Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 June 1912 — High Speed Maintained at Auto Races. [ARTICLE]

High Speed Maintained at Auto Races.

The 500. mile auto race at Indianapolis was won by JOe Dawson, the 23-year-old driver of the No.

8 National, after Ralph De Palma, driver of a Mercedes, had set the pace for 498 miles at a speed of over 80 miles an hour, but whose engine then went bad and he was forced to withdraw.. Dawson made the 500 miles in 6 hours, 21 minutes and 6 seconds, and maintained an average speed of 78.72 miles per hour. In Dawson’s spurt? he shot over the course at a speed of better than 110 miles per hour, or almost two miles per minute. Only ten of the 24 machines starting were in at the finish.