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	Ralph Depalma
		Ralph DePalma was an intense competitor but one of the most popular racers with his fellow drivers and the fans because of his good sportsmanship, a quality he displayed on and off the track.
		Ralph DePalma had a small role in the 1920 Hollywood film, '' High Speed '' and in 1924 played the part of the Champion in an action/drama written by Wilfred Lucas titled '' Racing for Life ''.
		DePalma was the brother of 500 competitor John DePalma and the uncle of 1925 Indy winner Pete DePaolo.
	www.seattleluxury.com /encyclopedia/entry/Ralph_DePalma (670 words)

	RALPH DEPALMA WINS IN LONG AUTO RACE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		DePalma was forced into the pit for but one tire change, while Rickenbacher was in four times and Cooper a like number.
		DePalma took the lead at the start and maintained it during the entire race with the exception of a brief period when Rickenbacher passed him and stayed in the lead for a couple of laps.
		Ralph Mulford won the event last year with an average of 87 miles per hour for the 300 miles.
	www.iowalink.com /users/lball/cap23.htm (335 words)

	RALPH DEPALMA BREAKS TWO WORLD RECORDS AT SPEEDWAY
		Ralph DePalma tried out his Mercedes car at the Speedway Thursday and in making his preliminary rounds set two new world's records for a one-mile circular board track.
		DePalma went the twenty-five miles in fifteen minutes, 30 4-5 seconds or at the rate of 96.1 miles per hour.
		Ralph DePalma, who finished second last year, is the favorite for the race today as a result of his performance in trial spin yesterday afternoon.
	www.iowalink.com /users/lball/cap22.htm (843 words)

	Motorsports Hall of Fame (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		DePalma was born in Italy and immigrated to the U.S. before the turn of the century.
		In later years, DePalma acted as honorary referee for the Indianapolis 500, the final time in 1954.
		Ralph DePalma set the standard by which others have been measured.
	www.mshf.com /hof/depalma_ralph.htm (371 words)

	Ralph DePalma - International Motorsports Hall of Fame Member
		Born in Italy in 1883, DePalma came to the United States in 1893.
		DePalma vowed to best his rival at every opportunity and got his chance in the Vanderbilt Cup.
		It is depicted by DePalma and his mechanic, Rupert Jeffkins, pushing the Gray Ghost across the finish line - and to disqualification - as Joe Dawson whizzed by to take the victory.
	www.motorsportshalloffame.com /halloffame/1991/Ralph_Depalma_main.htm (591 words)

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		In the meantime, Joe Dawson passed them to win the race, and DePalma was disqualified, but he and Jeffkins won a standing ovation from the Indy crowd, and the newspaper photo of the gallant effort did as much as anything to glamorize the race to the American public.
		Ralph DePalma and mechanic Tom Alley in the Mercedes that won 250-mile and 300-mile races at Elgin, Ill, Aug. 30 and 31, 1912.
		Ralph DePalma, winner of the 300-miler at Santa Monica, Calif., Feb. 26, 1914.
	www.rumbledrome.com /depalma.html (318 words)

	Ralph DePalma, 'like a kid himself' (phillyBurbs.com) \| Courier Times
		DePalma was a resident of Feasterville for nine years and prior to that lived in Northeast Philadelphia.
		DePalma also coached his son in Little League baseball and later would go on father and son trips to see the Yankees and Mets play in New York City.
		DePalma was married 62 years to Mabel who died in June.
	www.phillyburbs.com /pb-dyn/news/111-09042005-536622.html (499 words)

	Caleb Who? Did What to Whom? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Knowing the pair were scheduled to clash on the sands of Ormond Beach in March, Fredrick figured if he could bring the feuding twosome to the West coast for the planned April 8 to 17, 1910 inaugural meet he should be able to pack the grandstands.
		Well the Florida meeting fizzled when DePalma's Fiat had all kinds of mechanical problems, but Moscovics thought it was still worthwhile, he figured if he could get Oldfield, DePalma would be eager for a rematch.
		DePalma won the second five mile exhibition with speed of 91.6 mph, Oldfield won his five mile heat with an average of 77.5.
	home.flash.net /~dralstin/stories/PlayaDelRey.htm (861 words)

	Anecdote - Ralph DePalma - Indy 499? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		In 1912, Ralph DePalma was leading the Indianapolis 500 by an astonishing five miles when his car developed an oil leak and stopped with less than a mile to go.
		DePalma and his mechanic, Rupert Jeffkins, got out and began pushing the car, but before they could reach the finish line, Joe Dawson completed two laps of the 2 1/2-mile track and passed them to win.
		Though DePalma received a standing ovation, he was not entirely pleased.
	www.anecdotage.com /index.php?aid=10881 (185 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Ralph DePalma led 196 of the 200 laps May 30 in the second running of the Indianapolis 500-Mile Race, but a broken piston on Lap 198 ended his day and gave the victory to Joe Dawson.
		DePalma has now led 200 laps in the two 500-Mile races at Indianapolis, with his closest competitor being retired Ray Harroun, who led 88 laps en route to victory in 1911.
		Ralph Mulford, who started 16th, was the final man to complete the 500-mile distance, doing so in 8 hours, 53 minutes and collecting $1,200.
	www.indycar.com /news/print.php?story_id=791 (585 words)

