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," (
Just published this article from a 1910 issue of the Indianapolis News that sensationalizes the danager of auto racing during that era, many times referred to as "the Heroic Age." Top stars of the day are interviewed.