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

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THURSDAY, MAY 29,

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TRAVELING WITH JOHNNY" —At the start of the race season (top, - left) Johnny Moore (right) and his able right hand Bill McCrary check the records to see what tires and rims they have on hand. (Top, right) Bill changes one while the Boss looks on. (Center, left) One of Johnny's many stops is for the speed runs (here with Ab Jenkins and the Mormon Meteor) on the Boneville Salt Beds, Utah. (Center, right) An. ‘other is the thrilling Pikes Peak hill climb. (Lower, left) Johnny gives some. advice to rookie driver Jim Rigsby. (Lower, right) Ready to roll, Johnny loads his tool box into the trunk of his. car which also houses an additional, spetially built gas tank which carries 23 more gallons of gas, thus helping him eliminate too many stops on the road. The center photo is a reproduction of the Speedway badge which this year honors

the Firestone Tire and Rubber |

Co.; for their contribution to auto, racing.

By JIM SMITH

FROM the rock-bound coast |

of Maine to the sunny shores

of CaMfonia, from the Canadian

border to the Gulf of Mexico . + « that’s Johnny Moore's territory. Johnny, genial chief of the Firestone Tire & Rubber Co.'s racing division hits about 40 states in that vast territory and with just one thought in mind, “giving the racing man a lift.” tJ n » RACING has been Johnny's business for 22 years and for a fellow who never drove a race car it's amazing how much he . knows about the sport. Race drivers and car owners long have regarded him as a storehouse of information, as a confidant in whom they can place their trust, as a fellow to just sit and talk racing with, or as

a fellow who will help them in ; - every way humanly possible to

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make their ears run faster and,

more importantly, sdfer. To name one, Murrell Bel- “ anger, owner of the car that -won the 1951 Speedway Classic, credits a major part of his victory to the advice given him by Moore. 2 5 o SEATED IN Johnny's office at the Speedway, Belanger asked: “Johnny, what's your answer to winning this race?” “Murrell,” John replied, “I'm no expert but I'll be happy to

give you my personal answer.” |

“Shoot,” said the owner of No. 99.

“Well,” started John, “I think | you'll agree the greatest part | of this race is run in the turns |

and across the short straightaways. Get your car to handle in the turns so you can get in and out in-a hurry. Get enough torque (power) at low rpm’s to make it fly across those short stretches once you're out of the turn. “Don't worry too much about the long straightaways, If she'll handle in the turns, that's where you'll beat them.” w =» » AND THAT'S just where Lee Wallard did beat them last year. Many race fans can remember the second place car creeping up on Lee and the Belanger car on the straightaways, but when they came out of the turns, Lee had them by four or five car lengths. That's just one example of Johnny's help. It would be impossible to recount the number of hours he has sat and talked with ‘the boys trying to help them iroh out their individual problems. Even the rookies at the 500 soon come to know this genial fron-gray haired man can always be counted on for some help. ~ » » THE “500” IS by no means the only stop on Johnny's yeara round: racing calendar,

although it is the biggest. In |

the space of his 50,000 miles of travel, he will see nearly 100 racing events including all the National AAA Championships. As for types they include sprints, speed. trials on the salt flats at Bonneville, Utah, hot-rods

and sports cars in addition to | the big Indianapolis type cars. [ k

When there happens to be two big events scheduled at the same time Johnny relies on his good right hand Bill McCrary, an Indianapolis boy, to handle one of them. Bill has been with ‘Johnny for 13 years and through the . association has become almost a “twin” of the boss. He has the same likeable personality, the same willing-

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