The chronicle=news., 1913-01-17
GUyo1 10 DRIVE MS
FAMOUS SUNBEAM

Indianapolis. Ind. Jan. 1.-THE
prcsencc OF the famous French driv-
or. Guyot. seated at the wheel of the
famous Sunbeam racer. tn" English
car. which until recently held the
records from six 10 ~ hours. made
on tho BroOklands track. IL u possl-
bIlity In the 500 mile race TO he run
at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Memorial day.
Charles ". Scdwick. director oi
tho Motor Speedway. who recently
returned from Europe. where he Wis
itcd the foreign factories In search uf
entries for the big race. has rrcciy-
cd the proposition from l.. coatalcr.
chief engineer OF the Sunbeam Motor
works at wolvcrhampton. England.
who. In II recent visit 10 Paris. talk
ed over the matter with Guyoi oi
driving the Sunbeam IN III" America
auto classic.
In u letter from Paris. COatnl"n.
writing 20 Mr.. S.dwicls says; -
have met Cuyot OF Paris. who would
be wIilln. TO go to indianapolis for
the big race. | should be willing to
lend him my six cylinder Sunbeam
ear. tho Identical ear which holds
the worlds records from six To |.
hours. Guyoi Is n famous French
driver. who won the Grand Priy four
years ago. and has driven In all big
events on the continent. This would
make you u good combination. I shall
he back ut the works early In Janu-
airy aud shall be glad to hear from
you.''
BESIDES winning tn. Grand pr,S In
1905. Guyot finished second In 1909.
lie has been racing for J.. years aud
Is one Of the record racing kings OF
Europe. lie Ia an aviator as wei!
ns rae" driver.
S.Lwick saw Guyot In Paris aud
the driver said he would b. Glad OF
the chance to win the big race. II II
could he arranged FOR him to hav" u
mount. Mr.. S,dwick has answered
'CCaiai.n. suggesting that II Sunbeam
entry with Guyot names M the dri,-
or. would he welcome news for The
Speedway officials. u. aiso pointed
out the worldwide advantages to
.Coatalcn's company. II the Sunbeam
ear should race home winner.
The Sunbeam car. was most sue
,'cssful In Its competition In 1912. In
track and road races. hill climbs and
reliability runs. The performance Of
tho Sunbeam OH June .. aud rs In
the 1000 mile race over tho Dicppc
'circuit for the Grand Prix was note
WORTHY. II achieved n victory with
out precedent In motor racing his
tory-ihrcc Sunbcams. 1916 horse
power. driven by Risnl. Rcsta and
McdimHcr winning first second and
third In the three litrc class. win
the Team Regularity prize.
The first two Sunbcams finished
within u minute and a quarter Of
each other and were beaten In the
race FOR the Grand Prix by TWO ears.
one Of which was more than double
aud the other nearly five times their
size.
The sale Of seats for the JOO-milc
race at the Indianapolis Motor
Wednesday morning at ? o'clock nj
the Speedway office. iIG North Cap
itol aycnu. under tho direction OF
y. r.. Myers. auditor. There was u
big demand for scats-iargcr than
ON the opening day last year. The
sale indicates a keen Interest among
automobile race lovers from coast to
coast.
Requests from all parts OF the Uni
ted Ctntcs have been arriving daily
for seats. This has happened since
January |. and even earlier. These
requests were filed and filled In the
order OF their being received.
The Wolverine Automobile club
has the honor of being the first auto
mobile club to be served with It's
reservation. The Detroit club. which
toured the race last year and which
will probably do so this year. took
u block of 500 seats. This order was
made at the close of the race last
year but was renewed shortly before
the holidays. Tho IioOsicr Motor
club Of Indianapolis has taken 600
seats and 80 parking places.
The National Cash Register COM
rany was on deck with an order for
800 seats. The company will throw
an automobile party for its employees
on the day OF the race.
james +. Gamble. II lumbermnn Of
Highland Park. KY. bought the first
parking space for a machine. Among
the requests for cservatiou arc
those from practically every nutomo-
bile factory in the United States.
each of which Will send II big party.
There were filled hundreds Of private
orders for the best seats, The sale