The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-05-28
,MTIRRIN'
y the DOPE
AT THE SPEEDWAY
By vEDDER GARD


the local course anu dlSO
that right now the 91h inch mo-
tors cannot be wound up" too
high However, the youngster
from the dirt tracks is a remark
able driver. There is no doubt
about that. He has that devil
mav-care way about him that wins
instant approval with the fans.
That lap of Thursday in 1913
for an average of 115.4S8 miles an
hour was tremendous accom-
plishment, but, strange as 1t may
seem, the race is not always TO
the swift even on an automoblle
speedway.
A 5O0.miIe race caFs for con-
sistent performance as well ais
speed. That is something the
older drivers, have learned
through long experience, and
some bitter lessons.
Iockhart burned up tire on
his first attempt to qualify and on
his second trial developed engine
trouble. Frank, therefore had two
lessons.
His first was that the best tires
can stand only so much; his sec
ond was that the Ola inch motor
In it's present stage Of develop
nent. is not capable of winding
up around the 1000 revolution
mark. That will come later. but
not just yet.
Everybody wishes Loclxhart
the best of luck for his third and
last trial. SucH a driver adds
color to the big event and he is
one fine kid, besides.
Big Leon Duray, who drew the
pole position last year. with an
average speed OF 1876 miles an
hour qualified Thursday at an
average speed of 109.1S6. Leon can
drive the local track and he is
about due to place well up among
the leaders in the Durant Loco
mobile Junior Eight.
A brisk wind bothered the
drivers somewhat early in the
afternoon, but died down to
some extent later in the day.
Jules Ellingboe, after his quail
fcation trial, said he didn't be-
lieve he was going very fast. He
til doiCQ0
along the way as his time Of
1O6.376 miles an hour will testify.
Everybody said Erred Conner
is not going very fast" He
ONLY made a little more than
100 miles an hour. Did you ever
ride that fast? just about every
thing in this life is matter of
comparison.
The biggest hand Of the day
from the crowd Of some $4,000,
WHO witnessed the trials, went to
Cooper, Lewis and Lockhart.
Harry Hartz, consistent Harry,
also drew some applause when he
drove in perfect form for an aver
age of 109.542 miles an hour.
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ONE of the drivers who
examined the track after
J Herb Jones' accident
thought that the car, after hit
ting the inner wall, may have
turned over three times as it
slid to the top of the turn. This
supposition was deduced~ from
the alternate rubber and alumni
mum marks on the bricks.
witnesses, as is usual in
such cases. varied in their sto-
ries. All of them, however,
said that the car bounced high
i'm the air after it first struck the
wall and turned over at least
twice
The Sievers Junior Special final
ly got it's new gears, and was out
on the track Thursday. Young
Sievers and Pickard worked all
night on the car to get it ready.
It is too bad that the Abel
Special is not being driven by
Cain. In that case, if the car went
dead, some wag could remark that
Cain killed Abel. But as luck
would have it, Cain pilots the K.
and M. Special and Houser drives
the Abel Special
Pete De PaOlO was not on
hand to see his track record
broken by Lockhart. Pete has
been working day and night on
his "Duesie" at the local factory.
Yes, the Duesenbergs are late
again.
7T seems as though Red
Shafer has travelled about
1000 miles already in De
Paolo's Miller before the race
starts. Red was up to his old
tricks Thursday and kept circling
the. bricks a good part Of the
afternoon without raising his arm
as signal that he was ready to
qualify.
whats the matter with hirn?''