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.
In 1910 the Indianapolis Motor Speedway planned to host a 24-hour race in August. Those plans were scuttled as Speedway reassessed the level of interest in their events during the season and the costs of promoting them. This brief article from July 1910 will fill you in.