts Somel ' Ninh ' 3 6 Jackson Speciai, Jimmy Jackson 4 4:22:00.74 1144v8 flashed to The Times command ! BE Ty 4 6:14:01 80.21 1 1 Boyle Products Special, Wild Bill Cummings 4 4 104 863 § 33 33.19.00 109.819 Lak 117.210 + 8 Praseor, Goux Ill! LI ia UB 3 1 Duras Seefisl Siauil Rose : $ ¢ 104697 | § 13 Eixin Piston Pin Sp. Emil Andres § 435805 logso2 post atop the paddock. The pad- Mohr igg pe oie . 1 StL 2. Oldfield : : . 4 9 a3 5 iR.1o } 2 Foreman Axle Special. Lou Moore, verepey 4 400 102 625 5 24 Noc-Out H 1 Tt ly i of *hitwood . 4 4:36:4530 108399 . / lains Biggest Speed Jump § 4 Fxcelstor Christiaens 8 8:37.23 io 4 13 Swokely Food Special D icon Lita i ad 190.138 ¢ 1 Affa-Romeo Sp. Louls Durant oo. 3 $8ii0a lopzi (dock phones are connected to The smiled ‘ 938 ly two drivers 7 27 Sunbeam, Grant 6 6:36:22 in 5 16 Juesenberg Special, Joe Russo 8 5 19.894 1 52 Maserati Sp. Lull Villores{f ......... 8 4:57:40.23 100.783 Times switchboard. ] hy Since 1938 only 'wo drivers, s Reaver Bullet. Keene 4 6:40:57 i482 6 16 Shafer Eight Special, Al Miller . 8 0 18.274 3 7 Wolfe-Tulsa Sp., Frank Wearne 4 Flageed 197 laps | : went on Floyd Roberts and Shorty Cant-| ¢ 25 Maxwell Carlson : 4 7:02.42 70.91 7 22 Floating Power Special CIT Bergers . 4 5 97.818 TN Tanta A RR as Ine eras + & "Flacced 197 lave Reporters Everywhere 5 lon have been killed on Memorial 10 42 Duesenberg. Rickenbacker 4 T0334 i : 1 Bualell Zleht, Russell Showberger : 2 31 331 10 17 Schoof 8p. Billy DeVore trssevararens vv 4 Out at 167 laps Times reporters are everywhere Ten B 1 —1915— 10 24 Lucent] Special Herb Ardinger a 8 3 4 95 948 —]1947— at th i 3 1e colu . 8 Ei AILEY tratctrrrnsnyns : a e track. They are stationed Days. Three others, George ; 4 5:38:50 89 54 . : ot i ] 33 Mercedes R. De Paima 7:24 88.91 1 27 Blue Crown Spark Plug Spl. Mauri Rose ..... 4 4 116.338 at phones in the pits, the pagoda seats, Bailey, Ralph Hepburn and 2 3 Peugeot, Resta $a 818 =e 193 5m 2 16 Blue Crown Spark Plug Spl. Bill Holland .... 4 4 116.097 +P § Lhe pis, t 2 the last i% @eorge Metzler met their death 3 : sy Br 4 55619 86.62 1 5 Gilmore Speedway Special. Kelly Petillo ...... 4 4 108 240 } 1 Bennett Bros. Spi. Ted Horn. © ...... § 4 114997 (and the hospital. All their news : 4 4 Stutz 00% + 60813 81.4% 2 I" Pitrune Shecial. Wilbur Shaw Ed 105.930 4 54 Novi-Gov Mobil Spl.. Ardinger & Bergere ..... 8 4 113.404 i flashed t th ddock roof C «in practice runs. And since Cant- 5 15 Duesenbers. O Donnell 4 61519 40.46 : 1 Busan, Ee Secs. Bh cunmap ill 4 4 104.758 5 1. Jim Hussey Spl. Jimmy Jackson ........... 