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.
As the 1919 Indianapolis 500 (known as the "Liberty Sweepstakes") drew near, there were four former winners entered in the great race: Jules Goux, Rene Thomas,