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fourth, Bettenhausen fifth, Ball| Nazaruk and four laps ahead of| northwest turn, in his 178th lap. tory sixth, Banks seventh, Faulkner|/Ball, Ayulo and Bettenhausen. |The car went around 2% times eighth, Linden ninth, Force 10th. Wallard's average of 126.908 at; for about 300 feet, on and off
, ; {875 replaced the 120.638 record|the track and into the grass Wallard’s average speed was ..i 1 a in 1949.
: 127.121, another new track rec-| Only 12 cars were left in the i At the end of 120 laps Wal-/oprq, breaking the one set by Par-'race at 375 miles.
twice. A tow car pulled him and got Sam Hanks him started again and he moved !was in 11th place and Carter slowly down the track along the Brown's Fed E 08 in 12th. rail. The left front wheel was leader was still Wallard, with '© Sbreds by the wind. Nazaruk go was ont te a Eg Beers ot Hanks Shins. Goes. Out | wobbling. When he reached the Nazaruk | was second, Faulkner third, Rose yr,. anis Spins, Goes Un | second, Agabashian| ’ (55th lap when the car stalled on| pits, his mechanics went to work third, Faulkner fourth, Ayulo| fourth, Ayulo fifth, Bettenhausen yp oho ob oot | Sam Hanks spun twice on the ive car. fifth, Banks sixth Davi y th sixth, Banks seventh, Ball eighth, | . {northeast turn on his 135th lap = wooo ii was sticking two laps , doy Oo dovelLY: | Carter was in the pits againand wound up in the infield. He, 1. 4 wallard when the leader |erage speed for Wallard for the|ln his 108th lap, for two minutes got out of his car and appeared
Rose eighth, Bettenhausen ninth! Linden ninth and Force 10th. Av-| | 1300 miles was 127.207. The old 20d 15 seconds, to change plugs|to be unhurt. But he was out of had 14 more laps lo go.
averaging 127.268, still better record was 124.607. set by Par. 8nd adjust timing. Schindler|the race. | Several thousand persons al-
than the previous record of {stopped 2 J ready were crowded around the sons or fwo minutes and 4 124402 set by Bill Holland in sons last year. pp utes 0| Don Bolden, Indianapolis, Who pyilpen.
3 : | Wallard had won $8000 at the Seconds on his 126th lap to refuel. was an eyewitness to the Rose| Raj} stopped on his 183d lap, 40 3950. Diss Nalon was nine laps end of 120 laps. Davies had won| Davies’ car was out of the race crackup, said that as Rose came geconds to refuel. eader. | $2500, McGrath $1000, and Green|on its 111th lap with rear end/out of the northeast turn the At the end of 450 miles it was Andy Linden made a pit stop! $500. {trouble. right rear wheel sagged and the gajjard ahead, two laps ahead Duke Dinsmore went out of | w : car went into the infield and| alla i of Nazaruk, Ball third, Ayulo berger Spl. to change oil and the race on his 73d lap because lazy nd wap ll Soling 8 turned over. The car upended In| eourth, Bettenhausen fifth, Banks tires. He was away in three min- the engine was overheating. |(..c1 record for 350° miles He? mud hole and Rose had to cmb | git Linden seventh, Forberg oe. | Rose Spins, Overturns |was averaging 126.997, breaking“ xores rst remark was, “Some ¢Sni: and Carter ninth. Burned out motor bearings, in-| ’ Bill H , Dse's 57st Jemalk wat m 8 Left at 450 Miles stead of a broken crankshaft| I-0S€’S car, going out of north- I Holland's 1949 record of|gays you can’t make a dime.” was reported as the trouble which | ©38t turn, spun halfway around,|121.455. | Force's Brown Motor Co. Spl, Wallard had increased his lap dived toward the infield and hit| After completing 126 laps,|on 143d lap, went out because of prize total to $13,800. His speed Agabashian, who had been (D€ ditch In the infield. The car Nalon was flagged into his pits insufficient oil pressure. a. 450 wiles Wee 138508 wph, y turned upside down. because of a broken brake line.! 400 Miles, Still Wallard
among the leaders, stopped in : the pits in his 107th lap, for gas. Rose was on his 126th lap. The Mechanics were trying to install At the end of 400 miles, Wall-|y; 11004 in 1949. The crew refueled the car in 44 ¢2F did not hit the wall but rolled one from Chet Miller's Novi, jard was still out in front with] seconds. , upside down on the grass infield which already was out of the race. an average speed of 126.789,
Bil Mackey of Indianapolis was, \n5id€ the white line. Because the roa burned out a connect- breaking Holland's 1949 record
Of Yesterday's 500"
At the end of 110 laps the! is yellow gabardine shirt torn
Bettenhausen's car was
course was clear, the yellow light /in@ rod in the Chapman Spl. in of 120.867. In he Dis iu he Rat) hm Rol was changed back to green after th lap and was out » the|two laps behind; Ball was third, on the northwest corner. cause of starter and battery only 30 seconds. Rose crawled out race. le. from - the car without help and| Nazaruk, driving in | ater i To re in the Climbed into an emergency jeep place, was in the ‘pits on lis Walard) Bettenhausen fifth, three firsp 500-Mile |
