Believe it or not, midget racers were pitted against Indy cars and Grand Prix racers on the Roosevelt Raceway on Long Island, New York in 1936 and 1937. With the facility teetering on the precipice of bankruptcy in 1939 the midget racers returned for race all to there own.

Check out "Old Motor," an intriguing Web site with interesting motor sport images of the past.

Check out this great bio of Bert Dingley. He raced in the 1912 Indy 500 but is probably best known for some level of success in the early Vanderbilt Cup Races.

If you have not checked out "thegreatest33.com," you should. It is a very entertaining site that enables you to select the greatest 33 drivers from a list of 100 nominees. John Atlas and Steve Zautke of Racing Nation recently published their selections.