Racing With One Leg: Frank Fox

There's not a lot known about driver and businessman Frank Fox but let me tell you what I have uncovered. Fox was the only driver to start both the May 1910 race meet at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway - and, a year later, the Indianapolis 500 - with a prosthetic leg.
 
Among other things he was a prominent automobile dealership owner from Terre Haute, Indiana. As a result he was all about promoting the automobile industry and especially his businesses. He and his wife entered cars in the March 1910 Indianapolis Automobile Show and its floral parade. Later, he entered a car in the 1913 Indianapolis 500.
 
This image is of the wrecked Pope-Toledo racer he drove in the Prest-O-Lite Trophy 100-miler on May 27, 1910 at the Brickyard. His car lost a front wheel and became the only machine to wreck out of the contest.