Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-05-09
RAY, HARBOUR TO TEST
DISQUALIFICATION RULE
Notifies A. A. A. His Car in Indian
apolis Race Is Virtually a Max
well, Except in Name.
DRIVERS GATHER FOR TRY.ouTs
John de Palma. Earl Cooper, Wilcox,
Anderson, Babcock and Calvin
Have Arrived-Eliminatio Events
Take Place on May 2O.22.

iNDiANAPOLlS. IND. May s.--A
oombshell has been dropped into the
automobile racing world by the an
nouncement of Ray Harroun that he
intends 10 notify the American Auto
mobile Association that his Harroun
special entered for the next Indianap-
Oils 5OO-milc race is virtually a Max
Wen car in everything except name
only.
Harroun intends to court disoualifi-
catioh under the rule that mo moro
three cars OF one make may start
I s'ny race. for the purpose of settling
~ Tor all what constitutes a ear or
certain make and what does not.
In previous contests the =. =. 3. did
not draw a very fne line on this score
admitting TO tho recent Vanderbilt and
Grand Prize races on the coast. for in
stance. two Gordon specials and a Cali
fornian. which. IT is said. with the reg
uiar Mercer tr'", mace SIX MERGERS
In all z
Harronn's ~ of handling the mat
ter Is to nanfS>ric chassis OF a car at
the time il is built. once and for ALL
without privilege OF subsequent change
lie would also revise existing rules TO
permit five cars of one make to COM
pete in any race. instead of three, Civ
ing the big racing teams better
chance.
John De Palma brother Of the ia
nous Ralph. has practically finished re-
building Rene Thomass prize winning
Deiage for the 5oo-mile race. and is
now putting the car through its initial
track trials
:. Earl Cooper. winner Of the 1919 road
facing championship. has arrived for
> the 5oo-mile race. and is now preparing
to take 70 the track for his first speed
I, way workout of the season.
. Cooper. with Wilcox. and Anderson.
!, Is scheduled to drive a Stutz car in the
: h"e-century marathon, completing as
great a team OF drivers as has ever
= been got together.
Two additional mail entries have
. been received for the 5oo-mile race.
swelling the total count for that event
to forty-onc
= They are third Duesenbcrg. en-
stored by <. Ducscnberg. of Mime
apolis. D.. no driver named. and
: Shamb special. entered by Charles
-ShamN. OF Lafayette, Ind. sham
: baugh irivc himself
: An u ,wn car was entered at tho
eleventh ..yur by An Indianapolis man.
.-but was not officially listed. !nasmuch
-,as the owner desired mis- name withheld
.until h. found out whether his car
would be finished in time.
:. Rene Thomas VINO caolcd his entry
ITO tho speedway management early in
,.the spring. is not coming.
!. out OF the total count or for,y-one
CENTRES. including tho unknown car.
eight Will be eliminated. some because
they cannot make the spccdway's mini
mum OF eighty miles an hour for lap.
and ,hc rest because they are Il little
slower than their rivals Fractions OF
seconds Will prove the margin which
,ill determine contestants success
ar downfall in the elimination trials on
May 90, - and 90.
Added intensity Will ocrvadc the
~pcedway cl!ininations this year. be-
cause OF tho fact that the sJced o! each
v.i in 90 Diet tnc
Der and place in the starting iihe-up
on race day. the tastes, car getting
No. and going into first position. next
the pole.
This rule is expected to make all the
entrants let their cars out TO the limit,
there is quite an advantage attached
To being we'll 20 the front in the final
starting lineup when th!rty-thrce
cars are trying TO get away at once.
The order of the trials will be the re-
verse OF that in which the cars entered,
10 give the early birds some compensa-
ton for their promptness in report
in.
Frank Calvin. an ex-sx-day bike
r.Ger, and George Babcock the New
England racing phenom. have been
named TO complete the PeuCeOt team
in The 5o0-milc race. with Dar!o Rcsta
already nominated.
Calvin is uaturalized German.
though OF Scotch birth. He has com
peted in forty-SeNen six day races III
all parts Of the world His nrs, auto
race was the 1911 Hanover 10 Berlin, in
which he finished second. Recently he
has campaicned a Buick Bug in east
ern dirt track meets.
Babcock has been in the game for
some time. riding with Harry Grant in
the days when he twice won the VAN
derbilt cup. He drove his first race at
sioux City last year. In the recent con-
test at Corona he led the field avcraE
ing ninety-siX miles An hour. until he
struck a white bulldog on the course
and went out with a broken steering
connection.
Both Babcock and Calvin ha't- ar
rived in indianapolis and are expected
10 start practising Immediately. Dario
Resta, the third member of the team. is
expected TO follow in few days. Bob
Burman is also looked for soon. his ear
already being on the job and ready for
him.