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By: Mark Dill

Below is a collection of articles about the great American driver Joe Dawson who won the second Indianapolis 500 Mile Race in 1912. Also check out this article on Joe from Vanderbilt Races.

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Earl Kiser Portrait

Earl Kiser was one of America's early professional auto racing drivers and a chief rival to his much more well-known contemporary, Barney Oldfield. Kiser succeeded Oldfield on Alexander Winton's Bullet II race car when Barney and Winton had a falling out. Kiser was also a colleague of Indianapolis Motor Speedway founder Carl Fisher.

This article highlights the first ever lap of a mile track in under 60 minutes as achieved by Barney Oldfield on a Tom Cooper prepared Ford "999" racer. This was the first race car designed by Henry Ford. Oldfield pulled it off at the Indiana State Fairgrounds dirt horse track on June 20, 1903.

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