THE MICHIGAN DAILY SATURDAY, MAY 27, 1967 THE MICHIGAN DAILY SATURDAY, MAY 27, 1967 4 N '500' Time By PETER BRETT Daily Guest Writer SPEEDWAY CITY, Indiana - "My work is my hobby, and that's ab it of an achievement to start with, isn't it?" said Graham Hill, nine year veteran of the Grand Prix circuit and winner of last year's Indianapolis "500" Race. The English-born driver seemed relaxed as he sat in the Lotus garage after the Sunday qualify- Ing trials for this year's "500." "It's not the sort of race that you can compare to the European Grand Prix, at all. It's a more narrow race, it seems like, but every bit as difficult." The dif- ficulties that Hill faced this year almost kept him out of the race. In the two weekends of qualifying tests prior to the actual race, Hill threw a piston in his own engine and blew up a second engine that he borrowed from A. J. Foyt. Working through the night, his Group Lotus mechanics managed to repair the original engine barely seven hours before the cut-off hour for the time trials. "Sure, we were on pins and needles around here after Foyt's engine blew," said Jim Endruwidt, Hill's racing manager. "I got may- be twenty minutes sleep up there las tnight," he added, poining his finger to some tool chests standing against the wall of the garage. "Now we've got a bit of a chance to pull the lice off ourselves be- fore the carburetion ratings begin on Friday. We can use the rest." COMPETITION for the "500" begins three weeks before the race. There are 33 positions, with about twice as many entrants competing to get into the final line-up. After °passing the rookie driver's test, an entrant completes four laps around the track and the average lap speed determines if he is fast enough to secure a place in the final lineup. At the closing hour of the quali- Uications runs onSunday, the lap average for the top thirty-three cars was slightly above 164 mph, which is almost four miles per hour faster than last year's aver- age. Graham Hill qualified last Sun- day morning at 163.312 mph, while Photography by ROBERT SHEFFIELD Trials spectators held their breath to see if he was going to blow up his engine for a third time. After qualifying, the 1966 race winner said, "I think my chances of win- ning are good. We're all moving at higher speeds but we've also got better cars. Actualy, there's no way of telling who is going to get it this year." Other favorites for this year's race are: Roger McCluskey, who averaged 165.563 mph in his G. C. Murphy Special; Mario Andretti, whose top qualifying speed of 168.892 mph placed him in the front starting row; Jim Clark, 1965 "500" race winner, who placed this year at 163.213 mph; A. J. Fuyt, two-time speedway winner who was clocked this year at 166. 285 mph; and Parnelli Jones, 1963 speedway winner and qualifier at 166.559 mph. Jones is the only entrant in the race this year who is using a turbine engine. CARBURETION T U N E-U P S yesterday gave the drivers their last opportunity to hone their machines, since the track will be closed until Tuesday. Several hun- dred thousand spectators at the track plus millions around the country will then witness this country's most spectacular racing event. 4 4' _____ ______________________________________________________________________~I. I CROSSROADS OF THE WORLD FOR 30 MILLION YOUNG PEOPLE ,i ; . X . , ; ,, 9 Yf !ff J ft Y i. . yl, < ,/r I / '" /_ H . "Under the Revolving Triangle" t tg n 420 Maynard Street Circulation 1-4 p.m., 764-0558 Circulation Complaints 9-11 a.m., 764-0558 Attention: June-August, 1967 Teacher Education Graduates January, 1968 Teacher Education Graduates National Teacher Examinations CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS will use the scores as part of their 1967-1968 CRETIFICATE EXAMINATIONS FOR Elementary Teachers-Grades K-3 Elementary Teachers-Grades 3-8 The examinations will be administered on July 1 and Oct. 7 Applicants for teaching positions in the CHICAGO PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS should: 1. Register with Educational Testing Service, Princeton, New Jersey, Facilities for 2,000 Young Men, Women and Families