The weekly Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1911-1922, 1911-05-18
READY FOR THE BIG RACE
DARING DRIVERS AND FAST CARS
AWAIT STARTERS WORD
AT SPEEDWAY.
More Than Forty Big Autos Will
Compete For Golden Fortune at
Indianapolis on Memorial Day.

Everything is ia readiness for the
greatest automobile race known in
the history of the world-the 500
mile international Sweepstakes, to be
run at the Indianapolis Motor Speed
way. Memorial Day, May 30th. For
the past few weeks every great
American driver has been tuning his
car and preparing it for the test
which the long grind will make the
most strenuous ever known. AL
most every factory in the United
States which participates in the au-
tomobile racing game has one or
more representatives in this classic
event. The list of drivers is roster
of the Hall of Fame" with not one
great driver who is on American
soil missing. Winners of all the
biggest events of the past three or
four years are ready for the starters
gun, and if the weather is clear
more than 100000 people will wit
ness this supreme contest.
More than forty cars have been
named to start, all of them having
,nore than forty horsepower, and a
great many of them capable of trav-
cling at the rate OF two miles a
minute. Piloted BY men who have
| 'rovci their fearlessness and abil-
.ty, these monster speed creations
sill oner the visiting throng the
greatest spectacle ever witnessed in
the annals of motor racing.
The following cars have been
famed as entrants in this race:
Case, Simplex. Interstate, Ma
ticnal, Hartford, Westcott,
| Stutz, Mercedes, Amplex, Fal. Knox,
Buick. Benz, Alec, McFarlan, Jackson
Cutting, Fiat, F'irestone-Colum-
bus, Marmon, Lozier, Apperson,
Mercer. Plotting these cars will be
the following drivers: Strang, De-
Palma, Baldwin, Aitken, Disbrow,
i Fox, Knight, Jagersburger, Larson
neur, Anderson, Wishart, Turner,
Pearce, Gelnaw, Belcher, A. Chew
rolet, c. Basic, Hearne, Grant, Merz,
Wilcox, Clemens, Adams, Ellis, Cobe,
Tower, DSaney, Bruce-Brown, Van
Gorder. Prayer, Rickenbacher, Daw-
or. Earroun, milford, Tetzlaff.
Lyle, Hughes, Bigelow, Beardsley
and Bragg.
Every one of the cars entered has
proved its ability to travel at the
rate OF seventy-five miles an hour 1t
is now believed that American speed
way records for every long distance
from ten miles to five hundred will
FOR several days tourists have been
pouring into Indianapolis from all
parts of the country, many of them
having made cross country trips from
the Atlantic and Pacific coasts. The
capital of the Hoosier state is ac-
commodating more visitors for this
event than on any other occasion in
its history.
The great two and one-half mile
brick course is in perfect condition.
The stands and seating capacity have
been increased and every preparation
made to facilitate the handling of
the monster crowd which will be in
attendance. In addition to the at
Effectiveness Of the event, the start
of the 1911 Grand Circuit season
from indianapolis has proved an ad-
ditional drawing card and all of the
famous motoring enthusiasts have
gathered to witness the send-off
Never before has one event attracted
the attention that this long classic
has centered on the Middle West and
Indiana. ~
This great race will star. at ten
o'clock in the morning and the Speed
way gates will be thrown open to the
public at $50. Long before this
time, it is believed. the crowds will
be assembled at the gates ready for
admission as soon as they are opened
and every Arrangement has been
made to facilitate the handling of
the vast throng as fast as it appears,
The 500-mile race will last prob
ably about seven hours, and a new
worlds champion will be proclaimed
by ave o'clock on Memorial Day.
Prizes of $4,000 in gold are to be
awarded to the winners of the first
ten places in this event and accessory
and supply makers have hung up
$4,000 in added purses.