Omaha daily bee., 1912-03-03
GREAT RACERS TO CONTEST
Specimen Bunch of Indianapolis
Speedway Nominations.
NINE OF THE cAcKERJACKs
second Annual seo.Miie sweep
stakes to BE Run on Memorial
Day VIII Attract the Atten-
... tion OF Motor World.

Il Is a great bunch Of entries that
shows up for the second annual 5oo-mile
international, sveepstake race. which will
DO run at the indianapolis Motor Speed.
way next Memorial day. This 10 one OF
the events In the field OF auto racing that
attracts the attention Of the world. The
Indianapolis speedway 10 one grand track.
on which unlimited tina and money has
been spent TO make Il ~ near perfect
a. such course can be.
Nine OF the principal devotsss Of auto
racing are presented herewith. They are
typical Of the caiiber Of the daredevils
who will be at the wheels when the big
race Is started. go
Harry Knight. who will drive a six
cylinder Lexington in this race, was un-
deferred from his fondness for racing
even when he became the star in one of
the most thrilling accidents ever hap
pening on the indianapolis course. During
the last 5oo-Tnile race he skidded into the
pit walls and demolished his car, to-
gether with the car driven by Herb
Lytie. yet escaped practically unhurt. A
mechanicisn had fallen from car ahead
Of him and knight incurred the chance Of
instant death by trying to turn his car
sufficiently TO clear the PROSTATE man.
TeIxiaff Drives FfaI.
Teddy Tetzlaff Is to drive the Fiat en-
try No. In the coming race. He formerly
drove a I,ozier car and Is given credit
for being one OF the cracker-jack drivers
developed in the west. Until last fall he
held the American road race record. made
at Santa Monica in 1910 f. E. Hewlett. an
attorney at Los Angeles. owns the car
Tetzlaff is TO drive in this race.
GIL Anderson will drive stutz entry No.
1 in the race. He participated in the first
contest and drove through the 500 miles
without any mechanical adjustment Of
his car. AS he had the first car made
on that particular model. his performance
attracted such attention a company was
formed to build various models on the
chassis used
Harvey Herrick. present holder of the
Cracks to Compete.
worlds road race record. is nominated to
drive Case 'slx-cyiinder. car. He was a
member Of the national racing team in
1910 and won the Santa Monica event.
In which he made the record. He also
won the Phoenix desert road race. This
will be his first appearance away from
the Pacific coast tracks.
Don Herr will drive a National racing
car. He is the youngest driver on the Ma
tional team, from the standpoint Of ex-
perienee. but has proven himself a game
steady man. having landed winner in sew
eral quite important contests in 1911.
wilcox. one Of the most spectacular
performers to be seen. anywhere holds
the worlds record for a strslghtzvay
mile, having made II in stock car In
az He has appeared in three Indian
apolls speedway coDtests and was
heavy contributor TO National car win
nings in 1911.
Len zengle. Formerly member Of the
national racing team. will be at the
wheel of stutz entry No. 2 in the Men,
orial day race In 1910 he won the Fair
mount park race at Phildelphia and in
1911 captured the national stock chassis
road race at E1gin. Bully Rnipper will
be his relief driver in the coming race.
Bert Dingiey will pilot his high-powered
Simplex racing car. Most OF his notable
have been made in the west,
but he Is a real man at the racing game.