The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-01-22
SPEEDWAY OPEN
TO STEEL STEED|
Roar Of the Motor Soon d i
Heard on Big Brick
Course.
GREATEST RACE OF ALL
TIME ON MEMORIAL, j
Many Famous Drivers n
Face Starters to Begin
Long Grind.

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Jan. al,
though Memorial day will bring q
greatest motor race OF all time IA h,
dianapolis, the roar Of the povsI.
racing automobile is to be heard .
the indianapolis motor speedway 4.
before that time, if the intentions :
several manufacturers are carried =
Several inquiries have been rscsi,.
recently by the speedway manapers.+
asking if the big brick course is'or~
TO prospective entrants in the 50GrI|
international sweepstakes race 10 4
out their steel steeds and attain qru
speed by working on the specially h.
pared course.
The speedway has been declared 4,
to all who wish to try their new n
makers and one or two manufactu1
will take advantage of the Offer I
soon as the cold weather is ended. n.
Amplex, made By the Simplex Auio--
bile company Of Mishawaka, Ind. -
ably will be one Of the first 60 d
at the brick oval this spring b
makers of that car have signifed ~
intention Of bringing one or two Of p.
new 1911 models here to try out \
tune for the 500-mile race May 30 r.
others will follow soon after.
Winning Car Will go Some
The speed requirement of seyeat
five miles per hour is causing many Q
makers to think well before they eui<
as it is no easy matter to send :
along at that pace and make il perfQn
consistently. The belief has been =
vanced by many of the drivers who n
compete in the long grind that an s5I|
age of better than seventy-fve uI1
an hour will be made and some Ia
said that the winning car will be foIt/
to make fully eighty miles on The u1
age for the seven hours drive.
The entry list for the internatiG|
sweepstakes race is certain to 81
fast from this time on, according
advices received by the speedway ~
agement from the auto makers. IN 3.
dition TO the four entries already RI
q half score Of others are promised &
the next few days and the roster
those who will face the starter ID d
gin the long grind could easily
termed the hall Of fame Of motordo1
Many Great Drivers Entering.
The entries to date are Louie Stu
in a Case. entered by the j. L o.
Thrashing Machine company Of RaQr
Wis; c.. B. Baldwin in an 1n;erlShI
entered by the Interstate ALtomoe
company of Muncie, Ind; Johnny e.
ken in National. entered BY the
tionsl Motor Vehicle company Of
disnapolis; Simplex. with no drI
thus far named. entered by the Siup
Automobile company of New YORK ~
q Pope Hartford, with Louis Nshn|
UP. IT is possible that the Jane
mile track champion, Ralph DePsi1
may drive the Simplex entry, as y
driving a car of that make on the g
at the present time. DePalms,
ever. had some communication VI
the National Motor Vehicle compa
when in Indianapolis this week,
may decide 10 take one Of those
nous cars through the trying coltet
Entries which soon are to be uh
according to the word of the car ~
ers and owners. are Wild Bob bun
in a Buick model 100; Arthur CnsI
let in the same make and model Oh c
Frank Dearborn of Los Angeles
Fiat "60;' Spencer Wishsrt IN y.
cedes, and others. Such a fornids'
list as this means that the winasf
the big event NAV easily be termed
champion Of champions. "
The speedway management i n
dent that another thirty days VII
the list grow to fully thirty car; va
is the required number to msEs
race certain.