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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.

Black in an Unenlightened Age

06/25/2009

I came across an article today about how Indianapolis Motor Speedway founder Carl Fisher considered allowing Jack Johnson, the first African-American heavyweight boxing champion, to run some exhibition laps around the Speedway at the September 1910 race meet. This triggered outrage in the racing community, with some threatening to boycott the Speedway.

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