Taking a break from history, sort of. I came across this poll at the Indianapolis Star Web site asking people to predict the winner of the 2010 Indianapolis 500. I picked Scott Dixon and I am amazed at how few others did as well. Get this, more people picked Marco Andretti than Scott. All due respect to Marco, but let's get serious...
 

I found a couple of links researchers and those who just enjoy immersing themselves in auto racing history should find both interesting and useful. One is a Web site dedicated to the history of the Long Island Motor Parkway in New York. A portion of the Long Island Motor Parkway was used in the design of the courses for the Vanderbilt Cup Races from 1908 through 1910. The photos of the remnants of the parkway are fascinating.
 

Another great YouTube find - you can watch the entire Indianapolis 500 movie, "The Big Wheel" free of charge and with only one commercial on the front end. You can also watch it below from this embedded link from Internet Movie Database.

The History of Motor Racing documentary broken into 16 segments on YouTube is an excellent film that I believe was created in the 1950's. I have referenced this before in previous blog posts. Although the one that appears below is a little outside the lines for First Super Speedway (pre-1920), I want to call it to your attention because it is excellent.