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.
Driver Johnny Aitken is shown cooling his tires with water after one of the Harvest Classic Races at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on September 9, 1916.