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...Tony Bettenhausen, driving the 330-h.p. Belanger Special that won the Memorial Day race at the Indianapolis Speedway (TIME, June11), the 100-mile A.A.A. national championship auto race; in Milwaukee...
...flag drop, 33 low-hung, overpowered racing cars, almost blacked out by clouds of dust and exhaust smoke, roared down the brick and asphalt Indianapolis Speedway track last week in the first lap of the 500-mile Memorial Day grind. The Speedway rightfully prides itself on being the proving ground for most of the automotive advances in the past 40 years, and this year improved cars and equipment produced a whole roster of shiny new records. But speed outstripped design. Only six of the starting thoroughbreds managed to last the full distance...
Indianapolis Speedway (Wed. noon, Mutual). Memorial Day auto race...
Harness racing closes its season for local fans tomorrow when the Metropolitan Driving Club of Boston holds its annual Columbus Day race on the Charles River Speedway...
...race was scheduled to start at 10 a.m., but as usual supercharged crowds, festive and hungry for thrills, began gathering outside Indianapolis Speedway at dawn. By race time, some 150,000 had crammed their way into the stands and infield to watch 33 underslung, overpowered little cars roar around the 2½-mile brick and asphalt track in the annual 500-mile grind...