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.
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.
The Indianapolis Motor Speedway is producing "Centennial Moment" videos, and doing an excellent job. They encourage everyone to embed the code in their blogs and web sites. The one on my home page is of the first Indianapolis 500. Some clips I have not seen before. Go to their web site for the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.