BEFORE 140,000 SPECTATORS. Studebaker Special Secures Second Place in Great Indianapolis 500-mile Race.—Earl Cooper, the famous American race driver, secured second place in the great Indianapolis 500-Mile Scratch Race, averaging 97.99 miles per hour ftfr the whole distance. At 445 miles, Cooper led bv 30 seconds, when he was compelled to change a tyre, which took 18 seconds. At 450 miles he stopped 15 seconds to change another tyre. These stops cost him the race although the pit work was remarkablv good Th© winner’s average was 0R.24 miles per hour. Connor won the majority of lap prizes. His actual running time wa s 32 seeon faster than the winner’s. Thirty-one cars entered; 1 Studebaker started: 1 Studebaker finfsTTed The H.C.S won this race last vear.—The Tourist Motor Ch.. Ltd., agents for Studebaker and Hastings.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XIV, Issue 201, 2 August 1924, Page 5
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