The Daily Missoulian., 1913-05-04
PREPARATIONS MADE
AT INDIANAPOLIS MOTOR SPEEDWAY

difficult matter to secure the interest
of foreign manufacturers in an Amer
ican race, and the cars which have
been seen in this country We're owned
by American sportsmen and driven by
american drivers. 1t has long been
the hope Of American race enthusiasts
that the foreign manufacturers would
turn their attention to this country,
and in order to bring the matter to
their personal attention Charles w.
SedgWicl, manager of the Speedway
was sent to Europe last fall. Every
where he was received with eordiality
and after showing the heads of Euro
pean factories photographs and rec
ords Of the indianapolis Speedway, ne
told them of the purse of $4,000
which would be hung up as the prize
in this years event, and then the for
eigners began taking notice. No
sooner We're the entry lists opened
| than the Sunbeam factory, at Wolver-
hampton, England, filed formal entry
of one of their fastest cars, with AL
bert Guyot, the famous French driver,
, nominated as the pilot This entry
was followed by that of two French
Peugeot cars, which Jules GouX and
/
apols
Goux and Guyot have both been
! testing their cars at the Brooklands
track in England, and also participate
/ ing in the Easter races there. GouX
/ has astounded the motor world by his
remarkable bursts of speed, at one
| time averaging 109 miles an hour
Guyot in the Sunbeam has also made
some excellent records for himself, and
/ the engineers of the Sunbeam factory
| have expressed themselves as being
more than satisfied With the showing
! the car has made. The foreign driv-
ers expect to sail from Havre, France
| May 8, and will arrive in New York
| May 8. They will Immediately make
their way to indianapolis where they
will begin work at the Speedway. They
will be accompanied to this country
by Charles Faroux, editor of La Vic
Automobile, one of the leading French
| journals devoted to motoring. They
will also bring corps of mechanlca
assistants. Henry Crossman. an Eng
| lishman. who is an expert automobile
| engineer and an employe of the sun
beam factory, will act as Guyots re
lief driver, while Emil Begin, of thu
Peugeot factory, will act in the same
capacity for GouN Ernest Flanelli
an Italian, will be Zucarrelli's me-
chanic and relief driver,
Purses and Prizes.
4 The purse of $4,000 which is huns
up by the Speedway management viii
be divided among the winners as fol
lows: First $4,000; second, $4,000
third, $4,000; fourth, $4,000: fifth. 50,
600; SIXTH $4,000; seventh, $1,So0
: eighth, $1,000: ninth, sl,50O; tenth, 81,
400. In addition to these prizes, TIL
Bosch Magnetic Company and tn
Hartford Suspension Company hav
offered cash prizes to the drivers win
ming first, second and third places, re
spective1y, provided their cars ar
equipped with Bosch ignition and Truf
, fault Hartford shock absorbers. TIL
, famous Speedway trophies have ais
been revived as prizes for the coming
500 mile race. and in order to add [
the interest of the contest, one of thes
trophies will be given to the car whic
leads at the 200, 800 and 4oo-mil
posts. For the winner of the firs
< 200 miles, the Remy Grand Brassar
will be given the driver while the en-
: trant of the car will receive the Rem
: Grand Trophy If the car is equippe
; with Remy ignition, the driver will re
:, ceive $50 a week for fifty consecutiv
: weeks from the Remy Electric com
: pany. The Prest-O-Lite trophy,
: solid silver brick with a replica of tn
: Speedway in bas relief on it's obvers
: side, will be given to the entrant {
{, the car which is ahead at the end
9 the first 300 miles. The Wheeler an
: Schebler trophy, an heroic cup of 81
:, yer valued at more than $4,000, wi
!; be offered the entrant of the car leat
;. ing at 400 miles, and If the car
equipped with the Schebler carbure!o
II $1,000 in gold will be given the driv,
s by Frank II. Wheeler president of Il
e Wheeler-Schebler company.
Y The demand for seats has been Ill
is usually large this year, and, ever sim
IS the sale opened January 13. larl
e. force of ticket sellers has been Ike
a lbusy filling orders. Demands for sea