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THE CHINA MAIL,
THURSDAY, JULY 18, 1929.
ANTHE MOTORISTS' PAGE WA
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The Following are a few of the most
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ATHY 75 ROAD RACE
(500 c.e. class) Stanley Woods, First (from Scratch) Record Speed 69 m.p.h.
BROOKLANDS 200 MILES SIDECAR RACE
--also Second and Third. The only finishers as in " 1928.
DONCASTER A.C.U. YORKSHIRE CENTRE
SPEED TRIALS
E. Searle - Five Firsts
and "Challenge Cup
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SOUTHPORT 100 MILES
J. H. Simpson, First Fastest Time of the day irrespective of class. SWEDISH MAY TRIAL Most important of all Continental Reliability Trials.
Best performance of the day with Sidecar, and Team prize with Side- car, and Team prize- only team to finish.
BELGIAN GRAND PRIX de FRONTIERES
Jules Dethy, 1st in 500 e.c. class.
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RAY KEECH
WINS ANNUAL SPEEDWAY CLASSIC
Indianapolis, May 30.
Death
and destruction were strewn in the wreckage of that scorching torch called the 500-mile automobile sweepstakes at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway to day.
attire.
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Meyer's time for the five-century panions were dressed in colourful grind was 5:13:49:21 and Gleason in third place finished in 5:20:10:46.
Carl Marchese, a youthful Mil- waukee (Wis) driver, finished fourth, while Speed Gardner, an- other Philadelphia driver, was fifth, and Fred Winnai of Philadel phia, sixth.
Litz Sets Furious Pace
A furious pace was set for the first 50 miles with Deacon Litz in his special, the same machine used by Louis Meyer in winning a year ago, out in front of the thundering brigade. His margir was less than a quarter of a lap, with Lou Moore in hot pursuit.
Louis Chiron of Paris, France, one of the two foreign entries and
It was a remarkably close rice 1928 European champion, finished among the three leaders when the seventh and Silly Arnold of Chi-first century of the long grind had been reeled off. Litz still held com. "go, eighth.
mand of the situation, but was only 27 seconds ahead of Moore, who in turn was in a nose and nose strug- gle with Louis Meyer. Only fifteen. Acconds separated these two.
With a record-smashing crowd of 160,000 viewing the spectacle, Ray Keech, daring 28-year-old driver of Philadelphia bounced his tiny Cliff Bergera of Los Angeles, whe eight-cylinder racing creation overint und Fred Frame of Philadel- the finish tape, a
in phia. was awarded tenth place. 5:07:25:42.
wirner
Louis Meyer of Los Angeles, winner of the 1928 race, finished second, nearly six minutes behind Keech, with Jimmy Gleason, an-
Many Cars in Mishaps Experts consider it miraculous that only one driver was killed.
Cliff Woodhury of Chicago, an audacious dirt track driver,
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other Philadelphia driver, pulling, rowly escaped death when his car inp in third place.
crashed into the porthwest turn re Twelve of the 33 drivers who | talning wall on the third lap. wheeled their cars out for the start, | Woodbury was unhurt and went survived the terrific test of speed. back into the race AR a relief
driver.
Falls Short of Record Keech averaged 97,585 miles, an hoar. The speedway record is 101.28 miles an hour, made by Peter De Paolo, in 1925.
The race for $100,000 resulted in the death of William Spence, 24, Los Angeles driver, and narrow escapes of five other drivers.
Spence, hounding over the peri- tously bumpy two and one-half-mile brick course at terrific speed, was
killed on his fortieth mile. His car
turned over as he was shooting out
Jules Moriceau, the other French driver in the race, also was in a smashup when his car turned over as he was finishing his 100th mile The car piloted by Deacon Litz ran off the track on the 56th lap at the time he was in the lead. It was so badly twisted that be was unable to resume. He won $4,900 in lap prizes, however.
Two other drivers also were in
smashups and fortunately escaped. The day was perfect for racing
Babe Stapp had pushed his car from seventh to fourth place and he was followed by Leon Duray. Tony Guletta was sixth and Jimmy Gleason had moved up to seventh. At 150 miles Moore was out in front with Louis Meyer closely fol- lowing and Jimmy Gleason on the same lap in third position. Litz went out of the race shortly before this post had been reached. Frame had milled his way through the cas tor fumes from ninth to fifth place. At 200 miles Meyer and Moore still were in a neck and neck battle for the leadership with the former having a slight advantage. Frame had moved up from fifth to third and Gleason was fourth with Keech fifth. Kries followed and in order were Winnal, Marchese, Gulotta and Farmer. The time was 1 hour, 57 minutes, 25 seconds, and the average was 102.192 miles an hour.
Fifteen of the speedway machines were knocked out wher the halfway mark had been reach- ed and it was a nip and tuck blanket race for the leading positions. Less than a hundred yards separated Frame, who was leading in his front drive car, and Meyer. Keech was on the same lap in third place.
Mr. H. S. Firestone, President of The Firestone Tyre and Rubber Company, acted as referee of the race. Since every Indianapolis Race in the past nine years has particularly fitting that Mr. Fire been won on Firestone Tyres, it is
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tore. It was a typical summer The car struck a retaining wall crowd that jammed the mile long on a skid, threw Spence into the grand stands and packed the in- air in the middle of the track, turn-Geld. The male spectators shed ed completely over, righted itself, their coats, while thair fair com- and then came to a stop far down
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Spence was thrown clear of the car, but he suffered a fatal frac- Lure of the skull.
Winnings Near $40,000
Keech, by his victory, was enrich- ed by about $40,000. He won | $20,000 as first prize, $6,100 in lap pilzes and the balance in cash prizes offered by accessory manu- facturers.
To-day's race was Keech's second major competition. He finished fourth in the 1928 race, coming here after gaining fame by setting a world record of 207.55 miles an hour on the beach at Daytona, Fla., R mark later broken by Maj. Segrave of England.
Keech exhibited steady, 'con- sistent and nervy driving. An out- sider with the public, Keech was never worse off than tenth. He took the lead at 592 miles, when Meyer, who was leading at the time, was forced to the pits to re- plenish fuel and oil.
Meyer was forced to remain în the pits six minutes and 4 seconds, due to his inability to get his motor started again.
Keech retained the lead to the end.
Keech, driving a rear-drive car, was fourth at the first 50 villes, tenth at 100, seventh at 150, 1fth at 200, third at 250 and second at the 300
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Holder of 14 World's Records including the 24 hours average speed of 52 miles per hour.
THE 350 cc.
Last victories:
SUPERSPORT
TOUR DE FRANCE (4453 Km): 1st
FRENCH BOL D'OR World's Road Record of 24 Hours Record Beaten of 138 Km. 1st
ALGERIA GRAND PRIX 14
THE 500cc. SUPERSPORT
GRAND PRIX DE FRANCE (Montlhery Track) Won two years in succession 1927, 1928.
average speed 150 Km.
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ly clinched. Moore jumped into the car and started a mad dash on his last two laps, but the connecting rod burned out on the back stretch and he was forced to quit. The stop cost Moore exactly $10,000, second prize money.
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