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...language. In it "heavy-footed" means not slow but fast. Lead-footed Louis Meyer, who vowed to quit driving after winning his second Indianapolis race, followed his usual tactics of tailing dangerous opponents, sprinting when they stopped for gas. At 360 miles, last year's winner, Kelly Petillo, who had hired a crack dirt-track driver named Doc Mackenzie to drive for him this year, could no longer stand the strain of seeing his car behind the leaders, jumped in to drive himself. He finished third. With less than 100 miles to go, Meyer had a five-lap lead...
...miles. At 450 miles, a drizzle made the track slippery and officials waved the yellow flag. This meant that the speed limit was 75 m.p.h. and the drivers were to hold their relative positions. By the time the rain stopped, there were only 20 miles left. Kelly Petillo, who had taken the lead when Mays was forced out and held it ever since, knew then that if his car held together he could not fail to win. It held together. Officials checked his time, found that with 106.24 m.p.h. average for 500 miles, he had set a new record...
...Angeles fruit dealer, Driver Petillo. who used to get tickets for speeding in his father's truck, had invested his last $500 in a cream-colored Gilmore Speedway Special which he patched up for the race. In his first trial he broke the speed record but was disqualified for using too much gasoline. In his second, a broken connecting rod scattered his motor on the track. Before the race, which his wife and nine-year-old son watched him win, he used an electric vibrator to keep his forearm muscles supple. His prizes, when it was over...