40 CARS IN SPEEDWAY RACE. |
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Topics: Indianapolis 500
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The New York Times
May 5, 1915
All American Made Except Ten—Trials May 21, 22, and 23.
INDIANAPOLIS, May 4.—Two additional mail entries have been received for the next Indianapolis 500-mile race, increasing the total count for that event to forty.
They are a third Duesenberg, entered by F. S. Duesenberg of Minneapolis, Minn., no driver named, and a Shambaugh special, entered by Charles Shambaugh of Lafayette, Ind. Shambaugh will drive his car.
An "unknown" car was entered at the eleventh hour by an Indianapolis man, but is not officially listed, inasmuch as the owner desired his name withheld until he ascertained whether his car would be finished in time.
Rene Thomas, who cabled his entry to the Speedway management early in the Spring, is not coming after all. Thomas, after failing originally to interest the Delage factory in loaning him a car, tried to raise the necessary capital to buy the machine, but failed in that also.
It is not thought, however, that he will be missed, as Dario Resta, winner of the last Vanderbilt and Grand Prize races at San Francisco, is counted on as being more than able to fill his shoes. The elimination trials will be held May 21, 22, and 23.
The list of cars and drivers follows:
Car. Made in Driver. Maxwell, America....................Carlson Maxwell, America..............Rickenbacker Maxwell, America....................————— Mercedes, Germany................De Palma Sunbeam, England..................Coatalen Sunbeam, England..............Chassagne Du Chesnau, America................Brown Duesenberg, America...................Alley Duesenberg, America..................O'Donnell Cornelian, America..............Chevrolet Delage, France................J. De Palma Stutz, America.....................————— Stutz, America.....................————— Stutz, America.....................————— Peugeot, France....................Resta Peugeot, France....................————— Peugeot, France....................————— Bergdoll, America................E. Bergdoll Bergdoll, America................G. Bergdoll Mercer, America....................Pullen Mercer, America.................Ruckstell Mercer, America..................Nikrent Bugatti, Germany...............Oldfield Bergdoll, America................Haupt Emden, America..................————— F. R. P., America..................Hughes F. R. P., America...................Keene F. R. P., America..................Whalen Sebring, America................————— Sunbeam, England...............Grant Sunbeam, England............Limberg Cino-Purcell, America..................Cox Burman, America................Burman Harroun, America.....................Orr Mulford, America................Mulford Cino, America....................McNay Kleinert, America................Klein Mais, America....................Mais Duesenberg, America................————— Shambaugh, America................Shambaugh