The Indianapolis times., 1934-05-19

first qualifiers mastered the gas
limitation hurdle with ease.
Petillo climbed into his car as
he started his qualification run. tell
ing byStanderS he intended to pass
the trials at 119 miles an hour.
The warmup lap over, Petillo'S
car swept out of the north turn with
spectacular burst of speed and
flashed down the front stretch with
the motor winding up" to a high
pitched whine. The machine rock
eted into the south turn and thou
sands massed in grandstand B
gasped as the car Swayed and twist
ed into the short south starlight
away.
"SIOw Down; Slow Down"
Petillo twisted the car straight
and flashed down the back stretch
like a comet. In the north turn, the
terrific speed carried him high up
on the bricks and he came out of
the north turn a scant foot from
Une OUTSIDE retaining wall.
The dauntleSs little Californian
kept his daredevil speed on the
second and third laps and as he
finished his third, his worried pit
mechanics were tagging him down.
SLOW down! Slow down." roared
Dave FRANKIE, mechanic, knowing
full we'll that Petillo could not hear
him.
Kelly took the hint, however, and
the fourth lap found him running
at 100 miles an hour. the fifth at
118, the sixth at lis. He came back
up to 1T on the seventh, 118 on the
eighth, 119 on the ninth and fin
ished his twenty-five mile qualifi-
cation run with a 120-milanhour
tenth lap.
14O on Stretch
He coasted to the pits with 10000
persons roaring their approval.
Grinning, Kelly described his thrill
ing ride around the bricks with an
air of nonchalance.
Boy" he said, that wind back
there was pretty stiff. I was doing
as high as 40 on the backstretch.
Everything's fine and dandy"
1t appeared probable this after
noon that Petillo would be unchal-
lenged for the pole post. There
seemed little likelihood that any
driver had enough speed in his auto
mobile to touch Petillo'S mark.
By lis this afternoon, the crowd
at Speedway had swelled to more
than $4,000, and it was predicted by
Speedway officials that at least
$4,000 persons would be in the
stands by $3.50 this afternoon.
Trials Held Sunday
The trials also will continue to-
morrow, starting at IL o'clock in the
morning and continuing until late
in the afternoon. AS many as $4,000
or 10000 persons are expected at to-
morrow's trials.
Early this afternoon it was an
nounced that Al Gordon, suspended
by the A A A. for 'unsportsman-
like conduct" during the western
season had been reinstated.
No announcement was made of a
lifting of the suspension on Louis
Schneider, of Indianapolis, national
racing champion in 1881. and it was
assumed that A. A. A. officials would
continue to keep Schneider's name
on the suspended list for the time
being.
The suspension of the 1881 winner
of the 500-mile race was revealed
early today. Schneider is alleged to
have participated in unsanctioned
races.
Drivers must average 100 or more
miles an hour for ten laps twenty
five niles to qualify. 1t is be-
lieved that the lowest speed to gain
admittance will be around the no.
mile-an-hour mark.
Tomorrows tests will start at II
a. m. and end at $50 p. m. There
will be three-day rest period, with
trials being resumed on Thursday
for a five-day stand.