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coarnie g Ghe Sunday Stae, § oo SUPPLEMENT WASHINGTON, D. C.-JULY 19, 1925 L Qe N, f - The end of the race. Fred Wagner flagging Bob McDonogh after the 250- mile grind at the Laurel Speedway. It was thought at the time that McDonogh had won the race, but a tabulation of the laps placed Peter De Paolo as the winner. McDonogh was given second place. The insert shows De Paolo, who also won the 500-mile race at Indianapolis on Memorial day. Photos by Harris & Ewing Peter De Paolo, winner of the race, traveling at a great rate about the saucer track. Photo snapped toward the end of the race, when he was passing car after car in his last burst of speed. - 1 Ralph De Palma comes up smiling. The spill of the veteran driver was the most serious of the race and he was forced to NaticnatiBhes leave his car in the pit. ARSI Bob McDonogh, the youngest driver in the Laurel race, exhausted after the 250-mile thriller. At the time this photograph was taken it was thought that Mc- Donogh had won the race. A recount of the laps placed him second. ’ The Laurel Speedway from the air. This photograph was taken by Carl T. Thoner, staff photographer of The Star, who flew high above OHarris & Ewing the oval in an airplane while the race was being run.