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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 from the little known Indianapolis Sentinel provides detailed coverage of the race meet at the Indiana State Fairgrounds on June 20, 1903. In addition to highlighting Barney Oldfield's brilliant effort in cracking the one minute barrier for a lap around a mile track, the article covers all the other events at the meet.

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