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	Indianapolis 500
		Indianapolis 500 - Year Winner Car Time mph Second place 1911 Ray Harroun Marmon 6:42:08.000 74.590 Ralph Mulford 1912...
		Back on track; forget interseries bickering--the drama and focus at the Indianapolis 500 is back where it should be: on the race.
		Indianapolis 500 - Officially sanctioned as Grand Prix race from 1950-60 only.
	www.infoplease.com /ipsa/A0201509.html (528 words)

	Auto Racing Digest: The Stat Sheet: Indianapolis 500 - Brief Article
		Number of laps, out of 200, that Joe Dawson led the 1912 Indianapolis 500.
		Number of people, including the driver, allowed over the pit wall during a pit stop in the Indianapolis 500.
		Record speed for one lap at the Indianapolis Speedway, set in 1996 Indy 500 qualifying by Arie Luyendyk.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0FCH/is_4_29/ai_74692724 (247 words)

	Indianapolis 500
		Indianapolis 500 - Year Winner Car Time mph Second place 1911 Ray Harroun Marmon 6:42:08.000 74.590 Ralph Mulford 1912...
		INDIANAPOLIS, IN - Dan Weldon of Team Andretti Green Racing pours milk over his head after winning the 89th Indianapolis 500, Sunday, May 29, 2005, in Indianapolis, Indiana.
		INDIANAPOLIS, IN - Indy 500 winner Dan Wheldon reacts in Victory Circle after his win at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indianapolis, Indiana, Sunday, May 29, 2005.
	www.infoplease.com /ipsa/A0201509.html (247 words)

	1956 Bardahl Ferrari
		If one believes the historian Antonio Giusti, Enzo, Ferrari had dreamed of racing at the Indianapolis 500 after he and a friend had seen photographs of Ralph De Palma competing in the 1912 version of the Indianapolis 500.
		Ferrari teamed up with Bardahl Additives (as sponsor), who was already well known at the Indianapolis 500.
		In 1956, at the insistence of the United States Ferrari importer, Luigi Chinetti, Ferrari agreed to make a second attempt at the brickyard.
	www.bardahl.com /history/ferrari1.htm (247 words)

	Indianapolis 500
		Indianapolis 500 - Year Winner Car Time mph Second place 1911 Ray Harroun Marmon 6:42:08.000 74.590 Ralph Mulford 1912...
		INDIANAPOLIS, IN - Indy 500 winner Dan Wheldon reacts in Victory Circle after his win at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indianapolis, Indiana, Sunday, May 29, 2005.
		INDIANAPOLIS, IN - Dan Weldon of Team Andretti Green Racing pours milk over his head after winning the 89th Indianapolis 500, Sunday, May 29, 2005, in Indianapolis, Indiana.
	www.infoplease.com /ipsa/A0201509.html (247 words)

	Indianapolis 500
		Indianapolis 500 - Year Winner Car Time mph Second place 1911 Ray Harroun Marmon 6:42:08.000 74.590 Ralph Mulford 1912...
		INDIANAPOLIS, IN - Dan Weldon of Team Andretti Green Racing pours milk over his head after winning the 89th Indianapolis 500, Sunday, May 29, 2005, in Indianapolis, Indiana.
		INDIANAPOLIS, IN - Indy 500 winner Dan Wheldon reacts in Victory Circle after his win at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indianapolis, Indiana, Sunday, May 29, 2005.
	www.infoplease.com /ipsa/A0201509.html (247 words)

	Auto Racing Digest: The Stat Sheet: Indianapolis 500 - Brief Article
		Number of laps, out of 200, that Joe Dawson led the 1912 Indianapolis 500.
		Record speed for one lap at the Indianapolis Speedway, set in 1996 Indy 500 qualifying by Arie Luyendyk.
		Number of people, including the driver, allowed over the pit wall during a pit stop in the Indianapolis 500.
	www.findarticles.com /cf_dls/m0FCH/4_29/74692724/p1/article.jhtml (247 words)

