Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-05-22
RACE MOUNTS
SHOW BURNING
PACE AT TRACK
Pilots Hurry Preparations for
50O-Mile Classic Week
From Monday.
GOSSIP OF SPEEDWAY

After working until a late hour last
night. the drivers of some ten or twelve
cars entered in the 5OO-mile race classic
to be staged at the Indianapolis Motor
speedway, May 81, announced themselves
ready to burn up the track today ana
hundreds Of rail birds gathered early
to witness the performances.
The drivers have been rather slow IN
whipping their mounts into shape, but
they are making Roadway by RAPID
strides and the hum OF the speedy
motors will be continuous between now
and the day of the big event.
Ballot, Monroe. FrOntenac, Peugeot
and Chevrolet teams are now READY TO
drop in behind Pacemaker Oldheld.
THOMAS JOINS
MONROE OUTFIT.
Joe Thomas was named late yesterday
to replace Tommy Milton as the fourth
pilot OF the Monroe team.
Although q youngster in the game, and
practically unknown in this section OF
fbe country, Thomas is considered one OF
the most daring drivers that ever stepped
on throttle around the Paclhe coast
He is eager to climb higher on the lad
der Of fame by coping this race and
nothing but q lot Of bad luck Is going
to keep him In the rear.
sHowdy'' Wilcox and Jules Goux are
giving their Peugeot mounts secret
workouts and both are confident of cut
ting in for tho big money.
The Nonroes and Frontenacs were
whirIed around the track by Art Klein,
Arthur Chevrolet, Joe Boyer and Roscoe
Searles yesterday. They certainly can
zip of the miles.
Louie Chevrolet started around the
garages of the above mentioned cars,
firing plenty Of orders and coaxing more
speed and work out of everybody con-
nected with the outfits.
Ralph milford planted his feet on
speedway soil yesterday afternoon and
immediately called all hands on deck for
a complete "shakedown and shootup OF
HIS special mount. The car looks mighty
classy.
DePalma wheeled of a few miles at a
rate Of speed somewhat faster than the
ordinary trots. he came tearing down
the stretch neck and neck with AEt
Chevrolet in his FroDtenac once and SeJn
Klein said Here come daddy and SON.
The speedway oval is the first race
track Chassagne has seen since the last
Indianapolis race. but you can't tell 1t
from watching him hit the turns with
all his weight on the gas pedal.
One popular driver said yesterday that
the only difference between race driver
and anv inmate of an insane asylum
is that one is "out" and the other Is
in"
If Raw Towards Peugeot viii travel
as good as il looks 1t will do anything
nm 10 a few hundred miles per hour.
The drivers will have their mounts
out as usual Sunday. Some OF them
need all the time available to get ready
fer the big classic
F. \ Kelley, treasurer OF the Due
senberg Automobile and Motors Company
today received a wire from Fred 5. Due
seaberg. chief engineer and designer OF
the Duesenberg, racing cars, which viii
be run in the 5OO-mile Speedway race
that there has been a delay in pbtainlng
express cars. and that the car with wnlch
Milton established new records on the
Florida beach and two Of the racing cars
would not be shipped from the east IN
til tomorrow. the other two racing cars
fof16vinc Monday.