Arizona republican., 1912-03-25
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Burman Will Drive a Cut ting Car in the Big Sweep stakes Event at Indian apolis; Other Entries s Made Recently

INDIANAPOLIS. Inl March 2i.- Definite confirmation of the rumor that "WilG Bob Burman, tine worlds speed king. will be seen at the wheel of q Cutting car in the second annual 50O-mile International Sweepstakes race. has been received at the Indian apolis Motor Speedway in ,le form of an entry of the car and the nomination of Burman as driver. For some time it has been understood that the speed monarch would pilot d Cutting ma chine. but no definite entry had been made until a day or so ago.
 Burman is probably more in the pub lie eye than any other racing driver because Of his succession to the throne of speed king and his holding of the worlds straightway records made at DaytOna. Florida. He has been con- tender in most of Jhe great motor events in the past four or five years and has always figured more or less prominently.
 The entry of the Cutting car, with
 Burman named as driver. means that he will devote the neN two months of his time to preparing the car and test
 ing it 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 mechan- iclan for Ray Harroun. winner of the last JOO- mile race in a Marnon car. has gone with Burman and is helping him in the building of his special rac- ing car Coetz is one of the most skilled mechaniciens in the country and Burman looks to him to aid ma teriaIlv in the success of his next ap- pearancc m a big race.
 The car which Burman wifi drive IS i q 1912 special model. weighing 1900 pounds. which is 300 pounds above ahe minimum weight allowed in the race. | The motor has four cylinders with a bore Of five and seven thirty-seconds 1 inches. an,i a piston stroke of seven | inches. giving q piston displacement oi | 597.9 cubic inches. It is believed that 1 he 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 1 just within the six hundred cubic inch ! limit set upon the consest by the 1 Speedway management
 l The other entries to the race arc two Stutz cars. to be driven by Gil ! l Knipper as relief: Two Nationals with
 Don Herr. Howard Wilcox and Char i ley Merz named as drivers; two Case
 cars with Harvey Herrick and Louis l Disbrow nominated as regular driV- 1 CTS: two Mercedes cars with Ralph Dc l Palma ard Spencer Wishart at tho
 wheels: one Fiat to bc driven by Ted i dy Tetzlafr: Simplex wi'h Ber' l Dingley tc drive and a Lexington tC !! be niloted bv Harry Knight.
 1 Ralph Mulford has purchased a six { cylinder Knox which ne will drive. 1T
 the race. although his entry has no 1 formally been made.
 This early field of starters is con | sidered the cream of driving and rae | ing talent Of the country. and mean: 1 that the former record Of i4.6l nlle' per hour established for the 300 mil' | is, certain to fall in the next mcmor
 ial Day contest.
 The early seat and hotel reserva
 tions which have been made indicat
 that the crowd will be greater thai
 that which witnessed last years event
 The throng which witnessed the las l h. la,
 CT passed into any one enclosure t
 attend a sporting contest Of any de 1 scription.