Show I I Sports Comments Comments' E I I Racing a and d Safety By PETE r The death of or two veteran racers at the Memorial Day r Indianapolis classic recently seems to indicate the need for Cor fora Cora a change in the fuel ruel used WHILE lIlLE there arc are those urgIng urging urging ing no Ito hasty action it is a al l fait that thai high octane gasoline miles much more quickly quick than the alcohol mixture used until a few Cew years cars ago Added fa to this scientific fact is the emotional fact that two drivers drivers drivers ers died in a flaming crash May 30 gasoline burning th them m. m Since everything should be to bedone done to make the he Indianapolis race as safe sare as possible it is hard bard to see sec how a n return to safer fuel Cuel can be resisted 1 on onI I the basis of or logic TilE THE TRUTH is that the accident accident ac- ac at Indianapolis May 1 30 ld have been far worse The Tie exploding gasoline tanks were i e flaming very close to toS tos S spectators and md had circumstances circum circum- stances been a little different deaths resulting from Crom the burning burn burn- ing gasoline cOl could d have num- num V ling fired far more than two There is no way of or course that officials can remove aUthe all aU the danger from a race in which many drivers driver race around the course at close to miles an hour i BUT nUT EVERYTHING I Ican which can be done in a precautionary precaution precaution- ary my and practical way should i be done The alcohol mixture i used until just a few Cew years ears I pared for or the pan and well cooked before belore eating ago has an ignition point about one third lower than gasoline used in the 1964 1961 race No argument We ve have heard Can justify the further use of gasoline and a 3 refusal to return return re re- turn to the former armer safer fuel |