The Daily Missoulian., 1913-05-04


third annual 50O-mile International
Sweepstakes race, which will be held
at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway,
May 30, holding the attention of motor
enthusiasts the world over, the event
this year promises to surpass any
similar contest in the history of AM
erican racing. Interest at this time
| is at fever heat, and the management
| of the Indianapolis Speedway is pre-
pairing to take care of record break
ing crowd. The French Grand Prix
and the Brooklands races have gradu-
| ally given place to the speed contests
| which during the past four years have
| been staged at Indianapolis, and the
| big American track now stands su-
| preme in the motor world.
| A new departure this year has
aroused the keen interest of manufac-
!! turers in the. 500-mile race Hereto-
/ fore the race has been open to cars
having a piston displacement of 500
! cubic inches or less, bat this year the
| announcement is that in order to quail
| ify for entrance cars must have pis-
| ton displacement of not more than 45O
| cubic inches. This gives the manu-
facturers the chance to enter cars OF
the regular stock class and it also pre-
vents the big powerfully built racers
from running away from the cars OF
! more ordinary size. While the new
ruling will not Interfere in any way
with the making of sensational rec
ords. it is an established fact that il
will make the race more closely con-
tested, thus adding to the excitement
of the sport. The ruling has met
with the marked approval of manu-
facturers and other entrants, and the
wisdom of the move has been recog-
nized to such an extent that it is be-
lieved that hereafter practically every
race staged in this country will adopt
the same rule.
Thirty cars will be allowed to star
in the coming race, and 1t is belleVee
that the list win be filled besides al
lowing for entries which may fail t.
pass the preliminary speed trials
which will be held before the race. II
, order to qualify a ear must be able tt
, show an average speed of rs miles al
hour, and in the event that more than
thirty cars remain in the field follow
2 ing these preliminaries, some of tht
. three car teams may be reduced t.
d
two cars.
/ The lineup of drivers dicloses thu
names of many Veterans-men Wh'
have helped to make racing hstor,
and who are noted for their skill ant
daring In fact, with the exception
7 of one or two men, there is not a drive
. entered SO far who is not widel.
: known throughout the racing frater
! nifty. Following is the list of cars to
Y gether with the drivers who are nov
. entered for the race:
. stutz, 4-cylinder. driver Anderson
!, stutz, 4-cylinder, driver, Merz: Ny
f berg, 6-cylinder 6-bore, 4-stroke, 2S
displacement, driver, Fl. Endicott
}. Keeton, 4-cylnder, 3-32-bore, 5A
! stroke, 4s7 displacement driver Bur
. man: Mason, 4-cylinder, 4 5-1G-bort
p unknown: Mason, 4-cylinder SIS
bore. 6-stroke 350.5 displacement
driver. unknown; Stutz, 4-cylnde
driver, Herr; Sunbeam (English). 6
= cylinder, 354 bore, 6.29-stroke, $50
IS displacement, driver, Guyot; Hender
= son, 4-cylnder, driver. Knipper; F'o
d Special, 4-cylinder, ga bore, 5h
r. stroke, 3S9 displacement, driver. VIII
u cox; Snlad1, 4-cyllHueF, o12 -poTe, :.
; stroke, 1924 displacement, drive
.e Adams; Peugeot (F'rench), 4-cylinde
n driver, Goux; Peugeot (French), 4-cy
: inder, driver. Zucarrelli; Amel, 4-cy
l. inder, Az bore, 5-stroke, 1851 dis
n placement. driver, Liesaw; Schacht.
,r cylinder, 7-S-bore, 5k stroke, 410.t
e displacement, driver, Jenkins; Merce
a 4-cylinder Ashore. 6 3-16 stroke 447
W displacement. driver, DePalma; Me-
1t Ger, 4-cylinder Ashore, 6 3-16 strok
l. 447.9 displacement, driver, Bragg
r, Mercer. 4-cylinder 4.37-bore, 5-strok
Is 2997 displacement. driver, Wishart.
III That this years 500-mile race w
80 be truly International in character
ce assured since three foreign cars, to
~ driven by native pilots have alreat
,g been entered, and it is the consens'
ic of opinion that several more entri
er will he received before the lists clos
lUp to the present time it has been