IMS Construction

These are images of some of the amazing scenes of real estate development as Indianapolis Motor Speedway President Carl Fisher and his team willed one of the greatest sports facilities on Earth to rise up out of a farm field in four months.

Grandstands & Farm Bell

The Indianapolis newspapers eagerly followed the progress of workers in constructing the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in the spring and early summer of 1909. According to a June 29, 1909 Indianapolis Star article ran in association with this image Speedway President Carl Fisher believed there was no way police whistles could be distinguished above the din of racing engines, cheers and the general buzz of voices at the track.

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