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.
Indianapolis Motor Speedway's second big race after becoming the Brickyard was its July 4, 1910 holiday weekend race meeting. Like other race weekends until the first "500", the Brickyard organized numerous races instead of just one big event.