The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-06-05
INSIDE STORY
OF GREAT RACE
MANY RECORDS seokEs IN An.
NUAL INDIANAPOLIS EVENT.
oePslns Beat His Jinx. Finishing /.
soo-Mile Victor Despite Aeeieert
60 Machine.

Here's some inside information on
NE indianapolis Speedway races, last
Monday. received by The InteiliKencer
Tor publication in this section OF the
country.
It's right from the oval OF speed and
tells OF the great difficulty under
which DePalma won the race after an
accident TO bis car.
Despite the numerous hanaic.D.
which had TO be combated in the stag
ing OF the NTH International 5OO-uiile
race. the Indianapolis motor speedway
management considers that contest bv
Tar the most successful in its history.
Both from the point OF view OF imam.
cisl proft and OF sport Il furnished
conclusive evidence that 50o-mIle rae.
ing. as conducted at indianapolis. il
one OF the worlds most popular pas
times.
The attendance figures. checked by
OFFICIAL recount. shot about %. goo over
the mark expected by speedway Off
Gals when they were ordered 10 an
nounce the postponement of the con.
test Seventy-nve thousand specta-
tors. by actual count. filed through the
gates between the hours OF six and
twelve. many no, arriving until the
contest was almost half over. because
OF the lowering skies Rut for the in.
cessant rains the days previous. which
caused hundreds OF tours to the race
TO be abandoned. and the heavy
clouds which observed the horiyop ON
the morning OF the contest scsr,ng
away many more. il 1. certain tho a..
tendance would have passed the usual
100 900 mark.
Racing Under DtffieuI,i,.
From the uoint OF view ~ sno-,
there was never as great n contas, -,
the worlds history The bat,Is he
tween Resta and De Palma FOR FIRST
with the Stutz team constanflv AZ their
heels ready 10 reDlaca ,hs,, sho,,iS
either one crack. stands without mar.
allel in racing annals Had fba 500.
tators known what he palma Lr.,,
when his car met with an arcidant
similar 10 that he sustained IN 1910
and In almost the same Identical sno,
on his lssth Ian. IL is a safe no, ,hat
half OF them would have Iaft tba eeIS
raving maniacs. As n Was howavar
Ralph shot his car through 20 ,hs
finish with one cylinder zone ana ,wo
holes punched through his cranE Geo
by broken connecting rod For once
he had beaten the fink and come hons
a 5OO-mile victor. =
The average set by De Palma so "a
miles an hour. as one racing eTnert
predicts will stand for a long time
Made under ideal weather conditions
as far as speed is concerned. il will
take lot OF beating TO surpass. Ma.
chinery is not made to stand a mace
much faster. as De Palma's misban 90
the close OF his sensational nighr CON.
clusively proyed Some raer.e, q. 80,
that De Palma could not have made n
an even ninety miles an hour. even 40
however. 1884. but 5000 shv Of the
mark. should be enough To satisfy al
most anybody.
Peculiar satisfaction is fell nv The
speedway n. anagement over the fsct
that there were no accidents. either In
the running OF the race ON IN the
handling of the immense crowd over
the mired. slippery roads The new
safety wall. bRfit this wear nv The
speedway, more than repaid the cost
OF its installation on a connie ~ occs.
sions. once saving Dario Resta from
injury. wnen he skidded on tnrn
while trying to get a lead ON ne
i ~.