First Super Speedway

Victor Hemery at the French GP

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By: Mark Dill

This is my wife's favorite excerpt from my book, "The Legend of the First Super Speedway." Autographed copies available at the link.

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1911 Indianapolis 500 champ Ray Harroun is alive again in the new book, "The Legend of the First Super Speedway," (

This photo is of Victor Hemery in one of the Lorraine-Dietrich racers at the 1912 French Grand Prix. The race was held on the public roads in and around Dieppe, France. One of Hemery's major successes was his victory in the 1905 Vanderbilt Cup.

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