20May
May 20 - Pilette & Others Practice
05/20/2013
Mark Dill

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May.20.2013
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20May
May 20 - Pilette & Others Practice
05/20/2013
Mark Dill

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May.20.2013
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19May
May 19 - 10,000 Fans!
05/19/2013
Mark Dill

May 19, 1913 - Local newspapers reported a great practice crowd of 10,000 fans showing up at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway the previous day. One of the attractions was a car named after a 19th Century race horse - the Jay-Eye-See - in the hands of Case team leader Louis Disbrow. The car wasn't even eligible for the upcoming Indianapolis 500 and was built for land speed records.

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May.19.2013
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18May
May 18, 1913 at the Brickyard
05/18/2013
Mark Dill

May 18, 1913 - Peugeot driver Jules Goux continued to grab the attention of railbirds and the press at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Clocked at speeds of over 115 MPH down the front stretch his amazing French car was clearly the class of the field.

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May.18.2013
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17May
May 17 - 100 Years Ago at the Brickyard
05/17/2013
Mark Dill

May 17, 1913 - Led by the Peugeot team drivers Jules Goux and Paul Zuccarelli an all-star cast of the top racing drivers of the day blasted around the Indianapolis Motor Speedway "Raising Ned" - slang in the day for taking great risk. The newspapers marveled at the sizzling speed in excess of 90 MPH lap averages.

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May.17.2013
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17May
Drinking Wine During Pit Stops - Goux Wins the "500"
05/17/2013
Mark Dill

One the great and most colorful stories about Jules Goux winning the Indianapolis 500 people always like to share as soon as they hear it is that he drank wine during his pit stops. The article in attachment StarWine051331 sheds some light on a subject that inevitably gets embellished with each telling of the story.

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May.17.2013
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16May
More on 100 Years Ago...
05/16/2013
Mark Dill

Another entry in my 100 years ago at the Brickyard series.

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May.16.2013
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08May
100 Years Ago - the Brickyard
05/08/2013
Mark Dill

Check out the "doings" at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway back in 1913.

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May.8.2013
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06May
Bob Burman Fan Favorite
05/06/2013
Mark Dill

Check out my latest post on the 1913 Indianapolis 500...

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May.6.2013
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04May
May 4, 1913 - Bob Burman Speaks!
05/04/2013
Mark Dill

Sunday, May 4, 1913 - The Indianapolis Star carried three good articles on events leading up to the May 30 Indianapolis 500. Fan favorite "Speed King" Bob Burman's chances are discussed, the re-commission of the Wheeler Schebler Trophy and the reasons why National Motor Vehicle Company abandoned racing after winning the "500" in 1912.

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May.4.2013
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