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 fo Louis Meyer in the car he drove in the 1929 Indianapolis 500. He was the defending champion in this race. Meyer was the first driver to win the Indianapolis 500 three times, in 1928, 1933 and 1936.