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," (
Here is New York Times coverage of Howard Kroplick and his Alco "Black Beast" that raced in the very first Indy 500.