FAST TIME
500-MILE MOTOR RACE
(Received May 31, !i.30 p.m.)
INDIANAPOLIS, May 30,
William CummingsJ of ilndianapolis, on Tuesday won the 50p-rnile automobile race, covering the .distance in 4hr 46min sJsec. . Averaging 104.868 miles an hour, he eclipsed:the •■ 1933 record of 104.162 miles■: per 'hour. . ■
: Thirty-three cars started,.but a large number were forced, out. .The race was witnessed by 135,000 spectators. There were no serious accidents. ~ .:- , .-. '
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Evening Post, Volume CXVII, Issue 127, 31 May 1934, Page 12
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66FAST TIME Evening Post, Volume CXVII, Issue 127, 31 May 1934, Page 12
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