4 4 112.834 [1S llashe 0 e pa den’s screaming crash on the 41st 71 Stuts Wilcox 4 S101 3.14 4 22 Abels & Fink Special. Flovd Roberts 4 4 103.228 ? of [o%es Sel Past Spl FSX Mus .....ouo 3 4 3 131.9% and from there to The Times city ; The j pn : Said SE . s 4 6:15:0 5. 2) Veedo} Special. Ralph Hepburn § " 3 ! . Wa Y § : 3 re lap in 1947 the average speed of § 13 Maxwell Carlson-Hughes 4 6:19:55 ys | 6 9 Sullivan & O'Brien Special. Willlam Cantion = 4 4 101.140 : 3 Sattersela Sol. Cy Marshall 8 197 laps |room. Once in the city room a May 23. the 500-Mile Race has leaped from 10 7 Sunbeam, Von Raalte 4 6:35:23 4 i 1. Sampson Radio Special Shester Gardner 4 i 131309 10 10 Shear oi Duke Dasma 4 Flagged 167 laps |fast crew of rewrite men turn it 3 ent Clar "$1116.338 to 124 miles an hour —1916— bo 3 Pirrung Special, Doc MacKenzie 4 41 100.598 —1948— into copy for the printers. 3 laxed hi > ¢ . 00 Miles) 10 34 Milac Front Drive Special. Chet Miller 8 4 100.474 Rvoos tire o site tonches the Fs “only seven of the 40 destin (Reco beta 10 20 wy Tu pn ou 1936— bd Bie Gown Souk Bi a Mah, 4 HINES Nei 1 a Baha t, Resta . Cees oe | — 1 ue Crown Spar ug Special, Bill Holland... 4 :11:47. 9. 2 it’ ia rirhave been spectators. Two of 3 !I EUltiiere D'Alene 4 33615 83M I 54 Novi Grooved Piston Special. Duke Nalon 8 4140018 iiso34 [track it's mews. An mes .re= 3 had had th re recorded in 1909 when, 3 10 Peugeot. Mulford 4 4.37.30 9 44 1 8 Ring Pree Special, Louis Meyer ............... 4 4:35:03.39 109.069 4 1 Bennett Brothers Special, Ted Horn 8 4:14:34.47 117.344 |porters, spotters and rewritemen 3 A ref A, t+ 2 those were ‘ 14 Sunbeam, Christisens 6 3:48.36 a 2 2 Hartz Special, Ted Horn . .. ........ .......4 8 4:37:20.54 108.170 5 35 Don Lee Special. Mac Hellings ..... 4 4:24:3852 113.361 | : ; it. Th 1 ; 2 the track was opened for three, § 15 Delage, Oldfield 3 3:41 i 18.3 3 10 Gilmore Speedway Special. Doc MacKenzie 4 4:3 3 38 197.440 6 81 ity of Tacoma. Hal Sole a 4 4:28:50 86 111.587 are right on top of it. us is : good Ww | L A a 4 38 F D Special, Mauri Rose = .. ........ . 27 7 ngs Special. Lee Wallar 4 134: XT { - y - Ed days of racing. On the third day, 3 Maxwell, Henderson 4 3:54:30) 6 5 18 Boyle Products Special. Ghet Miller Sie 8 4:40:3517 106.919 8 31 Phil Kraft Special. John Mauro 2 YPlazwed 198 iaps (fashioned a swift, accurate, col 4 can talk . 2"Charle Merz’ car shed a tire 8 28 Crawford. Johnson 4 4 01 2 14 1 6 4) Pink Auto Special, Ray Pixley .. .......... 4 4:45:01.58 105 253 9 ? Kurtis-Kraft Special, Tommy Hinnershitz 4 Flagged 133 laps orful, account of the race. 3 guy in y F : 9 24 Crawford, Chandler 4. 