The Washington herald., 1913-01-26
HARRY ENDICOTT
ADARINGDRIVER
Will Pilot a Nyberg Car in the
Third Annual 500-mile
international Race.
in STOCK MACHINE
Great Confidence Is Placed in the
Wire Wheels, with Which the
Racer will Be Equipped.

Indianapolis. Ind, Jan. 25.-Anxious to
add more laurels to his already brilliant
record, Harry Endicott, one of the most
daring and skillful speed pilots a., the
United States, will drive a Nyberg car
in the third annual 5O0-mile International
Sweepstakes race. which will be staged
at the indianapolis Motor Speedway
Memorial Day. Formal entry of the car
has been made by the manufacturers. and
this Is the first time in the history OF the
Nyberg Automobile Company of Ander-
son. Ind. that one OF its PRS has been
entered in a race. The car Is now in
course of construction, and while Driver
Edicott is experimenting the work. 1t
VIII be practically stock car. 1t will
have a piston displacement of $50 cubic
inches and great confidence is placed in
the wire wheels with which the car will
be equipped. These. il is believed, will
prevent tire trouble. a factor which enters
largely into the chances of winning
race
Endicott was entered in twelve races
last year. As relief driver for his broth
er. Bill Endicott, he drove $50 miles
of the 5O0-mile race held at the Indian
apolis Moter Speedway in 1912, and was
given credit for fifth place. Later. at
Galveston, Texas, he won first place in
six races. and in the seventy five mile
free-for-all he captured the second prize,
being defeated only by 9o-horse-
power Mercedes. The following day he
secured second place in a aO0-mile free
for-all. in which his car with A piston
displacement of 22S cubic inches was de-
feated by a Simplex-Zip having a dis
placement of 59S.
At Elgin, Ill, Endicott again added to
his fame as a driver when he won the
Jencks trophy in 10l-:nile race, break
ing the record for the course by six miles
an hour. At Milwaukee. Endicott was
the winner of the Wisconsin Motor Chal-
lenSe Trophy, driving a Mason car.
Enter 5Oo-miIe Race.
II is highly probable that two or more
Of these cars will also be entered in the
51p-mile race at indianapolis Arrange
ments toward this end are being made by
+. s. Duesenberg, of Des Moines, Iowa,
designer OF the engine which is being
used in the Mason racing car. These cars
show by past performances that they
will be able to give a good account OF
themselves in the big speed contest. and
at the Milwaukee races last fall il was
Mason 'ar that won the Pabst trophy.
Mort Robert3 was at the steering wheel
in this race. and when his teammate
Endicott. walked away with the ChaI-
lcnge cup, the makers of the Mason car
felt that they had made a good start
in the racing game.
Since then Ralph Mulford, driving a
Mason car, won the election day derby
at Brighton Beach, doing the hundred
miles in fraction over 1O1 minutes. He
ran against a field of prominent cars, all
of which were larger than the Mason.
Nulford. it is understood, will drive one
of the Masons entered in the 5OO-mile
race, and a special car is being built for
this purpose. 1t will have a piston dis
placement OF $50 cubic inches with cylin-
ders 5-l6x6. II will be remembered that
Mulford won the grand prize in 1909 driv- ,
ing Lozier, and in 1911, when the first
50O-mile race was held at the Indianapo-
lis Motor Speedway, he won second place. !
crossing the tape a second and a hall
after the winning Marmon