Official Program of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway 15th International Sweepstakes 500 Mile Race, May 30, 1927
THF122935 / Official Program of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway 15th International Sweepstakes 500 Mile Race, May 30, 1927
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Artifact Overview
Indianapolis Motor Speedway hosted the fifteenth Indianapolis 500 race on May 30, 1927. The first Indy 500 took place in 1911, but no races were held in 1917 or 1918 due to World War I. Indiana native George Souders won the 1927 event behind the wheel of a Duesenberg.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Program (Document)
Date Made
1927
Subject Date
30 May 1927
Place of Creation
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
92.150.9645
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of the Family of Henry Austin Clark, Jr.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Printing (Process)
Color
Multicolored
Dimensions
Height: 11.563 in
Width: 8.875 in
Thickness: 0.188 in
Inscriptions
Printed on front cover:
OFFICIAL PROGRAM / INDIANAPOLIS / MOTOR SPEEDWAY CO. / 15th / INTERNATIONAL / SWEEPSTAKES / 500 MILES / May 30th / 1927 / Price 25c PAY NO MORE
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When Carl Fisher and his partners opened Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 1909, the crushed stone and tar track surface quickly proved too dangerous. Fisher had the entire track resurfaced with 3.2 million paving bricks. The track was fully paved with asphalt by 1961, but a three-foot brick strip -- at the start/finish line -- remains, as does the speedway's nickname: the Brickyard.