The Wreck of Tom Kincaid

Tom Kincaid was a promising young driver on Arthur C. Newby's Indianapolis-based National Motor Vehicle Company race team. He was killed at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway July 7, 1910 while testing his racer. The car crashed through the wood plank fence on the Speedway's backstretch. Kincaid was thrown from the car and landed between it and the fence.
 
Kincaid won several races at the Speedway during its pre-Indy 500 years, including the May 27, 1910 Prest-O-Lite Trophy. He also won a major event, the 200-mile Atlanta Automobile Association Trophy at Atlanta speedway in 1910. Kincaid was 23 years old.