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 originally published in the June 16, 1909 Indianapolis Star. Pictured is Guy Vaughn who was in Indianapolis to check out the new Indianapolis Motor Speedway that was under construction at the time.