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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 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 is an interesting article about another record attempt by Indianapolis Motor Speedway founder Carl Fisher's ballooning mentor George Bumbaugh. Bumbaugh was out to smash a balloon endurance record established by the renowned Count Zeppelin.

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