The distinctive style and flair of the great Louis Armstrong melds with the down home spirit of the great tune, "Back Home Again in Indiana," very much a part of the brand of the Indianapolis 500.

Check out the trailer to the movie, "Boys of Bonneville."

Interesting note: the grandstand of the Indiana State Fairgrounds race track was condemned for this race.

Hemmings published this interesting article about Lewis Strang, who started on the pole for the first Indy 500. The article has problems, such as the view that Strang won the pole for the 1911 Indy 500. This is incorrect. Strang was assigned the pole by virtue of being the first car entered in the big race.