International Cycling History Conference in Indy
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Tag: Speedway
At Your Leisure: Flying Around the Track
Indy has been abuzz about aviation in the news this past week. First, the ultimately aborted...
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Women Take to the Skies in Jazz Age Indy
“You haven’t seen a tree until you’ve seen its shadow from the sky.” That...
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Penny Post: The First Lap into the North Turn
Photo by F.M. Kirkpatrick Happy Race Week 2014, Indianapolis! Wilbur Shaw may have won his third...
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Friday Favorite: Driven to the Grave
The Chevrolet Brothers –Â Louis, Arthur, and Gaston –Â were destined for...
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Indianapolis Collected: And the winner is …. Schnitzer? In more ways than one.
On May 30, 1911, an aerial bomb exploded over the Speedway to signal the start of the first...
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Westwood Country Club
Dilapidated Westwood Country Club, Speedway Indiana – Photo by Ryan Hamlett Nestled between...
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HI Mailbag: The Lohrmann Residence
Reader’s Question: There is a fairly large structure, presumably a home, on the west bank of the...
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Sunday Adverts: First Car to Win Indy 500, Marmon Wasp
From a 1913 advert for Marmon & Nordyke, the “Six-cylinder ‘Wasp,'” and...
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Friday Favorite: Indianapolis Athletic Club-What’s the Indy500 Connection?
It’s one of those arresting buildings that could trick you into thinking you live in...
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