THE WORLD’S GREATEST MOTOR RACE.
135,000 SPECTATORS. The world’s greatest motor race -j £ ' 500 miles, which is held annually at Indianopolis, U.S.A., broke all records this year for both speed and attend‘ance. More than 135,000 people watched the great event—the largest I crowd ever ,to see a sporting contest in the world.
Murphy, the winner, averaged :he terrific speed of 94.48 miles an hour, as against 89.84 miles an hour, which was the previous record. He took the lead at the beginning, of the race and maintained his position until the finish. Murphy went .the whole 500 miles without a .mishap, without engine trouble, without check—and fewer cars went out of the race through mechanical trouble than in any former events.
Four past winners of this great automobile classic contended fpr Kpn!ours, but, as has always been the case, a new champion was., made. Harry, Hartz followed close on the winner for second place. The race was a demonstration anew of the tremendous strength and endurance that is being built into motorcars, and bf the fact that tyre-buildr ing ha’s reached a point where it can meet the most strenuous demands made upon it.
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Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXIII, Issue 4450, 7 August 1922, Page 1
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194THE WORLD’S GREATEST MOTOR RACE. Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXIII, Issue 4450, 7 August 1922, Page 1
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