402 14 7 3 Gilmore Special, Wilhur Shaw reesrssnse 4 4:47:49.00 104 215 10 6! Howard Keck Special. Jimmy Jackson 0 evn 4 Spun 193d lap tax the r~=#nd crashed through a fence kill- yo 9 Ostewes. Haibe 4 40310 i B17 shater Special Georss Barringer cicanes 4 42186) 102.830 1940 Motorcycle messengers rush the : x r 5 Joe orne Special, eke Meyer chasse ’ Fhe » ‘ 2 ell vou . — — ) ; ] n S Vv to T : ] ing his mechanic, Kellum, and : 1919 . Son os 10 38 Marks-Miller Special, George Connor ...... 4 5031449 9893) : T Bhi Brown Sark Plas Special, Bf Holand AOTIS9T 19033] photographer negatives to The i i you two spectators. ] } Peugeot. WHEOX ....eovev.vi oi evnanovannnans 4 544.20 87.1 1937 2 12 Kurtis-Kraft Special. Johany Parsons 4 4.102697 119.785 Times’ downtown office for proc- Li 3 § Dursny Wiaine xrsevifesson 14 5:49:08 85.94 lV 3 2 Blue Crown Spark Plug Special George Connor 4 410.3078 119585 ooging Forty-five minutes later : 100 feet p . "Guy 5:55:16 84.44 - 1, Wil Shaw . ........ 4:3 ; Marchese Special. Myron Fohr ces 2:32.65 1 SS . v ; : Boy Is Killed { 4 32 Ballot, Guyot ; 3 3:53:18 Hu 1 6 Shaw-Glimore Special, Wilbur Shaw a s 43 hy oy oe ey Sole Cotwoon 3 38388 8A the pictures are in a race edition. It's al 3 2 Bender, Alley 12 81010 81.03 3 3 Pamion Rar Sires, hob Hebe 8 4 6 51 Howard Keck Special. Jimmy Jackson 4 4143100 117.870 ot the W w Wilbur Brink, 11, was killed by s 1 Packard, en Tre 4 6:10:10 81.04 4 3 pay orecin Maver orn vay 8 4 7 08 Agajanian Special, Johnny Mantz 4 4 16.06.01 117.601 That's how The Times covers ts 4 ® flying tire while he sat in his] § 7 Judson. I. Vail 6 8:12:43 8054 | 5 45 Midwest Red Lion Special. Clift Bergers 4 4 8 .19 Tufly's Offy Special, Paul Russo 4 ABIL IBS oon Ne Race. It takes speed seats in 2 CaO Hickey Lille re 61389 80.2 | 8 18 Miller, Bill Cummings Ra on 4 4 9 9 Tuffy's Offy Special, Emil Andres 4 Flagged 107 laps : . patio an front yard on Georgetown Road 8 2 Tornaae. O cheviolet .-.. Seteieieseiid ¢ 617] 98 i 28 Miller Special, Billy Devora © IB 10 51 Troy Ofl Co. Special, Noi ates? 4 Plasged 181 Iabs to cover speed. ; Ft | ton Ring Special, Tonv Gulotta . ‘48 —1950— adjacent to the Speedway in 1931.] —1920— 9° 11 Marks-Miljer Special, George Connor 4 4 J G i J c ’ T a 3 : rand The tire was thrown from Billy , 4 Motiroe, Gaston Chevrolet 4 5:3 8362 | 10 33 Sobnite Plastic Bpecial, Louis Tomei ........ “8 4 1345 Miles, Called Because of Rain) x : 3 pd jos | Shaw Averaged 114 rooms, Arnold's car. 2 25 Ballot, Rene Thomas 8 5:45:02 26 8 19S Bee Lap 3 10 Duesenberg. Tommy Milton 149. | Plasped ° a In 1937 during 3 practice run, : i” Dussennore, YY, Mirony : a gs | 1 23 Burd Piston Ring Spl. Flovd Roberts 4 4155840 117.200 1 1 Wynn's Fric. Pring. Spl PRR Parsons 153 p 2 55.6 When Speedway President wil- Soncessl i 5 allot, RAID i : 5 Special, Wilbur ¢ 4:19:33.57 115580 2 3 Blue Crown Spark Plug. Spl. Bill Holland 