The weekly Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1911-1922, 1912-04-11
SPEED KING TO APPEAR
wild BOB" BURMAN WILL DRIVE
BIG CAR IN 5oo-MILE RACE.
Cutting Racer Comes Close to Limit
OF Power Allowed Starters in
Memorial Day Event at
indianapolis.

Definite confirmation of the rumor
that wild Bob" Burman, the worlds
speed king, will be seen at the wheel
of Cutting car in the second annual
500-mile International Sweepstakes
race, has been received at the Indian
apolis Motor Speedway in the form of
an entry of the car and the nominal
ton of Burman as driver For some
time it has been understood that the
speed monarch would pilot Cutting
machine, but no definite entry had
been made until recently.
Burman is probably more in the
public eye than any other racing
driver, because of his succession to
the throne of speed king and his hold
ing of the worlds straightaway reg
ords made at Daytona, Florida. He
has been a contender in most of the
great motor events in the past four
or FIVE years and has always figured
AOE0 VI lcSS
The entry of the Cutting car, with
Burman named as driver, means that
he will devote the next two months of
his time to preparing the car and test
ing 1t out over the motor speedway
course. He probably will do very lit
tie exhibition driving or mile track
racing in the meantime.
Harry Goetz, who was the mechani-
clan for Ray Harroun. winner of the
last 5OO-mile race in a Marmon car,
has gone with Burman and is helping
him in the building of his special rae
ing car. Goetz is one of the most
skilled mechanicians in the country
and Burman looks to him to aid mate
rally in the success of his next ap-
pearance in a big race.
The car which Burman will drive is
1912 special model, weighing 1900
pounds, which is 300 pounds above the
minimum weight allowed in the race.
The motor has four cylinders with a
bore of five and seven thirty-seconds
inches, and a piston stroke of seven
inches, giving a piston displacement
Of 1913 cubic inches. 1t is believed
that the motor will develop about one
hundred horsepower, and It probably
will be about the largest in the race.
The motor Is specially built to come
Just within the six hundred cubic inch
limit set upon the contest by the
Speedway management.
The other entries to the race are
two Stutz cars, to be driven by Gil
Anderson and Len Zengle, with Billy
Knipper as relief; two Nationals with
Don Herr, Howard Wilcox and Charley
Merz named as drivers; two Case cars
with Harvey Herrick and Louis Dis
brow nominated as regular drivers;
two Mercedes cars with Ralph De
Palma and Spencer Wishart at the
wheels; one Fiat to be. driven by
Teddy Tetzlaff; Simplex with Bert
Dingley to drive and a Lexington to
be piloted by Harry Knight.
Ralph Milford has purchased six
cylinder Knox which he will drive in
the race, although his entry has not
formally been made.
This early field of starters is con
sidered the cream of driving and rae
ing talent Of the country, and means
that the former record of 1851 miles
per hour established for the 500 miles
IL certain to fall in the next Memorial
Day contest.
The early seat and hotel reserva-
lions which have been made indicate
that the crowd will be greater than
that which Witnessed last years event
The throng which witnessed the last
500-mile race was the largest that eyel
passed into any one enclosure 20 at
tend sporting contest OF any de-
scription.