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...m.p.h. More startling still was the fact that he drove around the two-and-a-half-mile, brick-&-asphalt oval without a mechanic at his side-relying on a mirror to inform him of what his opponents were doing behind his back. Since that day, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway has been the proving ground for many another automotive innovation: balloon tires, four-wheel brakes, Ethyl gasoline, straight-eight motors. But to auto-racing fans, the annual Indianapolis Memorial Day classic is just a gigantic picnic, the Kentucky Derby of the horseless carriage...
Last week, 142,000 fans-having amused themselves outside the grounds at tent shows, Ferris wheels, roller-skating rinks and shooting galleries-poured through the Speedway gates. They arrived on foot, in cars, trucks and trailers. Few knew or cared that the best qualifying time for this year's race was 127 m.p.h., that only one of the 33 competing cars was powered with more than eight cylinders, that this year's mechanical emphasis was on new methods of supercharging, that six foreign cars were entered, and, for the first time in a decade, two foreign drivers: South...
...thrills of the Indianapolis Speedway are to be had on the Charles River now that the scullers are out in force, according to authoritative reports...
Sirs: I quote TIME, Oct 16, p. 93- "Willys, licking its chops over an impending $2,500,000 RFC loan, has slicked up its two series (Speedway and De Luxe...
Willys, licking its chops over an impending $2,500,000 RFC loan, has slicked up its two series (Speedway and De Luxe) this year with deep-skirted front fenders, a beltline chrome strip from front to back. All by itself in the ultra-low field, Willys has dropped its prices 12% to $495 to $620. Improvements: New-type soft springs with rubber-lined clips, counterweight crankshaft, automatic carburetor...