07Jan
Did Carl Fisher Marry a 15 Year Old? (No!!!)
Carl Fisher, Indianapolis Motor Speedway Centennial
01/07/2010
Mark Dill

Donald Davidson, the chief historian of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, produced throughout 2009 a blog (no longer available on the IMS Web site) to chronicle the 100th anniversary of the first year of the Speedway's operations.

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Apr.7.2014
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06Jan
Great Research Link
auto racing history
01/06/2010
Mark Dill

Ken Parrotte, a major league auto racing history aficionado, contacted me and, among other things, flagged a marvelous on-line research resource. This is a collection of New York newspapers (they claim a total of 11,266,000 newspaper pages) dating back over 100 years. The man who pulled this database-driven site is not an auto racing buff, but a general history enthusiast. However, if you search for keywords related to auto racing, a lot of stuff will pop up. This is now bookmarked in my browser!

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Jan.6.2010
1051
05Jan
World's Largest Archive of 1910 Speed Records
Barney Oldfield, Blitzen Benz, Daytona Beach
01/05/2010
Mark Dill

I have developed a synopsis for each article in my nice collection of content about or relevant to Barney Oldfield's world land speed records at Daytona Beach in March 1910. This collection includes a number of informative images and descriptions of different aspects of Oldfield's milestone accomplishment.

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Jan.5.2010
1050
04Jan
Great Link to Articles, Photos
Indianapolis Motor Speedway, National Motor Vehicle Company
01/04/2010
Mark Dill

More from the Yahoo Auto Racing History Group, a nice link to articles and photos focused on the early racing history of the National Motor Vehicle Company.

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Jan.4.2010
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31Dec
More Great Free Photo Sites
12/31/2009
Mark Dill

Well the Yahoo Auto Racing History Group has done it again, identifying two free sites for auto racing photography. These are Northwest Speedshots and Road Racers Reunion. Both offer shots of unique cars most people have forgotten or never knew existed. Enjoy!

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Dec.31.2009
1044
29Dec
Incredible Array of Racing Photos
12/29/2009
Mark Dill

A Web site created by photographer Ken Coles was highlighted on the Yahoo Auto Racing History Group. I can safely say this is one of the most impressive collections of American auto racing photography (circa 1950-1980) available anywhere.

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Dec.29.2009
1042
29Dec
Circular Tracks "Farcical"
Indianapolis Motor Speedway Centennial
12/29/2009
Mark Dill

File this under the "Don't You Hate Snobs" heading...
 

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Dec.29.2009
1043
28Dec
Barney Oldfield Sold Out to Ernie Moross
Barney Oldfield, Ernie Moross
12/28/2009
Mark Dill

I came across an interesting article about Barney Oldfield selling his race team to Ernie Moross in 1910. If you are curious about either of these men this is something you want to read.

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Dec.28.2009
1041
26Dec
Barney Oldfield's "Resume"
Barney Oldfield
12/26/2009
Mark Dill

Check out my latest discussion of an article from 1910 that describes Barney Oldfield's auto racing career up to that point. You could right a resume from this biographical sketch that I pulled from Oldfield's personal scrapbook.

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Dec.26.2009
1040
23Dec
Museum of American Speed
Speedway Motors
12/23/2009
Mark Dill

I came across this clip from Speedway Motors on YouTube. What you'll see is an incredible collection of race cars, race engines and a huge inventory of auto racing memorabilia. All of this began with the vision of a 14 year old boy now known as "Speedy" Bill Smith, who is interviewed in this piece. This is just one more reason to visit Lincoln, Nebraska!

 

 

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Dec.23.2009
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