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.
I came across another terrific set of photos from conceptcarz.com. These images are of the Buick "Bug" racer - allegedly the one "Wild" Bob Burman drove several victories in 1910. The sister car was driven by Louis Chevrolet who also enjoyed tremendous success.