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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.

Meet Bob Burman

07/14/2009

"Wild" Bob Burman was on top of his racing game in May 1911. Fresh from setting the world land speed record (141 mph) on the sands of Daytona Beach, he was regarded as America's new "Speed King." I just uploaded an article from the May 4, 1911 Indianapolis Star reporting on his entry in the first Indianapolis 500, driving a newly imported Benz racer owned by renowned promoter Ernie Moross.

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