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CARS ENTERING BIC RACE
Blanks Have, Been Issued for Classic
at Indianapolis.
ENORMOUS CROWDS EXPECTED
Limit Fixed mt 600 Cubic Inches
Piston Drive, Admits Every High
Power Car to Great Race
for CObe Cup.

INDIANAPOLIS, IND. June 1B-Entry
blanks have been issued for the second
meet at the Indianapolis Automobile
speedway on July 1, 2 and 4. The second
annual running for the Cobe, president of
the Chicago Automobile club, will be the
longest event Of the meeting. Open to
stock cars under GOO cubic inches piston
displacement, with a minimum weight re-
striction of $500 pounds, the Cobe race
will be over the favored 200 miles distance.
This big event of motordom, known as the
Western Vanderbilt" was run over
country, road course between Lowell and
Crown Point. Ind, last season. and for a
distance of approximately. 1896 miles.
The CODE cup was captured by Chevrolet,
the intrepid French Swiss pilot, in a model
16 Buick last summed at an average speed
Of about fifty miles per hour. which was
fast going, considering the nature of the
turns and the condition of the road, which
had been chopped by the cars in the 2S6-
mile race for the Indiana trophy on the
preceding day. Judging from the average
of I'll miles per hour made by Harroun in
his victorious run for the 200-milc Wheeler
Schebler race at the May meeting, the
Cobe should produce a speed half again
as fast this year at that shown by the
winner in 1909.
The conditions for the Cobe cup event
differ from those controlling the Wheeler
Schebler race In that the Cobe is open
only to stock chassis cars, while the
Wheeler cup struggle had the same weight
and piston displacement restrictions, but
the competing machines did not have to be
regular stock models The limit of 600
admits practically every car of power made
in this country, as but few stock cars
indeed, or racing machines, either, have a
piston displacement greater than 600 cubic
inches.
The long grind for the Cope cup will be
held on July L. and the fact that such a
motor-racing classic is combined with
other interesting and spectacular contests
on a holiday promises another crowd which
will overflow the mammoth speedway
grounds, AS in the May meeting, Sunday
will intervene between the first two days
and the third OF racing, which will give the
cars and men chance to rest and enter the
struggle for the Western Vanderbilt"
honors In perfect shape.
The feature event OF the first days pro-
gram will be the @. j. trophy, offered
by the famous tire concern of that name,
for fifty-mile race open TO stock chassis
cars between 231 and 800 cubic inches
piston displacement. These conditions will
be the same as those which governed the
misunderstanding struggle for the Remy
Grand Brassard and Trophy cup at the
May champions
The race for the Remy- Brassard Grand
and Trophy cup win be run on July and
under slightly different conditions than
those which governed this rich combination
prize at the first meet. The distance for
this classic, founded by the Remy Magnetic
people. will be an even 100 miles and open
to stock cars in the 301-450 cubic inches
piston displacement class. The Brassard,
which bears with Il salary OF $50 per
week and SIS additional each week pro-
viding the winning car 10 esajtped with
the company's magnetic. will bs asfended
by Ray Harro,n. who captured taS prize
in May with his stock Marmon. Ths s2Smy
Grand trophy IS vase-shaped cup sath
silver value Of over $500. which getgl 10
the manufacture who nominztes ,te
driver and car. 3