Arizona republican., 1912-02-04
NEW GAR ID bE
 IN THE b|G RACE
Lexington Motor Co. Makes Tenth Entry for Big Go at Indianapolis - Knight Will Pilot the New Ma chine.

N \ withstanding the prophecies pf many who claim to know that automobile racing is on the wane anu that manu- facturers are becoming more and more incline,i to dodge contests, at least one co.:pany will make its debut in motor car racing at the 500-nlilc ln- ternational sweepstakes race on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway next Memorial Jay. The Lexington Mator Car company of Connersvillc. Indiana, has entered d six-cylinder 1911 model Lexington in the fivc-century grind t1 be run May 30. This is the first con test of the kinl in which this company has participated.
 Harry Knight. one of Americas youngest motor pilots is nominated to drive the Lexington car in the long Iraco. Knight appeareI in the last J00- mile race in Wescott and was mak- ing an excellent showing until he met with an accident in the ninety-siNth lap. or very nearly hali way through H..
 iurv was remarkable. He was involved in one of the most spectacular and thrilling accidents that ever occurred OF a motor racing course In an at tempt to avoid running over and kil- ling d mechanician who had fallen from a car just ahead ot him. and de- spite the fact that he was half blinde by smoke Knight voluntarily turned his car haad-on into the pits hears the starting line and crashed into two au- tomobiIcs standing at the side of the track.
 Knight and his mechanician were thrown many feet through the air but neither was injured seriously and the pluckv driver accomplished his pur- pose in saving the life of the man who had fallen on the track. Hundreds of spectators who witnessed this thrill hrg accident signed a petition asking for d Carnegie medal for Knight This petition is still before the Carnegie commission and will probably be acted upon during 1912.
 The car which is entered by the Lexington Motor Car company has a .-l , bore of four anu one eighth inches and l a piston stroke of five ard onr quarter | inches. giving piston displacement ! of 42I cubic inches. IL is the third six-cylinder car to be entered in the 1 race. and the tenth entry received so { far for the event. The car Is nearly 1 completed al will be sent to the ! Speedway in a short time for trying out
 | The other entries to the racn consist { of two Stutz cars entered by inc Ideal
 Motor Car company of Indianapolis to be driven by "Gil" Anderson and Len
 Zergle with Billy Knipper as reliei
 driver: two Mercedes cars to he driven
 by Spencer Wishart of Port Chester ! New York and Ralph DePaima, both l of these cars are privately owned; two ix-cylinder Case cars with Louis Dis
 brow anu Joseph Jagersbergev nomin- ated as pilots; two National cars with
 2 team of four drivers named, consist
 ing of Wilcox. Herrick. M-rZ and Herr
 and q Fiat entered by F.. F. Hewlett oi
 Los Angeles. California, to be driven by Teddy Tetzlaff. Tentative an
 nouncement of entries have 3een re- ceived from several olhr manufactur-
 CTS which will bring the total list, ccr-
 tain to appear. up to twenty-five cars As the field is to be limited to thirty cars, all of which must qualify at th' rate of Seventy-five miles per houi for one full lap of the two and one-hali mile track. it seems certain that tho race will fill to the limit.