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	Indianapolis 500 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		With the Indianapolis 500 having been a part of the World Drivers Championship between 1950 and 1960, Ferrari made a discreet appearance at the 1952 event with Alberto Ascari, but European entries were few and far between during those days.
		However, the Indy 500 sided with the USAC for the next several years and became the only high-level race the body still sanctioned once its own Championship series was discontinued the next year years, and the race was temporarily removed from the championship calendar, although the same cars and drivers were in attendance.
		The Indianapolis Motor Speedway complex was built in 1909, and hosted a smattering of small events before the promoters decided to focus on one major event and it was paved with over 3 million bricks urged by principal Carl G. Fisher.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Indianapolis_500

	CNNSI.com - Motor Sports - Brack back at Indianapolis 500, but he won't drive - Tuesday May 16, 2000 11:06 PM
		He has been called the "Grand Champion of the Indianapolis 500." He is the first four-time champion of the Indianapolis 500, winning in a front-engine roadster in 1961 and 1964 and in a rear-engine car in 1967 and 1977.
		INDIANAPOLIS (Ticker) -- The defending champion of the Indianapolis 500 won't be in a race car on race day.
		The Indianapolis 500 is about great names and there is no bigger name in the 91-year history of the event than A.J. Foyt.
	sportsillustrated.cnn.com /motorsports/news/2000/05/16/brack_indy_st

	Tony and that first trip
		The Indianapolis Motor Speedway opened for practice for the 1956 "Indianapolis 500" on April 28.
		Actually Bettenhausen pioneered the use of the jet pilot style helmet in the 1953 "Indianapolis 500." This was the immediate predecessor to the full-face helmets, which were introduced by Dan Gurney in 1968.
		Early in 1956, my Cub Scout troop went on a field trip to the Allison Detroit Diesel factory, which is about a half-mile from the front entrance of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
	www.bjwor.com /010123.html

	Indianapolis 500 Bibliography, Indiana Division
		The following materials may be of use when researching the history of the Indianapolis 500.
		Title: Champions of the Indianapolis 500 : the men who have won more than once.
		Title: The Indianapolis "500"; the world's most exciting auto race.
	www.statelib.lib.in.us /WWW/isl/indiana/indy500.html

	Indianapolis 500
		Early in Hulman's tenure the Indianapolis 500 came to be known as "The Greatest Spectacle in Racing".
		The Indianapolis 500 marks its 78th running on May 29, 1994.
		Indianapolis Motor Speedway opened in 1909 as an automotive testing and competition facility when the car industry was thriving in Indiana.
	www.sergioleonardi.com /autoracing/Indy.htm

	National Indy 500 Collector Club
		To distinguish the Speedway from other tracks USAC sanctioned, sewn on the armband were: the "500" in 1956, "Indpls.
		The white 1956, 1957 & 1958 armbands below are more than likely from another track with the '56 made of felt while the '57 & '58 are made from an oil cloth type material similar to the 1934-37 IMS time trial armbands.
		The "500" was left off of USAC armbands from 1957-1960 for reasons unknown.
	www.ni500cc.com /armbands/usac.html

	1956 INDY WINNER FLAHERTY DIES AT 76 - RacingWest
		INDIANAPOLIS, Wednesday, April 10, 2002 - Colorful Pat Flaherty, who was dressed in slacks and a T-shirt when he won the 1956 Indianapolis 500 and whose well-worn Cromwell helmet was emblazoned with a green shamrock, died April 9 at his home in Oxnard, Calif., at the age of 76.
		Flaherty led 127 of the 200 laps on his way to winning the accident-marred "500" at an average speed of 128.590 mph and had the throttle linkage break just a few seconds after he had taken the checkered flag.
		Flaherty first began to attract national attention in 1955 when he followed up his 10th-place finish at Indianapolis with a third place in the June 100-mile race at Milwaukee and then won a grueling 250-mile race at the same track in August.
	www.racewest.com /news/story.php3/3636

	HickokSports.com - History - The Indianapolis 500
		Indianapolis 500 home page has constantly updated info on the upcoming race, along with much historical data
		The IRL began operating with a three-race series in 1996; 25 of the starting slots at the Indy 500, the third race in the series, were reserved for the top 25 IRL drivers after the first two races.
		Hulman was an excellent promoter who developed the Indy 500 Festival in 1957 as a major event, inspired in part by the festivities surrounding the Kentucky Derby.
	www.hickoksports.com /history/indy500.shtml

