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 is a photo of the Denison Hotel from old Indianapolis, Indiana. In the early days of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, this hotel was a favorite of the wealthier drivers and better financed teams when they came into town for Speedway events.