137 2 . ssary. Bunny Phillips’ race car rolled, ¢ Qussenvere, Eddie Hearne § else 02 | 3 LE EW "Bpecia Chel Miller § 4205931 114948 3 2 Howard Keck Special, Mauri Rose : 137 4 3 bur Shaw won his third race in Your cor y : 3 lot, Jesns FARsSARDe 1 -Harts Spl, ‘i 8 4:27:32.39 112.203 4 54 John Zink Special, Cecil Green 1 o4 3 ! down the straightaway lke 2 ; 3 Monree, doa Thomas : LER ns ! % Da Ring ari 1 JR 4 431°57T48 110.311 5 17 Wolfe Special, Joie Chitwood 136 4 3 1940, he had to drive the last 125 commiss. bowling ball and crashed into the 8 11 Mulford, Ralph Mulferd 4 7:23:83 6718 6 54 Offenhauser 8pl. Herb Ardinger a 4 4314515 109.843 § 8 Blue Crown Spark Plug Sol. Lee Wallard 136 4 3: miles under the caution flag bei . A : 7 45 March I. H McQuinn | ........ 8 431:5180 108.694 7 98 Grant Piston Ring Special, Walt Faulkner 13: pit wall killing George Warfard —1921— 3 58 *R yf Ww Special. Ris DeVore 4 4:31:4995 102.000 8 5 Blue Crown Spark Pl. Spec. George Connor 138 4 3 cause of rain. His average was Th eer > 3 62 { .@ 2 Thorne Engineering Spl. Joel Thorne . 4 4:32:0205 102.009 9 7 Russo-Nickels Special ul Russo - 135 4 $3 en and hii Togo gr } : At Sammy Milton : baa b 28.61 | 10 2 Tndtare Tur 8pl. rank Wearne orn 4 4:32:44 82 99 543 10 50 Granatelli-Sabourin Special, Pat Flaherty 135 4 2 114 mph. more se se ue! » ‘82°50 85.03 I . mt — eee eee: eee ee eee ee ee tet tee ee 3 8 3 23 Frontenac, Perry Ford 4 5:52: 24.65 : In 1938 Everett Spence, a specta-| 5 Duesenberg, Eddie Miller 8 5:54:24 M. j ture. tor, was sitting atop a truck | 8 n a BI Guyot 3 Sol1t R3.03 % It cost when Emil Andres’ car tossed a 7 3 Leach Special Ira Vail 3 Ss: 30.2 750,000. tire during ihe race on the south-| § 21 Dusenbere Bo Muitoras 0 "U8 82008 69 34 Everyt east turn. Spence died from in-| *Flagged 177th lap; awarded Sth place; only stands 1} juries Sqr YUBNIDN, 1922 Su) the pric Following is a list of driver and fy in 3 5:17:10 94.48 sold for mechanic deaths: | J § MuphySses, Re Mun oo oy sl 93 Solg Ter : : 3 LGR Re Palma .... . so. 8 5:31:04 90 61 creased KILLED IN RACING | 8 3 Duesenbers. Ora F. Haibe es 3 33k] 23.38 demands 1908—Willlam Borque (d), | SN Ra Pr Peano 8 54085 87.00 terial, It Harry Holcolm (m), Kellum | 3 1 Disteel-Duesenbere. Ira Vail 3 3:48:18 8613 rial. It (m). ia 5B trey A homes eras ey 38:03:04 823 tion tool 1911 (fipst 500-Mile Race)— | . —1923— gle's wo! 8. P. Dickson (m). 1 1 RC 8 Special Tommy Milton .. 3 sai Bol “500” re 1919—Louls LeCocq (4), R. | 1 1 Duh Boecith Jered QiG, § odd sao Cagle r Bandini (m), Arthur Thurman | § Durant Special, Eddie Hearne =. 