The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-05-31

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Frank Lockhart in a Miller Special
was leading at the 1771a mile mark
when the race was halted.
Hartz was second, Cooper third,
Lewis fourth, Elliott fifth, Conner
sixth. Batten seventh, De Paola
eighth Woodbury. ninth and Hep
burn tenth.
According to the Speedway rules
the race can be stopped temporarily
for two hours and then resumed.
The dangerous condition of the
track had slowed the race down un-
I'll an average speed Of 979S miles an
hour was all that the leader eoasteo
at IT'S miles. Last year at this marx
the speed was 104 miles an hour.
Inst before the race was stopped
Rem Jones, on his fifty-third lap, nit
the wall He walked unhurt ooWh
the home stretch.
Ten drivers had been forced out
when the grind was stopped. Ihey
were: Duray, Ellingboe, McDougal'
shattuc. Guyot, Nemish, McCarVer'
Leclllider. Durant and Eldrldge.
Eddie Hearne, Cliff Durant ana
Leon Duray were suffering from oao
hurns on rhe inside of their legs.
Leon Duray said he never sa" d
track so slick in all his life.
The time for the first fifty miles
was slightly slower than last ear
Lewis average speed being loz.lo
..,iles an hour compared to 1O4.l3,
the average for last year at htty
miles. e4 ,o
Hartz lead part of the first lap
h,,+ shafer passed him before the
Ian was over and won the tlrst lap
The time was 1921. Duray was
second. Hartz, third, and Lewis
fourth.
In the third lap, the positions
we're the same, except that Lewis
hod rassed Hartz and taken third po-
sition. ..-7,.-7-..-s e-r.s.z--ztsz.ss,,l II
On the fourth lap, Lewis era"feu
I'D into second place!
Cooper and McDougall came 10
the nits. Cooper changed all MS
spark plugs.
Fifth Lap Leaders
Ar the end of the fifth lap lead
ers were: Shafer, Lewis, Duray'
Lockhart and Hartz.
shafer was leading by quarter
of a mile.
The time for the first ten miles
was 4:43.S4, an average OF l04.fo
miks an hour.
At the end Of the seventh lap
Shafer. Lewis Lockhart, Duray ana
Hartz, were in the lead in that
order.
The leaders were setting a fast
pace. .,,
At the 25-mile mark, Shafer still
held his lead of more than quarter
of a, mile over his nearest COM
petitor Dave Lewis. Lewis in turn
was far ahead of Frank Lockhart.
The time was 14:33.27, an average of
1886 miles per hour. The average
last year was 104.16.
Foreign Cars Lag
At this stage of the race the
foreign cars were not showing the
speed Of the Americans and were
dropping far behind. Car trouble
developed early, Cooper, loosing
about three laps, because of spark
plug trouble. Several other cars
were forced into the pits. Pete DE
Paolo and Frank Lockhart were out
for a few seconds with oil troubles
On the sixteenth lap Lewis passed
Shafer. Shafer had won $1,000 by
leading for the first fifteen laps.
Lewis continued in the lead with
Shafer close behind on the twentieth
lap, the fifty mile mark. Lockhart
was third, Hartz, fourth, and Duray,
fifth. The first five cars were far
in the lead
Two Go Out
On the ninth lap Albert Guyot,
French driver, and his Guyot Spe-
cial. were forced out of the race
when his engine went dead.
DR.. William Shattuc, driving a
Miller Special, went out Of the race
on the sixteenth lap with engine
trouble.
At the end of twenty-eight laps,
Dave Lewis was about one-half lap
ahead of Lockhart in second place.
Bennie Hill was having trouble
with his Miller Special and was
dragging behind.
At the end of the thirtieth lap,
seventy-fve miles, Lewis led; Lock
hart was second; Shafer, third; Du-
ray fourth; Hartz. fifth.
The Nickel Plate Special, driven
by Fred Lecklider, went to the
pits on it's twenty-fourth lap, burn
ing out a connecting rod bearing.
Mckee took Eldrige's place at the
wheel of No. 26.
Lewis increased his lead.
The Hamlin Special, driven by Nc
Carver, went to the pits on its twen-
ty-fifth lap with connecting rod trou-
b,e.s
Duray, in fourth place in his thlr-
ty-fifth lap. went to the pits with
a broken gas line. Duray was driv-
ing a Miller Special.
Shafer dropped from among the
leaders on his thirty-fourth lap with
steering gear trouble.
Shafer Goes Back
With one-fifth Of the race behind
hin1-100 miles-Dave Lewis still led.
He was two miles ahead Of Lockhart,
who was second. Lewis average
speed was 10o.39 miles an hour, COM
pared to last years average. of 5103.S9
miles an hour at this point. = :, So.