Arizona republican., 1920-11-24
Thirteen Drivers Will Compete In
 Los Angeles Race

When the thirteen drivers entered in | the championship race tomorrow swing | into their preliminary lap around the big wooden saucer at Beverly Hills 1 they will be led by the master driver of them all, Barney OIdfield. Barney retired from the racing game some time ago to manufacture tires, but on special occasions like this and the Phoenix track race he consents to ;ss- sune his old role-at least for one lap
 From 1902, when Oldfield drove hIs first race with the old Ford 999, until up to a year ago he figured in p-ac- tically every speed event held In the country. Few men have ever reached such a place in the heart and mlrd of the American public as Barney and h.s faithful racer, and his opinion of the coming speed classic will be received with interest.
 The fact that there are thirteen driv- CTS entered in the Turkey day race holds no evil portent for Barney. He has driven in many races he says, be- hind the wheel of a car bearing the humber 13 and never suffered from it. still being able to masticate as many black cigars as ever.
 But seriously Barney predicts that the coming race will undoubtedly be one of the fastest the new light motored cars of 1S3 cubic inch piston displacement have yet competed in. ''The Los Angeles course is one of the fastest and safest courses in the world" said the veteran pilot, "and the little motors should be able to develop their fastest time on Thanksgiving day"
 s'The small engined motor has come } to stay, and once the automobile man ) ufacturers of the country have caught up with the demand for motor ears 5 and have time to turn their thoughts to the race track, it is safe to predict 3 that even smaller motors will be pro- 3 duced."
 ''The change in the size of the mo- tors is a very expensive operation ano requires a great deal of careful ex- perimentation, and when the Indian | apolis race is staged next Memoria day the drivers will in all probability still be piloting cars of the present piston displacement, but the construc- r tion theory of the small motor ha: proved correct. Greater economy i greater endurance and greater speed | have been shown possible and still fur, i ther improvements are bound to come It is interesting to note that boti | Barney Oldfield and Eddie Ricken ! packer. who will officiate in the ca D1CllY or TGlGE6G Oll IAleilAh0SANA NeAS are both old rivals for honors in speed events and both have retired from ac tive participation in the sport. Bar ney however, asserts that if there eve comes a revival of the cross countr. races. such as the Phoenix desert grind he will once more be seen in his ia lmiliar place behind the wheel. Whel interviewed he had just concluded trip 10 Los Angeles from Brawley owe ha cafd which EfT0nRlV re
 minded him of the days when he sen his mount roaring through the san
 and cactus, bound for Phoenix, an
 that it was on such trips that his han
 began to itch for the tape-bound whee
 of a racing monster.
 As A manufacturer of tires, as we
 as a. past master of the art of spac
 annihilation, Barney predicts that l
 the coming race a number or drlVef
 will whirl into the final lap Wlthou
 having had to make a single stop fo
 tires From now on automobile race
 will be run as nonstop contests, In
 stead of being punctuated by severS
 stops for tires and fuel, he contend
 The fuel tanks have been increased an
 tires are already up to the mar
 dreamed of for years by the spec pr kings For this reason it VII requll
 real driving in the Thanksgiving da
 race to evolve winner. rather Una ,a having some driver who lays back ft
 the greater part of the race, winnir
 at the finish through the misfortune
 one or more of the others, who mai ID the race spectacular through battllr
 all the way until overtaken by accidel
 or with tire trouble.
 ot This is the official list of entrie
 with car numbers and drivers name;
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