3 uals 35.63 months. (Bd). => ; } B Phen ain Frank i Elliott s 6:04:52 8222 A wo Reon Wied 1928...B11} Spence (4). | 8 13 Mercedes Special. Max Sailer. Celie soe ; Te Hl ' d F] | fc rence At 1930—Paul Marshall (m). tg 19 Bugatti Special. Prince de Cystria : 3 a 74.98 : N n A W ) i v or 198 Mark Billman (d), Les- 10 3 Duesenberg Special Phil Shafer n t® eo hours. C 31 » 1 ter Spangler (d), G. 1. Jordan Duesenberg Special, L as and Jos Boyer 8 50323 9823 links to (m) | 3 8 Studevaner Special. Eati Cooper ...... ... 8 506:47 97.19 debris le ; y [ . ‘ph 0 8 5:0825 , 7.2% : 1935—Clay Weatherly (d). | 3 3 Buran SBociia “Harry Haris : Bosloud sed fans. CH "loy . 5 3 Miller Special, Bennett Hill .e 5:11:00.0 9 rey Custton i). | § 11 BueiaSEe Buell Boal be ios j Ips iM I o ) . ; 5:2 9° 8 524:30 92.45 KILLED IN PRACTICE : 2 ot Sa Tara Mourre 8 5:26:55 91 3 \ 1910—Tommy Kincaid, test- 10 19 Miller Special. Robert McDonogh 8 51:26 90.51 Then ¢ Ing passenger car. —1925— and plar 1912—Harry Martin (d). i} 12 Duesenberg Special. Peter De Facio Ciaresrsares 3 4 3 if in 5 be set ot . o | v , ‘is “ 92 «a : 1926—Herbert Jones (d). 3 ’ Duthenbars. SPeCIAL Phil E. Shafer ... 8 4:39:24 10013 work eri 1931—Joe Caccla (d), Olar- | § § {Her SOC Mommy Milton . A so82s 9778 must be ence Grover (m). ioe 8 Miller Special Leon, Dray ‘ 3 3:09:34 4 3) mended. 1 8 fller Special. Ralp e Palma 5:08 ! 1932—Milton Jones (d), Har- 3 n Dissenberg Special, Peter Kreis ... 3 Sie 3532 WwW hen ry Cox (m). | 10. 23 Fiat Special, Pietro Bordino ......iie..e.ins 8 51637 94.75 superinte 1933—Bill Danner (d), Bob ' : —19%6 visitors. Hurst (m). | to Janua { (400 Miles, called because of rain) 1934—Pete Kreis (d), Robert | Flazeed >a 95.90 ventions Hahn (m). ] 1B Mu a DSIRE sevranaas fe 1 IRL 9 3 Magazine . 395 8 4:11:48 9 1935 — Jimmy Hannon (4), : FS Fae Cee FM Novayary 37a 8 4:11:49 92.32 material. Stubb Stubblefield (d), Leo § 12 Duesenberg Special. P. De Paolo ........ 38212 RB 4:10:41 31 54 He rarel y y, 6 8 Miller Special. Prank Elliott evans 10: . | Whitaker (m). 7 1 Mie Soin Noroan Batten Lo 39, 3 4il0ie3 90.27 perintenc 1937—Albert Opalko (m). 3 I Miler Suecial. Raion Hepburn ras 317s ’ 4:11:59 $3.08 1 sense of 1840—George Bailey (d). 10 4 Miller Special. Phil Shafer LD Tet w ‘ditiine 87.00 ; BR has, « ,1948—Ralph Hepburn (d). —1927— ” ” " 3 : You cc “1949—George Metzler (d). Py 13 Duesenberg, George Souders 8 507.33 ” 34 PF ; Bo a f one-tra (d)—dviver, (t)-—smechanie, 33 Miler Won Gotta HE Et 2 : A is the 4 29 Jynx Special, Wilbur Shaw 8 52212 93.11 9 5 21 Duesenberg. Dave vans 8 5:30:27 90.78 * 14 Cooper Special, Bob McDonogh 8 5:31:49 90.41 pee way i 16 Jiikier speci Eddle Heat fe : 3 3 25 2 2 § t . on 5.52 : ’ 25 Miller Specia y CIML Bergere . : 3 i 2 79.92 10 2

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