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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.

Just 26 months before Carl Fisher's death in July 1939, he drafted a letter to an open letter to Indianapolis News sports editor Ray Thompson which was published May 29, 1937. This is a good read for insights to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway founder and first president as he reflected on his life.

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