The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-05-22
CARS TUNED
FOR RECORD
SMASHING
Must Show Speed Of 10 Miles
an Hour 10 Quality Tor GTeat
SVsspSIake Racs
us Associated Freesl

tuned and MpCAHhcallN as PCfieE'
al tho skill ol the modern motor cai
maker can produce, toriy-siN uf lhc
fastest racing automobiles ever as
senibled are al the Indianapolis me-
tor speedway awaiting the elimlna-
tion trials next Friday which will
lie. eFmine whether they are eligible
t0 start Ii the 50Amiie international,
sweepstakes race on Memorial day,
May S0 Every car must show speed
0l seventy-iivc miieS an hour 20 Qual
ify cor one ol the greatest races in
the history " the motor contest sporS
When the entries To tAi sgyent were
closed May there were fortysiN
cars entered, manned hy a list ot
drivers vsssSi .acludes every Well
known pilGt Hi America. as we'll as
several who made their regulations
in Europe before coming TO the
United states.
i has been nine months since the
Initial announcement OF this contest
was made by the promoters and oaeh
month has witnessed an increase OF
iu.ores on the part 0t the public
al well as the manufacturer Almost
Six months ago he first entry was
made. when a Case car, wiln Lewis
s rang as the driver WAS entered
From that time on the entries were
sent Ia steadily until the largest field
ever drawn together for one event
was anndnCed when the entries
rsaie closed The greatest plumber
ofssnries III any one contest D. eyious
50 this time vas tweniy-six
Attractive Purses Offered
Thc hong race has assumed even
gfeaser proportions than the promot
ers had anticipated when the purse
of $4,000 IN gold was offered for
the glnuers on the first ten places
A caFital pri1e OF $4,000 headed a
list OF nine others as follows: Sec
ond $4,000 third $4,000, fourth, So
Geo: fifth, sl,o0o sixth, $1,000. sey
enHb, sS0p, eighth. $1,000 nin,h
$500 tenth. $500 in addition 10
this small fortune there have been
added side prizes by various seces
sory makers, which bring the total
ID be won up to about si0GN1 Sup
plementing tho cash prizes are ten
NtbAfft iftrf4NEN NMi1M Will WG ~l9ttA
To The entrants OF the ten winning
cars II long has been the rple IN
motor car racing thar the drivers
shall receive thu cash prizes and the !
makers the trophies
The conditions Of the race which |
ig d class II event arc that each car |
shall weigh at least 2.300 pounds aud |
have nu more tbau $50 cubic inches !
pinf0n displacement This makes |
cars Hp 10 about l20 horsepower eli. |
gihle The fortysix cars have q 10.
tai of 20,i50 cubic inches oil piston |
displacement, giving an average Of !
43S cubic inches per car, according |
So its motor constructions fhe ua
iofiiy oi the cars III tho rare Ia their /
trYoni have averaged about % To
100 miles per hour while many ot
them are capable OF doing Two miles
per minute. The entry fee paid by
The entrants Nas SSe0 per ear
Estimates On the average speed
Which VII be attained in The long
race have varied widely out experts
express 4 hchcf Tim. the winner Nill
srayel l1e 500 miles at n rate OF about
f9 miles per hour
The race wilI s.art at ten o'clock
~ tbe morulae and probably The win
nef Nlil erpss The tape on his last
lap about O'Clock la tho afternoon.
Officials FIR The Rades.
The Officials for he race have been
cnosen from an over the United
States most Of thcm having been
III many 0f The other great
lace meets of the county Fred J L
Wagner uf NpN York. will act as
starter Ahlle George Robertson the
tprmer racing driver viii bc mas.
slstuni a n Paniugton, of New
York, Niil referee while r. +. Hoo.
per. president Of the American Au.
i0mohlle association Is the honor
ifS official In That capacity Judges
iud other ailielais have beca enos-
q from among the most prominent
manufacturers and automobile men
b tho middle west
The NE Aod which would 0c em
llpNed to start this event has boen
islfAull l0r the promoters te decide !
FIG spegl0aS man cement fIualN
adopted the p'an of firing dayhgh!
l0Glbs Which explode aNe feet ia the
81 and siNe forth a dense cloud Of
hoke One ol iAese will be fired
very minute for i've minutes before
On O'Clock ana "a the stroke Of ton
special starting bomb will give the
Agaal that WiJ send tRe entire field
ntO one os the greatest races eyer ]
nogn After the start the contest.
nis ane signailea along the course
i aeans of eolurad flags each oi
AieA bears seme speelai meaning
Aifh llie drivers understand The
ars VIII be- started IN nine zines og
lfe cags each, Rlaeeu al intervals
( dpQ leeb haek o, the fire +,
corlng and Timing.
SCORING Siid tlsrtihe il0rty Six fast
SIS 90 rt':gee but two add haH /,
niles la )sRgih means the deNlsing :
/, Y .sgss fsgigSsI ssS ssanl. s,a". |, !
atcgs mote ban 100 men viii be Z
sed throughout the seven hours.
9ih 40 others as relief men TO the
agular scorers The eye Is the only \
art of nan depended upon to aid :
/ this task while mechanical and J,
ieetricai devices have been called +
pon 10 perlorm tne greater part of I
Ie work An electrical Timing m4. I
hine. which divides the seconds luto :
will catch each ear AZ Ii '.
asses the wire on every lap while I.
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