European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 20, 1959, Darmstadt, Hesse Of no. 590, with Mckinney at the wheel hits a curve in a Muddy Stock car race in England. The events draw big crowds. Five airmen make up a Stock car racing team that has a big Anglo american following it Al i by Paul Spiers staff writer stopped in the Driver s seat Mckinney gets some pre race advice from Layne. Hey like us better than cowboys and that s How s sgt Herbet h. Mckinney describes British reaction to the Chelveston yanks the Stock car Rac ing team organized at the base in May 1958. According to the 28-year-old sergeant from Staten Island n.y., British racing officials estimate that the Chelveston air base team attracts about 2,500 gis and blokes to stadiums. Some of our i fans travel As far as100 Miles to watch us says Mckinney. We get carloads coming from a lot of bases. We be made a lot of friends at the tracks and the British Are anxious to have us participate. We be got offers from tracks All Over car racing started in the us about 1953 and now crowds of 12,000 to 18,000 watch races at the 18 the team s next major Competition is at Brayfield on August 23. Mckinney a ground Power equipment Mechanic is a celebrity at the Brayfield track two months ago he was named Stock car Driver of the year there and recently placed second a at an International race his greatest crowd pleasing race was when he had to drive backwards and managed to finish team members Are s sgt Norman Hitchcock t sgt Bob Layne s sgt Richard Kelly a/2c Burt Correll and a/2c Rich Ard care the team which rides every other week represents the 22-member Chelveston Auto club. Mckinney is club president. None had any racing experience in the six cars Are All mixed up says Mckinney. They re half British and Hal american. My present car is a 1937 Vauxhall with a Dodge red ram engine. We use any thing that fits and if it does t we make it fit it costs about $100 to build a Stock car and lots of Man hours at least 100. We have a Rule that a member of the club must build one car before he can race with the team. We put in Roll bars so the roof won t collapse in Case of a crash. We use Quick release shoulder harnesses and Waist seats Are welded to the went Over on top at Brandon stadium in Coventry and using the Quick release harness got out of the car in 3% seconds. I be wrecked four cars so far but Haven Thad any Mckinney who has had two tests As a Driver with a major British racing car firm says he Hopes to continue Stock car driving when he returns to the states when i go Back he says i m going to Buna myself a guided missile Ravida above and Marsal now work As Cave s guides. Centuries May have intervened from time outline of Bull was made and horse overprinted by Don Walter staff writer into a not heft world it was an afternoon in the late summer of 1940 on the Banks of the vc3re River in France s do Clogne Region two schoolboys who had been playing in he Woods were returning to their Little town of Montignay. The youths were pretending to be explorers. One boy had his dog along. He whistled and the animal was heard towline in the underbrush. Going to search for the dog the boys found it had fallen into a Crevasse. They crawled through the Bushes and Slid Down into the Hole where they saw what appeared to be the Entrance to a Cave. Next Day they returned with a Flash Light to continue their expedition. It turned out to be one of the most spectacular discoveries of the Century. There within a few feet of where they and their companions had often played they crawled into another world one that took them Back to a different age perhaps of 10,000 or 20,000 years ago. Directing the beam of Light on the Gray Walls of the Cavern they saw paintings in Brilliant colors. They were strange designs somewhat resembling contemporary Art. And if the paintings were of a forgotten age they certainly were Well preserved. The boys stood amazed. They wandered farther into the Cave found tight passages where it was necessary to crawl. But on every Wall were the paintings and Engrav Ings most of them representing horses cows bulls and unicorns. For a time the boys guarded their secret but finally they took the news to their teacher who at once informed the local authority on pre history the abb6 Ampit the Dordogne is Rich in prehistoric fed Ings in fact the terms Cro Magnon and Magdalen Ian As they apply to pre history were taken from localities in the area where evidence of past Ages has been unearthed. The Abbot believed the boys to be the first humans in 200 centuries to have entered the Cave. Scientists geologists and historians soon came to the Cave which became known As the Grotto of Lascaux taking its name from property on which it is located. Later the name was to become the most famous of All among prehistoric Grotto even though there Are similar caves in the Region As Well As in Northern Spain. How Ever no other Cave has Ever commanded quite As much attention apart from scientific appreciation. Lascaux this year will draw an estimated 75,000 tourists who Marvel at the paintings not Only for the mystery that surrounds them but also for their unusual Beauty and clearness. Las Caux has been called the sistine Chapel of to enter the Cave it is necessary to pass through two insulated doors which pro vide a gradation in temperature. The Cave now is air conditioned a measure believe to be a safeguard to keep the paintings from deteriorating. The Hall of the bulls is the first Point of interest upon entering the Cave. Several paintings and sketches of bulls decorate the ceiling at this Point. Authorities believe the paintings were not produced by a single artist nor even during a single generation. Some think they Ray have something to do with ancient religious ceremonies As their locations As purely decorative items can not be example in Many cases the illustrations Are painted Over other drawings sometimes four or five times on the same spot. In still other Wall surfaces there Are no drawings at All. Some of the Pic Tures even those that have been painted again and again Are in the most inaccessible parts of the Cave. Frequently the designs Are not finished. These resemble immense sketches with Only the essential idea being illustrated. In other areas of the Cave it branches into two separate passages after the Hallof the bulls Are murals of horses uni corns and cows. Colors vary from Bright red to Black with a predominance of soft yellows and Browns. One of the most impressive paintings is that of a Black cow four feet High. Its huge body has been painted Over several other smaller Pic Tures mainly of horses. Scientists say the colors were obtained by mixing powdered Mineral oxides with animal fat. They May have been applied by the fingers although the horses Manes Are in some cases so realistic they seem to have been applied by blowing the paint through a hollow tube or Reed to give fuzzy effect similar to the modern tech Nique of the air Brush. A Mineral Deposit formed a transparent layer Over the paintings according to the researchers this As Well As the even temperature in the Cave is said to be responsible for the remarkable reservations of the paintings most generally estimated to be approximately 15,000 years old. This was the Reindeer age but Only one Reindeer is pictured. The theory Here is that the animal was regarded As stupid and not Alert whereas others the bulls and horses required some sort of hex in order to be captured. This May explain the reason for some figures being painted Over others on a single s paintings May never been tirely understood and the artists who Ore three Little Deer Are easily identified in Cave s murals. Ated them probably will always remain a mystery. The caves Are fascinating though and visitors have the added privilege of being Able to talk with the discoverers. The two boys who stumbled onto the Cave 19 years ago Jacques Marsal and mar cel Ray Dat Are still thex e to show visitors the paintings. They have lifetime jobs As official guides at one of the most unusual sights in southwestern France. Is photos by Ted Rohde the stars and stripes thursday August 20, 1959 the stars and stripes f3
