New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-12
SPEEDWAY LIST COMPLETE.
eadinq Drivers Are Named for
5OO.MiIe Auto Struggle.
NEW RECORD LOOKED FOR
s.ue of the Contestants Believe
winner Will Have to Aver
age 80 Miles an Hour.

.,,v.seven cars. lacking only three OF
80, cot by the management, have been
NV .I.otad 10 start in the 500-mile interna-
nV.-, M sweepstakes on the Indianapolis
u'l speedway on Memorial Day. More
"a no in cash will be at stake, and
- every famous racing pilot in Amer
n r,u be on the ground, either as reg
- substitute driver. II is considered
ue host field Of cars and drivers ever
..,,gbt together in one contest.
les, YEAR there were more entries, but
,ne fastest cars have been entered for
Vs.. second race. With about one eXcep-
' ~. al Of the cars this time were among
w W. .,s,sst in the first 5C0-mile race, which
h,,,,sbed the most spectacular contest ever
messed In motoring annals II is be
I'D that the average speed will be as
r,gh as seyenty-nine miles per hour. The
80, race brought out an average of H6l
rauss for the FIVE century distance.
,,rost without exception the pilots who
-, ,racticlng for the big race believe that
'ho winners average will equal the record
..,ablshed for three hundred miles on the
"a AZ Santa Monica a week ago. Some
,.rs yentured the opinion that eighty miles
:. bo,lr will BE necessary for the winning
az Last year the drivers were correct In
,bs,r estimate Of speed, most of them say
,,y the seventy-four or seventy-hve miles
an hour would be the result
nssnite the fact that the eliminating
s,esd was set at scventy-hvc miles an
hnr- for one full lap Of the track, most of
,ss motors which have been specially built
1,r the race carry from To- tc l2o miles ar
hour beneath their bounets. This great
sneed capacity is provided because the re-
ouirements Of the race may make it ueces-
cary 10 have il at times. and sufficient
,oVer must be held in reserve so that the
motors will not be strained in maintain
ing an average Of about eighty miles.
A majority of the pilots named for the
race possess national and, in many cases,
an International reputation. The list in part
shows Wild Bob" Rurman, the speed
king; Teddy Tetzlaff, winner % the Santa
Monica race: caleb Bragg. who finished
second al Santa Monica and who Will team
with Tetzla1 on the Fiat entry; Ralph De
Palma. whose spectacular driving on mile
tracks won him the name OF mile track
CHAMPION. Harvey Herrick. winner Of the
lgi Santa Monica road race, and, until
Tetzar won the last race. holder OF the
worlds road race record, and Ralph Null
ford. winner Of The 1911 Vanderbilt Cup
race
Others who are prominent are Louis Dis
brow. driver Of the 200-horsepower Jay Eye
See car. which recently set new mile track
records for five. ten and fifteen miles; How
ard Wilcox, holder of the mile straight
away stock car record: Hughie Hughes, the
English pilot, who won the Savannah chal-
lenge race In 1911, and Len Zengel, who
won the 1911 Elgin national stock chassis
road race. Several drivers have not been
named, but II is reported that David Bruce
Brown. winner OF the 1911 grand prize race,
will be named TO drive one Of the fast
American cars in the race.
Despite the fact that between 5000 and
1000 persons saw the last contest, II is
aid that the crowd this year will be even
reater. The advance sale OF seats indicates
hat the crowd from outside Of Indianapolis
vii be fully 90 per cent greater than be-
ore. More than forty special trains are to
e run 10 Indianapolis from many far-aWay
tiles. and six motor club tours will be run
o the speedway, one OF them coming from
Denver.