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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 is a nice collection of articles that summarizes the first day of the December 1909 speed trials at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and sets up the second day. Lewis Strang in his Fiat was the big star, busting Barney Oldfield's mile record set in August. National Motor Vehicle Company driver Johnny Aitken turned in a strong performance for stock cars. The bitter cold detered most of the drivers from returning the following day, with the exception of Walter Christie (his own "freak" front wheel drive racer) and Lewis Strang.

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