Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1919-01-05
CHEVROLET SPECIAL
FIRST SPEED ENTRY
u.,,cf Driver for Oidfield 20 Put Own
car In indianapolis speed
way Event
FLOWER OF WORLD TC RACE
Mammoth Iuick Courso Requires
Great skin and Daring 60 kccp
Irnm Going Into Ditch.

iNpI,NAPOLiS. Ind. Dec. sS--
Tho ..'4rn of the bOO-mile race TO
the lulannpolls speedway means the
..,urr Of automobile racing as "a
na'o- snort In America.
sirap the war started IN 1914 In
,.-a.i III all sport has Jagged. Auto
,,r.rg stood up well for year, he
l4l.. srt.uu seeing good competition
With foreign cars In action TIL.
,,f .,lr the sport began to pa
,, IA, f,ns with the growth ~ speed.
Vty racing IN many sections. al
bnurn the race for the champion
,Iu. u which Dirio Kcsta bcsted
tho late Johnny Altkcn and capt, I'd
Al, UicAchicker, Amar.Cis lcadin;
ACE served To keep up tho i'teres'
Indianapolis did not star' "A race
tp 1911 nor this year because the
nvnera OF tho brick trace could not
,.c p,triotlsm In trying II keep alive
the snort when the participants were
needed hy Uncle Sam TO care for
and pNnt hls Rirplanes, trucks. trnc.
tor. aud automobiles other tracks
stage! races, but melted only local
interest
skill Requircd.
with a. entries. the first h0O-milc
race was staged, the Indianapolis
.y,nt became the blue ribbon Of
America. replacing tho famed Van
derhit cup ~ the road race era
indanapoiis, In addition 90 being the
only fpeedWay To successfully stage
more than one b00-mlle race, has a
track that tests the driving skill OF
the piiot The brick course, which
la familiar to every racing fan. has
four curves of slight gradient and
four stretches Tho curves force
the driver to show his skill to stay
on tho track and tho stretches per
NIT sprlnts for position, which are
lacking on the specially constructed
bowls where the curves aro prac-
ucally ironed out.
Driving skill and endurance Of man
hud car won every race IN Indian
apolis over the five-ccntury distance.
ilarroun In 1911 outgeneraled his
fcld Dawson, In i9l2. hung on De-
Palmas flank until the Mercedes
Weakened Jules Goux outgucsScd
Terrible Teddy" Tctzlnff In 1919.
Rene Thomas actually drove the tate
Georges Boillot OF the track to win
with slower car In 1914. Ralph De-
Palma outdrQve Dario Res'a and his
speedy peugoN 10 win with n slower
Mercedes. In the final 500 OF 1915.
On any other track the faster cars
would have won.
For It's sixth bO0-mlle race Indian
Rpols will bring out tho flower OF
tho worlds racing field. with such
race and ich purse OF $50 900
divided among The first ten 10 finish
tho season IN bound 10 he because ~
the number of cars that will 10 made
ready for the first major speed event
Many foreign cars are expected Add
several American factories. patrorS
ol the sport In former seasons con
template a return.
Since the start ~ tho races. hotel
accommodations IN indianapolis have
Increased. but they are likely la he
taxed tn the limit this year with
The interest already manifested In the
revival event by the fans who drive
from 100 To- 1000 miles TO sce tho
speed merchants gamble for bis
shkrs and pay tribute to the vassals
Of the Soc Mercury.
Tn" first entry for the 5oo-milc
laberty sweepstakes automobile rncc
To be run over the two aud one
hilt mile course arrived at speed
way headquarters this morning r.
{ Durant president OF tho IN h'v"o-
Wt Mo'or company ~ California.
with headquarters at Oakland. ''aL,
entered Chevrolet special for tho
tlE motor classic, Clin, as Duran,
nhs hccn known TO the rbsing fra.
tetnity, IL an ardent race fan. lie
has been IA visitor 10 every bOG-mil-
race ana nt one time acted ~ re-
llef urivcr for barney Oldfie,d when
UN N'trfdn endeaN lrcd - Win trr
hNt 5Vv.n.ie race with a DeI.aga
car.
Ina letter to T. y. Myers. secretary
or the Indianapolis Motor speedway.
llufant says IN part ~ built the
chevrolet special shortly before tho
outbreak of the war with the spc-
cH Intention OF entering II az In
annapolis. | have been holding the
car since that time awaiting develop
ments"
Continuing his letter. purant SAW
m i9l1 and in botlA Instance, was
sncr"NStul. The records show that
'u'ini driving Chevrolet special
lihHhed scCond To Earl Cooper In
We lou. mile event at Tacoma. Sep
"lnh"r ., 1917. and that he was also
second IN the l50-mile race drcidcd
a. Tacoma on July 4. 1917 H. this
'c" bntnnt averaged 81 81 mites an
n'ut' while running In second pest
'Nft 9uran' Is the son OF w. G.
Hl'nt president ot the General
No'ofs company, which includes IN.
h'Vfolet oldsmobile, BuicX. Oak.
,hi cadillac, Nor,hwny Motors and
'he Weston Mott companies