Aitken at IMS - 12/18/1909

This image was published in the December 18, 1909, Sunday Indianapolis News. It shows National Motor Vehicle Company star driver Johnny Aitken at the wheel of the National stock car racer that he drove in the December 17-18 time trials at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. This was the first high-speed event held at the track after it was paved with 3.2 million bricks. Aitken set several speed records for stock cars at the event.
 
Check out other images and articles on this great driver elsewhere on First Super Speedway.

• Johnny Aitken at the Harvest Classic
• Johnny Aitken Profile (1910)
• Johnny Aitken (1910)
• Brickyard Entries - 1910
• National's Indigo Twins - 1910
• Brickyard Preview - 1910
• Aitken 3rd in Wheeler-Schebler (1910)
• National "60" & "70" (1910)
• National Champion Title Coveted (1910)
• Aitken and Wilcox
• Aitken, Kincaid @ Time Trials!
• Aitken Models Speedway Helmet
• National "40" Ad - 1909
• First Time Trials Records on Bricks
• 1909 in Review
• First Practice Lap @ IMS
• Aitken at "Frigid" Time Trials
• Merz, Aitken & the Vanderbilt Cup
• Aitken in National for Munsey Tour
• Aitken Leads in Turn One!
• Time Trial Anticipation
• Records Fall In Bitter Cold
• National Ad - Atlanta 1909
• Wheeler-Schebler Start
• Aitken at Fort George Hill Climb
• Lyne Faints at IMS
• Harvest Cassic Close Finish
• Cincinnati Speedway Race
• Harvest Classic Start
• "The Automobile" Coverage - Aitken Dominates
• Willie K's Last Cup