This is a large collection of articles concerning the 1911 Indianapolis 500. This content covers practice and preparation for the event, many featuring the star drivers such as eventual winner Ray Harroun, Ralph Mulford, Bob Burman and Ralph DePlama. Barney Oldfield, who was banned by the AAA during this period and missed the first Indianapolis 500, wrote a racing column and several of his contributions are contained in this folder. Complete race day coverage is yet to be added, but will be included them in the future.

Racers Ready for Battle

This is an interesting article that focuses on the roles of officials for the first Indianapolis 500. It also provides the names of many of these officials, which is not always easy to find.
 
This article was published in the May 30, 1911 Indianapolis Star.
Oldfield Hobnobs at Indy

This article by Barney Oldfield shares his day of hobnobbing with racing cronies, even dating back to his days as a bicycle racer on the Newby Oval board velodrome in 1898-99 (developed by Indianapolis Motor Speedway co-founder Arthur C. Newby).
Best Article on Indy 500 - Anywhere

This package contains two lengthy articles on the first Indianapolis 500. Both published in the Indianapolis Star on May 31, 1911, it just flat-out doesn't get any better than this. No book, no magazine, no retrospective beats this. The Star has everyone else covered. If you think you're an expert on the first Indianapolis 500, you better have read these articles.
 
Pit Work at the First Indy 500

This article was published May 31, 1911 in the Indianapolis Star.
 
Harroun's Hour of Triumph

The article was published May 31, 1911 in the Indianapolis Star.
 
Oldfield Praises Harroun

This is another of the articles that Barney Oldfield wrote for the Indianapolis Star during May 1911 to provide a driver's perspective to coverage of the first Indianapolis 500.
Crowd Bias for Harroun

This article talks about the closing laps of the first Indianapolis 500, which is another perspective for those interested in the controversy over whether Ray Harroun or Ralph Mulford won the race.
Crush at Union Station

The topic of this article is what I call a "slice of life." It paints the picture of a setting the everyday people passed through. No celebrities or race drivers, just the average person coping with the challenges of either going to and returning from the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and the first Indianapolis 500.
 
Art Greiner Bio Sketch

This article from the May 31, 1911 Indianapolis Star includes an image of driver Arthur Greiner, who drove an Amplex in the first Indianapolis 500.
Harroun Was the Favorite

These articles were published in the May 30, 1911 Indianapolis 500. One point the comes ringing through in reading the Indianapolis newspapers from May 1911 is how widely respected Ray Harroun and the Marmon team were prior to the first Indianapolis 500. This is one of several articles that underscores both the popularity and respect afforded Harroun, who the betting community saw as the favorite to win the event. And they were right.