The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-04-10
Plans Of Speedway Management Are
Being Made With Several For
eIsn Cars Entered in
Big RaceA
TRACK BEING PREPARED
Many Foreign Makes Have Refused TO
Enter Grand Prlx and Speed
way Will Benefit by This
Condition.

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. April TO-
That several other foreign manufac.
tlrers, in addition to the Sunbeam
ana Peugeot cars already entered, will
ngure In the third annual 500-mile in
ternational sweepstakes race at the
Indianapolis Motor Speedway, May 30,
is the belief of experts who follow
the worlds automobile events closely.
This belief is based on a study of the
French Grand Prix race which will
take place in July. This is the great
lest automobile event which will be
held in Europe this year and the en-
try list already published reveals the
rather startling information that for
ty-one prominent cars which were en-
tered last year will not be represented
lin the 1913 event
The Fiat, Benz, Mercedes and 9th
ers of the big European manufacture
ers have refused to place their cars
IN the competition and such well
known drivers as Louis Wagner, Vic
tor Hemeny, Percy Lambert, Rene
Hanriot, Helm, Fauquet, Barriaux.
Page. Derry and DeVere are without
mounts It is generally recognized
fact that the 50O-mile race which will
be staged at indianapolis will be the
biggest racing event in the world this
Year, and since the Sunbeam and
Peugeot people have turned their IA
iyorable attention upon America 1t is
thought that other European manufac-
turers may fellow suit
The American manufacturers for the
most part enter the racing game that
they may submit their cars to the
most rigid test possible and to gain
the. publicity which naturally attaches
itself to, the event. They care little
or nothing for the prizes which are
hung up. With the Europeans it is
4 different, and automobile racing on
the continent is more or less of com
mercial proposition in which the
purses are struggled for rather than
the mere honor OF winning.
The $4,000 purse which has been
hung up for the indianapolis 500 mile
race is much larger than the prizes
offered for any European event, and
the winning of this purse would mean
much to any European manufacturer
Therefore. since the French Grand
Prix has failed to attract their atten-
ton, it is believed, and not without
foundation, that an invasion OF Amer
lea is being planned and that before
the entry list closes at Indianapolis
May /, several foreign cars will be
slated to start In the great speed con-
test. The management of the In
dianapolis Motor Speedway, both
through its home Office and through
Its foreign representative, has receiv-
ed many inquiries concerning the COM
ing event, and every manufacturer in
Europe has been supplied with entry
blanks and is fully acquainted with
the conditions which will govern the
contest.
4 Sixteen entries have already been
received for the 500-mile race, these
} entries including the Sunbeam and
Peugeot cars 1t Is we'll known that
many other American cars will be rep
j resented, and there Is no doubt but
J that the list will be entirely filed
Within the next two weeks the Speed
way will present scene of activity,
: for all OF the drivers have expressed
themselves as being anxious to get
down to hard practice just as soon as
: the weather permits. The garages at
the Speedway are being put in good
shape to receive the teams, and the
track is in perfect condition. The
color scheme which will be adopted
this year, and which will make it
: much easier to distinguish the various
cars as they tear around the big
course, is being enthusiastically re-
crs. SO far the colors selected are as
follows: Stutz, white; Nyberg, bright
red: Keeton, light green; Mason,
dark tan; Unknown, gray with white
stripes; Henderson, azure; Smada,
dark green. The other cars entered
have not chosen their colors as yet.
Several interesting bits of gossip
concerning the 500 mile race have
eminated from the Indianapolis auto
mobile show, including the fact that
, it is quite probable that the Apperson
people of Kokomo will enter three
: car team. The rumor has not been
, denied, and it is openly stated that,
Z if such is the case. this team will be