The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-25
WINNER OF THE RACE WILL BE AWARDED s2O, O,0OO-RACE WILL BE FIVE HUNDRED MILES LONG

Lured on by the richest prizes ever of- fered in automobile speed competitions, and driving the speed creations of the most brilliant engineering minds of Europe and America. the drivers en- tered in She second annual 500 mile race at the Indianapolis Motor Speed way will begin their long journey around the brick oval at 10 o'clock next Thursday morning.
 For the second time in the history of the worlds greatest race course the cubic Inches will be offered to the speed lovers and the sporting inclined fol lowers Of the automobile game in the United States.
 This Is the greatest of track races The first 500 mile event on the vitrified oval at Indianapolis astonished the world, and Ray Harroun in his Marmon Wasp was the hero of the noarly seven i hour speed combat. The first ace taught the speedway management. the en- gineers, the drivers and last but not least. the public.
 The second race will astonish the world. The greatest drivers on this side of the Atlantic are entered and many of them participated In the first event The cars are faster than in 1911. The requirements of the entry conditions were much more stringent The facilities for handling the largest number of people that will witness a sporting event in 1912 are much inn proved over the 1911 conditions ana Indianapolis people by cooperating with the speedway management anc the hotels will be able to easily handle all its guests
 The Motor Speedway, at cost oi l s650,000, has substituted tunnel fol the old foot bridge just north of the pits. This will facilitate the handling of the autos that are parked in the in | field and the vast crowds that will view the race from this enclosure. The tunnel Is Just north of the wire al the north end of the paddock box stand II will admit of the passage of two motor cars at the same time. going in two passages for pedestrians elevated above the vehicle passages
 The speedway has in every way per fected it's arrangements to make safe every possible angle of the race. The track has been gone over carefully and smoothed out. The drivers will be in structed Monday night at o'clock, in a meeting at the Claypool hotel by the A. A. A. officials in charge of the race, and cautioned to be vigilant at all times An elaborate signal sys- tenn for use in emergencies on the track l has been worked out
 Only the cars that comply with the entry requirements in every particular will b' allowed to face the starter memorial day morning Monday morning. May 27. at o'clock under the direction of Referee A, i K. Pardington, Starter Fred J. Wagner and Chief Timer C. II. Warner and his assistants. the 27 entrants will begin their trials 10 qualify. This demands the lap ping of the track in two minutes flat or at a speed of 75 miles an hour for two and one-haf miles.
 On Tuesday afternoon at 1 30 o'clock the cars will begin to weigh in. This require ment is 2o0O pounds or over.
 All steering knuckles, front axles. frame hangers and steering mechanism. includ- ing tie rods. will be subject to the ap- provai of Howard Coffin, famous as en- gineer and builder of the Hudson car and the mechanical engineer of the speed way. These details prove to the layman that the first race demonstrated to the speedway and the motor car designers and builders the necessity of the precau- tons in running 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 cf- fort to cross the tape first with 200 laps to their credit. f
 The winner will receive for his probably six and one-half hours exertion the mod est sum of s20.oo0, while Ray Harroun the winner of the first race, drew down s1o00 Tn addition to this amount of cash offered by the speedway the various accessory manufacturers interested in the race have offered cash. The following amounts will be given to the next Il drivers in the order that they finish s1oooo, s500o, 5000 s25Oo. 5000. $500 slfOo $500. sl3o0 s1i00 and 5000.
 The following have entered the 500- mile race;
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