El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-12-05
50 OARS FOR
RACE THIS YEAR
Entry Blanks For Indianap-
oils Event Out; Foreign
Cars viii Be on List.

Indianapolis, Ind, Dec. 5.-Entry
lists for the next Indianapolis 500
mile race. May 20, are now open. 500
entry blanks having been sent out to
manufacturers of cars and private
owners here and abroad Despite the
war, it is thought the contest will be
most successful, plenty OF material
being available on both sides Of the
Atlantic. Italy alone is expected to
furnish no less than six machines.
Changes in the specifications for the
indianapolis contest are numerous, the
chief of these being the reduction Of
motor dimensions by one-third, or from
$50 to 300 cubic inches, and the raising
of the speed minimum to so miles.
With much smaller machines better
results are demanded. This is the
chief utilitarian function OF the racing
game
The number Of starters has been
raised to 80, as compared with 80 Of
years previous. This is the full ca
pacity allotted the track under the rul-
ings of the American Automobile as
ISOLATION, which specify a limit of one
car to every 400 feet Of track.
Speed trials to determine the final
field will be held 10 days ahead Of
the race, in the inverse order of en-
try, the fastest SO being eligible. In
the event of more than three cars Of
will be admitted. This is to eliminate
the speedway from wrangles between
factories and private owners desiring
to enter cars Of the same make in ex-
cess Of the A. A maximum.
Cars will line up for the start in the
order of the time made in the speed
trials, the fastest car starting in first
position, next the pole. Racing num-
bers will be issued on the same plan,
the fastest car receiving No. 1. This
is to avoid the possibility of a spill
during the flying start, when a slow
machine in front would be in the way.
The color of cars will be according
to international usage, /. E., Germany,
white; Belgium, yellow; France, blue;
Italy, red, and America, red and white.
In previous years individual combina-
tons have been employed, at times to
the great amusement Of the spectators.
Regulations as to the physical con-
ditiOn OF drivers and the mechanical
soundneSs of cars will be more rigid
" enforced next year than ever be-
fore. The front aXles Of all machines
must thus be entirely new two days
before the race This is to guard
against possibility Of accident, due to
crystallization or other defect Any
car spilllng an excess of oil on the
track, will, for like reasons, be dis
qualified.
The Dawson-GiIhooIev accident of
to be barred from the track, unless
the chains are adequately though not
necessarily fully enclosed. Gilhooley,
it will be remembered. came to grief
because bursted tire caught between
his chain and gears, rendering his car
beyond control, due to the action OF
his differential. This accident was not
as has so often been stated, traceable
to incompetence on Gilhooley's part.
Prizes remain substantially the
same $4,000 being split 10 ways
among the winners, with $4,000 first
money The intermediate trophies,
however, including the G. & ]. trophy,
the Remy trophy and brassard, the
Prest-O-Lite trophy, and the Wheeler
Schebler cup, will not be withhold If
their winner fails to go the entire dis
lance Of 500 miles, as formerly, but it
will be awarded regardless Of their
is thought, will speed up the race a
great deal