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The entries in the Indianapolis 500-mile race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway track pass the Chrysler-Newport, Phaeton, pace car and driver A.B. Couture, far right, as they start the first lap of the 200 circuits they have to make in Indianapolis, Indiana, May, 30, 1941. In the front line are, from left to right, Wilbur Shaw (2), Rex Mays (1), and Mauri Rose (3), who won the race. (AP Photo)