Brighton Beach May 1910

These articles in the attachments below appeared in the Indianapolis Star and Indianapolis Sun from May 13 through 18, 1910. The story is about another edition of the 24-hour "grinder" races of the day at the sandy oval of Brighton Beach in New York.

This folder contains accounts of the races that occurred at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway over the Memorial Day weekend in 1910. All the stars of the day attended, including Ray Harroun, Joe Dawson, Bob Burman and Barney Oldfield. Harroun won events for Marmon and Oldfield set a new track mile record in his world land speed racer, the “Lightning Benz,” otherwise known as the “Blitzen Benz.” This race also offered an obstacle course promoted by the Overland Motors Company. This entailed wooden ramps and a route that took cars off the Speedway’s course, into the infield and through the drainage ditch in the southwest turn. Ernie Moross was the Director of Contests and was responsible for developing the program of events.

Moross: Promoter at Work -1910

The article in the attachment below is a very brief item that was first published in the May 5, 1910 Indianapolis Star.
 
World's Eye on the Brickyard

The article in the attachment below originally appeared in the May 8, 1910 Indianapolis Star.
 
Speedway Records - 1910

This article in attachment IMSrecords050810 was originally published in the May 8, 1910 Indianapolis Star.
 
Brickyard Entries - May 1910

The article in this attachment was first published in the May 11, 1910 Indianapolis Star.
 
National Guard In Force @ Brickyard

This article in the attachment below was originally published in the May 12, 1910 Indianapolis Star. 
 
"Monster" IMS Scoreboards

The article in the attachment below was originally published in the May 13, 1910 Indianapolis Star. The article provides a report on facility updates at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway as management  prepared

This collection of articles reviews the July 4 weekend race meet at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 1910. This was the second race meet of the track's season, the first coming over Memorial Day. 1910 was one of the Speedway's busiest years ever, hosting three major auto race meets, an aviation show and another balloon race. The events of this year even rival the hard work the management team at the Speedway currently performs to pull off their mega-events.

Cobe Trophy to IMS - 1910

The articles in the two attachments below were originally published in the May 1, 1910 and May 18, 1910 Indianapolis Star newspapers respectively.
 

One of the most unique chapters of Indianapolis Motor Speedway history was the June 1910 aviation show. Speedway President Carl Fisher loved leading edge technology, and he was almost as fascinated with aviation as race cars. This folder is packed with articles about that six day event which featured appearances by the Wright brothers and their star pilot, 21 year old Walter Brookins, who set a world altitude record at the meet. Carl Fisher got into the act, riding with Orville Wright in one of his pipe and stretched silk biplanes at dusk on one of the evenings. Fisher and Wright, fully exposed to the elements, laid on their stomachs, the Speedway president white-knuckling the metal pipe structure.

Moross on Wright Bros, 1910 Air Show

The article in this attachment originally appeared in the May 8, 1910 Indianapolis Star.
 

This collection of articles chronicles the Labor Day race meet held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in September 1910. This was the final meet of its kind at the Speedway as management, unhappy with paid attendance at their July and September events, devised a new type of spectacle that immediately became a classic: the Indianapolis 500.

IMS Quest for Lowell Trophy

The article in the attachment below was first published in the May 8, 1910 Indianapolis Star.