	1956 Indy 500® -#19
		From the beginning of the 1956 Indy 500, Ward ran steadily, and by the 150-mile mark he was running in 8
		Pat Flaherty, driving the first Watson Roadster, won the 1956 Indy 500 with a speed of 128.490 mph.
		Ward persevered, but his Speedway career seemed beset by mechanical misfortunes, and through 1955 he never finished a 500.
	www.apolloinc.org /4503.htm

	Indianapolis 500
		He was part of Indianapolis 500 victories by Troy Ruttman in 1952 and Rodger Ward in 1959 and a member of A.J. Watson’s team when Pat Flaherty won in 1956 and Ward in 1962.
		Bell, a second cousin of 1924 Indianapolis 500 co-winner L.L. Corum, was born in Seymour, Ind. He fiddled around with a sprint car before World War II.
		There had been a dirt-car race the day before in Springfield, Ill. Ruttman was averaging over 100 mph — “unheard of in those days” — until the Offy engine split lengthwise, so Bell had to tow that car back to Indianapolis.
	www.brickyard.com /500/news/story.php?story_id=1200

	Indianapolis 500 NEWS, INFORMATION AND RESOURCES
		INDIANAPOLIS, Thursday, May 19, 2005 Practice for the 89th Indianapolis 500 was canceled May 19 due to persistent rain at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
		INDIANAPOLIS, Thursday, April 21, 2005 The Last Row Party will reach a significant number in Indianapolis 500 lore 33 this year as the annual gathering to honor the 11th and final row of the Greatest Spectacle in Racing celebrates its 33rd anniversary in 2005.
		INDIANAPOLIS, Thursday, May 26, 2005 The red carpet will roll out in Indianapolis this weekend as celebrities from around the globe arrive in the Circle City for a number of events surrounding the 89th running of the Indianapolis 500.
	www.theindyweb.com /indianapolis-500.html

	1959 Indianapolis 500 Mile Race
		It was 1956 and the 40 palominos of the Murat Shrine Horse Patrol had been invited to Louisville to participate in the first parade to be held in connection with the Kentucky Derby.
		Four of the first 10 finishers in the 1954 "500" have been claimed by death.
		A car full of Indianapolis people drove down to see the parade - Karl Fredericks, Edwin K. Steers, Cecil Byrne and Miller Keller of the Shrine and Irving Leibowitz of the Indianapolis Times.
	www.geocities.com /dans500/59hist.htm

	Indianapolis Motor Speedway
		The Marmon "Wasp," which won the inaugural Indianapolis 500 in 1911 with Ray Harroun at the wheel, and was featured on a postage stamp in the U.S. Postal Service's Transportation Series.
		The Hall of Fame Museum also displays the equipment and methods used for timing and scoring the Indianapolis 500 from the first race to the 21st century, including a viewer-activated computer presentation that explains the progress through the years.
		The Indianapolis Motor Speedway Hall of Fame Museum, located five miles northwest of downtown Indianapolis on the grounds of the famous Indianapolis Motor Speedway, is recognized as one of the most highly visible museums in the world devoted to automobiles and auto racing.
	ims.brickyard.com /museum

	1956 Indy 500® Winner - #8
		Pat Flaherty won the Indianapolis 500® from the pole in 1956, driving A.J. Watson's first roadster for John Zink, Jr.'s defending Indy® champion team.
		This exquisite model is endorsed by Pat Flaherty, authorized by A.J. Watson, and licensed by the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Hall of Fame Museum®.
		Watson would go on to build another 22 Indy roadsters that would win the 500 five more times, along with a 1961 win for a Trevis-built Watson copy.
	www.apolloinc.org /4409.htm

	Indianapolis 500 - FUN FACTS!
		While they play rock music at both the Indy 500 and the U.S. Grand Prix, at the "500" it is midwestern rock, while its more of a world music played at the F1 race.
		Although there have been SIX Unsers race in the 500, there has never been three that qualified for the same race.
		Out of the hundreds who have raced in the 500 over the 20th century, there was never one named Smith.
	www.geocities.com /dans500/funfacts.htm

	Kurtis Kraft Roadsters
		Frank Kurtis built his first Indianapolis 500 race car in 1941, and his cars won the race in 1950 and 1951.
		Bob Sweikert, in a KK500D, won the 1955 Indy 500 which was overshadowed by Vukovich's fatal accident.
		Vukovich dominated the 1952 Indy 500 in the Kurtis Kraft 500A Roadster before the steering failed nine laps from victory.
	www.carousel1.com /kurtis_krafts.htm

