Carl Graham Fisher

These are photos of Carl Fisher in the years he spent racing cars. Limited by poor eyesight, Carl never rose to the heights of some of his contemporaries such as Barney Oldfield and Earl Kiser, he did have his moments, such as his world track record for lightweight machines.

Carl Fisher's Jilted Girlfriend - Gertrude Hassler

Gertrude Hassler, an attractive opera singer was Indianapolis Motor Speedway founder Carl Fisher's girlfriend in the 1906-1908 time frame, right up to the point where he met and wed Jane Watts, an ambitious social-climbing young woman (her birth date is subject to spec

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