Omaha daily bee., 1912-05-26
auto RACES ON This WEEK
Geatest Event Ever ATTEMPTED win
Be Run at Indianapolis
RICH PRIZES TO BE AWARDED
rs Miles an Hour and Attempt
VIII Be Made TO Break
Harroun Record.

INDIANAPOLIS. Ind. May 2.-Lured
on by the richest prizes ever offered in
automobile speed competitions, and driv-
ing the speed creations Of the most
brilliant engineering minds OF Europe
and America, the drivers entered in the
second annual 5eo-mile race at the IN
dianapolis motor speedway viii 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 five
century contest for cars under 600 cubic
inches will be offered to the speed lovers
and the sporting inclined followers of the
automobile game in the United States.
This is the greatest OF track races The
first 5oo-mile event on this vitrified oval
at Indianapolis astonished the world. and
Ray Harroun in his Marmon Wasp was
the hero Of the nearly seven-hour speed
combat. The first race taught the speed
way management, the engineers. the driv-
ers and last. but not least the public.
The second race will astonish the worli.
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 1911. The requirements Of
the entry conditions were much more
stringent. The facilities for handling
the largest number OF people that Will
witness sporting event in 1872 are much
improved over the 1911 conditions and
indianapolis people by cooperating with
the speedway management aud the hotels
will be able to easily handle all its guests.
The speedway has IN every way per.
feeted its arrangements to make safe
every possible angle Of the race. The
track has been gone over carefully and
smoothed out. The drivers win be In
structed Monday night at o'clock, In a
meeting at the ciaypooi Hotel by the
American Automobile association officials
in charge Of tho race. and cautioned 70
be vigilant at all times. An elaborate
signal system for use in emergencies on
the track has been worked out.
Entrants Qualify Monday.
Only the cars that comply with the
sntry requirements In every particular
will be allowed to face the starter Me-
mortal Day morning. Monday morning
May q, at . o'clock, under the direction
Of referee A. r. Pardington. Starter Fred
]. Wagner and Chief Timer c. H. Warner
and his assistants. the twenty-seven
entrants will begin the trials to qualify
This demands the tapping Of the track
in two minutes fiat or at q speed III
o..
one-half miles.
Not only will the race for 500 miles b
the longest track event In 1919, but II
win also offer the largest amount Of cash
to the drivers OF the modern space-eaters
Fifty thousand dollars Is offered to these
men who viii catapult the cars through
space for six hours in an effort to cross
the tape first with 800 laps TO their credit
The winner will receive for his prob
ably six and one-half hours exertion.
the modest sum of 10000. while Ray
Harroun. the winner OF the first race
drew down $4,000. In addition to this
amount OF cash offered by the speedway
,hes various accessory manufacturers in
tertsted In the race have offered cash.
The following amounts will be given to
the next eleven drivers in the order that
they finish. 10000, s5.oeo. $500 500.
1900 N,5oo. N,ioo. 1850. A.aoo, n,ioo and
400
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 5oo-miie
event. The drivers that were not par
Elephants in the first five-eentury gaso-
line marathon are Harvey Herrick. Bert
Dingley, Billy Liesaw, Joe Koran, Len
ormsby. Charles shambaugh and II !
Fitzpatrick. The relief pilots to make
their bow in the 5oo-mile event are Big
Boy" RAIDER. Johnson Swanson. Fuller.
Farr. Kittrell and Fowler.