Evening star., 1954-04-25
Final Preparations
Under Way For Big
Andrews Field Card

Preparations for the National
Capital Sports Car Races at |
Andrews Field next Sunday |
moved into the final stages yes
terday, bolstered by the an
nouncement of the largest entry
list ever to sign up for an auto
racing event in America.
Latest figures released by race
officials put the number Of en-
tries at 161, field that COM
pares favorably even with 1taly's |
Mile Miglia race and far out
strips the number of competi-
tors in the famous Grand Prix |
d'Endurance at LIE Mans, France. |
A list of makes, both stock |
and modified, reading like a
who's Who" in sports cars will |
roar over an irregular 4.3-mile |
course from early morning until |
dusk The strip, fashioned from
seldom used runways on the
base, contains ten 90-degree |
turns, none of them banked.
The six-event program will get |
underway at 9 am. with the |
first of four 50-mile races and
wind up at about $50 pm. at the
end of the 200-mile grind for
the Presidents Cup.
IntermiSsiOn For Church.
The second event, named the
Congressional Trophy Race, also
at so miles, is scheduled to begin
shortly after 10 am. An inter-
mission from II o'clock to noon
will allow the spectators to at
tend Catholic and Protestant !
church services within walking
distance of the course.
The 75-mile Abraham Lincoln
Trophy Race will start at noon
and will be followed by two more
50-mile events before the Presi-
dents Cup Race at 4 o'clock.
The winner of the 200-mile .
feature will receive his prize
from President Eisenhower the
following day in the White
House
Scattered through the after
noon will be an entertainment |
program headed by Bob Hope |
and Dave GarroWay. The latter |
will serve as master of cere-
monies.
Jet AcrObatic Team Out.
Scratched from the program
was a performance by the Thun-
derbirds, the Air Forces jet |
acrobatic team Gen. Curtis Le-
May. commander of the Stra- |
tegic Air Command, said the |
nearby base was to close to |
Washington that some sections |
of the city might be endangered. T
The rest of the original plans
are still intact. Music will be
provided by the Air Force Band I
and the Air Force Drum and
Bugle Corps. The Boiling Air
Force Base Ceremonial Drill |
Team will put on a demonStra-
ton of precision marching. Ard |
an Army team of helicopters is
scheduled to do square |
dance" above the course.
Heading the list of entries are
five of the top 10 drivers in the |
1853 point standings of the |
Sports Car Club of America,
sponsors of next Sundays races. |
These include "Gentleman Jim"
Kimberly of Chicago and Rees /
Makins, Nc. and 2 drivers in |
the SEGA rankings last year.
Briggs Cunningham, conSid-
cred the most dangerous chal- !
lenger to European supremacy
in the sport, has entered a
Ferrari and an OSCA and will
drive the latter in the Lincoln
Trophy race. Phil Walters will
pilot the Ferrari in both the
Lincoln and the cup races.
so Local Entries Expected.
Lou Fageol, president of the
Twin Coach Co. of Cuyahoga
Falls, Ohio, will drive his Fageol-
Porsche in the third and sixth
races in an effort to win his
second Presidents Cup. Fageol
Is a previous winner of a PreSi-
dents Cup in the annual speed
boat regatta off Hains Point.
About so entries are expected
from the Washington area alone, (
led by DR.. Richard Thompson,
jr.. one of the most skilled
Porsche drivers; Roger Wing and .
Charlie Wallace in Jauguars and
Maj. Bill Kinchelos in his Aus
tin-Healey.
This will be the ninth in a /
series of sports car events held
at Air Force bases to improve
living conditions for enlisted per-
sonnel. Proceeds from next Sum- |
days races will be apportioned
among the Airmen's Living I'm !
provement Fund at Andrews. the /
Boys Club of Washington and /
the Air Force Aid Society.
Work On Voluntary Basis.
Work in preparing for the An
drews races. even to the con-