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...only vaguely aware of the smells and sounds of the race. His stopwatch clicked as Driver Holland whizzed by. After rapidly computing seconds into m.p.h., Moore said:"Give him two more." A black pit-board with Holland's name on it was held up the next time he roared past the pits. Seeing the chalked message -" + 2"-Holland stepped up his speed by two miles an hour. After 50 miles, the other driver, Mauri Rose, bobbed his hand as he whirled past to show he understood his "O.K." message from the pit; his speed was just right. Moore...
...minute past noon, after 100 miles, the crowd stood up as Holland's blue racer got into a traffic jam streaking into the southwest turn. Young Bill cut sharply to the inside and off the track, dug a deep track in the grass and shot back on to the brick. Behind him a bright orange racer spun out of control, turned two circles and crashed into the outside retaining wall. Oil from its wounded motor oozed downward across the speedway but there was no pace slackening; other cars splashed through the puddle. Within a few minutes, the loudspeakers announced...
...pits were too busy to look up for more than an instant. Bill Holland, who had taken the lead (earning $100 in prize money for each lap he led) rolled in to the pit for his first stop. It took 14 seconds to change a weakening tire; nitrogen bottles blew fuel from drums into the tank; Holland patted his crash helmet, pulled down his goggles and sped off. The merry-go-round went on. With only 100 miles to go, Lou Moore's two drivers were running...
...Holland was leading Rose by a few seconds. A sudden fear seized Lou Moore: would his two drivers get into a stretch rivalry, burn up his beautiful autos and drop out when the race was all but won? Time after time, on the chalk board he ordered "EZY" as Holland passed the pit. On the 193rd lap, with auto racing's biggest honor his for the taking, Rookie Holland obeyed the "EZY" sign-and Oldtimer Mauri Rose (who had cracked up on the 40th lap last year) went into the lead. When a mechanic got set to signal Rose...
...Teammate Holland, still thinking he had won, shut off his motor, then heard the incredible news: he had finished second. Puzzled and angry, he demanded: "Why did you keep flagging me down . . .? I pulled over and waved at Rose when he went by. ... I figured I was still laps in front." Lou Moore, whose ambition is to be what Racer-Builders Fred Duesenberg and Harry Miller were to the speedway business in prewar days, said nothing. Both his beauties had come home and that was what mattered most...