Drove Over the New Indianapolis Speedway – Automobile Topics – June 5, 1909
The speedway neared it’s completion beginning of June 1909, when Automobile Topics wrote about the track’s typicalities. And it showed a now famous photo of Carl Fisher with some officials in his Stoddard-Dayton, driving over a banked turn of the speedway. The colourised version on „I Love To make The Dirt fly!“ already shows, that […]
Indianapolis Speedway to Open August 19 – Automobile Topics – July 10, 1909
A general description of the three day’s event for the first motor racing events of coming August 1909. Text and jpegs by courtesy of hathitrust.org www.hathitrust.org, compiled by motorracinghistory.com AUTOMOBILE TOPICS, Vol. XVIII, No. 14 July 10, 1909 Indianapolis Speedway to Open August 19 The Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indiana, the biggest mortordrome in […]
Two Speedways for Motoring Purpose – Motor Age – July 8, 1909
It is begin July and construction on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway is gradually coming inro its last phase. At the same time, a similar speedway is under construction in Atlanta, way south in Georgia. This one is projected later that Indiana’s and it is scheduled about three months later. Surprisingly, the picture of the Indianapolis […]
Hoosier Speedway Ready for Cars – Motor Age – August 19, 1909
It was just a week before the first-ever three racedays on the brandnew Indianapolis Motor Speedway were to beheld, that this article in Motor Age appeared. Indiacation that the entire speedway construction planning was at knife’s edge. The drwing of the track is the second design, and even that was not realised; for very good […]
Details of New Motor Speedway – Motor Age – January 21, 1909
The first plans of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, dating January 1909. Construction planning was mid January staking-out track etc; mid February begin construction work, mid May completion of the track. The many curves on the inside track, later proved not to be realisable within the total gound outlines; these were fixed. Text and jpegs by […]
Good Progress made on Motor Speedway – Motor Age – June 3, 1909
Beginning of June 1909, it looks like the construction of the speedway track will not take long before completion. As stated, in short the gravel will be layed, then rolled with steam rollers and finally asphalt oil will be mixed on the surface. Two still famous pictures are shown here: a steam roller on a […]
Working on the Indianapolis Speedway – Motor Age – April 8, 1909
From an earlier publication, the staking-out of track and buildings would have started second half of January 1909. Work on the track, curves, banking and more should have begun around mid February. According to this writing. mid March would have been thze beginning of that work. The even now well-known creek is mentioned, as well […]
Suggestions and Criticisms of the Motor Speedway – Motor Age – August 26, 1909
Some general and in-depth considerations on behalf of motor racing and the Speedway, made diretly after the first ever Indianapolis Speedway races. Text and jpegs by courtesy of hathitrust.org www.hathitrust.org, compiled by motorracinghistory.com Motor Age Volume XVI, No. 9, August 26, 1909. Published Weekly – The CLASS JOURNAL COMPANY – 1200 Michigan Avenue CHICAGO New […]
Big Race Saturday stopped by Referee – Motor Age – August 26, 1909
The 300-miles long Saturday race for the Wheeler & Schebler Trophy, finally was halted by the referee. Reasons were: 1) the National car of Merz ran off the bank, thereby killing his mechanic Kellum and two spectators. 2) Shortly after that, Keen in a Marmon hit a pole, wherby his mechanic suffered a fractured skull. […]
Friday Produces More Records – Motor Age – August 26, 1909
The Friday races on the Speedway luckily were without incidents, On the program were that day, two 5-mile, three 10-mile, one 50-mile, one record trial over 1-mile and the 100-mile race for the G&J Tyres Trophy. Text and jpegs by courtesy of hathitrust.org www.hathitrust.org, compiled by motorracinghistory.com Motor Age Volume XVI, No. 9, August 26, […]
