The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-04-30
LYLE IS DEAN OF
AMERICAN DRIVERS
Will Drive an Apperson Jack
Rabbit at lndianapo-
lis in May.

Indianapolis. April 29.--Gathering in
one By one the worlds premier motor
racing pilots. the s0O-miie Information.
81 Sweepstakes race at the Indianapo-
liz Motor Speedway next Memorial
day has assumed greater proportions
than any other race In the history of
automobile contests. There 10 but one
great driver left on American soil who
II not nominated to drive car in this
long classic-"Wild Bob" Burman. the
successor of Barney Oldfield Bur.
man will be in the race-his word has
been given.
This wonderful condition is made
possible by the entry of Herb Lyle.
the daddy of them all. dean of Am.
erican drivers. In an Apperson Jack
Rabbit. The entry was made by Ly.
tie himself az owner and the associa.
ton Of his name with the veteran rae
Ing car from Kokomo makes the ros-
ter OF the great race look natural to
the Older fans of the motor racing
sport.
Along with the entry of Lyle came
the entry of two Fal cars from Chica-
90. J. r. Gelnow and w. II. Pearce
were nominated az wheelmen for
these two. They are the 1910 team
drivers for the Fal. The former won
the classic Coco-Cola trophy at At
lanta last November and the latter
was the winner OF the G & trophy
rsce at the indianapolis brick track
last July. They had great success
with the Fal cars in the past year and
are looking forward to the winning
Of new laurels during 1911.
The driving history OF veteran Herb
Lyle reads like an interesting account
Of the greatest events in the annals
Of l1etordom. The story of his career
starts way back In 1896. when he par
ticipated in the Cosmopolitan race in
New York city and later, In 1906. went
to Europe In the London to Brighton
race. Five OF the great Vanderbilt
Cup races have seen Lyle in the run.
most of them. The Apperson is Ly.
ties old love and his coming back to
II % one OF the notable features of the
season. In making his entry. Herb
said:
1--WE gone hack to the car which I
had the greatest success with. and I'm
going to use parts of the old car in
making this new one. I shall take the
stock motor, which 10 Is fast AZ they
are built anywhere. and use parts Of
the old chassis which made the other
Apperson Jack Rabbit famous.
know now that the car will travel bet.
ter than 1O0miles an hour without
trouble, and believe that have taken
the best mount I could have for the
race.
"While was in Europe had the Of.
fer Of four or five of the best foreign
cars, but ! thing that the American
cars can outrun the machines sent
from the other side, % Ill take the
Apperson this time"
Lyle viii have his car ready FOL
tuning within few weeks. The mo
tor which he will use 10 the same one
which made the fastest lap in the
Lowell road race Of 1909 and has turn
Cd Off Q mile on the road In "a 2.5. Il
has five and one-half inches stroke and
five and three-Quarters inches bore
with piston displacement Of 671. be
Ing rated at fifty horsepower.
The total list Of entries for the race
now stand at thirty-five, by far thu
largest number of cars ever entered II
any race. and the Speedway manage
ment II confident that eight or tel
moro will be named before the entrje'
Close ON May I.