Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-26

strated to the speedway and the motor car
designers and builders the necessity Of
the precautions in running a race of such
distance.
Not only will the race for 500 miles be
the longest track event in 1912, but it
will also offer the largest amount of cash
to the drivers of the modern space-eaters.
Fifty thousand dollars is offered to these
men who will catapult their cars through
space for more than six hours In an effort
to cross the tape first with 200 laps TO
their credit
The winner will receive for his prob
ably six and one-half hours exertioD the
modest sum of $4,000, while Ray Har-
roun, the winner of the first race. drew
down $4,000. In addition to this amount
of cash offered by the speedway the
various accessory manufacturers interest
ed in the race have offered cash. The
following amounts will be given to the
next eleven drivers in the order that
1900. $500. 81. 400 1900. $1,000. $1.10o
and $1,000.
Drivers in 500 Mile Event.
Among the drivers and relief drivers
named for the twenty-seven entrants in
the race, seven drivers and seven relief
pilots will ride in their first 5Qo-mile
event. The drivers that were not partic-
pants in the first fve-century gasoline
marathon are: Harvey Herrick, Bert
Dingley. Billy Liesaw, Joe Koran. Len
Ormsby, Charles Shambaugh and H. j.
Fitzpatrick. The relief pilots to make
their bow in the 50o-mile event are Big
Boy" RAIDER. Johnson. Swanson, Fuller,
Farr, Kittrell and Fowler.
Teddy TetzlaR. now holder of the
worlds road racing record. with an av-
erage of 1850 miles per hour, made at
Santa Monica, May 4, will drive Fiat,
won his laurels. Last year he had a
Lozier mount. Ralph De Palma finished
sixth in the first event in a Simplex and
this year will be probably the individual
favorite. driving a big gray Mercedes.
Gil Anderson will again drive a Stutz
and will have as teammates Charley
Merz, famous as a National pilot, and
Len Zengel. winner Of the 1911 Egin, at
the wheel Of a National. In the first
race both Zengel and Merz appeared at
the wheels Of Nationals. Louis DisbroW
and Harvey Herrtck will drive the two
Case entries. Herrick is a new 500 miller,
but Disbrow drove the Pope-Hummer
last season.
Spencer Wishart. the New York mill
lionaire, who won fourth place in the
Harry knight. driver Of the Westcott
that he wrecked in the first event will
appear at the wheel of Lexington. This
will be the initial bow of the Lexington
in speedway racing.
The National team will present a new
front. Howdy Wilcox will again drive a
fifty horsepower. the same size National
that he finished in seventeenth place with
in the first event. David Bruce Brown.
twice winner of the Grand Prize OF
America, will drive a second National
fifty. Bruce Brown finished third in a
Fiat last year Joe Dawson. winner of
fifth place in the first race at the wheel
of a Marmon. will round out the Nation
ais team. Truly. one Of the most for
midable trios that ever grasped the steer
devouring speed monster. Bruce-Brown
is for the first time driving an American
made machine.
Bert Dingley. famous for his work with
a Pope on the Pacific coast, and partici-
pant in former vanderbilts, will make his
bow in q Simplex.
Return Of White Car to Arena.
Johnny Jenkins. former pug1list and
famous as a Cole driver, will mark the
return of the White to the racing arena
The last appearance Of the Cleveland ma
chine In the speed lists was with the
White steamer.
Bob BurInan, Speed King" will drive
a Cutting in the event. Burman held the
wheel of one Of the Benz entries in the
first event. Lee Prayer, who finished
thirteenth in the Observation-Disclosures in
the 1911 event, will drive the same mount.
Billy Liesaw, at the wheel OF the Mar
quette-B Buick is a new face among the
6OOLmilers.
Old Farmer Bill Endfcott. with a
penchant for green and famous as a pilot
OF Cole cars has transferred his affection
to a Incorporating Schacht Of vermillion
hue Mel Marquette. driver OF the Nc
Farlan "Six" in the first event, will have a
mount of the same make.
Ralph Mufford, the laughing youth that
made the name LoNer synonymous for
speed, will, for the first time in his long
career, appear at the wheel Of another
make MuMord will drive q Knox six. !"
He promises to be a strong contender, and
the Knox -Four driven by Belcher last
year in the race, had world Of speed.
Milford finished second in the first event.
driving a Loler, one minute and forty
three seconds behind Harroun.
Hughie Hughes. winner of many events
in his class in the little MERGERS, has one
of the most formidable speedsters at the
track. Hughes finished twelfth last year
in a Mercer. Len Ormsby will drive an
Opel, a famous German car. in his speed
way debut. Shambaugh Of Lafayette.
Ind, is q newcomer. He has built q spe-