Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-05-26
First Batch of Pilots
to Qualify for Race
Time Av. Speed

ever befOre-then he went to work in
his front stage" garage and from that
time Until he raised his hand as a signal
that he was ready for the official timing
Yesterday. he has lived on work, end
plenty Of it, The result Of his labOrs
and an example Of his wonderful me
chanical skill was seen yesterday when
he broke his own record for the track
with the present size OF motor and won
the pole position for the start of the
Ereatest automobile racing event IN the
Ralph ripped off his ten miles in 5:J7.-
B4 for an average Of 1O0.1j miles per
hour. which was the fastest time Of the
dav for the ten miles. His fastest lap
yesterday vas for an average OF 1Ol.I
miles an hour. Last year De Palma car
Fied OF the qualifying h0nOrs by aNeEaS
ing 9915 miles Per hour for the ten niles
Therefore he meant what he said Few
DAYS ago when he warned his opponents
that he would carry more power undeE
bis foot this year than he did IN ISZu-
Besides winning his pole position ana
sending his own record tumbling down
the Hill, De Palma yesterday displayed
some of the neatest driving skill ever
witnessed on the local track. He did not
thunder down the stretch and lift his
foot for the tricky curves; he numbered
NEOwn the stretch. Numbered into the
turns and thundered out on the stretch
again His motor had the same feed all
the way around the oval and the ear
took the turns as though IL were simply
travelling over them in the air. There
was no wabbling or skidding with Ralph
ct the wheel. straightaways and curves
looked the same To him, and he handled
the ear like the driving master that he IS.
Roscoe Sarles. Joe Boyer, Eddie Hearne,
Jules Ellingboe, Jean Chassagne' Joe
Thomas Percy Ford, Eddie Miller and
Ira Vail We're tire other nine drivers to
duality their mounts yesterday. OF these,
Vail and Miller are the only ones who
will do any hi z amount OF work on their
ears before the big race Walls car
Leach Special. hit the speedway courss
for the first time Tuesday afternoon, and
he had not had time TO get@ it where
be wan ted 1T when he qualified. but he
was anxious to get the job over with.
Miller also came out for tne first time
Tuesday but felt the same way as &ail
about running thrsngh the elimination
stunt Miller bad to try twice before
making the ripple. This pair of driver.
will give their cars a good double o"
before they start in the .Taen. AID will
be making much better time Monday than
they knocked out yesterday.
Roscoe SarIes sprung somewhat Of a
surprise for those who were not in" on
his secret when he went for better than
q 9Smile average. Sarles mad not
shown a lot of stuff in his practice
SPINS but he eviJientally knew lust what
lie had. and didn't care much about cut
ting loose until the time arrived. >ar-
les time was next to that Of De Palma.
Percy Ford, the Chicago boy who holds
the National amateur championship, got
great hand when he qualified. Percy
lost his left rear wheel in Tuesdays
practice but he had the car back in good
shape Yesterday and showed by his
clever driving that he is not going to be
talked out of the laurels here
Jules Ellingboe> took his elimination
test with disc wheels on his Erentenac.
This is the first time in history that disc
wheels have been used IN 50o-mile race
and there was much talk about Filing
bpes stunt.
Joe Thomas did some consistent driv-
ing to take his Junior Special over the
wire for an SS3mile average The Junior
looked better yesterday than at any other
time since reaching the track. Brett will
aualify the other Junior tomorrow.
4Joe Boyer, the gent who made things
plenty Interesting for De Palma for a
while zlast year, thinks his DeusenberS
VIII do better than its 9665 average for
the four trips.
slim CorrIrn, who IL on the books as
Frontenne pilot, caused some excite
ment when he spun around on the-s0uth
turn and bumped the retaining wall
three times. Slim has a lot to learn
about the speed oval. and had better cut
"a for a lot Of practice between now and
Monday.
sLouis Inghibert was signed yesterday
as relief driver for the Deusenberg
nion OF France and he no doubt viii
show the fans something when he gets
his chance 10 handle one of the
"Deusies-'