Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-05-30
SMALL CARS MAY LOWER
RECORD IN SPEED CLASSIC
Going at Maximum Speed They
Will Head Into Turns as Fast
as In StrnightaWays.

INDiANAPoLls. IND. May go
dGm coming bo9-miie drive FOR $40
Motor Speedway. Monday. viii be the
greatest In the ANIMALS OF Thu. his
TORE classic. according to Barney
oidiicld, master driver Of the world,
VINO Will pace the race. Oldncld Is
now - the track along with numer-
Gus railbirds, checking the perform
ance of each car that shows It's radi-
ator on the brick saucer.
For the first time. Indianapolis Is
giving it's sole ana undivided attcn-
ton TO Il worlds championship race
IN which only small motors can start.
30 car In the race viii boas, of a
cylinder displacement OF more than
1873 cubic Inches, nor II weight o: less
than 1000 pounds.
by this reduction the indianapolis
Motor Speedway management ~ TAX
ing probably the final step in steady
march. begun many years ago. The
FIRST 3o0-milc racc--!n l9il--was
open to motors of 600 cubic inches
displacement. There are few. II any.
such cars now in use.
The next step was reduction to
$50 cubic inchcs--motors broadly
equivalent TO the most powerful and
largest commercially built today
Then came three years. OF racing IN
which the maximum displacement
was 800 cubic inchey. This ngure
ciass ,yp!hed by such cars AZ we
might call medium sized.
Now comes racing class still!
smaller 4 motor OF 1853 cubic inches
a Ford motor. only few cars on the
market would be eligible 10 this race
with stock-slzed cara.
Look for speed and Excitement.
there VIII he az much speed. and
much more excitement TO the coming
race. az there Was In any OF the
memorable contests that have been
y IA s.I ha a IA
t50-inch class Went faster than the
mammoth six hundreds The three
hundreds went faster than the big
four.hftics. ], Is terrific stretch Of
OF but ls3 cubic Inches heating Ralph
de Palma's record OF s3s7 for the
51o-miles. established with his 900.
inch Mercedes In 1915. yet that will
surely be done. all things being
equal.
dict hist the speedway REGARD Tor
500-milcs vii! fan before the attack
% the small cdTE. spuTr.d on by the
$4,000 Tsp prizcs--io be paid 100
per Lap for the driver winning the
that wins VIII average ninety miles
an hour. and VIII make but one stop
for gasoline and oil--and viii finish
on the set OF tires with which IL
starts
These men noint 10 Duray's ls3
cubic inch PeuEco;. which finished
second TO Rene Thomas a. far back
as 1914, averaging so.3e per hour. and
the performance OF Boillot's $50 cubic
inch boat, which was IN fourth pla &C
within twenty m!lcs OF the finish
when broken vince! dashed IFS
chances on the br!Ckf.
small Cars Fast on tho Turns.
These smaller cars ar. made 10 run
at aN!mum speed all the way. They
viii head into the turns nearly as
fast as they take the straightaway.
Engineering is moving with steady
strides in the production or motor
cars more efficient, more powerful FOR
their size and more able to stand up
and keep going.
Spectators at indianapolis this year
VIII see as much speed as ever. The
l!ttlc ears VIII roar As loudly as
their predecessors. The brushing
VIII be just a. spirited and the driv
ing viii surely be more bitter on the