This attached article first appeared in the May 2, 1910 Indianapolis Star.

The attached article was originally published in the May 15, 1910 Indianapolis Star.
 

The attached article first appeared in the May 5, 1910 Indianapolis Star.
 

The attached article originally appeared in the May 8, 1910 Indianapolis Star.
 
This is a great period piece that helps construct the historical context of the times. As you might expect leaders in the automotive industry debated the value of the new pastime of motorsports. There were several issues. Among them:
 

The attached article appeared in the May 1, 1910 Indianapolis Star and is a follow-up to an April 17 article announcing the date of the 1910 American Grand Prize.
 

The attached article was a "special" to the Indianapolis Star and appeared in the paper on May 7, 1910.
 

The attached article was published in the May 8, 1910 Indianapolis Star and summarizes the three-day race meet at Atlanta Speedway.
 

The attached articles were originally published during May 1910 in the Indianapolis Star.
 

These attachments contain two articles published in the Indianapolis Star in May 1910.
 
Attachment AutoNotes050810 (published May 8, 1910) like the other article, is a digest column of quick notes about various players in the automotive world, particularly in Indianapolis. Here are the highlights:
 

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 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.