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," (
The more things change, the more they stay the same - sort of. Check out this 1970's article from Sports Illustrated about the peril of the economics of IndyCar racing.