	Elizabeth Neighborhood Guide
		When the Jones-Brenizer House was erected in 1912, it was one of the first residences on prestigious Clement Avenue.
		For Wesley Heights, his first large project, he had hired Fairlawn Realty Company of Indianapolis, Indiana, to conduct the sale.
		Brenizer technically lost the property in a foreclosure action in 1931 at the depth of the Great Depression, but the property reverted to his mother-in-law Etta G. Norvel, who gave it to her daughter in 1953.
	www.cmhpf.org /neighborhoods/Elizabeth.html (247 words)

	Orphan Indy 500 Pace Cars
		The Stoddard-Dayton was a very classy vehicle of the day and Fisher himself drove them as pace cars before World War I. The Stutz Bearcat of 1912 was the definitive sports car of the era, but it was a more conventional roadster that Carl Fisher used to pace the Indy 500 that year.
		It was actually a 320-plus horsepower early muscle car and Woolson scared onlookers as he entered the pits at nearly 100 mph at the end of his pre-race run.
		It paced the race three times, the last being in 1936 when former racing great Tommy Milton drove a "little" Packard 120 to promote a low-priced model in an effort to ward off the Depression Blues that plagued the rest of the carriage-trade auto industry.
	www.theautochannel.com /F/news/writers/bhagin/2001/fs0114.html (247 words)

	Speedway Public Library-Community Information
		While most people relate the "Indy 500", the "Brickyard 400", and the United States Grand Prix with Indianapolis, Indiana, the actual 539 acres of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway lie within the Town of Speedway.
		The Indianapolis Motor Speedway preceded the Town of Speedway by 17 years when in 1909 a cornfield area west of Indianapolis was purchased by Carl G. Fisher, James Allison, Frank Wheeler and Arthur Newby for approximately $72,000.00.
		The Town of Speedway, Indiana is the home of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
	www.speedway.lib.in.us /community.html (412 words)

	1956 Bardahl Ferrari
		If one believes the historian Antonio Giusti, Enzo, Ferrari had dreamed of racing at the Indianapolis 500 after he and a friend had seen photographs of Ralph De Palma competing in the 1912 version of the Indianapolis 500.
		In 1952 Ferrari had arranged for Ascari to race three modified 4.5 liter Formula 1 vehicles to be driven by American drivers for the Indianapolis 500.
		Ralph, by the way, finished eleventh in the number 4 Mercedes/E.J. Schroeder vehicle that year.
	www.bardahl.com /history/ferrari1.htm (412 words)

	Speedway Chamber of Commerce - Community Information
		While most people relate the "Indy 500", the "Brickyard 400", and the United States Grand Prix with Indianapolis, Indiana, the actual 539 acres of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway lie within the Town of Speedway.
		The Indianapolis Motor Speedway preceded the Town of Speedway by 17 years when in 1909 a cornfield area west of Indianapolis was purchased by Carl G. Fisher, James Allison, Frank Wheeler and Arthur Newby for approximately $72,000.00.
		The Town of Speedway, Indiana is the home of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
	www.speedwaychamber.org /community.asp (423 words)

	Speedway Chamber of Commerce - Community Information
		While most people relate the "Indy 500", the "Brickyard 400", and the United States Grand Prix with Indianapolis, Indiana, the actual 539 acres of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway lie within the Town of Speedway.
		Carl Fisher wanted an "attractive residential area to complement the industrial sites emerging from the cornfields near the track." In 1912 the job of platting Speedway City was given to Lem Trotter.
		The Indianapolis Motor Speedway preceded the Town of Speedway by 17 years when in 1909 a cornfield area west of Indianapolis was purchased by Carl G. Fisher, James Allison, Frank Wheeler and Arthur Newby for approximately $72,000.00.
	www.speedwaychamber.org /community.asp (423 words)

