Evening star., 1953-05-25
Speeds in Qualifying
Point 10 New Record
In indianapolis 500
BY the Assoeiofed Press

BY the ASSoeioied Press
INDIANAPOLIS. May 25.-
Barring bad weather or wrecks
that slow the pace. the winner
of next Saturdays 37th annual
500-mile auto race should put
a new speed record in the In
dianapolis Speedway books.
The 80 starters averaged al
most a mile-an-hour faster than
last years record-smashing field
in qualifications that ended yes
terday.
Only nine of last years start
erS made over 1856 miles an hour
in the 10-mile time trials. Nine
teen of this years field bettered
that speed. The overall average
is 136.435, compared with last
years 135.504.
Troy Ruttman, out with an
injury this year. set a record
average of 1892 for the 500
miles last year.
Vukovich Is Man to Beat.
Bill Vukovich of Fresno, Calf :,
who qualified May II, won the
$1,000 extra prize for the top
speed of 1892.
Most speedway fans rate
Vukovich as the man to beat
in this years race, since he led
most of the 1852 grind until his
steering gear failed. He'll start
in the No. l spot.
Bill Holland, the 1949 winner,
came back Sunday after two
years absence and qualified the
Crawford Special as 137.868. It
was the best time of the day and
he would have gone faster if his
pit crew hadn't begged him to
slow down.
The 45-year-old Holland has
first and three seconds to his
credit for four Indianapolis
starts. The American Automo-
bile Association suspended him
before the 1851 race for compet-
ing in an unsanctioned race and
reinstated him last winter.
Two Minor Accidents.
There were only two accidents
in Sundays 81 qualifying runs
and nobody was hurt.
Len Duncan of Philadelphia
hit the concrete retaining wall
coming out of the northwest
turn and wrecked the Central
Excavating Special. Frank Armi,
Hanford, Calf, spun into the
inf1eld in the Morris Special.
The starting lineup for the
500-mile race:
FIRST ROW.
1njsstlon s sPseIai i$S;5ss @pih h -ut'
sG Plston Pin APsny speca Ga t
Hinkle Special, 136.602.
SECOND ROW.
Manuel Ayulo, Los Angeles, Peter
Schmidt Special. 1886
Andy Linden, Los Anseles. Cop-Sil-
Tony Bettenhausen. Tinley Park. ILL.,,
Agajanian Special. 136.O24.
THIRD ROW.
Jerry Hoyt: Indianapolis, John link
johnny Parsons, Sherman Oaks, Calf,
Belond Equa-Flow Special. 1885,.
dahl Special, 1881.
FOURTH ROW.
Special 137.46S.
pd@ Bob sssott Scott Los s. Angeles Belond Aqua
Art Cross. La Porte, Ind, springfield
welding sOec1aHi Firth n51is5S row.
Gene Hartley, Fort Wayne, Ind, Fed
eral Engineering Detroit Special 49,
walter Faulkner, Long Beach. Calf.
Auto Shippers Special, 1917.
Rqnald r. E.eelsnd snsc,. FedeRdS "a ss Beach,
SIXTH ROW.
Chuck Stevenson. Milwaukee. Aga
janian Special. 136560.,
Travis (spiderl Webb. Dayton. Ohio.
Lubri-Loy Special, 136.16s.
SEVENTH ROW.
Carl Scarborough. Clarkstown. Mich.
McNamara Special. 1875 1886.
Ernie sI, Mccoy RssdinE' Bee Pa. Chap
Jimmy Daywalt, Wabash. Ind. Su-
mar Special. 135,747.
EIGHTH ROW.
Mike Nazaruk, Freeport, N. Y. Kala-
mazoo Special. 135.706.
Schmidt Special, 135.66S.
NINTH ROW.
Jim Rathman, Miami, Fla, Travelon
Trailer special Ns Si.6s1 1S2: :6s6' uov, cov.rro,
Duane Carter, Indianapolis. Miracle
Power Special. 135.267.
TENTH ROW.
Bill Holland. Indianapolis. Crawford
Special. 1877. 1858.
Bob sweikeyt; indianapolis Dean Lines
Carl Niday, Culver City. Calf, Miracle
Power Special. 136.O95.
ELEVENTH ROW.
Jim Bryan, ~Phoenix. $Ariz., Blakely
Jimmy Davies. Van Nuys. Calf. Pat
Clancy Special, 135.303
Johnny Thomson. Lowell, Mass, DR..
Sabourin Special. 135.262.
ALTERNATES.
Eddie johnson. Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio.
City of Detroit Special. 135237.
johnny rolan. Denver Elakely Oil
Special, 134.852.
Five years ago-Ben Hogan
won the PGA at Hershey. Pa,