The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-22
Hepburn and MarCheSe
Bear Down in Tests
Over Bricks.
TRIALS START SATURDAY
Many to Take Time Spins
First Day.
BY NORMAN Z. IsAACS

Z
500-mile speed classic at the Indian
apolis Motor Speedway only a week
from Thursday. auto pilots groom
ing their cars at the local plant are
cutting loose with some dazzling
speed and today was expected to be
another great fiesta for the per-
Sistent rail birds
With the time trials so close, some
OF the drivers are bearing down on
the throttles to see just what their
mounts are capable Of
Fans Entertained
For a time Tuesday afternoon the
speed fans were entertained by some
real speed put on by Ralph Hepburn
in one of Duray's Packard Cable
Specials and Carl MarcheSe in his
Marchese Special.
Hepburn is a veteran Of the speed
paths and he Whizzed around the
brick and concrete oval at unofficial
speeds ranging around lis miles an
hour
Marchcsc. q Milwaukee dirt track
er. revealed a tendency toward
"heavy-iooting" it and was barrel
ing his car around the course at
112 and 113-mile-an-hour clip.
Many Cars Ready
An unusually large number of
CARS are expected to take their
qualifying trials Saturday afternoon.
Four laps at an average speed of
ninety miles an hour is the neCeS-
sary qualifying rate, but only thirty
three cars are allowed to start and
the sloWeSt mounts will be elimi-
mated.
Drivers taking their time trials
Saturday assume precedence of
position over the cars qualifying on
the following days. Thousands of
persons arc expected to witness the
trials, which will be run off under
the supervision of w. E. eddie
EdcnbWn. Of the A. A. A. contest
board. Edenburn arrived in Indian
apo!is today.
The grandstand spectators received a
big thrill carly Tuesday afternoon when
Jack Buxton. plotting Deacon Litzs Miller
"a Rusco-Durak Spccial-had a narrow
escape from injury while roaring down
the front stretch at 105-miIc-an- hour
clip The straps holding down tho sheet
metal hood broke @nd the wind lifted the
covering back over Burton's head as the
relief driver duckcd just in time.
Jack Cummins, the Well-knoWn
indianapolis dit tracker was at
the wheel of G. H. Cunard's Buck
cye-DueSenberg for a short time
and was knocking off the mileage
at a merry pace. His fastest lap
was 1925 miles an hour. CumminS
takes the turns in nice style.
Ralph Snowbcrgcr was on the track in
his Cooper Special turning in some speedy
laps. The canary, elbow Cooper jobs arc
sweet running buses
RALPH DE PALMA TOURED THE OVAL
IN HIS MILLER REAR-DRIVE AND CON-
TENTED HIMSELF WITH EASY LAPS.
RALPH'S FASTEST SPEED WAS ABOUT
lO5 MILES AN HOUR. DE PALMAS CAR
Is WHITE AND CARRIES THE NUMBER
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Deacon Litz also turned in some
swift laps in his chariot early in
the afternoon and was giving the
boys a nice exhibition. Litz's mount
Is . speedy job and winds up nice
in the stretch.
The fastest ears On The track apparently
are the three Packard Gable Specials. The
cars have remarkable pickup" and roar
into the stretches from the turns at ter
rife speeds, II probably will be terrific
Saturday when Leon Duray takes a crack
at mis- own lap and qualifying records.
DAVE EVANS STILL is SEARCHING
FOR HIS LOST MA5COT-A FULL
BLCODED GERMAN POLICE DOG.
ABOUT EIGHTEEN INCHES TALL -
WHICH STRAYED AWAY FROM HIS
HOME RECENTLY. INTERESTED
PARTIES. LOCATING The PUP. CAN
CALL EVANS At WA. 22S7. OR ADDRESS
HIM Al 4lO5 GRACELAND.
Jack DeVorC. son OF the late Earl
DeVOre, was at the wheel of the car
bis dad drove last year. Jack took
the car around easily, satisfied with
warming 1t up
The t,mo trials Saturday viii start at /
O'Clock When a driver intends TO take his
test he informs Edenburn and the track
is cleared. The driver circles the oval.
signlfying his intention Of starting on the
qualifying lips by raising his arm as the
car speeds down the stretch.
SHOULD II HAPPEN TO BE \ BRIGHT.
SKINNY rNAX WITH No RREEZE AfANv