This is my wife's favorite excerpt from my book, "The Legend of the First Super Speedway." Autographed copies available at the link.
1911 Indianapolis 500 champ Ray Harroun is alive again in the new book, "The Legend of the First Super Speedway," (
On November 17, 1905, 17 year-old Charlie Merz and veteran driver W.F. "Jap" Clemens finished their race through the night to set a new world's speed record for 24 hours.