Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-27
Five Newcomers
In Thursday
|5O0-Mi|e Race
INDIANAPOLIS, May 81 (R

INDIANAPOLIS, May ~ up
Twenty -eight Motor Speedway
veterans and five newcomers
well seasoned on the country's
shorter tracks will start Thurs
day in the 4lst 500-mile auto
race at the indianapolis Motor
Speedway.
Time trials run of the last
two week ends in a miserable
mixture of rain and wind set
up a familiar situation Of post
war "500s"-two Novi v8s fac
ing 81 cars powered with the
old reliable Offenhauser engines
The Novis. driven by old
timers Paul Russo and Tony
Bettenhausen. demonstrated In
the trials that they are the
fastest cars in the field - but
they've never won the race.
Bettenhausen, former national
champion from FINLEY Park, III.
turned in yesterdays best per-
Torrance with l0-mile run al
l42.439 in his blue Now. Russo
OF Canoga Park, Calf, set the
best speed Of the trials at 1887
IN another wind-beaten run Sat-
Both Russo and Bettenhausen
viii be starting for the 18th time
and each will be cunning for his
FIRST victory. Sam Hawks of Pa
cific Palisades, Calf, who made
the lineup Saturday at a brisk
1892. will be trying for the
18th time to win the top share
OF the 100000 purse.
There were 43 runs in yester-
days six-hour session, and nine
drivers who tentatively made the
lineup were bumped" by others
who turned in better times later
in the day. They included john
ME Parsons Of Los Angeles. the
1850 winner. and rookie Jud Lar.
son Of Kansas City. who had the
car in which Pat Flaherty of
Chicago won last years race
Jimmy Davies Of Pacoima,
Calf. a four-time starter. also
failed to make the lineup.
Bill Sheesbourg Of Tucson.
Ariz.. a newcomer who was
bumped" after his first quail
fication run, replaced veteran
Clih Griffith Of Indianapolis in
the Seal Line Special and made
the days second-best speed Of
141.565.
The starting lineup:
First row: Pat o'connor, North
mpS' Eddie sachs. S RiIentown r4' P Pss
man !. i iynSood. calf. link '0i sD sa:i.
Second row: Pred Asabashian. Wal.
nut Greek, Calf. BoWes Special. ii2 So
Johnny BOYD. Fresno. Calf. BoWes Spe-
eiaL. ~; lQ2. Jimmy Reece. Indianap-
oils; Hoyt Machine Special. lag .006.
e.IIi. MeEsm.r. g s.ps aiiia IA Pr 1sEi'n q
Keller, Green Acres. Fla., Bardahi epe.
sial' l4l :4gs. Elmer oeorge. Indianap-
OILS So IrnyslEn Special, I49; ZEE: 80.
P los., Calf: Now speeiai. l11siS
tommy thomson, Boyertown. Pa. D-A
Lubricant Special. l43 $40. Andy Lin
qen' Indianapolis, Mcnamara special
Riith reg: sam Hanks. Pscine PAIL
Gene Gene Hartley IndianaPOIis: MasssGlis
PSosa,s ARA. Dean va. iiTI% iS.. s BssHH
sixth row. Bob veith. oakland. Calf
b Estes speeiai, i4i .0i6: Dick Rath-
I4o. 4s4 Nike MsSill suT Hadd sDss,sI
\ s4o a, Dayton Steel Foundry Special
p. ss.iRta sO. re-: S:st a Turp sSs,! s
Special. l40'i?l. Don FreeiSnd, Los
Angeles, Ansted: Rotary Special. 1850 .6fS.
e es..,.5 nj SOs 4v! Special
Special. l4l.585. Rodger Ward. Los
Angeles wolcott Special. l4i ,32l
es n'h roc .nS Ghui hue wsyan s sD.ps
l4l.l Eddie Russo Hammond. Ind.
selavi and Amos Special, i4O. s62 Don
Edmonds. Anaheim. Calf. McKav
Special 40 40
Beach. Calf. sumar special. i4OSss'
Jimmy Daywalt. Indianapolis, Helse
Special. 100 Goa Al Herman. Allen
town Pa. Dunn Engineering Special
$40 .007
Eleventh row: Johnnie Tolan, Nor
walk, Calf. Greenman~casaie Special
l39. s44 Jim Rathman. Miami. chiro-
praetic Special. 30 500. Bob Christie.
grants grants lss zoo ORE Jones q MaieS