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The noteworthy thing about Indianapolis' 22nd annual 500-mile auto race last week was not the closest finish on record, not the new track record (104,863 m.p.h.) set by Bill Cummings, but the failure of Death to make its appearance.
That lull in the race became important at the finish. Cummings, driving a four-cylinder Miller Special, with No. 7 painted on its yellow hood, streaked across first, barely ahead of a black Duray. To make sure he had finished the race Cummings kept on around the track twice before...
The Men. In almost every sport there is someone whose nickname is "Wild Bill." "Wild Bill" Cummings got his from his father who was a racetrack driver from 1907 to 1921. Young Cummings was born within earshot of the Indianapolis Speedway, learned to distinguish Barney Oldfield's car by...
If the A. A. A. decides in favor of Cummings, he will get $35,000 in cash prizes and 600 points toward the U. S. auto-racing championship which is awarded each year by the American Automobile Association to the driver who compiles the best record in official races. Race...
The Author. Son of a Pittsburgh doctor, Malcolm Cowley was born 35 years ago on a western Pennsylvania farm, spent all his summers there. He left Harvard in 1917 to drive a munitions truck in the French Army, later transferred to the American Ambulance Service, like his colleagues Ernest Hemingway...