Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 29 May 1952 — Page 30

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By Art Wright

. THIS REPORTER was raised within the shadow of the board speedway at Altoona, Pa.—where the greats of

were averaging some

miles when the Indianapolis “500” .drivers were happy

about 100 mph for 500 miles. “snuck in” to the Altoona

Speedway when a kid , , . about Connor when he spun and raced

1936. Later we were publicity di-

for the famous boards . . .|

lived and ate with the greats, of racing. DePaolo . . , Harry Hartz)

. Pete + ya Fred Frame . , . Ray Keech « ws Loule Meyer (when he

) « « « Lou Moore when he ‘a “kid” driver , . . Harlan] Fengler , , . Joe Boyer , , . Cliff| « » + Russ Snowberger. | wrote. publicity about all of] them. And we remembered Tom-| my" Milton, Earl ‘Cooper, Frank

hart, Jimmy Murphy, other| ened for “the best” , . . was in, greats we saw race before We the hands of a higher authority

old enough to be associated the sport.

ol se » =u AND WE WROTE about the younger ones, too , .. Billy Arnol’ “Wild Bill” Cummings, ‘and Rex Mays and other topnotchers who followed, We are proud that wa ‘wrote the first publicity story about the great Rex Mays the

find in any sport. Were traveled the nation with them: And always we found they're the toughest competitors on the

a magneto from andriver. No magneto, he get into the race. With to, he might ‘bump” the help‘the starting line-

race driver? that no one

terrific acel-

Maybe a the hospital.

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ght Angle

Hats Off to a :

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Bunch of Guys

118 miles per hour for 250

oom» ‘ IT DIDN'T “scare” George

backward some miles per hour during qualifications this year, He'll admit “Providence” helped him plenty. But he went back out in the same car, rebuilt, several days later , , . and qualified. Race drivers don't get “scared” like you and me. They're the most confident guys in the world . .-. and they believe in themselves. When an accident happens to a buddy, he made a mistake they wouldn't make. Or whatever hap-

than any human individual could control, . You know: “What to be will be . . . and there's nothing you can do about it . .."” One of the greatest tributes to EVERY race driver was written around 1828, With a few changes to bring it up to date with this year's B00-Mile Race, it goes like this: “Out there on the track, 38 men, for some four delirious hours, will look DEATH in the eyes, poke him in the ribs, slap him on the back. “ . «+ Kid with him, “Did you ever ride better than 125 miles an hour in an open race car no bigger than a bathtub, wind crushing you against the back of the seat, ears splitting with the crash of cylinders—the track and the world and your past pulling back under you like a torrent of milk, and all the while the blinding glimmer of the stretch ahead-always AHEAD--rising up to slap you in the face? “It's HELL, but a kind of a happy hell that hairy men “come back to year after year. ' Y do they do it?" Here's why: “One of the boys out there, for example, has a new cotter pin he’s experimenting with... he wants to know if it will: HOLD. Here's how he tells. When the race is over, if he’s ALIVE , , . it's a good cotter

“Another one has a new kind of steel in his steering knuckle that he's going to find out about the same way. “Get the idea? What it takes to make agtomoblles SAFE, those men are out to DISCOVER. “Every man who steps into anybody's automobile owes his

life to automobile racing. “Don’t : underestimate these “race nuts” . . » they're the pigs that take the deadgerm of accident into their own blood and build for us the anti-toxins of safety that keep

you and me and our families |:

ALIVE. or

Speedway

'Hungry, Thirsty’ One

THE BATTLE of the conces-

humans is a major proj-

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will mark the fourth

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Crowd Is

were out on. the line for the “dunking race fan.” Among the miscellaneous items sold were 15,000 bags of peanuts, 25,000 bags of popcorn and 5000 boxes of crackerjack. = ® ¥

CONCESSION BALES Memorial Day may be termed “Operation Foodstuffs.” It's certainly a glant planning program for Sports Service, Mr. Murray, along with -his wife, Nellie, who interviews. job applicants, start putting plans on paper 4 months in pdvanes of the Speedway’s openng. , The call for jobs usually brings about 1200 people who like to take advantage of a “holiday payday.”

