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.


The attachment below contains an article previewing the May 1910 "national championships" race meet at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. It first appeared in the May 15, 1910 Indianapolis Star.

The article in this attachment was first published in the May 16, 1910 Indianapolis Star.
 

The article in the attachment below was originally published in the May 18, 1910 Indianapolis Star.
 

The article in this attachment originally appeared in the May 20, 1910 Indianapolis Star.
 

The article in the attachment below originally appeared in the May 15, 1910 Indianapolis Star.
 

The attachment below contains an article by the leading Hoosier auto racing journalist of the day, Peter Paul "P.P" Willis. It was published in the May 27, 1910 Indianapolis Star.
 

The items in the two attachments found below provide information about entries - both cars and drivers - for the May 1910 "national championshipsrace meet at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

The article in the attachment below was originally published in the May 8, 1910 Indianapolis Star. This brief article provides some wonderful biographical information on drivers Bob Burman and Louis Chevrolet.

The attached extremely brief but interesting article was first published in the May 27, 1910 Indianapolis Star.
 

The attached article orginally appeared in the May 22, 1910 Indianapolis Star as part of the build-up to the May 1910 race meet at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.