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Show CONNERSVILLE'S CLAIM ON WORLD'S GLORY 1 i Most every town ;t some time or other laye claim world fairie. Con-rnersviile, Con-rnersviile, Ind., doesn?t make a very big Idem an the map but it has ita heroes. They are Otto Loeche and Ai Gline, two young men who went from work i nch obscurltj- to world fame thia year by ginning the famous Pikes Peak lull climb intj premier motor sontesi "f its i. ind in motordom. Bj pvbihlng the event their boyjiood dreams wer- made realities quickly, Sow the) are pacS ;it th lr work b nclirs planning Further QbhQuesis in the lacing gam v Tho Pike's Peak adventure un La- flay represented their nr.si racing experience, i f course, they knew the cars thej droe knew every little sound of th enin.' and what it meant j 1-5 n t they had no ruing experience except ex-cept informal test-car brushes on tjhel I loonier h.gliways. I The fact that they were pitted against professional drivers of wide reputation didn't HQftre the two Con1 nersVtlle boys a particle Locscha thundered across th- finish line .it the tip of the peak exactly minutes and 25 2-o BCCOnda after" the I start, winning first place. Cline was a cloe second, trailing hla pal bj 5 and seconds 1 The average grade of the climb is nearly 10 per cent. There is a mile's difference In altitude between th- st.n : and finish with 142 hairpin turns to be negotiated, Loesehe averaged nearly .".."i miles an I hour for the HJ miles and L'200 feet j The boys are back at their work rbenches again, fired with bigger ambitions am-bitions Racing has become their religion re-ligion So that's how Connersville lays Clahn to glory. |