Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-05-31

indianapolis, Ind, May S1.-Jules
GouX, F'renchman, driving a French
car, the Peugeot, won the third annual
500 mile automobile race at the speed
way in. 6:3l:S3.45. an average speed of
1853 miles an hour.
Cha rles Merz. who finished third in
a Stutz, brought the biggest thrill to
the crowd. estimated at 100000. when
he drove the last lap of the race with
his car on fire The flames broke out in
the upper stretch turn. and Merz re-
fused to stop al the pits until he had
Icircled the track another time and
finished the race.
Coming down the nome stretch in the
finish, Harry Martin, Merz' mechanici-
and unbuckled the straps so the pit
men could eAtinguish the flames i'm
mediately.
Four out of the eight foreign cars en-
tered finished in the prizes the other
four being forced out by broken parts.
An American car, a Mercer. driven
by Spencer Wishart. finished second,
seven laps behind the winner. The
Sunbeam, an English car, driven by
t'renchman, Albert Guyot. came in
fourth. The other foreign cars in the
money were:
Pilett's Mercedes knight German
which was fifth, and Mulford's Mer-
cedes German) seventh. The three
Italian cars were forced out Of the
contest.
The race was a little more than ten
minutes slower than last years con-
test which Was run in 6:2l:06. This
was due. il was said, in large measure
to the intense heat. which necessitated
many changes OF tires. Another thing
which caused a slower time was the
fact that this year the piston displace-
ment was limited 10 $50 cubic inches,
while last Year the race was free
for all All the speedway records for
the class of cars We're broken up to go
miles. when the many stops at the pit
began to cut down the average.
Goux. the winner, complained al
every stop at the pits because his
because his manager refused to let him
put his car to its highest speed. He
claimed that he could have made much
better time. but his manager contended
that as he was in the lead from the
140th mile there was no use to let the
Peugeot OUT. Goux, after getting the
lead when Burman stopped for oil anu
saSolene. was never headed, and fin
ished far in the lead of his nearest
competitor Anderson's StutZ pushed
the leader hard until the 18th lap
when the car was forced out by &
broken magnetic shaft.
GouX first Won fame as race driver
in France. Before coming here he
went to the Brooklands Tracks in Eng
land, where he made IDS miles 81 yards
in sixty minutes in the same car in
which ne raced today. His record in
the 402 mile race broke all European
records for the distance. while his per-
Torrance al Brooklands track broke ali
world records.
Burman. who was the favorite in
the betting. ran a hard luck race. In
the 55th lap his car caught fire in the
back stretch. He put out the flames
and ran to the pits, where he had to
change carhurettors. He had TO make
several other stops at the pits and was
relieved at the wheel by Hughie
Hughes when the tenth car finished.
Early in the race, Evans Mason
turned completely around on the lower
turn. but the car stayed on its Wheels
and Evans continued unit! near the end
of the contest.
Besides the prizes and trophies Of
fered by accessory concerns, the fol-
| lowing prizes where given by the
speedway management TO the winners.
which, with their times, follow in