The Cairo bulletin., 1911-03-13
THIRTY ENTRIES
AT |ND|ANAPO Oils
ALL THE VETERANS WILL TOE
THE SCRATCH IN BIG
AUTO EVENT.
BIGGEST FIELD KNOWN
Fifty More Entities Assumed Before
Event Starts May 3o---cream
Of European Drivers viii
Take Part.

Indianapolis, Ind, March 12.--For
the first time In the history of auto
mobile racing every great driver Ia
America ana the majority. Of the "a
nous Erronean pilots will start tn
one speedway event when Starter
Fred J. Wagner gives the ward to
| the largest field Of racing automobiles
ever brought together, IN the 500mile
linternatloYsl sweepstakes race over
the Indianapolis motor speedway next
| Memorial Day. for "a purse OF s25,000
| in gold. With the event still more
than two months and half away,
there have been thirty big racing cars
entered under the carly closing condi-
tions. The early closing date was
March /. and entries will be received
until the late closing date, May !.
Assurances Of future entries Indicate
that fully fifty cars win compose the
total list.
All OF the great winners OF f91n,
who are still actively engaged In au-
ltomobile racing are entered, including
David Bruce-Brown. millionaire New
YORKER VINO won the Automobile Club
| Nf Arer cas- grand prize gold cup ait
5avapnah .'ov. -: Harry Grant,
vice wirr.r Of the Vanderbilt cup
race over the Long Island corrse; ice
nawson, winner OF the donors trcnhy
lin tine Vanderbilt, the Cohe tro Thy.
tses Heruv trophy, city OF Atlanta tfa-
\ rug and the Savannah challenge sAe-
phy, Johnny Aiken, the winner ot
ahe sol to $50 class race at Fairmouat
Park, third In the Vanderbilt ctp
| race, winner Of the 200.mile free for
al at Indianapolis, 20Crmile Atlanta
trophy race and many short speed
way events; Eddie Hearne, winner CO
HE fifty mile freefor-all at India~7.
polls, twice winner of the Indianapr.
| lis speedway helmet and the Fox
river cup at Elgiu: Louis Disbr0w,
who finished fourth in the Vanderbilt
cup race and winner of many short
| speedway events: Louis Strang, who
performed the wonderful feat of win.
aing three great road races In one
season when in 1908 he won the 342-
mile Savannah race, the 259.mils
BrlerCiff race and the 250-mle Lo-
well race, and from that time on has
been one OF the greatest drivers in
the racing game; Joe Jagersburger,
who drove the giant Mercedes to
place IN the Fairmount e ark race, and
many others.
Pitted against this grani army of
American speed merchants viii be
The cream OF the driving talent OF
Europe. Present indications, accord
ng to adyices received from the Euro.
pean representative Of the speedway,
ire that the foreign drivers who will
}ppear are IIemery, who finished sec
ond In the American grand prize race
asst season; Lancia, who won the
Vanderbilt cup In 1907; Nazarro, who
won the French grand prize In 1907.
md who holds the worlds road race
record OF 7iS miles per hour. which
he made In the Florio cup race IN
Italy In 1908: Wagner, winner Of the
Vanderbilt grand prize In 1908, of the
Vanderbilt cup race in 1906; Boillot,
who won the Volturette cup race In
Sicily IN 1910; Zuccareli, winner OF
the Bolougne crp, France. 1910. ani
he 0steni cup in Belgium. lasr Sep.
enber; Goux, winner OF the Nor
mandy cup In France, OF the cata-
ogEe sup, Srain, and Regal Of the
| Bayarj team. These foreign
| pilots have been making negotiations
o come TO America. and In most In
| tlnces their decision rests entirely
iron thir abillty TO finish their speed
're1t.ons in time to snip them to
America for The race. Bolllot, Gonx
lr' Zuccare)!i compose the Lion,Pue.
Teot team, which probably will bring
three cars, according to the advice
IF TIE speedway European representa-
i've.
The 500-mile race is not stock
ar event. being run under class "E''
VI the American Automobile Associa-
flon contest rules, and. MS q result OF
this the majority Of the cars entered
Will be special racing cars, which will
be capable OF doing one hundred
miles an horr and better One OF tho
requirements OF the race Is that es-
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