The Archive · 1926

400 MIL MOTOR RACE

Winner's Spectacular Exhibition]

New York, May 31.

The fourteenth Indianapolis annual 500-mile motor speed race resulted towday in a victory for Lockhart. Hartz was second and Wood-bury third.

Owing to rain the race was re-Jduced to 400. miles.

The winner's time was 4 hours 13} minutes 37.8 seconds, Lockhart drove the whole distance without relief. He stopped to at-fell behind but quickly regained the tend to his car after 250 miles and lead and flashed past the winning leading by five miles.

Twenty-five competitors started. Many dropped out owing to the fierce pace, There were 140,000 spectators. Lockhart nets $40,000—Reuter.

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