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 photo shows 21-year-old Walter Brookins walking with his father at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway during the track's only airplane show in June 1910.