Show it WINS RACE AT INDIANAPOLIS l IT te Floyd Roberts Roars t I to Smashing Mark-Smashing I Victory Vict y till t SPEEDWAY A Y INDIANAPOLIS INDIANAPOLIS INDIAN INDIAN- It APOLIS May 30 AP Floyd AP-Floyd Floyd Van Nuys Cal roared to r record breaking victory in inthe inthe inthe the mile automobile race today It was his first major triumph in 22 years of racing t 1 Roberts driving the entire distance distance dis dis- dis- dis tance without relief and making i l only one sec 30 second 30 nd stop received i a tumultuous acclaim of the huge huget t t crowd as he piloted his red brick-red r. r colored car across the finish line The winner finished about five It miles mLles ahead of Wilbur Shaw Indianapolis In In- di winner of the 1937 clasi clas clas- i z tic ilc c. c 4 I I I Roberts covered the miles in 41 to establish the remarkable 1 ble 1 average of miles an hour T I smashing m hing the record of hung Jl up by Shaw last year Chet Miller Detroit finished third about seven seven aza a and da a half halt miles 1 I 1 lack baCk Miller w wasi s e upon RobI Roberts Rob- Rob 1 I erts in the last 25 mil miles s but was wast t forced to stop gas for or galt on his next I to to last lap and aid this this this' cost him urn second place honors honors' i Roberts never worse than fourth 1 i after the first 50 O miles moved up to third at miles and was in the lead at miles He lost it temporarily temporarily tem tern to Jimmy Snyder pacesetting pace- pace setting etting Chicagoan but was back in command at miles and stayed there In the closing miles of the race ra e Roberts realizing victory was within with- with jin in his grasp for forced ed his four cylinder motor all possible to assure triumph Mars Race The race was marred by the death of o-f f Everett Spence Terre Haute md Ind a year old spectator killed when a wheel flying through their the lair air ir from a crashing racer struck him while he was standing on a truck parked in the infield Emil Andres Chicago d driver r 1 i v vel e r of the up cracked car suffered a 2 broken brokennose brokennose brokennose nose nose a brain concussion and crushed chest He was rushed to an Indianapolis Indian- Indian I apolis polis hospital k Ted Horn Lo Los Angeles finished fourth nearly 17 miles back of Robil Rob- Rob il cite Just a few seconds after the race finished black clouds swept over the big racing plant cutting loose with a downpour of rain t Shaws Shaw's speed for second place was wasI miles an hour I Flag Drivers Off The rain drenched thousands of spectators making their exits and Paused c-aused c officials to flag the remain remain- remaining ing ting drivers off the track F The raco race was witnessed sed by a boil holi- holiday day crowd of less than the i attendance of a year year- ago I I- I Chet Chef Chet Gardner Long LongBeach Beach Cal Cat I IVas was Vas the last driver He came in back of Ted Horn Los Angeles An- An geles eles who who finished finished fourth I Thirteen of cf t the original sta starring field ifield of M 33 finished Twenty one were forced out because of motor I trouble or accidents accident |