Fisher Trophy Field

This rare photograph provided by auto racing history researcher Chuck Rudy shows the starting field for the Carl G. Fisher Trophy Race on February 22, 1926 at the Miami-Fulford Speedway board track. Fisher built the track after hiring Ray Harroun, winner of the first Indianapolis 500, to apply his engineering skills to designing it. The banking was 50 degrees. The wood plank track was 1.25 miles long and thus required 240 laps to complete the 300-mile contest. Peter DePaolo won, with Harry Hartz second. The Miami-Fulford Speedway was destroyed by the Great Miami Hurricane just seven months later.
 
The finishing order appears below and you can find more information on these fine drivers elsewhere on First Super Speedway.

1. Peter DePaolo
2. Harry Hartz
3. Bob McDonogh
4. Frank Elliott
5. Earl DeVore
6. Ben Jones
7. William Shattuc
8. Dave Evans
9. Leon Duray
10. Peter Kreis
11. Jerry Wonderlich
12. Zeke Meyer
13. Fred Comer
14. Tommy Milton
15. Ralph Hepburn
16. Dave Lewis
17. Earl Cooper

Check out author Sigur Whitacre's great article on this important board track.