Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-29
FRENCH CARS To
ENTER RACES At
SPEEDWAY
Private Owner To Be in Contest
with TWo-CyCIe Car Now
Being Specially Made.

r.frte word has been received from
size raugeot Company, Of Paris. that
.r..r f their festest cars, with Jules GOux
r. Inawelli as drivers, will be entered
... rnird annual 500-mile international
ra..-tales race at the Indianapolis mo-
-...Iway May 80. This rumor has
.... ..rrent for some time. and it's Of
... .aufrmation by the Peugeot Com
..r. adds unusual interest to the coming
rr.-. tt now being an assured fact
.a.. the 50O-mile race will be truly in
..-.rrnaI in character and will prove
...4 the greatest automobile race ever
... .n an American track. if not in
,rr world.
r.. reugeot cars have left the factory
.ra being tested under the super
...r oft the engineers who designed
- rr has been necessary to change
.. rr.rder bore in order to lower the
.....r .facement to the $50 cubit inch
r-..r- made by the speedway this year.
According to present arrangements. GouN
ana r..rr~eIl will arrive in America about
Ma. q. nd will proceed Immediately TO
r-. .r.r.IfS. where they will have
4..... f.. become thoroughly acquainted
r... the speedway before the day of the
-s. AJbert Guyot, who is TO pilot the
.r..r. English Sunbeam car, will ar
rr. M America about the same time and
,,m also train at the speedway.
owing Cd the fact that all of these
drivers are scheduled to drive I'm the
French grand priN on July Y, ii viii he
necessary for them to return to France
Immediately after the Indianapolis race.
R.#r.r. another peugeOt driver, who had
-.... fo come To America with his
-, "a d
.. France preparing cars for the grand
r, Gorrx and Zucarrelu viii be ac-
..r.ar.ed 10 Indianapolis by a large
.... NJ mechanics, relief drivers and
u... assistants.
Employees of Factory.
tn of these men are employees of
rra rsageot factory and have a thorough
....rtfnt3nce with the cars. II is said
Tina, So perfect is their pit work that it
becomes spectacular and that not a little
of Inc interest in the race will center
about the pits occupied 10y the foreign
Nh France. where automobile racing had
b.. origin. the race drivers are constd-
cred IN much the same light that Amer
..r. view the noted baseball players
GuuN. Zucarrelli and Guyot stand at the
very tom Of public regard and are re-
garaed by their countrymen with the same
affection and admiration which Ameri-
cans hestow upon Ty Cobb. Christie
Ha,hewson and Iris Speaker. >They
aaf. been the victors i'm Europe's greatest
~4..s one of the most recent achieve
me.s being the winning of the Sarthe
grand priX i'm France by GouN last sep
temner. when he drove 4O2 miles in
H..r- 81 minutes and "a seconds. The
element of rivalry viii also Doe strong
a..- .u making the 5oo-mile race an
unusual contest, since all the foreigners
ar. uNlous to do their best work against
.H. american cars. and the Peugeots ana
DID. Sunbeam have been avowed rivals for
YEARS.
new entry has been made by II. l.
N..rs. "a private owner of Indianapolis
adams is having a special car constructed
n chicago which he will call the Smaoa
tn unusual feature is presented by this
ar % that its iower plant is tWo-cl cle
u. bore of aia and stroke Of .
inches. aggregating 3S4S cubic inches
piston displacement. This. with the eA-
.ar.Hgn of the Nyberg car, is the smallest
piston displacement recorded by any car
which has been entered thus Tar
Root is Confirmed
T. Root the nominee OF 4. a. N'"
n.,. speedway manager. has been con-
.u..a as speedway starter II is further
u.uucaI that the position OF Official
ur will be offered Chester Kicker,
. Indianapolis consulting engineer and
....uical expert.
Kicker has been strongly boosted for the
... af late by his friends who in view
. his wide acquaintance and scientific
a..umeuts. felt that he would be the
hes. possible man TO select
"r simplify the work Of timing this
year. ir has been suggested that all teams
au. individual entries be distinguished by
SOME striking color, such as red, yellow,
blue. green. etc. In races of the past, II
.aa often been impossible TO distinguish
fast flying cars from one another,
"..n the result that confusion has re-
suite. al times
This year the color scheme which viii
evolved is expected to- ohviate all
former trouble. In Importance THIS
.alra is second only To- the practice
..H win be followed this season of re-
rg au cars To stop Tor repairs. tires.
s alu uii south of the finish wire
.r having completed a fun lar