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TlVTlii TODVY Sunny, Mild High. 69; Low, 39 Yesterday High, 68; Low, 40 1 1 TOnW'SCIIl'CKLE This the only country In the world where a soon as a man ran afford a Ford, he buys a Cadillac. ii A irft i mi II i 4 "TVitre te spirit of the Lord is, there is Liberty" II Cor. 3-17 VOL. G3, NO.

3G0 Tuesday, 3Iay 31, 19GG Indiana Scsquicentennial Year 63-2 1 1 1 1 ton p'r Wk Corner Delivered rn 0 LnJ Lzi UA7 I I Pileup Began After I Was Hit: Foster 'Rookie' Flashes Victory Smile Sponsor Claims Clark Victor; 7 Running At End By DAVE OVERPECK Graham Hill evidently won the most fantastically Other Drivers Insist Billy Hit Johncock By Cy McBRIDE, Assistant Sports Editor Billy Foster, 28-year-old British Columbia driver starting his second 500-Mile Race, was taking most of the heat for the spectacular 16-car pileup seconds after the start of yesterday's race. confused and incredible 500 Mile Race in the 50-year history of the event yesterday, finishing 41.13 seconds ahead of defending champion Jimmy Clark. Hill victory was strongly disputed by Clark car owner, Colin Chapman, and sponsor Andy Grana-telli, who maintained that Jimmy should be credited I ended up going into the wall. I guess that started the whole mess." 4 I 1 4 with the victory. However.

Sneedwav Publi cist Al Bloemker said last night that the scorers had told him that after a partial check of the official timing tape, "they hadn't found anything that would indicate any change (in the finish)." The contested finish was in keeping with the tenor of a race that simply defies description. Eleven of the 33 starters were wiped out in a thundering crash that stopped the race before the leaders could get through the first turn of the first lap. Miraculously, no driver was injured In the pileup which Involved 16 cars, nor In any of the five accidents that followed it. The ending was just as incredible as the start as both Hill, a Londoner who gained his ride in the American Red Ball Express after Walt Hans-gen was killed in an April crash at Le Mans, and Clark headed for Victory Lane. Just 10 laps from the finish, both looked like also-rans as Hill's teammate, Jackie Stewart, In the Bowes Seal Fast Special, led by more than half a lap.

Then Stewart's engine which had been laboring for 17 laps with failing oil pressure gave up the ghost in the third turn with victory just 25 miles away. Before that, both Clark and Lloyd Ruby had the race all wrapped up and ready for delivery when misfortune struck. RUBY'S BAD BREAK came last and therefore was more dramatic. The Wichita Falls (Tex.) veteran was leading by iaM iljlwitiwni jff 'jn'miiiiiiitiiii iiiimwi inn hi ir ii If 1 1 almost a lap when he sprung an oil leak in the cam tower housing and was black flagged after 152 laps. The Bardahl Eagle driver finally got back into the race, though six laps behind, only to go out for good with cam failure after 175 laps.

He was awarded 11th place in the unofficial rundown. Clark twice spun his STP Gasoline Treatment Lotus-Ford while leading the race. The first time came on the 62d lap when he had a lead of more than half a lap over Ruby. HE LOOPED coming out of the fourth turn but regained control and came on around to the pits. Then, on the 84th lap, when he held a lead of approximately 20 seconds on Ruby, he did a complete spin in the third turn, but again he regained control.

But the ensuing pit stop cost him dearly in time and most certainly victory if Hill, indeed, won. Chapman said after the race that Clark was bothered all the way by handling trouble. The two-time world road rac ing champion did reduce his Turn to Page 12, Column 1 Color Picture Of 1st Lap Crash Pagr II Oilier l'iHiiros, Pages 10, 11, 12, 20, 27, .10 llclafod Stories Pages 11, 20, 27, 1 28, .10 Statistics ...32 TV-Radio .21 Want Ads 33-43 Weather ...19 Women (Star Color Photo By Frank Flsst) GRAHAM HILL GIVES A WAVE AND A COOL SMILE FROM VICTORY LANE Holding Flowers Beside Him Is Sue Harrison, '500' Festival Queen, Who Kissed The Winner 'WASN'T BRIMMING OVER WITH CONFIDENCE' Most of the combustion was being generated by his fellow drivers. But Foster was just as certain that the Speedway's biggest smashup since the 1958 first-lap crash that killed Pat O'Connor was not his fault. Immediately after the wreck that put 11 cars out of the race but resulted in no major injuries, Foster told reporters, "AH I know is that someone hit me on the right rear and 1st Lap Crash Had Miracle: Nobody Hnrt By CAROLYN PICKERING It was 11:02 a.m.

when a sudden threat of nausea engulfed the men and women in white at the track hospital. Moments before, everyone had been saying: "If they can just make it the first few laps with those hot dogs in the pack The voices scarcely had trailed off when the yellow light went on and all emergency units went into action. It seemed only seconds later that Mrs. Betty Grim and her daughter stumbled into the hospital, nearly in shock. "THOSE GAS TANKS just kept blowing I kept thinking he'd (Bobby Grim) get through what's taking so long to get him here?" Turn to Page 12, Column 4 The Weather Joe Crow Says: In spite of all the careful preparations for the 500- Mile Race one thing was overlooked.

