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.
Dario Resta created a sensation when he burst on the American racing scene in 1915. Driving a privately owned Peugeot, he would be the man to beat in both 1915 and 1916.