The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-25


gait. Bill Cummings and Paul Bos
in a front-drive and Paul in & COZ
the other front row positions.
Billy Arnold, 1890 king Of Amer
lean race tracks and last years
5o0-mile winner, won" the pole
position as dusk was falling Satur-
day evening. Billy sped around the
oval for four laps at an average
speed Of 113.348 miles an hour and
thousands Of persons left the
Speedway convinced Arnold again
would be on the inside rail-
Arnold Loses Pole
The later news that Arnold's run
had been declared void because he
could not pass the A. A. A. brake
test came as a stunning surprise
Billy took his trial over again Sun
day and qualified his car at a speed
Of 116.0o0 miles an hour, the fastest
speed Of the qualifications. The
delay, however, cost heavily and
Billy will be seated in the third
position in the sixth row, right
alongside the Diesel.
For thousands the Cunnins
Diesel was the real sensation of
saturdays trials, despite Louis
Meyers afternoon crash and thou
sands Sunday were looking for the
Diesel. 1t was back in Columbus,
Ind, however, and will make its ap-
pearance later in the week.
The Diesel would have qualified
had it made speed Of only eighty
miles an hour. Dave Evans, its
veteran pilot, conferred with Clessie
L. Cummins, its builder and owner,
before the trial and both decided
that despite the stiff wind sweeping
down the backstretch, the car
should be the first to take its tests.
So at seven minutes after 10 a. m,
Dave and the Diesel roared away.
1t warmed up at a speed Of 50,
then followed it With lap of IS,
and came down the straightaway
at SO, Dave raising his hand as a
signal he was going.
Qualities at SO
He clicked off the first official lap
at 96.577 miles an hour, the second
at 96:267 miles an hour, the third at
1913 miles an hour, and the fourth
at 96671 miles an hour, a total av-
erage speed of 96.871 miles an hour.
There is little doubt but that the
oil eater could have made 100 miles
an hour had it not been handi-
capped by the wind.
The oil burner will be more than
a sensation in the race. It should be
the outstanding car. The heavy,
white car probably will find its
groove somewhere around the low
er end Of the track, and Dave will
drive away at SO to IS miles an hour,
worrying about nobody and worry
ing nobody. And should it manage to
finish the five century at that speed
1t will be high in the lists Of the
money winners.
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brought cheers from the huge crowd early
SATURDAY when he started his qualification
14aNt Ou HISL-ldD SOeeQ OF lID
miles an hour. He came in, however, with
hours, When he took the track again he
seemed SATISFIED with liz;
In the second row will be burly
Deacon .Litz in Hank Maley's
Duesenberg, Ernie Triplett in the
Buckeye-Duesenberg, and Babe
Stapp in the Rigling and Henning
Duesenberg. All three turned in fast
speeds and the cars look
to be in tip-top shape.
In the third row are W. H. (Speed)
Gardner in the Nutmeg State Special, Fred
Frame in the Hartz- Ducsenberg. and Stub
by stubblefeld in the Jones-N Miller Special.
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The fourth row has the veteran Ralph
Pardee in Duesenberg entry and Luther tr
Johnson; new lad. in the Richards Spe-
cial The nth row has Louis Schneider.
Doves Seal-Fast. Cliff Bergere in the REQ
MARI Special
In the sixth row are Joe Russo. who
gave the fans exhibition of his blind
fold driving skill Sunday. Dave Evans in
the Diesel and Billy Arnold. Then in the
seventh row is Tony Gulotta in a Hunt
Special. Tony passed up his seat in the
Bowes SeaI-Fast and Fred Winnai will
drive it..
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The two crashes at the Speedway over
the weekend provided excitement. The
one Saturday occurred al Louis Never was
starting on his first lap of his qualification
run. Up went his hand as he came roar
ing down the stretch and he was given the
green nag, He whipped into the south
turn and there he found his foot caught
between the accelerator pedal and the
traInsmlssions He, fought the car desper-
aate!y put lSo miles an hour is too. stiff
TO- to take a turn The MACHINE kissed the
managed to straighten it out and he
coasted down the backStretch and home
The frame was iolted six inches out of
line and the car was taken downtown for
immediate repairs so that it could qualify
this week. Louis wasn't hurt.
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Sundays accident to the De Biase Spe-
eial supplied some real excitement. The
first hint came with wisp of smoke and
the cry "cEaclKup" from the north turn.
Sparky Sparks had hit the wall, some
thing had split and the car was in flames.
The fire eating squad was on its way. but
by the time the blaze was extinguished the
car was damaged beyond repair.