The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-05-20

scheduled to go to the post today.
Racing through the grayness OF
dusk, Mauri Rose at the wheel of
the Four Wheel Drive Special, and
Russell SnOWberger in a Boyle Prod
ucts Special were added to the list
of qualifiers yesterday after rain had
kept the chauffeurS off the track
until after 5.
Rose, after being forced to stop on
his first start when his drain pan
came loose. qualified at 116.47O miles
an hour. SnoWberger hustled his
eight-cylinder job around at 114.2O9.
PetilIO Record in Vain
Record performances by Rex
Mays, 22-year-old Pacific Coast
daredevil; little Kelly Petillo. hard
riding italian ace. and Al Gordon.
husky Californian, thrilled Satur-
days throng of $4,000.
Riding high on tke curves and
hurting down the straightaWays at
nearly 100 miles an hour, Petillo
wound up his 25-mile trip with an
average of 1851 miles an hour,
breaking the mark set early in the
day by Mays. But his sensational
spring was ruled out a sa qualifying
trial when it was found he had used
fiye-eighths of a pint too much gas
oIine. The A. A. A. A. rules permit
three gallons, with an extra pint
allowance.
Petillos fastest lap was a spec
tacular 122.416, the fastest ever
turned by d tWo-seated, non-super-
charged car.
After his disqualification, little
Kelly was broken-hearted. Dead set
on winning the No. l position
against all competition, he had
tossed all caution to the winds in
his brilliant ride. He battled his
car in the curves just as he does
on the dirt track, where he first
flashed to fame.
Skid Makes Crowd Gasp
Once, swinging out of the north
west turn into the home stretch he
appeared to skid and the huge
crowd gasped. But he righted his
trim little mount and continued his
wild chase. Even after he had fin
ished the required ten laps he failed
to lift his foot from the throttle,
and thereby probably hangs his
downfall. If he had eaSed up on
the last trip around the oval, he
might have been listed today as the
No. l starter.
When ne pulled into the paddock
after his test, Petillo's tires showed
the strain of the terrific grind. All
Wee badly worn, and the right rear,
one, which catches most of the pull,
was ripped almost to shreds.
Mays Averages 120.736
Mays was the first record buster
of the day. He turned the ten
laps at 120.736 miles an hour to
eclipse Petillo's 1884 mark of
1887 miles an hour.
The lanky Californian bashfully
admits that he believes this is his
year.
1T was one of the easiest rides
1 ever had" he said. I've cut my
teeth now. Watch me on May 3d.
Gordon's performance was prob
ably the outstanding work of the
trials to date. He finished with a
1l9.481 mark, also better than the
former record, and was one quart
and pint and half under the fuel
limit. Mays had one-half pint left.
Occupying the first row with Mays
and Gordon is Floyd Roberts, the
35-year-old rookie" from Cali
fornia. Roberts, with IA years of
dirt track experience, is making his
first indianapolis start. His aver
age of 1851 in the time tests
stamps him as a real contender.
In the second row are Lou Meyer,
1923 and 1888 winner; Bill Cum
mings, 1884 victor, who elected to
hold back for the big day and
qualified at 116.901, and Tony Gull
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