Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-06-01
CHEVROLET DROVE CAR
1915 MILES AN HOUR
125 900 Saw De Palma, Favorite
in Indianapolis Race,
Beaten.
nv Associated Press 20 Every Evening


Indianapolis. June 1.--Gaston Chevro-
let of Indianapolis who won the eighth
annual renewal of the 50O-milc nuto race
ut the indianapolis motor speedway yes
terday in mn Indianapolis-bult car. will
be awarded his many trophies At n banquet
to be given all the drivers by the citizens
of indianapolis tonight. Chevrolet main
tanned an average speed Of SO III mile. per
hour. His time Of $40 l5.l4 is second
only to the record made for the local
course by Ralph dc Palma in 1915
Chevrolet for his triumph IN the long
grind will receive the speedway prize
of $4,000: citizens lap prices of 81 300
for leading the field during the last IL
laps ut least $4,000 of the $751; o0 to be
divided among the drivers using acces-
sories of certain automobile manufac-
turers. and the WheeIer-Schebler cup:
the Prcst- O-Lite trophy, and the Strauss
silver tea get
crowd estimated Mt i25, 900 by Carl
G.. Fisher. president Of the Speedway
Company, watched % Of the greatest auto
pilots of America, France. England md
Italy battle for racing fame and the
Ss5, 600 in prizes This attendance ex-
ceeded hy $4,000 the record set in 1911
when Rene Thomas who finished second
10 Chevrolet Yesterday drove 20 % hard
earned victory. Thomas finished in
5:430229, m average speed Of S3t5
miles an hour. He gets $4,000 III prize
money and 500 for leading seven laps
of the race.
Tommy Milton. who finished third
will he awarded 5000 IN prize money
Jimmy Murphy finished fourth and VII
get -, 800.
Ralph de Palma. the favorite before the
race, who took the lead shortly after the
275 mile mark and held il until within
thirty milea of the finish. will yet $1,000
in Speedway prize money for finishing
9th, and -. 300 in lap prizes DE Palma 8
car caught fire twice within mile, cost
ing him first place. He was temporarily
unable 10 start his car when barney
0ldheld led the drivers around THE hrfek
saucer for the frat two and a half rules
and then had 20 change q tire after finfahs
INC hia first lap This gave Joe Boyer las
chance "a grab tho lead whlrh he held with
the exception If few laps when he Was
1T the pita. until the end II 260 mlles
Bower. who later was eighty injured
when his car turned turtle on tho north
turn while he was IN fifth place and less
than twenty Mules from the finish will
act 50. 400 Tor leading n3 ont 81 200 laps
81 the race.
sixth place money. 1900, vii 70 .
Eddie floarne Jean Chassagne will
get 81 500 for finishing seventh. and M
additional 500 for leading The seventh
lap loe Thomas finished eighth. prite
81 500. Ralph Nnlford ninth. 81 .ha0. and
Tom Alley. driving for Pete Henderson
the car entered by Tom Rooney. captured
Tho las money prize si.4n0 John
Boiling alao finished and Rpy Howard
was tagged
Engine trouble or minor accidents elm
mated the other ton pilotH. Art hle.n
who led the sixth lap. will get 500 IL
went out when hia car akidded on m oily
turn and crashed into retaining wall
Roscoe + Scarlca was IN two accidents
Ills own car skidded into the sidewalk
after he had finished 40 tniles and when
he was driving rs relief for Bennie Hill n
steering knuckle broke. lie escaped
injury both times.