The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-05-26
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fee advance seat sales have broken
all records. More than a week ago
sales exceeded those Of the day be.
fore the race last year.
Keen Rivalry
This old time. traditional rivalry
for front row positions, as keen al
most as in the great race itself, is
one of the most amusing as well in
terestIng features of the event.
Drivers risk everything for the
honor of driving one short pre-
liminary lap in the lead Of the field.
AS an actual advantage 1t means
nothing. For example last year
Murphy. Hartz aand Milton were
in the front row. and on the very
first lap Of the race Joe Boyer,
flashing out OF the second row in
his Duesenberg, passed the leaders
as II they were tied and led Murphy
across the tape for the first 800 lap
prize by a margin OF more than 100
feet.
There was a world of activity
about the track Monday, especially
late in the afternoon, after the wind
had begun to die. Several cars
showed up for the first time. and the
track seldom had less than three
cars running at once.
Midget Motor Ready
IT. ia odo,-o .I,ot oil tL4,r,- ory,,o
to him who waits was veried by Tom
Alley. For more than a year Tom
has waited patiently for his Kess-
Line Special. Now it is here, the
smallest motor, only 1873 cubic
inches, in the race. The car en-
such as crank case compression
which cushions the down stroke of
the motor and operates the super.
charger. The engine is a stock
model, which has been used in a
touring car for experimental pur-
poses. 1t is mounted in one OF the
old GLASSES built by Louis Chevrolet
for Herb Shields rotary valve mo-
tors.
With the car are r. c. Kessler,
president Of the Kess-Line Motors
Of Detroit, Mich, and z. J. Shobe.
secretary-treasurer.
Frank Schmidt, disappointed in
obtaining a car for this years race.
is we'll prepared for 1925, when THE
ninety-one-inch motor rule will be-
come effective. While in France he
purchased a six-cylinder Ballot and
an eight-cylinder Delage motor. and
will have them ready to ramble naxt
year.
Dave Lewis has been meeting with
lot Of grief preparing his front
drive Miller. He finally got 1t out,
but something was wrong in the
front end. and he had 1t all torn
down again Monday afternoon.
Too Much Change
Pietro Bordino. Italy's hope in the
race. and his red Fiat have had n
hard time acclimating themselves to
Through an interpreter he said that
no sooner did he get the carburetor
for warm weather then the bottom
drops out Of the Thermometer and
he has to do it all over again. He
knocked off a lap at about 107 mile
gait.
There is a big mix-up in sight
on the r. J. Special. The car.
which was wrecked at Charlotte. n.
c., was sent here to be rebuilt and
the chief mechanic understood he
was to hire a driver. He got Ora
Haibe. Monday Ira Vail breezed I'm
with word that the owner. w. D..
Carpenter, had nominated him as
the pilot. Carpenter is expected
to arrive today to straighten out the
tangle.
Jones Arrives
Herbert Jones and his Jones-Whit-
taker Miller-motored car finally
reached the track late Monday after
lot of mighty hard work getting
it ready. Painted white with green
frame, 1t made a neat looking ap-
pearance.
For the first time the Duesies
were out in force, all different col
ors. Phil Shafer will drive the car
which Corum started and Joe Boyer
finished in first place a year ago.
Benny Hill trotted out his front
wheel drive beauty and jaunted
around at about 104 for several laps.