Ugual Tells Why He

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

Sensational mileage economy records by the Aero Willys —made under every weather and road condition —are pouring in from everywhere

INDIANA—Driven at 45 mph in a mileage-test drive on good country

road, an Aero-Willys turned up mileage of 36 miles per gallon.— °

Becker Motors, Inc. Indianapolis,

ALABAMA—An Aero-Wing, driven 35.7 miles at 30 mph on asphalt road with gentle grades, averaged 35.7 miles per gallon. Temperature about 50°.—Roy Bridges & Co., Birmingham.

UTAR—In medium traffic on a level road, an Aero-Wing with two passengers was driven. 25 miles at 30 mph, giving mileage

;. of 36 miles per gallon. Weather,

clear. — Willys Intermountain, Salt Lake City.

RORTH CAROUINA~=Driven 25 miles at 30 mph on normally good road, with weather clear and dry, an Aero-Wing showed mileage of 35 miles per gallon. ~ Carolina Willys Co., Greensboro.

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TENNESSEE—In fair weather with 16 mph crosswinds, an Aero-Wing gave 37.1 miles per gallon on a run of 24.2 miles at 30 mph on a paved, rolling highway.-—Steele Motor Company, Memphis.

TEXAS—Driven at 45 mph for 113 miles on good roads and carrying one passenger, an Aero-Wing showed mileage of 35.3 miles per gallon.—Gulf Coast Willys Co., Houston. A

ORI0——In a mileage-test run of 36.8 miles at 30 mph on good flat roads, in temperature of 40°, an Aero-Wing used exactly one gallon, showing mileage of 36.8 miles per gallon.~—Laurel C. Worman, Inc., Toledo:

= 35 MILES 21d more PER GALLON

TEXAS—Observers checked looked

gas tank on Aero-Wing at end of 108-mile run at 30 mph-on good highway, Dallas to Tyler, findirig average mileage of 37.25 miles per gallon.—Dallas Willys Co., Dallas.

IDAHO—In 35° weather, on smooth, level highway, an AeroWing with two passengers showed mileage of 35 miles per gallon on a 50-mile run at 40 miles per hour.—Gem State Motors, Boise.

COLORADO—On smooth, flat asphalt at an altitude of 5700 ft., an Aero-Wing was test-driven at 30

‘mph, giving mileage of 35 miles

per gallon. Temperature 40°. — Kurland Motors, Denver, © *

ARIZONA—Carrying two passengers, an Aero-Wing was driven 23 miles at 30 mph over good, level road in clear weather, showing mileage of 35.5 miles:per gallon.

‘ «French Motors, Phoenix.

MICHIGAN—On a 50-mile drive at 30 mph on level hard pavement, outside temperature 30° an AeroWing showed average mileage of 35.7 miles per gallon.~Becker Motors, Ine.; Detroit. |

KENTUCKY—On a 40° day, an Aero-Wing carrying two passengers was driven at 30 mph for 7.1. miles on a good, smooth high-

» way, resulting in mileage of 35.5

miles per gallon.—Kittrell Motor

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RANSAS—An Aero-Wing, with one passenger, was driven 30 miles on level road at 30 mph, resulting in mileage of 35.1 miles per gallon. Weather fair, 60° temperature. Moon Motors, Inc., Wichita.

OKLAHOMA— Carrying two passengers, an Aero-Wing was driven 50. miles at 30 mph on black-top road in rolling country, turning in mileage of 40 miles per gallon. —Tulsa-Willys Co., Inc., Tulsa. OREGON—In fair weather but with frequent high gusts of wind, an Aero-Ace with one passenger gave 36 miles per gallon at 30 mph in a test-drive on damp pavement.—Anderson Willys Co., Portland.

Parkway, Long Island, an AeroWing, carrying two people, was driven 100.3 miles and gave

. 35.82 miles per gallon. Tempera-

ture 29°.—Willys-Overland Dist.; Inc., New York. OHI0—Driven at 30 mph for 60 mileson a good but hilly course, an Aero-Wing with one passenger gave a mileage figure of 36 miles per gallon.—Walter E. Schott Co., Cincinnati.

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ACTIVE DEALERS IN TERRITORY

City Auto Sales 520 N. Main St. Anderson, Ind,

Salmon Motors 516 N. College Ave. Bloomington, Ind.

Emmert Garage 102 N. Walnut St. Brazil, Ind.

Briggs, Heim & Mires 7 W. Buckeye St. Casey, I,

Glenn Comer Garage 202 Sixth St. Charleston, Ili.