	Uncle Ralph Loses A Winner & Wins A Loser (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Peter begins, "You know everyone remembers when Uncle Ralph (DePalma) lost a sure winner in 1912 when that connecting rod broke while he was leading easily with just three laps to go.
		From the drop of the starter's flag it was a battle royal between DePalma, Resta, Gil Anderson and Wilcox for the first 350 miles.
		Dario Resta tried every trick he could manage but DePalma held the lead until he was forced to pit for tires at the 325 mile mark and Dario once again stormed into the lead.
	home.flash.net /~dralstin/stories/UncleRalph.htm (583 words)

	Ralph DePalma (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Ralph DePalma Born in Troia, Foggia, Apulia, Italy, DePalma's family emigrated to the United States when he was eight years old.
		Ralph DePalma In 1912 and again in 1914, DePalma won the Elgin National Trophy at Elgin, Illinois and in 1914 he scored what he called his greatest victory when he beat Barney Oldfield to capture the Vanderbilt Cup in Santa Monica, California.
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	ralph-depalma.kiwiki.homeip.net (611 words)

	Rose (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		DePalma had 10 starts in the Indianapolis 500 with 3 top 5's and 6 top 10's.
		He won a total of $53,000 and drove a total 1,594 laps at The Speedway.
		After leading most of the 1912 Indianapolis 500 DePalma's Mercedes quits on the backstretch.
	www.gvtc.com /~hdolan/Pre1940/DePalma/Depalma.htm (91 words)

	Special Projects -- 100 Years of Racing \| NIE WORLD (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The pre-meet exhibition for “speed king of the world” had to be canceled, and Morgan´s aspiration of making this the pinnacle of the events he organized was dashed.
		DePalma and others would best Oldfield´s speed in coming years, though the newer speeds were “unofficial.” Oldfield´s record remained until 1927 -- the same year that the Federation Internationale de L´Automobile, based in Paris, standardized regulations along with the American Automobile Association.
		DePalma was determined to set every beach record in existence.
	www.nieworld.com /special/racing/thatwasthen4.htm (735 words)

	Indianapolis 500 year by year - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Harroun did pull in, received the plaudits, and very little else was said on the matter; Harroun, the defending AAA champion, retires after winning the race in the six-cylinder Marmon Wasp, a car he personally designed.
		Ralph DePalma leads 109 laps but once again his connecting rod breaks and he rolls to a halt.
		DePalma's record number of circuits in front is finally topped by Al Unser 67 years later.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Indianapolis_500_year_by_year (6944 words)

	Rich Inheritance (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Ralph DePalma had led the pack for 198 laps, and he had broken every existing speedway record up to that time.
		Not to be stopped, DePalma and his mechanic Rupert Jenkins climbed out of the car and pushed the car over the finish line.
		In 1915, by the way, DePalma won the race, coasting to a win after a connecting rod shot through the crankcase of his car.
	www.gbgm-umc.org /portageumc/richinheritance.html (2846 words)

	DePalma Books - Signed, used, new, out-of-print
		A group of children turns the simple act of gathering their chairs for a party into a free-spirited improvisation bursting with everyday poetry and backyard theater.
		Dialogue on the Frontier is a remarkable departure from previous scholarship, which emphasized the negative aspects of the relationship between Protestants and Catholics in the early American republic.
		Author Margaret C. DePalma argues that Catholic-Protestant relations took on a different tone and character in the late eighteenth and early...
	www.alibris.com /search/books/author/DePalma (961 words)

	winners 1909-1919
		The front row included Ralph DePalma, on the pole, Eddie Rickenbacher, next to him, then Resta, and on the outside, Joseph Christiaens.
		Ralph Mulford, national champion in 1911 and 1918.
		Starting on the front row were Rene Thomas (31), Howard Wilcox (3) who won the race, Albert Guyot (32) and Ralph DePalma (4).
	www.rumbledrome.com /10stats.html (1017 words)

	Ralph DePalma - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Ralph DePalma (January 23, 1884 – March 31, 1956) was an Italian-American racecar driving champion, most notably winner of the 1915 Indianapolis 500.
		Ralph DePalma and his Packard V-12 in 1919, courtesy Florida Photographic Collection
		DePalma in a crowd after setting the World speed record in 1919, Courtesy Florida Photographic Collection
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ralph_DePalma (719 words)

