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TUESDAY, MAY 29, 1951

Firestone’s New Tire Keeps Pace With High Speed, Safety at ‘500’

By FRANK ANDERSON

Speeds are rising in the “500.” So is tire safety and

performance.

Firestone has developed a new racing “doughnut” that's the talk of the pit wall. It’s a tire that handles easier, takes some of the “drift” out of turns, increases treadwear life. Last year's winner, Johnny Parsons, averaged 124.002

mph. The new tire's backers|———————

creates heat and heat causes

believe that speed can be blowouts.

upped four miles an hour by Another important angle to the using the Firestone rubber devel- tire is the new cord of higher opment. tensile. Higher tensile assures

One’ backer is Wilbur Shaw, the tire holding its shape. A tire

Bpeedway president and general that holds its

manager. Shaw should know, Stress and heat is a safer tire, He's a three-time “500” winner Passenger Cars Will Gain and has driven many miles of Everyone knows the Speedway tire tests, is an automobile laboratory, So Cars Are Guinea Pigs it’s certain that passenger cars The Firestone company proved will reap the benefits of the tire the tire on some of the hottest work and the hundreds of imrace cars it could find. Used as provements made in safety each

guinea pigs were the Novi front “500.”

drives and the rear-drive Hinkle Tires aren't getting more plenSpecial. Pole-winner Duke Nalon tiful. The Korean War is playand Chet Miller piloted the Novis. ing hob with available supplies. § Add hoarders § drive. to a shortage and you've got! § The testers kept their eyes on trouble. Racing seems to be set-|

Jack McGrath handled the rear So are hoarders.

shape

heat generation, car handling and {in a good example.

the rate of tread wear. And|Dave cut down their practice runs, § speeds averaged from 128 to 132/IR an effort wt conservation. | | Moore has tips for motorists Johnny Moore, Firestone track who want to save their tires: manager at the Speedway, feels Make We Wheels Are prop-. | that the new tire's best attrac- erly aligned. Criss-cross your | % to equalize a driver has to feel safe, If you Wear, Watch speed and road

temperatures. It may mean all any such s . . } * ean ¢ Y such speed safe Your life, Have tires properly |

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tion is safety. At 130-140-mph! tires frequently

Punctures No Worry | inflated,

“Punctures don’t bother us too Treat your tires right and much,” says Johnny. “The daily they'll treat You right.

track inspections take care of that. You'd be surprised at the|* things we find in the mornings. ?* Sometimes the night winds blow| : roofing nails off the grandstand! +

misplace tacks. Those things have! to be found. And they are found in the inspections.” | A clear track, free of foreign! matter, means it's up to the tire| to deliver. Here's what Firestone! has done to make racing safer: | Surface Reshaped It's reshaped the contour on| the face of the tire and combined it with a new rubber compound on the tread. That means greater traction and less tendency to elip on the turns. With less slipping on the turns ft follows that there's less frie-

.¢ Excluding entries this year, a total of 1497 cars have been entered inthe 500. Of these 1044 cars have actually started the race.

Dog Was Prize Last year's winner Johnnie Parsons won $57,458.63 for his record | smashing victory. Unique among | the many prizes was a cocker! spaniel pup. He still has the dog.

The 500-mile classic is rated to

highway driving, i

piston displacement, 181 cu. in., supercharged, front-drive.

BILL MACKEY—No. 35, Hancock-Dome Special

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: 4 - cylinder Meyer - Drake; bore, 4.250; stroke, 4.625; piston displacement, 270 cu. in., rear-drive, Qualified" at 131,473, me

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CHET MILLER—No. 32, Novi Purelube Special; Handy Novi; bore, 3.187; stroke, 2.840;

ualified at 135.798.

BOBBY BALL—No. 52, Blakely Oil Special; four-cylinder Meyer-Drake; bore, 4.3125; stroke, 4.625; piston displacement, 270 cu. in., rear-driye. Qualified

at 134.098.

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pap 4 WALT BROWN-—No. 44, Federal Engineering Special; 4placement, 270 cu. in., rear drive. Qualified 131.907 mph.

| ANDY LINDEN—No. 57, Leitenberger Speci al; four-cylinder Meyer-Drake; bore, 4.3125; stroke, | 4.625; piston displacement, 270 cu. in., rear-drive. Qualified at 132.227.

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