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.
The date was May 30, 1910 - just one year prior to Ray Harroun's terrific victory in the first Indianapolis 500. On May 28, 1910, Harroun drove the Marmon Wasp to victory in the 200-mile Wheeler-Schebler Trophy race.