The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-05-31
FRANCE SCORES
GRAND VICTORY
ON SPEEDWAY
Lands First Four Cars i'm 500
Mile Auto Race at
indianapolis.
RENE THOMAS PILOTS
DELAGE HOME IN LEAD
Breaks Record for Event. as
DO All Three of His
Countrymen.
DURAY FINISHES SECOND
Goux, in Other Peugeot, Is
Fourth, and Guyot in
Delage Third.
DURAY FINISHES SECOND

FIRST, Rene Thomas, DcIare,
hours q minutes $500 seconds,
averaging s2.47 miles an hour.
Second, Arthur Duray. Peuseot, q
hours 10 minutes 24.aO seconds,
averaging 5000 miles an hour,
Third, Albert Guyot. DeIas., q
hours - minutes L second, average
Ing 1920 miles an hour.
Fourth. Jules Goux, Peuseot, 9
hours II minutes 24.49 seconds,
average speed 70.40.
Fifth, Barney OIdaeId, stu,,, q
hours 20 minutes 5I.54 second..
averaging 1918 miles an hour.
INDIANAPOLIS. May 30.-America failed
signally to overthrow the supremacy of
France In the world OF motor racing to
day, for the first four cars to cross
the line in the 500 mile international
sweepstakes all were OF French make
ana all broke the record for the event.
Rene Thomas. ex-mo;orcycle driver.
piioted the Delage car first over the line
Delage. whose proud record IL is never
TO have started anything in the way of
motor race that II didn't finish Deiage
the winner OF all of Europe's greatest
automobile racing prizes and now the
champion Of the speedway as we'll Al
most from the first Thomas was the
leader. At every 100 mile stage records
and prizes fell to Thomas and at the
end he was far In advance of the rest
Of the field. BY his victory and break
ing OF records he carried off more than
$4,000. pretty good for the driver whose
whole racing experience has been to stand
hard knocks from adverse fortune.
Thomas drove the distance in hours
8 minutes IS seconds. an average OF S247
miles an hour.
Back OF him, in second place, was
Arthur Duray. the Frenchman they cali
the Rube Waddell OF the racing world,
who saw the light Of day in West Twenty
seventh street New York. and has been
motor racing driver these fifteen years
His car was the tiniest in the race, with
motor only a trihe larger than that
OF Ford car. 1t was big enough to
average better than eighty miles an hour
for the distance. though.
The third driver to finish was another
Delage pilot, Albert Guyot. who sells
the cars for business when he IL at home
in France but drives them for the fun
OF the thing. He was timed better than
eighty miles an hour too. And fourth
came Jules Goux. last years winner
another Peugeot driver. who had to face
defeat not only by another car and o
smaller OF the Peugeot breed. but from
II like sportsman for the glory and
honor OF France.
Americas first car to cross the line was
the Stutz. an Indianapolis made car, and
piloted by the Peter Pan OF the motor
racing world. Barney Oldfeld. the lad that
never grew up. proud day II was for
Barney too. because 1t marked the first
time in his history as n racing driver that
he had finished a 500 mile race. and Il
overthrow once and for an tho tradition
that Oldfeld cannot finish long race. He
has proved II In road racing the last two
seasons and now he has proved II on the
speedway, 1t takes mighty car to stand
up under Oldheld's hard driving. and the
Stutz was that car, the first OF all the
American entries to cover the distance and
fifth to finish. lie finished In 6:23:71. av-
eraging 1916 miles an hour. close to the
record.
When Thomas finished and drove to mis-
Dit he was saluted by the other French
men, and kisses were exchanged celebrat-
ing the victory. Following Oldheld ths
others finished In this order: sixth. Ex-
celsor. Christians, 6:25 80; seventh.
Sunbeam, Grant, 6 $50 ;22.7o; eighth.
Beaver. Bullet-Keene, 8 :40:5 1888; ninth. I
Maxwell. Carlson, 7:O2 1850: tenth,
Duessenberg, Rickenbacker, :03 1880.
Not a little glory goes too to another
American. who didn't finish at all. who
was out OF II in fact shortly after 100
Dawson, pilot of the Marmon car, a fast
one and well fancied for the race. Dawson.
with a National car. won In 1912 and
made the former record average OF 1879.
In the forty-frst lap Dawson had to wreck
his machine to avoid running down Ray
Gilhooley, driver of the Isotta car. whose
machine had turned over OH the track
and lay In the path of the onrushing Mar
mon. Without hesitation Dawson did tho
hero's part He twisted his car abruptly
TO the side and over It went He saved
Gllhooley and his mechanic. Bonani, but
had his own collarbone broken In the spill.
Barnes, Dawson's aid. did not get any
serious hurts. Aside from bruises to Gil
hooley and Bonani the only other injury
was to Chassagne. the driver of the Sun
beam, an English car. who got cut on
the face when his car turned over on one
of the curves.
II was hot day In Indianapolis, and
as usual the tires made big dinersno~
10 the contestants in the race. II was nor
long after the race began that the cars
began pulling up to the pits TO have the
shoes changed.
front, He covered the first 100 miles In
about nine minutes over the hour, aver
aging S6.s2 miles an hour for the dis
lance His time was l;O93545, Duray
went into the lead at $50 miles, but didn't
stay long because the two Peugeots over.
hauled him, and at 200 miles were rae.
ing neck and neck The record Thomas
made at 200 miles was 2:23:57l. again
supplanting the mark made in 1912. Again
at $50 miles half the distance. Thomas
was the first home. covering the tape In
hours IS minutes 45-l0Otns or
second.