The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1913-05-21
iDRWERS TUNING Up
CARS FOR BIG RACE
Jules Goux Says Race on
May 80 Will Be Hotly
Contested.
(National News Association

INDIANAPOLIS. Indiana, May 21-
I Jules Goux, the man who has beaten
the worlds speed records, is now at
tie Indianapolis Motor Speedway tun-
ing up his Peugect car in preparation
for the third annual 500 mile race
which will be held May 80. He is ac-
companied by Paul Zucarrelli, his
team mate, Emil Begin and Ernest
Flanelli, their relief drivers. Charles
Faroux, editor of La Vie Automobile,
of Paris, is expected to join the party
soon and will be an interested specta-
tor at the 500-mile race.
The foreigners were given rousing
reception upon their arrival in Indi-
annapolis. They are met at the train by
Charles w. Sedwick, manager of the
Speedway; Paul r. Martin, press di-
lrector of the Speedway; Harry Stutz.
of the Stutz Motor Car Company and
"a delegation of American drivers who
are now practicing in anticipation of
/ the 500-mile race. Automobiles deco
rated with French, Italian and Ameri-
can flags formed a procession and the
foreign drivers were escorted to the
Columbia Club where they were the
guests of honor at luncheon rendered
them by Charles w. Sedwick.
The big blue Peugeot cars arrived in
indianapolis several days before Goux
Iand Zucarrelli. The drivers immedi-
,ately unpacked their cars and are now
getting down to practice and learning
the turns of the track. They express
themselves as being highly pleased
with the big brick oval, saying that it
lis without doubt the greatest race
course of the world.
81 had no idea that this track could
tcompare with that of Brookland S"
said Jules Goux through S. M. Pimi-
enta, official interpreter of the Speed
/, way. 81 am most pleasantly surprised
for here find 1t much better in every
! way. After watching the American
1 cars which are already here l know
that the race on May 30 will be the
most hotly contested event in which
7 have ever taken part"
Goux is an engineer of the Peugeot
i.factory in Paris, concern of which
Ifhis father was the superintendent for
Istone's throw of the factory and was
educated expressly for the position he
holds today. George Muntz, a New
York business man spent few days
with Goux at Indianapolis. The two
men were college mates in Paris years
ago but had lost sight of each other
since Muntz came to this country. A
newspaper story concerning the entry
fof Goux in the 500 mile race led Muntz
they met in New York upon the arri-
val of Goux it was the first time they
had seen each other for more than
twelve years.
Race spirit is in the air at Indiana
polls. Every day sees great crowds at
the Speedway, watching the practice
of the drivers. The colony of drivers
and mechanics is swelling to unusual
proportions. Gil Anderson, Stutz pilot
est lap of the year circling the two
mile and half oval in 1:44 flat. This
time was made in brush with his
team mate Charles Merz who made
the same distance in 1:44%. Bob Bur-
man has not unlimbered as yet preferr-
ing to work his motor slowly. Howard
Wilcox, in his Fox Special is also at
s the track, but has not tried to estab-
lish any records.
The three Case cars with DisbrOW,
Nikrent and Bill Endicott as drivers
have arrived from the South and have
begun work.