Indianapolis Motor Speedway
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Enthusiastic crowds are on their feet as drivers and the mechanics start their engines at the beginning of the race on May 28, 1910. The three day event featured 42 races ranging from five to 200 miles on the new brick track.
Photo Courtesy of Indiana Historical Society.
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Indianapolis Motor Speedway
It took Ray Harroun 6 hours and 42 minutes to win the first Indianapolis 500 on May 30, 1911. Speeding past the checkered flag in his bright yellow Marmon “Wasp,” Harroun had driven the five hundred miles at an average speed of 74.6 mph. Today’s…