i three laps benind Wallard; Ayulo|
Race: Nazaruk pits after 109 laps front tire 20nd was taken to the hospital. 146th lap for 1:44 to change right changes and refuelin Nit took He was only slightly injured. . two minutes and 23 seconds. Dr. E. Rogers Smith, chief of! for fuel. |wag ninth, and Nalon 10th. » ‘the medical staff, said at the in-| The Granatelli-Bardahl Spl, At this point in the race Wal-| te in the race. arsons Ruled Out field hospital that Rose was unin-|driven by Agabashian, was out|lard had won $11,800 in lap prize| Parsons, who was out of the jured. Rose's first request was for|of the race after 109 laps with|money. . ; race after 87 laps because of an opportunity to get on the radio|a broken clutch. | Nalon stalled, after 151 laps, magneto failure, attempted to and assure his children that he get back on thetrack after be- was not hurt. went out with a broken clutch | turn. He was towed in, out of the ing towed through the infield, but! Faulkner's car was out of the on his 97th lap race AAA officials ruled him out of race in the 143d lap because of a! At “375 il : the lead was! the race becanse he had left the broken crankshaft. lees oO miles the leaders Was n,;aruk second, Ball third, Ayulo, og course. When Rose skidded into the! Still Wallard, Nazaruk second, ¢,,rth, Bettenhausen fifth, Banks crew flashed him the “E-Z sign Scarborough’s McNamara Spl. infield he was about 100 yards Ball third, Ayulo fourth, Betten- gixtn, Linden seventh, Forberg, was out of the race on its 100th away from the bleachers. ‘hausen fifth, Banks sixth, Linden eighth, Nalon ninth, and Carter was lap because of a broken exle. Hanks was back in the pits on was still out in front. Nazaruk|ninth, his 92d lap to repair again his second, Rose who was in his{Nalon was 23 laps behind Wallard. bys Holland in 1949. race, had clinched ninth place. dragging exhaust and to refuel. 126th lap, was third, Ayulo Wallard was slightly ahead of Bettenhausen spun on the’
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better than five miles an hour] {faster than the 121.121 set by
de-, clared out of the race because Nazaruk was second, of damage received in his spin
Four of the remaining eight second|was fourth, three laps behind|drivers at this point were in their
laps behind; Banks sixth, Linden ga; Linden and Forberg. The {rear and the two front tires and seventh, Forberg eighth, Hanks| {wo latter passed their driving| |tests here last year but did not
Previously the lowest number of cars to finish a 500-Mile Race |was nine, left at the end of the
. Duke Nalon, although out of | At 425 miles, Wallard was first, the race, had clinched 10th place. On Wallard’s 194th lap, his pit| At the end of 190 laps the order | Wallard, Nazaruk, Ayulo,
At the end of 130 laps, Wallard Seventh, Force eighth, Forberg| 10th. Wallard’s speed was 126.643, Ball, Banks, Linden, Forberg, and and Duke Nalon 10th. breaking the 121.039 mark set Carter. Bettenhausen, out of the |
The average speed was 126.384,
a new record. The old mark was| change a rignt front tire and hours, 57 minutes, 38.5 secowds. 121.212 by Holland in 1949. |refuel. Bobby Ball finished fourth, The crew of Wallard’s Belanger| Murrell Belanger, Lowell, Ind. 004 123.709 Spl. leaned far out over the pitiis owner of the winning car. as as the end of the race approached,| Wallard's speed was 126.244] Henry Banks finished fifth, trying to “pray” their car around|for the 500 miles. The old record|122.680 mph averaged. the turn. |was 121.327, set by Holland in| Andy Linden finished sixth, Wallard got the white flag and 1949. 122.573 mph went into his last lap. Nazaruk won second place. His| ~~ = oE the. oan that went
Checkered Fla speed was 125.302. : Wallard took the 8 ckered Wallard came in after his two|the distance broke Holland's 1949
[safety laps, sitting high on the record. Bag, waving his right hand high |," of the car, his gas tank.| Forberg was flagged at the end Wallard’s crew held up a sign He drove into the bullpen. of 194 laps for seventh and Duane reading “Safety L—,” meaning he _ Ayulo, driving the car in which Carter was flagged at the end was to take two safety laps as Jack McGrath started, was third, of 181 laps for eighth place. Bet- | protection against any error in giving them a joint placing. The|tenhausen who went out after 178 {scoring. |speed was 124.745. Ayulo had re-|1aps, already had clinched ninth; | He stopped in the pits only once, lieved McGrath on the 99th lap. Duke Nalon, out after 151 laps, in the 51st lap, for 73 seconds to! Official elapsed time was 3/Was awarded 10th place.
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