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' ) .000,""1"11.1.11",tr" .,,,,,,,,0000- -e Go man bridal the wheel of bhp fast French Philippe Damian may toeing automobile, but Ws his wife. Somme, ale bossed OM Sol sad tolls bin bow to too lie nous to Iris e man A -- wit of Philippe Etancelin, his pit manager, must know whether or not this need exists. . Sonwtimes the last few minutes of a race are the worst In the battle for the speed crown. Some racer may be hard 11 for second, third or fourth place. is up to her to watch the cars which she considers most important in relation to him, and to advise him how he stands. , c" ,,,,;.., 'Faster, faster," she signals, and he 1 , AMIMONiiMMOInn.inilift.gm,a.dillIMMm1MIEmdiat go I , 1M he had been signaled as to tas speed. he must have a reason for It And she was right. Be qualified. And. although be did not win the big race as she had hoped he would. he won eighth place, which carried with it a WOO share in the $10.000 prim money. hie two blue. and be is extremely boyBe ttwns often to his cam-day or two before the recent Van- - posed 1iU wile. who, although she is delta Cup race, - beld re the million- -;-- smiling and affable most of the time. dollar Roosevelt Racsw.yT at West- often grows Arm her gentle voke taking bury. L. I, In vthich the greatest drivers on a decisive turn wben any point conv YOU feel nervous or frightened of Prance, Italy. England. Australia and cerning the mos itself is concerted. Her just before a race in which your America competed before an audience word is law. She will dispute with any hUsband is competing. or whae the event of Woe Treetec. I Itmched with Madame man when she feels that she is right, Is ocr Madame litancelin was asked. Btaneenn at a betel in Garden City. and nut her advice is best tot Madame Btancelin shrugged slim 'L, I. where the Internetcoal speed A fair example of her autinwity so far - " " is itialcult to snalyse wry as ter husbents racing is concerned took shoulders. lines were staYint, ' exact a race she said feelings during before of Vanderbilt table when ?tench the the the dassic, place Adjoirdng "I have many different reactiona exdrivers was one at which wens seated Etasseetin was qualifying lot a starting the Itanan aces. including Signor .Tostio position. Susiume Etancelin was in the perience such a variety of conflicting Yes. If tooled. who later took top money. the IA, timing him for each hte some eMotiong Pride. Rope. Pear. perhaps I feel a little fear. When I first prize et $20.000 and the Vanderbilt Americus racing experta were witching ride with hint myself I am never TroPbr. He is known to European au- - this. preliminary ' wort. As they saw tanobile race lane as "the man who has him gated around the grapevine course afraid. Be is such a wonderful driver a contract with the devil" Re covered at about sixty miles an hour. they feared that I have perfect confidence in MarBut I only rode with him In a few that he was going too slow to mualfy. tha- 30e miles hi 4 hours 33 idn races. Then I took to the pit' etas 46 seconds to average glilleg sees mime.- With liDIILL him limbos Stamens was asked bow it pet boor over the four-re- le they cried to his wife. A Gas him its sixteen tarns. ans maim him start happened- that she. the wife and mother , over" "Speed him up nis gm never type, a domestic person.-- happened to Madame Etancelin is mall, gray-eyeArgils letrwarAurishosillosis.. thsaspit,...gualify Bugling Ma rate."arringrug la .gave ot ber neck. Bet face is ond.Arith a him ruled aut." profeartoo tie automobile racing. Bow bil pig managers small jaw took did she reconcile herself to Parting with determined, pointed chin. Beside ber ' .est, her AlistiandWhO APS ,been.,111Shairt et children...reit go. Often In Order to Mirt,Met 100 rams.' oat at which be Ms WV") akme. Be is all right." And sin did trard mound the world with her thIrty lth rite hall been his Pit leen' DOC signal him to go faster. Sot did ' husband. Clang as his pit manager.. her trot