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.
Sometimes the newspaper reporting was a bit disappointing in these early days of motorsport as this photo appeared in the May 28, 1910 Indianapolis Star without a clear connection to a particular article or event.