Bisbee daily review., 1920-05-30
Midget Cars to Hold Sway En V.;g Raet On Indianapolis Track
By Barney OIdfieId


 tomobile races in history. For the first time, Indianapolis is giving Is sole and. undivided attention to a worlds championship race in which only small motors can start.
 Every other consideration remains the same.
 The same generous $5O,00O in prize !, money is ready to reward the win !! ners. They will travel over the same old Indianapolis 500 miles. Most of the drivers of last year, and the us ual sprinkling of youngsters will be at the wheel. But no car in the race will boast a cylinder displacement of more than 1S3 cubic inches
 The March of Progress By this reduction. the Indianapolis Motor Speedway management has probably taken the final step in steady march, begun many years ago. The first 500-mile race was open to motors of eco cubic inches displace ment. There are few, if any, such cars in general use.
 The next step was a reduction to 450 cubic inches-motors broadly equivalent to the most powerful and largest built commercially today. Then came three years of racing in which the maximum displacement was 300 cubic inches. This figure | brought racing motors down to class typified by such cars as we might call medium-sized.
 Smaller Than a Ford | Now comes a racing class still smaller A motor of 1S3 cubic inches has actually less displacement than 1 Ford motor. Only few cars on the market would be eligible to this race with stock-sized motors. 1 Yet, if history is to be relied on, there will be about as much speed, and just as much excitement to the race of 1920, as there was in any of | the memorable contests that have gone before.
 The 450-inch class went faster than | the mammoth siX-hundreds. The
 
 big four-fifties. It is terrific stretch of imagination for one to see the cars of 1S3 cubic inches beating the record for the event. set by De PaIma's 30O-inch Mercedes. yet, in time that will surely be done, other conditions being equal. Such a feat would be no more start ling today than that of Thomas Bal lot last year when it-a car of 296 cubic inches piston displacement lap at Indianapolis-a pure exhibition of short-distance whiz at which big motors had always been considered invinCible.
 Yes! They Can Sail
 For engineering is moving with steady strides in the production of motor cars more efficient, more pow erful for their size, and more able to stand up and keep going.
 Already some of these little racers American and European have shown ability to travel at rates of we'll over 100 miles an hour. As d matter of fact. Indianapolis has already num- bered several such cars among the entries in prior races.
 Race goers will recall without diff ficulty Arthur Durays drive ill the 1914 Sweepstakes. ill which he fin ished second to Thomas. Duray's car was a little Peugeot which, if still in existence, is fully eligible to this years race as it's piston displacement was well under 1S2
 Last years race also saw another fine performance by one of these Peugeot Babes -ths one of less than 150 cubic inches piston dis disbursement and driven by Andre Boillot. running well up among the first four or five until an accident put it out of the race, with only few laps to go.
 Spectators at Indianapolis this year will see just about as much speed as ever. The little cars will roar as loudly as their predecessors. There wll be fours, sixes and eights. The brushing will be just as spirited and the dangers will be greater, for It IS harder to keep them on the ground and the driving will surely he more bitter on the turns. Besides. the grand old brick oval is showing some signs of age that nothing in tho line of repairs can entirely eliminate.
 Peewee Crews in Demand
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