	Jules Goux - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Jules Goux won the 1912 Sarthe Cup at Le Mans driving a Peugeot, and in 1913 he travelled with the team to the United States to compete in the Indianapolis 500 race.
		Jules Goux, born April 6, 1885- died March 6, 1965, was a Grand Prix motor racing champion and the first Frenchman to win the Indianapolis 500.
		Influenced by the Gordon Bennett Cup in auto racing, Jules Goux began racing cars in his early twenties.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jules_Goux (309 words)

	1911 in sports - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		May 30 - At the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, the first Indianapolis 500 ends with Ray Harroun becoming the first winner of the 500-mile auto race.
		See also: 1910 in sports, other events of 1911, 1912 in sports and the list of 'years in sports'.
	www.sterlingheights.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/1911_in_sports (179 words)

	PSA Peugeot Citroen - Magazine - Chronoscope
		A good omen for the 500 miles of Indianapolis to be run the same year
		The result of their efforts, the L.76, was entered into competition from 1912 with eloquent results: Grand Prix of the Automobile of France, the record for the Mont Ventoux hill-climb (17 minutes 46 seconds) Sarthe-Le Mans cup in 1912; and the flying 1/2 mile speed record (110 mph) for Goux at Brooklands in 1913.
		Jules Goux carried both the American and the French flags across the finish line under a deluge of applause.
	www.psa-peugeot-citroen.com /en/magazine/magazine_doss_c3.php?id=38 (466 words)

	Stutz Business Center
		The first Stutz was called the ãBearcatä and raced in the 1911 inaugural Indianapolis 500, doing so well that the company was flooded with orders and the Stutz Motor Car Company began.
		In 1993 Indianapolis Developer Turner Woodard purchased the Stutz Building and began to refurbish the factory complex that produced the legendary Stutz Bearcat automobile around the turn of the century.
		The Stutz Business Center was built between 1912 and 1917 for the Stutz Motor Car Company.
	www.thestutz.com /story.htm (368 words)

	Cruise-IN.com: "Marque of the Month" featuring a look at the people and companies who were part the Indiana's automotive history
		Louis Chevrolet became the first car builder to win two Indianapolis 500 mile races.
		He was the first American driver to win at Indianapolis since 1912.
		Chevrolet who designed and built the first of the more than 125 million cars which bear his name was an integral part of auto racing and the Indiana automotive manufacturing scene.
	www.cruise-in.com /resource/cismar06.htm (586 words)

	Courier Electronic Edition: Historical Column
		Cummins said he was a member of the crew of Ray Harroun, of Findlay, when the latter won the first Indianapolis 500-mile automobile race in 1911.
		Joe Dawson (who was destined to be the second Indianapolis winner in 1912), and I worked side by side as members of the crew when Ray Harroun drove a Marmon creation to victory in the inaugural event.
		The Ray Harroun race in 1911 in which Mr.
	www.thecourier.com /opinion/historic/RL092699.htm (562 words)

	A. J. Foyt
		Indianapolis 500- Year Winner Car Time mph Second place 1911 Ray Harroun Marmon 6:42:08.000 74.590 Ralph Mulford 1912...
		IndyCar/CART/Champ Car Champions - 1910 Ray Harroun 1911 Ralph Mulford 1912 Ralph DePalma 1913 Earl Cooper 1914 Ralph DePalma 1915...
	www.factmonster.com /ce6/people/A0819399.html (151 words)

	Highlights of 1911 from Pocantico Hills School
		It was in 1911 that the first person went to the South Pole and the first Indianapolis 500 motor car race was held.
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	www2.lhric.org /pocantico/century/1910s/1911.htm (307 words)

	French Grand Prix
		The first World Championships were organized in 1925 with the French Grand Prix, the Italian Grand Prix, the Belgian Grand Prix and the Indianapolis 500.
		Georges Boillot winning the 1912 French Grand Prix in Dieppe, France
		Grand Prix motor racing originated in France and the French Grand Prix, open to international competition, is the oldest of the Grand Prix races.
	www.mywiseowl.com /articles/French_Grand_Prix (307 words)

