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.
This clip of the Marmon Wasp, the first car to win the Indianapolis 500, was taken in May 2009 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. A mainstay of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Hall of Fame Museum, the car is one of the most important artifacts of early automobile racing. While many cars in vintage shows that claim to be of this era lack compelling documentation, this one is the real deal.