W. E. Humphrey & Son 1015 Western Ave. Clinton, Ind.

Columbus Motors 901 State SH Columbus, Ind.

Leming's Auto Sales 700 Grand Ave. - Connersville, Ind. Hurn Motors 202 E. Market St. Crawfordsville, Ind.

Ross Motors

Willys of Decatur

Willys Sales & Service

First and Monroe Sts. P.O..Box No. § 334 Wafer St.

Decatur, Ind.

George Todd & Son 116 N. Wabash Delphi, Ind.

Davis Brothers 106 Monfort St. Greensburg, Ind,

-Charles Neese Garage Hindsboro, iil.

Sorus Sales & Service 701 E. Market St. Huntington, Ind.

Bohannon Motor Sales, Inc. . 1910 E. Washington St. Indianapolis, Ind.

Job Phillips Auto Sales 3601 W. 30th St. Indianapolis, Ind.

.-acks Auto Sales Co. 23058 W. Michigan St. Indianapolis. Ind.

Dillon -Motor Sales E. Main St. Kingman, Ind. 2 Quick Service Garage 115 N. Second St. Lafayette, Ind.

Lenox Brothers 328 WwW, South St Lebanon, Ind.

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Logansport, Ind.

Willys Sales & Service R. R. No. 3 Marion, Ind.

Johnston's Garage 87 DeWitt Ave. Mattoon, Ill.

Willys Sales & Service, Inc. 503 E. Washington St. Muncie, Ind.

Collins Motor Sales 2612 Broad St. New Castle, Ind.

Yergens Auto Sales 1501 S. 10th St. Noblesville, Ind.

Ogburn Motor Sales Oblong, il.

Bowman Garage Perrysville, Ind.

: Gennett & Sons, Inc.

1 Main St. Richmond, Ind.

Rushville Auto Sales 1145 W. 3rd St. Rushville, Ind.

Motors 323 Walnut St. Terre Haute, Ind,

Pownall Motor Sales

1405 Vernon St., ¢/o South Side Garage

Wabash, Ind.

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Hile's Auto Service 1404 E. Fort Wayne St. Warsaw, Ind.

Smith & Farmer

West Lebanon, Ind.

Donovan's Garage R. R. No. 2 Beardstown, lil.

Farmer's Service Dallas City, Il.

Stevenson's Garage 3460 E. Wiliam St. Decatur, III.

S. & H. Sales Co. 118 E. Franklin St. Havana, lil.

Stubblefield Sales & Service 108-116 W. Beecher St. Jacksonville, II.

Melrose Motors, Inc. 17th & Monroe Sts. Lincoln, IN.

Spicer Motor Sales

820 W. Jackson St. Macomb, ill,

30 mph on an oiled highway in good condition, an Aero-Wing turned up average mileage of 35.2 miles per gallon. — Robinson Motor Co., Great Falls.

ALABAMA—An Aero-Wing carrye’ ing three passengers was driven 110.4 miles at 30 mph on straight pavement, giving mileage of 35.6 miles per gallon. Fresh NE winds. Steele Motor Company, Mobile;

IOWA—On a 45° day, an Aero

Willys gave 36 miles per gallon in a test run at 30 mph on roll]

‘ing road in good conditions|

Winds 10-20 mph. — Goodman Motor Co.; Des Moines,

CALIFORNIA — Averaging 45 mph! for 50 miles on excellent highway; | a test driver in an Aero-Wing got mileage of 36.5 miles per gallons | Temperature 65%~ Central Willys, Glendale: WISCONSIN—On a good paved road through hilly country, an Aero Ace, with one passenger, was driven 25 miles at 30 mph, with average mileage 35.1 miles per; gallon.—Ed Mazzoni Motors; Milwaukee. ;

Mitchell Farm Equipment 634 S. First St. Monmouth, Ill.

Mt. Sterling Implement Co, Mt. Sterling, Il,

Harold Lipes Sales & Service

2nd & Oak Sts, Pana, lil.

Wilde Motor Sales . 116 N. 6th St. Petersburg, lil.

Pittsfield Motor Sales Pittsfield, III.

Fayhee Impl $ pany Prairie op lemen Com

233 N. 7th St.

Martin Auto Sales

324 E. Main St.

Shelbyville, il,

Bartiett-Becker, Inc. 720 E. Adams St. Springfield, lI:

Sutter, iL

Koehler's Garage & Implement Co,

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