	Road & Track -- Racing News, Formula 1 News, NASCAR News, Champ Car News, IRL News Index (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Italian-born immigrant Ralph DePalma leads 196 of the first 198 laps and is ahead by 5½ laps when his privately entered German Mercedes Grand Prix car breaks down only 1¼ laps short of the chequered flag.
		Ralph DePalma, the first to win the pole under the new four-lap qualifying format (1920), repeats and is the first to win the pole for a second time.
		He holds off fast-closing Ralph Hepburn and beats him to the finish line by 2.16 seconds, the closest finish up to this point and a record, which will not be broken for 45 years.
	www.roadandtrack.com /default.asp?section_id=21&crashnet_id=35356 (6016 words)

	Indianapolis 500 - FUN FACTS!
		In the second one of 1912, Ralph DePalma led for 196 of those laps in his Mercedes "Grey Ghost".
		Ralph's "great push" was reported in newspapers everywhere.
		Ralph would return and win Indy in 1915.
	www.indymotorspeedway.com /funfacts.htm (514 words)

	MassLive News - Hub panel to hear Tuckahoe appeal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		DePalma was set to buy the property when the city took it by eminent domain and paid $1.1 million.
		The city hopes to prove that DePalma and Tuckahoe Development Corp. had no right to bring a claim against the community.
		Meanwhile interest is accruing on the DePalma award, which could leave the city paying 30 percent more than the original jury settlement, he said.
	www.masslive.com /news/parchives/ag58farm.html (327 words)

	Dr. Ralph DePalma
		Ralph T. DePalma, MD Dr. DePalma has been with East Bay Perinatal for 15 years.
		He did his residency in obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and a fellowship in maternal-fetal medicine at the University of Texas, Southwestern Medical School and Parkland Hospital in Dallas, Texas.
		DePalma has been a member of the East Bay community for 15 years.
	www.ebpma.com /depalma.htm (238 words)

	The Original Savannah Races
		DePalma cracked a cylinder on the next to last lap, and the race came down to the two Benz teammates.
		DePalma moved back up one position to finish second, Wishart came in third, and Grant fell to fourth.
		The race could not possibly produce a closer finish than the previous year, but it did produce more all around excitement as there were 7 lead changes, and with 2 laps to go, any one of four different cars were able to win.
	www.na-motorsports.com /Journal/1997/3/RussellJ.html (2753 words)

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		He observed that many of the cars were forced to make frequent pit stops to replace blown cylinder head gaskets.
		DePalma's car blew its head gasket for the fourth time.
		Benoit applied some of his experimental gasket cement and the DePalma car drove the rest of the 24-hour race without any further gasket problems.
	www.permatex.com /about_history.htm (661 words)

	Jon clifton article
		The slowest speed ever recorded in the history of the 500 was by Ralph Mulford in 1912.
		Ralph DePalma, the winningest driver in the history of automobile racing, won the 1915 Indy 500.
		Carl Fisher, one of the original founders and owner of the track, said no. He told Ralph that he will not pay appearance money to anyone as long as he was in charge.
	www.diecastdigest.com /2004/March_04/JonClifton.htm (1505 words)

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		Educated in public schools, he received the AB degree cum laude from Columbia College and his MD degree from New York University School of Medicine.
		Clinically, Dr. DePalma’s group was the first to show that continued cigarette smoking is the major factor in aortic graft occlusion.
		He was elected president of the Cleveland Vascular Society, which developed a unique registry to monitor the quality of care and outcomes in vascular surgery.
	www1.va.gov /surgery/docs/DepalmaBio.doc (542 words)

	Surgery Home (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		It is responsible for administrative oversight and clinical input into the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program and the Continuious Improvement in Cardiac Surgery Programs in Patient Care Services.
		Ralph G. DePalma, National Director of Surgery, and Dr. Gerald O. McDonald, Senior Consultant in Surgery, provide policy guidance, consultative, advisory, administrative, clinical and technical support in the practice of surgery in 123 VA Medical Centers.
		As part of this support effort to assure the highest quality of surgical care sub-specialty committees monitor and evaluate care provided to the veteran population we serve.
	www.va.gov /surgery (301 words)

	Hall of Precision, Walter & Ralph de Palma, 1933 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		-- Says Ralph de Palma, left, former Indianapolis speedway king, as he greets an "old buddy" Walter Lees, retired naval air commander who now resides in Turlock.
		De Palma, who won the 500 mile classic in 1919, was a guest speaker at a Automotive Hall of Fame luncheon meeting Wednesday.
		Lees and de Palma had not seen each other since 1935.
	home.earthlink.net /~ralphcooper/pimagi42.htm (275 words)

	Ralph DePalma (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Ralph DePalma is one of the topics in focus at Global Oneness.
		In 1926 the AAA Competitions board retrospectively calculated championship results for major AAA-sanctioned races run between 1909 and 1915 and for 1917 to 1919.
		Ralph DePalma: Encyclopedia II - Holy Cross Cemetery Culver City - Notable burials
	www.experiencefestival.com /ralph_depalma (989 words)

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