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Driving the same Italian-made Maserati he drove last year and the year before, Shaw shot in front early. At the 100-mile mark, he was passed by another Maserati, owned by onetime Driver Lou Moore and driven by little Mauri Rose. When Rose was forced to drop out after 152 miles because of carburetor trouble, it looked like a cinch for Shaw. Then, rounding a turn on the 151st lap (380 miles), Shaw's car threw a tire, did a triple spin, crashed into the retaining wall. Shaw was not seriously hurt and the crowd soon forgot about...
...field that included such highhearted and heavy-footed drivers as young Rex Mays, who earned the favored pole position with his top qualifying speed; Kelly Petillo, only other onetime winner (1935); 44-year-old Cliff Bergere, Hollywood stunt man who finished in the money seven times in twelve starts; Mauri Rose, 1936 national champion; Ted Horn, among the first five for the past four years; and Joel Thorne, daredevil New York millionaire who placed seventh a year...
...crack-ups to break the monotony-the race began to get exciting. Shaw, who had been leading the field, stopped at his pit for new tires and a tank-load of fuel (alcohol). When he returned to the track two-and-a-half minutes later, he found Rex Mays, Mauri Rose, Ted Horn and Joel Thorne ahead of him. For 60 miles he chased them. As they momentarily dropped out, one by one, for refueling, Shaw whizzed ahead, gained a one-lap lead on Mays...
...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 he slowed down at his pit. Mauri Rose, driver of the Duray, who had led the race from the 250-mile post to the place where Cummings passed him 200 miles farther on, learned that he had lost by 27 seconds. On the ground that Cummings had illegally gained three quarters of a lap while the cars were supposed...