Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 29 May 1952 — Page 20

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FRED AGABASHIAN—No. 28 Cummins Diesel Special; é-cylinder diesel; bore, 4.125; stroke,

5.000; piston displacement, 401 cu. in., supercharged, front drive. Qualified 138.010.

ANDY LINDEN—No. 9 Miracle Power Special; 4.cylinder Meyer-Drake; bore, 3.900; stroke,

3.750; piston displacement, 183 cu, in., supercharged, rear drive. Qualified 137.002.

JACK McGRATH-—No. 4 Hinkle Special; 4.cylinder Meyer-Drake; bore, 4.325; stroke, 4.625;

piston displacement, 270 cu. in., rear drive. Qualified 136.664,

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DUKE NALON—No. 36 Novi Pure Oil Special; 8.cylinder Novi; bore, 3.1875; stroke, 2.840; piston displacement, 181 cu. in, pros

DUANE CARTER--No, | Belanger Special; 4.500; piston displacement, 262 cu. in, rear drive, Qualified 135.522,

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4.cylinder Meyer-Drake;

front drive. Qualified 136.188,

gabashian, Linden, McGrath Have

¢many ‘weeks in advance of each|

le (rookie, had a close call when he § [left the track on the first turn

escaped with a bloody nose, -

._° THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES 2 THURSDAY, MAY 29, 1952

/ : ° i : $ a 4 ¥ Parsons’ Humor AAA Has Last Word in "Wheel of Fortune | ....., rum o 0 wi = ner, always keeps his sense of hu. By JIMMIE ANGELOPOLOUS , governing body over race car Vandewater are assistant start- cluded in the staff that mans Bla or. Last. year he checked the The wheels of fortune are go-| inspections and specifications. ers’ {tions around the track keeping a chart and learned he would be the ing around for the 36th time in #8 » % Clifford Rigsbee is director [close eye on every car at all ¢ourth to be bumped. Sitting on the famed 500-Mite| BUT SOMEONE has to start of timing and scoring and Ken This ‘same group helps|the pit wall, he spread his hands noe " i io ear the race and someone has to keep Hurlbut is the chief timer. umes I drivers 4 ho D rel appreciation of the rain and peed way sie year, tab on the cars. That first color- Rigshee ‘replaces the veteran \check all drivers g pre-race BAD Lovely day, lsn't it.” But someone has to spin heli] figure—literally and haura- Chet Ricker who dled last year. |driving tests. | wheels. And that “someone” is atively—is heavyweight Seth Klein, : _ Silberman is the chief! group of racing experts known the veteran checker flagman who He was director since 1922 8. A. 8 A Good Sport

| d vice chairman a8 the American Automobile As-/has at his disposal an assortment] a |metallurgist an sociation. of other multi-colored flags to ADMIRAL Francis P. .Olds of the pit stop records. owns? Tolsy va Somissied In so tt, it's called the aezriple jfontiol ale a even} ‘of mis, heads the board of judges. In| Finally, one of the most Impor-| oo rtsman award. : Tolan Sood A to ne “opera. other happenings detrimental to charge of the Triple A observers tant posts is that of Safety Di-|ficed his place in line as the quali. tion, eligibility Rep running of the safety and welfare of every-/is Paul 8. Johnson, chies rv-rector Joseph b Sunn Jr, Mo tyne tome Jot planed, e Jos . rman oO e Boar ames CO - the annual 500-Mile extravaganza, one at the Speedway. fer, is chai es So a a

|the Triple A has the last word. “Herbert A. Lewis and Bill] A.total of 24 observers is in- Safety. aw @ . s THE TRIPLE A is Speedway's ® * management. The drivers and mechanics are labor. But management labors, too. In fact, | management begins laboring

{ 500-Mile thriller. Who heads the Triple A? | Col. Art Herrington is Chair- | man of the Contest Board. He's the top AAA official. His chief steward Is the veteran Tommy Milton. Milton is one of the 500-Mile race's great figures, He won the 1921 and the 1928 races. He typifies the great reservoir of practical knowledge of racing that's thrown into what is re-| garded as the greatest race in the | | world. 2 ” . EARL COOPER is the steward, and Harry McQuinn is the ref-| eree. Honorary referee is Raymond C, Firestone of Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. Honorary steward, A. C. Pillsbury, and honorary starter, H. 8. Vance, hold two more key administrative assignments in backstopping the AAA contest board. William 8S, Powell is the chairman of the technical committee in charge of race entries, handling of drivers’ tests and

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Cliff Besgere, now retired, holds the record for driving the most miles at the Speedway—6545 to be exact. And in all that distance Cliff has never won a Memorial] Day race at Indianapolis. :

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