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"Legend of the First Super Speedway" Excerpt

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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Ray Harroun Lives!

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

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Atlanta Speedway 1909

03/10/2013

Check out this amazing collection of articles on the opening of the two-mile speedway in Atlanta in 1909. The automotive industry and the general public clearly saw this new venue as a competitor to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.