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Automotive Industries, Vol. 56, No. 10, May 14, 1927
Indianapolis Race Draws 41 Entries
Largest List Since 1919 Scheduled – 11 Front Wheel Drive Cars Entered
INDIANAPOLIS, May 13 – Eleven front wheel drives and a French Bugatti are among the 41 cars which have been entered for the fifteenth international 500-mile race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Monday, May 30. The entry list, which is the largest since 1919, is as follows: (see table).
Lawrence P. Fisher has accepted an invitation to pace the starting lap of the race. With a LaSalle roadster, the new product of the Cadillac Motor Car Co., of which he is president and general manager, Mr. Fisher will bring the racers down the straightaway for a flying start after a parade lap.