Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-18
INDIANAPOLIS RACE
TO DRAW VARIETY
Many Entries Are Practically
Stock Cars Rebuilt for
Speed.
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DETROIT, Mich, May l7.-EntrieS
listed for the forthcoming Indianapolis
speedway race on Decoration day dis
close such a variety of power plants
that it will be hard to find more than
two of them alike. The return to two
man racers decreed for this year brings
the contest back to the status of eight
years ago as far as the pilots are con-
cerned. Nineteen twenty-five was the
last year for the two-man jobs until
now.
Consequently, with the cubic inch
displacement raised to 366 inches from
the 91-inch class of speeders that have
been raced on the bricks for the last
three years, the field Is thrown wide
open again. That means that the
annual gasoline derby will be a free
for-all. The boys who follow speed as
Q hobby and build up engines only to
tear them down again and rebuild time
after time to make them run faster
viii have full scope for their me-
chanical talents
Stock Car Engines Figure.
This will reopen the way for automo-
bile racing to again become a large
experimental force for the development
the designs that will compete on May
80 are practically back to the stock car
status. There are said to be 46 cars
entered Among them are two DueSen-
bergS entered by Peter De Paolo, twice
previously the American racing cham
pion. These cars, it is stated, use en-
gines rebuilt from Duesenberg straight
Fights OF years ago when the straight
eight was a novelty.
Perhaps the most interesting car that
viii try the contest Is l6-cylinder de-
sign to be driven by Louis Meyer The
engine has been built of two eight
cylinder, 91-inch displacement cylin-
der blocks set on one crankcase. It
drives two shafts geared together and
Is believed to be capable of the fastest
maximum speed among all the entries.
The parts from which Meyers power
plant have been built were once the
property Of the late Frank Lockhart,
who lost his life year ago while max
ing a 20o-mile-an-hour trial at Day
tona Beach. Fla. His racing equipment
after his death was acquired by Meyer
and Riley Britt, a racing veteran, who
= likely to ride with Meyer as mechanic.
Another team Of two cars brings new
interest to the race. They have been
entered by James Talbot, jr., young
millionaire sportsman Of Los Angeles,
and are called "Mavv" specials. The
engines are Miller-built. They have
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Of displacement, and are Of the same
kind that Talbot has used In hydro
plane racing on the water. Pilots
named to drive them are Anthony
Gulotta and Mel Kenealy.
Front drive cars also will be repre-
sented when the flag falls for the
start. Two of the front-driven cars
formerly campaigned by Earl Cooper
VIII be driven respectively by Johnny
Seymour and Joe HUFF. Harry Hartz
u back again In the racing game with
Miller front drive. Then there are
two more front" cars that come from
eon. Colo. Still another has been en-
tered and will be driven by Dave Evans.
Rebuilt Studebaker Fights are In two
ether entries. One by Russell Snow
berger, known az the Russell eight, and
another by william H. Richards.
known as the Romthe Special. A Buick
stx engine has been revamped for use
IN the Amber Special, to be handled
by q. d. Mackenzie.
Four-Cylinder Entry.
A four cylinder entry has been made
by Bill White Of Los Angeles, to be
driven by William CANTON Of Detroit
This Is the Miller-Schoheld Special re-
Gently sent over the surface Of the
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Sniles an hour. The mark was worlds
record.
In the assorted class Is Q six-cyiinder
car from Du Pont Motors, Inc, Of
Wilmington, Del. Charles Moran, f.,
win pilot 1t. Ira Vail, who quit as o
driver several seasons ago, Is sponsor
for q V-type eight. powered with q
rebuilt General Motors engine. Morton
and Brett have another entry, which
uses an engine reconstructed from q
Ford. The 'Fronty Special" owned by
Thomas J. Mulligan, Is Ford. Chester
Miller Is named to drive 1t.
There will be foreign contingent
this year. Jean Gaudino, a South
American. has entered Chrysler car
reconstructed as racer. Baconi
Borzacchini of italy, will be at the
wheel Of a Maserati car, and his COM
patriot. Leterio Piccolo Cuinatto viii be
teamed up with him in a racer Of the
same make. The Maseratis have
16-cylinder engines. One Of them is
credited with making 152 miles an hour
over q 10-hlometer course at Cremona,
italy.
The Duesenberg brothers viii be
represented by two cars, one Of which
Babe Stapp will handle.
Lower Speed Predicted.
That the race will prove as fast as In
former years is doubted. The rules
call for the superchargers to be re-
moved. This viii give the builders the
Job Of getting more power out Of larger
cylinder displacement without the aid
Of the blowers that forced the fuel
into the engines under terrific pressure
and boosted average speed from 10 to
Is miles an hour.
The speedway record for the 500-nile
grind Is 101.13 miles an hour, made
by Peter De Paolo In 1925. Because
the new class of cars runs into so many
kinds Of experimental engines, it Is
believed that the pit stops will be nu-
merous. This may tend to bring the
maximum below 100 miles an hour, but
Il will get away from the groove Of
former years in which the race was
virtually a track battle between the
Ouesenbergs and the Millers.
The best guess available is that the
winner Of 1880 should average approx
1nately e5 miles an hour.
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