she call bbe in and make him start over. "My husband bought a acing ear eget at all of them. bsgbming about eleven years ago," she explained. Noted for ber quick dedalocK she with him Idne rani agn looting. backward through the Pests to Philippe Ebmeelin is about 31 years made one now. Ithe knew intulthely. id ago. 111 heir is light brown. the sensed that if her husband cortrinued- - to her Ars& race experience. Ms did riot solar of bis wife his compktice lidr, go Mesa at this min arhoogh intend to moo It tot racing but moldy stands so far as each one of them is - toncernot A ng I or driving around the countryside. We bought it to celebrate the birth of our second child. Jefurae Mks. We had so much fun driving around. very fast, all over the country. I kept venting to go faster. faster. It was so excitrag and I waan a bit tracasy, even when we went as fast as 123 miles an hour. I have so much conildence in my busbandll driving that I lust couldn't be frightened. But then. after two years of driving fast for plearare. sny husband decided that he wanted to enter the races. I did not know what to ny to this. I didn't really, in my heart, want him to become a professional racer. but neither did I wish to oppose him if he was set on it- - Frankly, if I had my choice I would not ask himI would not want him to be a racer. Bui since he has decided to he one, knee be Amu it. I stand back of him. giving Win an the support I can, no " her-ma- It ' S. ' , Jr t iizh ' lad - , - -- - , , .. 'rt 4 e w t it. t, a .. ,,.,,i, 40 t ., Th Roosevelt Raceway, on Long Island, was given a inild surpriso at its inaugural when Madam Suzanne Etancolin walked into the pits as manager for her husband, one of the drivers -When he entered the races about eleven years ago I went with him. I rode with him in his first races. timing MUM' that I went into the pit. him. Between races I act as his manager. That is, we discuss coming races, whether or not he shall enter them. shich race ha will decide to enter and OM SO "He has been in about one hundred races, and I have been his pit manager In all of them. They have taken us to places. away from our home in Rouen, where my husband is a merchant engaged in the wool business when he is not racing. Be has raced In Czechoslovakia. Switzerland. Austria, Germany. Italy. North Africa, Belgium. He may race in South Africa, in Cape-tow- n. the early part of January. la Madame Etancelin was asked I whether her huaband preferred her to be in charge of his pit operations rather than some other manage. she said Then she quickly: 'Oh. yes. of course. stopped abruptly and somewhat shyly turned- - to hie: 'Bet he is- the one to answer that she said. The French racer nodded in quick Yes. Of course I agreement. 'Tea. want her in the pit. She understands all about my work. We rarely disagree on any point in connection with it" Although Madame Etanceihrs work on the big racetracks of the wade brings her into the limelight because of its sensational quality. she remains extremely feminine modest, sincerea woman without affectations. Den her attire in the pit is not one designed to attract undue attention. She wean a dimple In the French woman's short. divided skirtculdttes, as they are rfaE dn cap with her hide and seek as she calledand a Jr..;., art .the esown.This is opoke-a- lf Ites own behavior before and". French blue in color, matching her after a race. When be wins I go to pieces." she husbands French blue racing car. said. "I collapse completely. men I workr she repeated. "Of WHEN close-fttti- d; , ' , ' . ,r , , one-lif- th lett '''' 4 4124 ki, 11 0ete .. dare-devi- by. - "r",i;::,-,,..::,,-'1- 0 - N ar She lets hint know when be mud come Ia Ice gas, for be may forget In the ezdtennent of the moment and In hie intense concentration bow many laps ha has already done. She must not leave bins stranded. Abe must keep a cbeck-u- p, to on his motor and his is who mint know whetlisf Urea. She or not they ace Poing to IUDS NP. Tester. faster.' she signals, and be puts an spied. AS right, no need to burry. cc something to that effect. and be takes It a bit easier. These to no use driving him bird If Mete le nothing to gain by It. but 811111111111 Stancelin. pit lhowistsetberibbrated inanagef, ''''''.."'