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Show S LEWS SIGHS i WITH THE ESSEX The announcement that "Dave" Lewis has abandoned the eight-cylinder Dousenbers, with which he captured cap-tured every world's track record from one to one hundred' miles, to sign up ; with the Essex motors lias caused 'something- akin to a sensation in De-I De-I troit, and has b"ccn recoived with en-I en-I thuslastic Interest by the Ogden Motor j Car company, local ISssex distributors. I Jn view of the fact that the Essex I was designed by the same, mn re-1 re-1 sponsible for the Hudson Super-Six. land that it is built in the Hudson factory, fac-tory, there is much speculation as to j whether the. signing of Lewis forecasts : another sensational campaign such as won for the super-six the Amrlcan speedway championship. It is several year3 since any of the big manufacturers have taken part in , any kind of contest. One reason for j this has been the- unprecedented demand de-mand for cars, which has caused them to devote their entire energies exclusively exclu-sively to production. This year, however, how-ever, it Is known that many of the larger European manufacturers ar .preparing special racing cars for an I American invasion In an effort to regain re-gain the prestige they lost during tho war. . "... Peugot, Ballot and Sunbeam are all to bo represented by entries at Indian-i apolls this year, but so far as known ; no American manufacturer has yet' signified any intention of entering this trak classic, the task of upholddlng the honors won by America, in past years being left to indhidual drivers. |