The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-31


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Drives Great Race
Keech drove a masterful race IN
the Decoration day speed event and
made only one pit stop during the
fvc-centurv grind. Ray stayed out
in1 front Of the pack when he did
annex the lead at 1872 miles, and his
performance was truly remarkable,
even though his average gait oil
1885 did not not set any records.
The ten money winners we're
n p-,r.- and Car MF.H
r-Rav Kccch fSimPlNNl -.-.-.-. g
a-Iouie Nrxer tNillrri .---.---- f., -. -,
e-Timry Gleason ,Ouescnrerg' % os.
Carl Marchesr fMOerl ------- 80 y, ~
-RiU Gardner tChromolite' 6@-o S
Erred Winnai fDuescnherTl ---.'- - - 9,
s-Louis Chirop DC Lasel ,-...-'. -! ,
s-Riiiy Arnold OBoyle NaIvrl ---. - - q. J )
Q-Clif BerCcre tArmae"st' ------ 30 % !
L. Fred Frame tCoeDcrf --.----.- 0".N 80.
ceded tenth posidon-
A crowd officially estimated at
100 900 cheered Keech as he coaSted
into the pits after making three ad-
ditional laps around the brick oval
to make certain of mis- victory.
Louis Meyer. the 1923 victor. drove
= cool. well-iudged race and pilOted
his car to second honors in the an
nuaI Memorial day classic. Jimmy
Gleason also did a nice job in push
ing his Duesenberg into third place.
Ideal Race Day
It was an ideal day for the race
and early in the morning a light
breeze pushed white. fleecy clouds
across a blue sky. Shortly after the
race started a hot sun burned down
on the speedway for the remainder
of the day.
Leon Duray flashed Oft into the
lead at tho end Of the flying start.
but relipquished his advantage or
the eighth lap to Deacon Litz. who
was driving the car i'm which Louis
Meyer had won in 1928
Litz was Just a few second ahead
of Lou Moore in a Majestic Miller
and Louis Meyer in his Miller. on
the hfty-sixth lap. Litz lost control
of his car on the north turn and
Moore shot into the lead with Never
right on his heels
At that. point Keech had dropped
back to tenth place. but moved into
seventh position shortly after. Al
the 2OO-mile mark Louis Never
passed up MoOre'S car. which had
made a pit stop and Barney kloep-
fer NfoOre's relief driver. took the
wheel.
Starts His Challenge
At 200 miles Keech had driven
his Simplex to fifth place and was
starting 10 challenge the leaders.
At $50 miles Fred Frame had pilON-
ed his Cooper to first. Louis Meyer
was second and Ray KeeCh had
moved into third. Fifteen of the
original thirty-three starters had
been eliminated by the time the
halfway mark was reached.
At 800 miles. Frame had dropped
AaNh ~ AONA III HACiAt anu AibttA'
Meyer in car No. I. was first;
Keech i'm car No , was running
second and Kloepfer. in Moore S
No. ?. was third At this time
eighteen cars were ont OF the race
The position of the leaders was
unchanged 1T $50 miles and the cars
we're running almost neck-and-
neck. Mayer was barely q lar
ahead Of both KeeCh and Kloepier
both of whom we're in the same
lap.
At 592'- miles, Meyer coasted into
the pits for gas. oil and water and
when attempting to start away from
his pit. his motor refused to FIRE
and it was six and a half minutes
before Louis had got back into the
race.
Neck Neck"
Keech had taken the lead at this
time. closely pursued by Kloepfel
and Meyer was riding in third place
Those positions we're unchanged al
400 miles and it appeared to be
''anvbodv'S" race.
At $50 miles. only Sc seconds sepa-
rated Keech and Kloepfer, who were
vaging a desperate duel for victory
Only twelve cars were left in the
race and interest centered on the
y first-place battle. At ATS miles
Keech had increased his advantage
over Kloepfer and was holding a
lead of ! minute and 81 seconds
ever Kloepfer
AS Keech was given the green
flag. signaling him that he was
starting his last lap. Kloepfer went
into the pits Lou Moore went back
into the car. and as he reached the
back stretch his gasoline pump