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," (
Our post last week about Heroic Age journeyman driver and mechanic Al Poole inspired historian Chucky Ruddy Jr. to share a picture he came across of Mr. Poole at the 1909 Indiana Trophy. Poole drove for Chalmers-Detroit at that June event.