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," (
This is a nice 10-minute clip that neatly summarizes the history of Vanderbilt Cup auto racing from 1904 through 1960. The initial Vanderbilt Cup was commissioned by William K. Vanderbilt Jr. in 1904 and was America's first major auto race.