	Cruise-IN.com: "Marque of the Month" featuring a look at the people and companies who were part the Indiana's automotive history
		The company was promotional minded and entered both the Glidden Tour and the Indianapolis 500 in 1912.
		Sheet metal, wood, engines and other materials entered the plant on the northeast side, and the completed car was delivered to the customer near the southwest corner.
		Financial difficulties of 1913 were solved when E.W. Ansted acquired Lexington to assemble the six-cylinder Howard for a contract with a Chicago distributor.
	www.cruise-in.com /resource/cismar11.htm (307 words)

	Stutz Business Center
		The first Stutz was called the ãBearcatä and raced in the 1911 inaugural Indianapolis 500, doing so well that the company was flooded with orders and the Stutz Motor Car Company began.
		The Stutz Business Center was built between 1912 and 1917 for the Stutz Motor Car Company.
		The Stutz safety sedans were acknowledged as one of the safest cars, due to the innovations of Harry Stutzâs underslung suspension and transmission design.
	www.thestutz.com /story.htm (368 words)

	Encyclopedia: Atlanta Braves
		Auto Racing NASCAR Championship - Herb Thomas AAA Racing: Bill Vukovich won the Indianapolis 500 Sam Hanks won the season driving championship Formula One Championship - Italy 24 hours of Le Mans: the team of Tony Rolt...
		Bill McKechnie baseball card, 1912 William Boyd McKechnie (August 7, 1886- October 29, 1965) was a Major League Baseball player and manager.
		When the team rallied to sweep the Cincinnati Reds in a doubleheader on July 19, Stallings declared that the team was playing ball better than any other in the league, and was ready to catch New York.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Atlanta-Braves (9785 words)

	US Soccer Open Cup History
		Purchased by Dewar for the equivalent of $500, it was given in the hope of promoting soccer in the United States and in the name of Anglo- American friendship.
		The Dewar Cup, the oldest trophy in United States team sports, was refurbished in 1997 by the U.S. Amateur Soccer Association and, after being retired in 1979, has been presented to each U.S. Open Cup champion since the Dallas Burn's victory in Indianapolis in 1997.
		The trophy, a handsome silver sculpture standing almost three feet high, was originally donated to the American Amateur Football Association (AAFA) by Sir Thomas R. Dewar, the British sportsman and philanthropist, when the AAFA (now the USASA) visited London before the 1912 Olympic Games.
	www.soccernova.com /html/us_open_cup/history.htm (1056 words)

	Washingtonpost.com: Indianapolis 500 Speedway Milestones
		Driver Leading Most Laps and Not Winning Race --------------------------------------------- 196 - Ralph DePalma (1912)
		Most Consecutive Pole Positions ------------------------------- 2 - Ralph DePalma (1920-21) Rex Mays (1935-36) Eddie Sachs (1960-61) Parnelli Jones (1962-63) Mario Andretti (1966-67) A.J. Foyt, Jr.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-srv/sports/autorace/longterm/1999/indy500/milestones.htm (1056 words)

	Indianapolis, Ind.
		Indianapolis 500 - Year Winner Car Time mph Second place 1911 Ray Harroun Marmon 6:42:08.000 74.590 Ralph Mulford 1912...
	www.factmonster.com /ipka/A0108531.html (286 words)

	Joie Chitwood - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		From there, he began racing at tracks all over the United States mid-west and between 1940 and 1950 competed at the Indianapolis 500 seven times finishing fifth on three different occasions including for the Kurtis Kraft racing team in 1950 when it was a Formula one event.
		Joie Chitwood, born April 14, 1912 - died January 3, 1988, was an American racecar driver and businessman.
		Chitwood started his racecar driving career in 1934 at a dirt track in Winfield, Kansas.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Joie_Chitwood (366 words)

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