Paul Pieplow

Paul Pieplow
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Paul Pieplow was a racer in South Bend who wanted one shot at driving in the Indy 500 and needed a chief mechanic. Mel Austin passed the word to his son Ray who took it on.

Paul qualified thirty-second fastest out of a field of thirty-three. Thoough he was seventeen laps down he was still running at the end of the race so finished in twenty-fourth place.^BR3-5

Paul sold the car and all the parts he had to Ted Hilyard of Puyallup, Washington and passed along Ray's name as a mechanic.^BR3-12