.,....,,, ., .."-N- , 4NSNNIrjStNs,,ZN.-.- ,IVI 1 gl , mil ' - ...,., . , : . Zoo', It N, , .4......40,,t, ';'" -; ,,,e,.;" ,' ,. 7 , . ,0' ,0,007' - 1 1 mi,,,,, .0 ,,.! '...:, kt,, ' 0 ' , S ,. ,,-,, -- ,,,,Z1,.., ,,,, ..44411k 4 ' - - . ' "' " 1 - 9: ' ' ,,,,, '44... ,,,,,,,,,, . V L. , ,,IA Py, d, v i )4. t,''' ' 'er.s, ,,,, , - V , , ,- -, , - cii:3 El Ilk 1 . ... - has a chronometer. so that she of a meciin time him to an& Before bet ire score sheets. so that she can read the positions of all cars competing in the race. She has a signaling apparatus. consisting et a blackboard with white signs, and tbeee she displays as be flashes by hie pit, a strategic place in which she reigns. No one but her husband knows what is written on her blackboard. She may tell. her 'Till." as she calls hhn affectionately. to go 'rite. vite." speeding him up if she thinks an opponent be is out to best is creeping up on him. She may akar him down, or she may call him in to change Urea to refuel with more oil or gas. cc to make some other necessary adjustment to his car. Although ereerything is more Cr leas St a blur to him, his straining eye seeks out decked information every time he races past the pit. Ms pit manager must signal him all be wants to know. What be wants to know la bow be stands; whether he is leading re behind. and If behind. bow far. 'How far ant I in the iced? ble searching ern ask. and We teenager gives him the answer as hi; 1 , -- ,;. ....,,,, ,..,... - -- :-,,, - ,,.'s: ,,,,:,: ' - . ---- ,,,:.4,''''1..k.,, , ,.t.., .., ZS'" , ...., -- .--:-: ' :do0;6' ''.' " , ; , . -,- -- ,..,,14 - , ' '- - 4' straightaway on a racetrack, often at 150 miles an hour, his eyes search out a place at the aide of the track where Li knows his wife, Suzanne, will be. But this is not merely husbandly dench votion. Madame Etancelin is coschFre and drivers pit manager. She guides him all along the way. She is his chief sit- Racers' pit operators are more than merely cogs In the great racing wheel. They often help a driver WinOr WM- -4 mce. Gray-eyeSuzanne Etangrave-face- d celin, who has placed her three beloved chlkiren to a school be Rouen. Panes, so that she may fonow her husband around the world as be competes la important international races, has a responsible job. It is aho an unusual one. She is one of only four women gdt managers in the world. Ordinarily. exrdrivers make the best pit acing-car managers. But Madame Etancelin is considered one of the lined in the field. Her word and her counsel are respected drivers, among international racing-cls who daily flirt with those death. Here is a task which requires sharp eyes, keen wits. swift judgment. the ability to make quick decisions. steady DOM& She must sometimes watch as many as forty-fir- e racing cars all at once. so that she may "tip' her husband. by means of French sign language, as to what is going cm while he dashes madly about the speedway. . z, , , ,--, 4-, e ,, S44 ri - 1 , ' ;t t .' f. Prench Rouen, Prance. racing-ca- r driver. goes zooming down gild thJ , ,......,11,:4,,,,.. , . A," - Philippe A s . (A1) , vos, -,- Husband ,, ,fiir .,;-.,--- p -: li 7f 6,, N...ts.-- ---- -- 1 '... ''.---, v 7 .0 1k -- .. . ,,,, ..;.,-.... ' . .:';'". z ,r 4 -, .,- ''k'k i Auto-Racin- g .,,,,,,T:,... ' whines - -'- KA 7, - &rot ;'-;.5: NN - - ' a,... - , ...1. , 14'''''.-- -; -- - -- - 4 II , Y ' 11 40P , ) ',I, .s.' ". 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Going back In memory to the begis- sloges sing of their radng days topther, Madame Ztanottin mantled: , ng Aiánnot the excitement attached to It T 1 pus all my heart. everything I've got. Into the work. tor I leel the responalbilitY keenly. I never know I'm tired until Ws all over. ceew40 Is Low, ihstalooto |