The U.S. drivers forgot to have a Paul Revere. Indianapolis Sunny and rather mild today. Sunny and warmer tomorrow. Indiana Fair and cool north, sunny and mild south today.

Partly cloudy tomorrow. FOS1ER STARTED the race on the outside of the fourth row. The consensus was that his Jim Robbins Special ran up over the Weinberger Homes Special which Gordon John cock started on the outside of the second row. But, later, Foster said he had already passed Johncock when "somebody came by me on the inside and pushed me toward the outside. My right rear wheel bumped Johncock's left front.

Then my rear end first went to the left and then back to the right and I hit the outside wall along the fuel tanks. "If the wall had been 10 feet farther out, I would have missed it. I don't know who was on the inside of me and pinching me out." THEN, OBVIOUSLY in censed over the accusations, Foster said "I'm positive some one hit me. I'm not in the habit of spinning in the middle of the main straightway!" Johncock's only comments were that Foster "ran right over the top of me. He hit my left front wheel." Other drivers' versions varied but veteran Don Branson, whose Leader Card entry started on the outside of the third row just in front of Foster left no doubt that he believed Foster was at fault.

"No one forced Foster into Johncock. He just ran over him. His right rear went into Johncock's left rear and there they went. "SOME GUYS ought to have more sense. You'd think when they get in this race they'd have to have some sense, but they sure as hell don't show it." Dan Gurney, another veteran whose All-American Racers firm built six of the chassis for this race, went out on the first-lap mess.

His three-man team also included Lloyd Ruby, who looked like a cinch to win this one until engine trouble forced him out, and Joe Leonard. They made it through the crash Gurney didn't. He was disappointed and angry. "It seems like 33 of what are supposed to be the best drivers in the world ought to be able to drive down a little straight Turn to Page 12, Column 6 Graham Hill, 'Typical 7 in anything quite like that scramble at the first start. And I consider myself very fortunate to have gotten through it unscathed.

"THAT WAS SOMETHING. It all happened right in front-of me. I saw a car" spin and I was trying to decide which way to dodge. Then there was another spin and all of a sudden there was debris all over the track. "Then I looked up and saw all sorts of things descending from the sky tires, especially.

So I was looking up, trying to dodge things, and looking ahead, trying to dodge things, and I consider myself very fortunate to have gotten through. I think I was the last one to get through and I didn't even have a scratch on my car. "Then, when we got re XL Briton slides but I was being very careful with the throttle. "You know, I had a bit of a score to settle with this place. I had to come back and winning makes it that much more pleasing.

I'm a proud man, and when I was "here before (1963), I turned down the car and went borne. Some people seemed to think there were other reasons be- hind my leaving. weren't. And this is the first invitation I've had 'to return. "And the fact that we had 'three Grand Prix drivers going 1-2-3 was more of a co- incidence than anything else.

After all, it wasn't as if you had a full field of traffic out there and then suddenly we (Jackie Stewart and Jimmy Turn to Page 1 1, Column 3 wtftmnmim Wf started, some bloke spun out right in front of me on the first turn and I eyeballed him and thought, 'Cripes, here we go "As far as the race is concerned, everything seemed to work just perfectly We had to guess at setting the chassis up. We didn't guess quite of course, but we came pretty close. The car just ran like a train all afternoon. "THE TRACK was certainly slippery. Not in just one place, but in several.

And, I must admit it was more tiring than I thought it would be. Actually, it's about an hour longer than most Grand Prix races. But you do get a couple of pit stops to sort of relax. But it was quite tiring. "I did get into one or two Inside Today's Star PRESIDENT PAYS TRIBUTE TO U.S.

SERVICEMEN-Mr. Johnson speaks at Arlington National Cemetery, places flowers on Kennedy grave Page 2 CUBANS REPULSE RAID, KILL 2-Exile sources admit anti-Castro craft was turned back Page 3 SURVEYOR OFF TO MOON Three-legged robot's flight termed "very good" after launch. 3 Amusements 16 Bridge 5 Comics 24 Crossword Puzzle ....25 Editorials .18 Finance 32 Food 8 Obituaries 15 Sports Wffl WgJlWWI By RAY MARQUETTE Graham Hill perfectly personifies what is known in the trade as a "Typical Englishman," with a short-clipped mustache, a reserved bearing and a sly sense of humor. Yesterday afternoon, when the tumult and the shouting finally had died down after the wackiest 500-Mile Race ever run, the 37-year-old Londoner frjed to relax in a chair and look back In retrospect over the 'richest race he's ever won. "I'm very pleased, of Vta k.nan "Wqb course lie utgaiii Let's say I'm an optimist at all times but I will admit! I wasn't exactly brimming over with confidence; before the race began.

"I've' never been involved 4 i 4 (Star Photos By Frank FUst, Ed Lacty Jr.) THREE WEAVE THROUGH SAFELY Disabled Cars Litter Track; Wheels Roll HILL COMBS THROUGH SCRAMBLE (ARROW) First Lap Pileup Came Just Ahead Of Him WHEELS SAIL; CARS FISHTAIL Note Piece Of Chassis On Wheel.