This is my wife's favorite excerpt from my book, "The Legend of the First Super Speedway." Autographed copies available at the link.
1911 Indianapolis 500 champ Ray Harroun is alive again in the new book, "The Legend of the First Super Speedway," (
Some early images from the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
This image first appeared in the December 17, 1909 Indianapolis Star. It shows Joseph Curzon, his wife and her sister sitting in his Henri Farman designed airplane that was housed at the Indiananpolis Motor Speedway in the track's infield aerodrome.