Check out this link to a digest of interesting items about auto racing history: road racing in Texas and Long Island during the 1930's as well as a look at the controversial AAA points race for what amounts to the national championship for Indy car racers of the day in 1920. This material was assembled by an auto racing historian I have a great deal of respect for, Don Capps.

This is the ABC TV intro to the telecast of the 2009 Indianapolis 500. Great use of computer graphics to summarize a story spanning decades.

The old-fashioned bottle of milk is one of the key brand symbols of the 100-year-old Indianapolis 500 Mile Race. Milk was first consumed in victory circle back in 1936 when Louie Meyer chugged some buttermilk. The American Dairy Association commercialized the custom in 1956 when Pat Flaherty wrote history as an Indy 500 champ.

Check out this clip from the 1959 movie, "On The Beach Grand Prix." Amusing but over-sensationalized.