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	www.vsearchmedia.com /indianaplis_500.html

	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

	USATODAY.com - Former Indy car owner John Zink Jr. dies at 75
		INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Former car owner John Zink Jr., whose 13 champ car victories included the 1955 Indianapolis 500 with driver Bob Sweikert and the 1956 Indy race with Pat Flaherty, has died at 75.
		Zink had at least one car in the Indianapolis 500 each year from 1952 to 1967.
		Zink, who was inducted into the Auto Racing Hall of Fame last May, died Saturday at a hospital in his hometown of Tulsa, the Speedway said Monday.
	www.usatoday.com /sports/motor/2005-02-07-zink_x.htm

	Indy 500 Tickets,Indianapolis 500 Tickets - TicketTrader
		Indy 500 tickets for sale at up to 10 percent lower prices than other Indianapolis 500 ticket brokers for the 90th Indianapolis 500, a 500-mile race held annually on Memorial Day weekend at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana.
		Indianapolis 500 tickets are generally shipped within a couple of days after order confirmation via FedEx.
		Indianapolis 500 tickets may be bought conveniently online through our guaranteed safe and secure servers.
	www.tickettrader.com /nascar/indy_500.html

	IU Digital Library Program: Program Statement
		The Indianapolis Museum of Art has joined IUPUI University Library as the main supporting partner on the Community Project whose purpose is to enrich the lives of members of the community through visual arts.
		The primary goal of the Atlas is to acquire, archive and make available data for the Indianapolis Metropolitan Statistical Area and the nine county region of Boone, Hamilton, Hancock, Hendricks, Johnson, Madison, Marion, Morgan and Shelby counties.
		The Atlas project is funded by grants from the Indianapolis Foundation.
	www.dlib.indiana.edu /aboutus

	Johnson's Indy 500
		[1950] [1951] [1952] [1953] [1954] [1955] [1956] [1957] [1958] [1959]
		Indy 500 Winners Who Have Won Other Major Races
		Indy 500 & Coca-Cola/World 600 Driver Particpation ("Indy-Charlotte Double Duty")
	www.geocities.com /johnsonindy500/indy500/indymenu.html

	Carousel 1- Models of the world's most exciting cars! Find out about our new diecast models, our tribute to historic Indianapolis 500 and American race cars!
		Coming soon expect the newest Kurtis Kraft Roadster model, a replica of the 1956 Indianapolis 500 racer driven by Rodger Ward.
		Historic race car replica models, especially the Indy 500 (Indianapolis 500) racers are our passion.
		Carousel 1 offers a series of brand new 1/18 scale diecast model replicas of famous vintage Indianapolis 500 race cars and other American racers.
	www.carousel1.com

	The Indy 500: 1956-1965 (Images of Sports)
		Series Books Indy: The Race And Ritual Of The Indianapolis 500 by Terry Reed The Indy 500: 1956-1965 (Images of Sports) by Ben Lawrence Indy 500: More Than a Race by Tom Carnegie Lloyd Ruby: The Greatest...
		The Indy 500: 1956 1965 (Images of Sports) Ben Lawrence W C Madden...
		The Indy 500: 1956-1965 (Images of Sports) by: Ben Lawrence, W. Madden, Christopher Baas, Christopher Bass 01 April, 2004...
	www.limotransportation.info /books-plain/0738532460.html

	Indianapolis 500
		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.
		Indianapolis 500 - Officially sanctioned as Grand Prix race from 1950-60 only.
	www.infoplease.com /ipsa/A0201509.html

	! International Angler
		Retiring as a Brigadier General after the 1956 Suez Campaign, Clostermann continued to serve his country as an eight-term member of the French Parliament and President Charles DeGaulle's Under Secretary of State.
		He was the first to boat a black marlin over 1,000 pounds according to IGFA rules and, when he lost the record within a few days, regained it for the second time in a month with a 1,090 pound catch.
		Born in Brazil and schooled in France, he served as a pilot with the RAF and the French Air Force, becoming the leading French ace from World War II and receiving the Liberation Cross, the French Medal of Honor.
	www.igfa.org /hall.asp

	1957 Indianapolis 500 - Enpsychlopedia
		Results from the 1957 Formula One Indianapolis 500 held at Indianapolis on May 30, 1957
	www.grohol.com /psypsych/1957_Indianapolis_500

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