Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 April 1916 — PETE HENDERSON. CANADIAN. ENTERS SPEEDWAY RACE [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

PETE HENDERSON. CANADIAN. ENTERS SPEEDWAY RACE

Pete Henderson steps across the boundary line of Canada to the States Mid crawls in behind the wheel of a “Made in U. S. A.” car with his head full of determination to win the Sixth International Sweepstakes Race on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, May 30. Henderson is one of the youngest drivers in the game both in age and in experience, but neither has youth nor his limited experience deterred him from the ironclad vow to make veterans do or die. That he has pluck was shown last summer when one of his team mates gave up a race at Burlington because of axle trouble. Pete looked the car over, yes, the axle was in a weakened condition, but Pete realized that motor racing is a chance from start to finish, so he took the car and finished the race with a broken axle. With such indomitable courage as this Henderson’s friends believe he is destined to be a star and expect great things from him at the wheel of a Maxwell at Indianapolis, May 30. Originally he was scheduled to drive a Dussenberg, but has since joined the Prest-O-Lite racing team that owns four Maxwell cars. The Maxwell cars are being finished at Indianapolis and Pete is hanging around impatient to get going in practice.