24Sep
Oldsmobile Aerotech
09/24/2011
Mark Dill

The Oldsmobile Aerotech cars, especially in the hands of A.J. Foyt, carried a special mystique as a thoroughbred high speed car. Foyt drove it to a world closed circuit speed record of over 257 miles per hour in 1987.

 

 

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Sep.24.2011
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22Sep
Reminiscent of Can-Am Glory Days
09/22/2011
Mark Dill

One of the great eras of auto racing is remembered with the newly formed, still embryonic, Unlimited Racing Championship. Big block, super-powerful engines = authentic racing.

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Sep.22.2011
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13Sep
The Speederettes
09/13/2011
Mark Dill

This is the interesting story of Nina Vitagliano, amateur auto racing driver from the early days of the sport.

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Sep.13.2011
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10Sep
The First Atlanta Speedway
09/10/2011
Mark Dill

This is an interesting historical perspective on the first Atlanta Speedway.

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Sep.10.2011
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04Sep
The Future of History - FIA's Formula E
09/04/2011
Mark Dill

Automobile sustainability is a major force in the car industry. Electric vehicles are taking center stage and auto racing everyone must provide leadership.

 

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Sep.4.2011
1471
19Aug
Oldfield vs. DePalma - Indiana State Fairgrounds
08/19/2011
Mark Dill

Check out Barney Oldfield and Ralph DePalma in a 1917 match race at the Indiana State Fair Grounds. Oldfield reportedly won the contest.

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Aug.19.2011
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17Aug
Indy 500 Veteran Driver Jerry Wunderlich
08/17/2011
Mark Dill

Little known Indy 500 driver Jerry Wunderlich of Bloomington, Illinois had a life of twists and turns - and not all of them on the race track.

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May.14.2019
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14Aug
Cool Vanderbilt Cup Poster
08/14/2011
Mark Dill

Check out Vanderbilt Cup Historian Howard Kroplick's blog entry about a recently uncovered a 1909 poster featuring the famed "Old 16" Locomobile.

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Aug.14.2011
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14Aug
Internal Works of Ford Model A Engine
08/14/2011
Mark Dill

Highly unusual video of the internal workings of a Ford Model A engine.

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Aug.14.2011
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08Aug
USA Today on Speedway Museum
08/08/2011
Mark Dill

Donald Davidson hard at work again at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway's Hall of Fame Museum!

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Aug.8.2011
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