The Indianapolis Star from Indianapolis, Indiana • Page 26

PAGE 26 INDIANAPOLIS STAR. FRIDAY, MAY 31, 1946 Crashes Provide Thrills For Speedway Crowd Of 165,000 5: r. ft -p zc) ft: WJJr.L -OA i7 '''-fit "otiO I 1 JL'ST BEFORE THE START OF THE "BIG SHOW," DRIVERS AND MECHANICS got their final instructions at the starting line on the track. A motion picture camera ground away in the truck (left) from which officials spoke to the pilots of the cars and their aids. (Star Staff Photo.) if I i i ft TRADITIONAL.

TAGEANTRY OF THE 30TH RACE WAS COMPLETE WITH PRESENTATION of the colors by veterans' organizations and the marching bands. (Star Staff Photo.) A MINIATURE SrEEDVVAY WITH A LILLIPUTIAN CROWD WAS THE WAY AIRMEN' SAW THE 500-MILE RACE YESTERDAY at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. is how Robert II. Young of the Robert Young Studio and his assistant, Robert Martin, viewed the track at 1 o'clock from a Cub Trainer plane in which they took off from the Bob Shank Airport. Young was flying at 3,000 feet altitude, 1,500 feet out from the track, when Martin clicked the shutter.

The infield, already crowded, was still filling when the photograph was made. The largest part of the crowd was in the stands on the stretch at the left side of the picture. i-i -T1- -i I III I III Ml I I II I 1 II I III II II I'j' iT-i S'i tS ls HI'. 1 it li JV-T V'V i I PART OF THE CROWD WITNESSING THE RACE LINING THE INFIELD RAIL (background) "Airn i y'A' Slifl I I nnd ja'mming one of the stands (foreground). In the background appears the press pagoda.

(As- i I I sociated Press Photo.) LEADING THE CARS OFF TO A FLYING START AS HENRY FORD II, who drove a yellow Lincoln convertible as the starting bomb reverberated across the Speedway. Anton Hulman Torre Haute, owner and chairman of the board of the Speedway, craned his neck to watch the following pack of racing cars as he rode in the pacemaking car with Mr. Ford. (Star Staff Photo.) I -ill; V7k i -v a tmLMnm'j''- tVjZy 14 I LUNCH TIME HAS COME FOR THIS FEMININE TRIO V. jsTf I and Mrs, Larry Kloepper, Brownsburg, Ind.

(Associated Press 1 'u' rS tvlA" TAKING IT EASY while seeing the race is this crowd, shown above, in the infield of the two-and-a-half-mile brick oval. Auto i-r WTNDING LT A BRASS-BOUND 1910 FORD WHICH HENRY FORD II DROVE IN THE PARADE of old-timers, a feature preceding the start of the race yesterday Is James Melton, famed tenor, with Mr. Ford behind the wheel. Ford, Melton and the three charming women passengers were attired in the fashion of the day when the Model was rushing into popularity. (Star Staff Photo.) mobile tops provided seating r' OA- A 4 places for many making up the crowd.

(Associated Press Wire-crowd. (Associated Press Photo.) 5. y. 7 -lr -I 7A: SWXATTNG 6UT the Sjace in the pits is the hardest way of all to see the contest which was won after more than four hours ft 2 in ilnim'ft -v- of i. fierce and heated competition by A A i 1 George Robson of Los Angeles, i Cal.

That's the view of mechanics 8i and nltmen whose talents must 4 1 keep the cars rolling until the i i 1 4 1 s. 1 finish of the race. The scene (at the right) shows the work, wait and worrv crews standing bv rsx iiu unuuiiuiw vr jur. XHK RESPONSIBHJTY FOR COMPLIANCE with technical requirements of the race. Left to right: Jack Mehan, chief steward; Edward W.

Pum-jniU, vice-chairman 'of the technical committee; L. W. Welsh, chief observer; T. E. (Pop) Meyers, vice-president of the Speedway; S.

A. Silberman, metallurgical expert; Lee Oldfield, associate chair-; man of the technical committee, and Harry Bennett, assistant chief steward. (Star Staff Photo.) while the race was in full swing. LED BY TAUL RISSO IN HIS TWTJs'-OOACH SPECIAL (No. 10), the 33 racers are shown rounding the first turn as the 50th renewal of the 500-mile race ot under way yesterday, Russo cracked up after going 374 miles.

(Associated Press Photo.) (Star SUff Photo.).