Okay, I admit. I spent most of the day after church on the couch watching auto races and uploading new content on the first Indianapolis 500 to my this wonderful Web site I am so proud to work for. Check out the last page of my collection of articles on the 1911 Indianapolis Motor Speedway for definitive evidence of my endeavors. Also, enjoy this photo of second-place finisher, "Smiling" Ralph Mulford. One look and you will know instantly how he got that nickname.

One of my latest additions is an Indianapolis News article from May 31, 1911 on how relief driver Cyrus Patschke helped Ray Harroun win the first Indianapolis 500 for the Marmon team.

My latest addition to the collection of articles about the first Indianapolis 500 is a mid-race report by the evening edition, the Indianapolis News for May 30, 1911.  No radio, no TVs, but three major dailies with both an morning and afternoon editions. This was the quickest way to find out about developments without witnessing them first hand. At this report Ray Harroun, the eventual winner of the first Indianapolis 500, was leading the race at 300 miles. The quality of the reproduction here is poor - but legible.

I just uploaded a nice package of articles from the May 27, 1911 Indianapolis News that was developed to help Indianapolis Motor Speedway fans better follow the first Indianapolis 500. Speed record and entry list charts; a description of the first rolling start and the role of the pace car; information about the facilities; the placement of color-coded "number disks" on the cars and a description of Harry Cobe's near brush with the first turn wall during a practice spin are all included. Great color.