The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-05-30

at f. miles was 28:1089, an aver
age &. ed of 106.453 miles an hour.
Fifteen Out at Noon
At noon, with ITS of the 500 miles
gone, fifteen cars. had been elimin-
ated, eleven of them in accidents,
leaving a field of twenty-tfree re-
naming at that point.
Chef Miller's Frcnty special hit
wall on its thirty eighth lap and
was forced out of The race.
Andy Cantana, mechanic riding
with L. Cucinotta, was burned on
the foot By hot oil from the motor.
Joe Caccia's Alberti special, No.
90, hit the lower wall on the north
west turn and scraped the wall for
more than an eighth of a mile.
Neither the driver nor the mechanic
was injured, but the car was dis
allied permanently. 1t was his
forty-second lap.
With all the pre-race ceremonies
out Of the way, the track was cleared
and the Cord front-drive pace car,
piloted by Wade Morton, former
racer, backed into position just in
front of the Miller Hartz 'front.'
drive special No. T.
At three minutes before 10 the
race cars cut loose with power
full drone, ready for the bomb that
started the historic battle of speed
over the mammoth two and one
half-mile brick and concrete platter.
Bomb Starts Race
At exactly 10, the bomb was the
signal for thunderouS cheer from
the tremendous throng as the cars
started down the front-stretch
heading into the southwest turn.
Assistant Starter Seth Klein I'M
furled the green flag, ready for the
official flying start, when the ma
chimes Numbered out of the north
west turn and down the front
straightaway.
Throngs were lined up outside the
Speedway gates for fully mile,
hours before dawn today, and thou
sands poured through the gates as
they were flung open at a. m,
every fan seeking a point of vantage
in the inf1eld.
Forty thousand persons were
gathered inside the vast Enclosure
at 7:3O and traffic was piling up
outside the Speedway gates. A great
force of city police and state police
deity directed the mass of autos
through the portals.
B Fans familiar with the Speedway
from past years, milled around the
concession stands, where hot dogs
vendors Shrilled their wares, Mo
bling at buns for lack of sor1e-
thing better to do.
The silver nosed Goodyear blimp
Defender" glided lazily over the
oval. Half a dozen other aircraft,
including huge Fokker cabin
plane, circled the speedway.
Gates opened at a. m. to admit
crowds that jammed all highway
approaches to the speedway for
more than mile. At o'clock autos
were jammed tight at the gates.
Grand Stand A Filled
Grand stand A, near the south
west curve, was filled at 9:l5 a. m,
and grand stands B and G rapidly
were absorbing their quota.
Paddock boxes, choicest seats di-
rectIy across the track from the
judges stand, were filling slowly.
The inf1eld at $50 a. m. was
blackened with autos.
Mounted on a truck, motion pic
ture camera toured the speedway
half an hour before the start Of
the race, photographing the throng.
Veteran racing fans said tcdays
was the coolest race day in the his
tory Of the event. The usual fash
of color in the stands was dimmed
by the brindle shades OF topcoats.
Notables from all points Of the
country mingled with lesser lights
before the race, exchanging opinions
about the approaching classic.
Two Cars Out Early
Louis Meyers sixteen-cylinder
Sampson Special, and the sixteen
cylinder Maserati. which B. Bora
zacchini drives. we're the hrst cars
on the track. followed closely By J.