Cars by Miller

Automen call the 500-mile Indianapolis race on Memorial Day their "laboratory," yet since the War no factory has officially entered a standard car in the race, until last week. Most of the race winners since 1920 have been made by Harry A. Miller, a mechanical genius of Los Angeles who is too smart to ride in a racing car himself. Last week's race was between the standard cars and Miller-made racers.

The fast Millers, led by Billy Arnold, 1930 winner, 1931 leader until his Miller-Hartz crashed and burnt, led for the first laps. Arnold crashed again at 150 mi. after setting five new records. At 200 mi. only one of the standard cars, high rated for stamina, was among the first ten. In the last half they came up, finished third (Studebaker), fifth (Hupmobile) and sixth (Studebaker). But already down Indianapolis' 2 1/2 mile-long brick oval, in the dust, heat, bedlam and gasoline fumes, a businesslike little car, fat in the middle, had buzzed busily past the finish line in the record time of 4 hr. 48 min. 3.79 sec., driven by Fred Frame, built by Harry Hartz and Harry A. Miller. Driver Frame won $20,000 first prize money, about half as much more in lap prizes and bonuses from accessory manufacturers.

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