Arizona republican., 1921-01-16
HEARNE ENTERS
 SWEEPSSTTAKES--
 GETS NUMBER 1

Eddie Hearne, the last of the million aire race drivers of decade ago, IS the first man to enter for the ninth annual 5oo-rnile international Sweep, stakes race. here, May 30. This gives him the coveted No. to carry in the Indianapolis Speedway's classic, the worlds greatest race of the year.
 It is a coincidence that Herne should
 get the No. 1; for the last two years IL has been obtained by R. Ciiftord Ou- rant the California millionaire, who retired from racing at Elgin, last sum- mer. Durant was Hearne's patron i'll
 1919 and backed him in his speed cam paign.
 Eddie is one of the few remaining all around drivers, for he has received
 the checkered flag in speedway and
 road races. hill climbs and reliability runs and countless dirt track events. Thirteen years ago, when he reacneo the age of 21. Hearne broke into the
 game which then boasted a number of millionaire and near millionaire pilots
 The glamour of the speed sport had at tracted such men of wealth as W. K Vanderbilt, Harry Hardness, Crokef' who was killed on the Florida sands and many others. However, he broke I
 Browr, Spencer Wishart. Joe Boyer
 and cliff Durant were names to conjur | with in the racing sport. All followed I him. all have lost their lives in com petition or voluntarily retired.
 Being a man of means Hearne drove foreign cars in the majority of his
 early races, although he first gained
 fame when he finished fourth in the
 first Grand Prize at Savannah, in 1908 | .xf- 1f-~l-+ aNr sTf4lr
 Italian Flats and German Italian Flats
 and German Benz cars were his fav-
 orites and it was at their wheels that
 his star was at it's zenith.
 When the Indianapolis Speedway
 opened with it's first race meet, 12
 years ago next August, Hearne was
 still in the amateur ranks. With a
 Fiat car he beat the pick of the gen tlemen racers winning the national amateur championship trophy. with q Fiat. Tn 1910 he turned pro and his record of getting money in seven starts , that year on the speedway was un- usual. He used a Benz car and regist- i cred five firsts. a second and third
 Included in this were two victories which gave him the Indianapolis { Speedway Helmet trophy.
 | In 1911, the first of the 500's he drove ' a Fiat and although he had more than si his share of mechanical trouble, he ] was sttlI in the fight when the race , was called. In 1912 he was eliminated 0 after 54 laps. piloting a Case. Ther y for some years Eddie dropped out oi r the big game stuff as financial trouble. s and other worries beset him.
 t However. in 1917. he came back tc . the "big time" taking second in the y initial race of the year at Uniontown n In his later years he has learned "tc
 use his head" While he has not al. l. ways had the fastest car the drivers e respect his ability. One of the best v illustrations was his taking of the run nerup place in the 1919 Indianapolis n 300. He drove Durant, a rebuilt I Stutz, and early in the contest the fan. . and dopesters did not figure on hi. making any trouble for the winner . However. after the race passed tho !. halfway mark his consistent drivine
 began to tell and he practically drove $ through the entire field taking second E to Wilcox in the Peugeot He set al '' even steady pace and had Wilcox. ( slight trouble in the last 50 miles beer T T serious Eddie's consistency would have brought first place. While VII . COX was the winner, Hearne got nor,
 than his share. of applause when h, Q crossed the tape, less than four min. n utes behind.
 Y Last year he drove a DuesenSerl $ and did not have time to properl,
 tune his mount after it was completed |. He drove consistently and rolled int ai the money in the last 100 miles. beinE
 ninth at 400 and sixth at the finish. ! After the last 500-mile Hearne ob 7 tained a Revere racer, built in Logans 2 port. Ind. He has driven it with sue
 cess in 1s20's events and is sanuuin e nt rTNf- n
 powered with a Duesenberg engine an 'o this power plant has won the ma v jorlty of the races in this country fo
 three seasons. Also the only time Y that 500-mile has not been won wit 2 a foreign car if has been an Indian
 product-Harroun's Marmon in 1911
 Dawson's National in 1912 and Chev Y rolet's Monroe in 1920. On pape
 Hearne has an excellent chance | - 7, make the American and foreign coun ie stand four to five on May 30.