Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 20 July 1952 — Page 15

Y 20, 1952

“SUNDAY, JULY 20, 1952

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES .

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. v : ! 5 s A i . : PANTING ause onnny Cowell S Wea i YSTEIY | rire su 0 wr—rassal prvee 1s weer oon § 50 DELHOEFER {Te : oo pa . Coppi of Italy won the 39th Tour Free Band Training” J © co0., INC. TH By JIM SMITH ; w TE po TR (3 * MECHANICS at the track Immediately after the race I {De France today after covering ai} Accordions loaned to Beginners ‘22389 E cause of race driv- - ; © knew the front end design of asked an AAA official what distance of 4907 kilometers (about INDIANA MUSIC CO W 3 er Johnny McDowell's } Fy the car gave the king-pin little = caused the crash. [2987 niles) n one of the most, 115 E. OHIO 1 clearance. Beckley believed the “The right rear wheel col- grusiiing cycle contests in the IM, 4486

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j the AAA and many of the rac- wheel out of McDowell's hands. ment. Then later came the STORM DOORS ing fraternity There were reports some people Silberman report and subsewill, have to on the -turn said McDowell's quent statement by the AAA Other Sizes Proportionately Low examine again hands were high in the air, that Washington office. It bore out” TRELLISES Painted white—assorment $ 45 * 4 their findings he “didn’t have a hold of the the original statement but it of designs and sizes to 1 up

death June 8th at Milwaukee still is a mystery. It

undoubtedly will remain so.

The technical committee of’

because of a

ki shows all four Be wheels still on gf the car after

| g it mad . first or. ha on its nose and then on the have sald “we don't know Rh The AAA back. what caused the crash,” and |@ Sargent-Gerke House Paint, $1.80 Qt. .....$5.95 Gal. \ contended a The anforiusate part about Hen taken he time to really ——————— \ : ) the condemmation of the elve into the many possi- | SUR Smith anh givin magnesium pressure plate was bilities, . + ; : 20-Ft. Extension Ladders $1 1-95 3 gave way causing the wheel to the effect it had on Ted Hali- 5:8 2 } REGARDLESS of the decis- Other Sizes Proportionately Low \

“collapse.” Had that occurred,

BE photo. that .

pressure of the slide forced the kingpin against the brake drum, causing the lockup. If this occurred, the sudden lockup would have snapped the

steering wheel” in the first flip. Beckley was quick to say that was only his opinion, but was firm in his belief nothing had occurred at the back of the car to cause it to flip over first

brand of Los Angeles, manufacture of the plate along

lapsed,” was his reply. At the time that sounded to me like snap judgment but 1 had to go along with his state-

was still wrong. A close study of the blown

up photo showed it was wrong. |

How much better it would have been for the officials to

ion it won't bring Johnny back

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Washington the pressure plate

on the right rear wheel showed weakness and therefore it could be considered a “possible” cause of the accident.”

Photo by Irvin Becker.

THE FIRST FLIP—Photo shows all four wheels still intact when Johnny McDowell's race car flipped the first time at Milwaukee, June 8.

on American race cars in the 1930's. !

TWO DAYS after the Milwaukee race I stood in the ga-

Two weeks later in Jack Beckley's garage I showed

{ENTS e discussing ie properties On the basis of this letter, rage where lay the twisted Stooge the blown up photo de- : > apne RL r. Silberman AAA advised car owners and wrelkage that once had been Veloped in The Times photo lab With en * Ragen, was. never de. Mechanics of this weakness Johnny's sleek race car. I from Irwin Becker's shot of the : and suggested they stick with listened as many mechanics first flip. Stooge changed his e! signed for race car use, Its gg y y mind at once and then was

MA. 5554

: as early as 1937 Wilbur Shaw,"

primary function was for use in aircraft parts.” He's wrong, Magnesium in aircraft was first used by the Germans on the famed Focke-Wulf fighter plane back in 1941 or ’42. But

+ Speedway prexy, saw magnesi-

the steel pressure plate. But did the pressure plate give way? Mechanics who work day in and day out on the race cars said they “didn’t know,” True there was a piece broken out of the plate but that could have oct¢urred during the four

gave an appraisal of what they “thought might have happened.” They weren't arguing. While they had their own opinions, they were willing to accept one from a brother mechanie. g Harold (Stooge) Glidden, McDowell's mechanic was con-

nearly ready to agree with Beckley’'s original estimate of the cause of the crash.

It was Jack's contention “something locked up in the right front end.” Jack pointed out the upper half of the brake drum had been burned

Any Time . um wheel rims on Italian rac- flips the car made. vinced somethingl—¥kad hapDay or Night ing cars at Roosevelt Speedway. One thing we mow know. pened to the right rear wheel, DPlue by something rubbing en 4 Boer En Mechanics at the 500 track told The wheel was on the car that it had broken off causing it, and the brake drum itself

me they saw magnesium parts

after the first flip.

the car to flip.

was cracked in two.

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