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 was first published in the July 3, 1909 Indianapolis Star and shows George Schebler standing next to the Wheeler-Schebler Trophy that he and Frank Wheeler donated as the big prize for the first auto race meet at the