Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-05-22
FoRrA-slx Cars ENTERED,
PRELlMisaARtEs FRIDAY
Eive-H -Hundrsd Mile international RAGS
~ lndianapeiis Speedway, Two and
ons-tsaH Mile Course cendi-
tisns and tareinasPlans Made Nee
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" the fastest racing automobiles
ever assembled are at tho Indianapo-
lis. motor speedway awaiting the eli
mination trials next Friday which
Will determine whether they are ell
eible to start in the 60o-mNs interna-
8t1onal aweepstake race on Memorial
Day, Nay 80. EVERY car must show
spsad sol ssvsnty-nve miles' an hour
to quality for one of the greatest races
In the history OF the motor contest
sport. When the entries to this event
were closed May@1, there were forty
six carr entered, manned by list Of
drivers which includes every we'll
known pilot In America, as we'll as
several VINO made their reputation in
Europe before coming to the United
States.
Division Of Purses.
Tho long race has assumed even
grester proportions than the promoters
had anticipated when the purse Of
125,0 900 In gold was offered for the
tai prize Of $4,000 headed a aist Of
nine otheFeas follows: Second, $4,000:
third. ss.oo0 7fourtt. $1,000: nth, ST.
500: sixth. $1,000; seventh, $500:
eighth. 3700;4 ninth. 5000: tenth. $500.
IN addition 'tosthisE small fortune there
have beens.aAded ade prizes by var
ious accsseory makers, which bring the
total TO be won up to about $4,000.
Supplenaenting the cash prixes are ten
bronze plaques which win be given to
the entrants OF the ton winning cars.
II lonHshas 6een.ths 1uls-in motor car
racing that the drivers shall receive
the CASH prisss and the makers the
tAophles. i.
co~le<isNe ~ Rises.
The conditions Of the face. which II
. Class ID event, arc that each car
shall weigh at least 2.300 pounds and
have no more. than 800 cubic inches
piston dtUp9Acement. This makes cars
up to asc.. 130 horsepower eligible.
The forty-sfx cars have a total Of co.
150 cubic inches OF piston displace-
mont, giving an average Of 43s cubic
inches Per car, according to Its motor
constructions. Tho majority Of the
cars In tho rDce in their tryout have
averaged. about ninety-dve to 1o6miies
per hour. while many Of them are
capable ofcdoing two miles per minute.
The entry fee. paid by the entrants
was $500 per car.
Estimates on tho average speed
which VIII be attained in the long
race have varied widely. but experts
express q belief that the winner will
travel the 500 miles at . rate Of about
seventy-nve miles per hour.
The race Will start at 10 O'clock m
the mornang and probably the winner
will cross the tape on his last lap
about T. O'Clock IN the afternoon
Bombs For Start eisnal.
The method, which would be en-
ployed 20 start this event, has been
difficult for the promoters to decide.
The spesdway nnanasement finally
adopted the plan Of firing daylight
bombs, which explode $50 feet in the
air ana give forth dense cloud Of
smoke. Onesof these VIII be fred ev-
cry minute for five minutes before 10
o'clock and 1T tho stroke Of 10 a spec
iai starting bomb will give the signal
that viii send the entire field into one
Of the greatest races ever known. Az
ter the start, the contestants are sig-
naliod along tho course by means OF
colore6 AaSs.s each Of which bears
some special meaning which tho driv-
ers understand. The cars will be
starteds1n nine lines Of Ave cars each.
placed It Intervals Of 100 feet back
ofstho wire.
Neaw System Of Scoring.
ScOr4ns ana timing of forty-six fast
cars on = course but two and q half
mites IN langth means the devisins Of
an entirely new system. In order to
score and time the race accurately
more than 100 men will be used thru
out the sseven hours, with fifty others
- relief men to the regular scorers.
The eye r. the only part Of mon de-
ponded upon to aid in this task. while
mechanical and electrical devices have
BEEN ealled upon to perform the
greater part Of the work. An electri-
cal timing machine. which divides the
seconds into hundredths. will catch
each car As It passes the wire on ey-
cry lap while q battery Of four adding
Machtnes swi1l be used to record the
number M cars as they pass. Two
dictAphone8 viii carry the record of
the car nasmbers>ln the order in which
they ait by the, stand. This last rec
ord w1ll have the story OF the entire
race N human voice, the first time this
has ev6r been attempted
e Reinforcing this squad Of mechanical
WofkeFs.w3n sbe four score boards, each
100 Neet IN length, and each employ
ing m0re Than twenty men to operate
IT. IAeee will catch each car as it
passes the wire and credit It with q
slap. se1db ttlne It. crosses. a. telephone
system which has more than twenty
1 sdngtruaents attached. win convey IN
\ formation % . score Of announcers In
Fall parts of the grounds and tho visit-
] ing ttinun will be informed Of the
status cf ne race every ten miles OF