Cobe Trophy to Indianapolis Motor Speedway - 1910

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By: Mark Dill

The attached articles are a nice discovery in that they are first-hand accounts of the development and testing of the first car to win the Indianapolis 500, the Marmon Wasp.

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Ray Harroun - Marmon Wasp Sketch

This outstanding sketch by artist David Story includes some interesting notes he has made in the margin. The art was inspired by a famous photograph taken by Russian photographer Nathan Lazarnick on the morning of the first Indianapolis 500 in 1911.

The first Ira Cobe Trophy ran in Crown Point, Indiana in June 1909. The event was not well attended and the course was judged to be a mess. Cobe moved his trophy to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway for 1910.

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