Indianapolis Speedway

Some early images from the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

1941 Indy 500 Start

Thanks to auto racing history researcher Ken Parrotte we can present this historic photo of the start of the 1941 Indianapiolis 500. The image supported supported an article from the the August 19, 1944 edition of the Palladium-Item and Sun-Telegram from Richmond, Indiana. This reported the announcement that 40 & 8 planned to pull together the financing to purchase the Speedway.

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