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- National Race Car Driven by Howdy Wilcox at the 1911 Indianapolis 500 Race, Photograph Taken by Henry Ford - Indianapolis Motor Speedway opened in 1909 with multiple races each season. In 1911, track promoters decided instead to host just one spectacular event each Memorial Day. The inaugural Indianapolis 500-Mile Race, with $27,500 in prizes, drew 40 qualifying cars and 80,000 spectators. Ray Harroun won with the yellow #32 Marmon Wasp, and the Indianapolis 500 became an American institution.
- 1911
- Collections - Artifact
National Race Car Driven by Howdy Wilcox at the 1911 Indianapolis 500 Race, Photograph Taken by Henry Ford
Indianapolis Motor Speedway opened in 1909 with multiple races each season. In 1911, track promoters decided instead to host just one spectacular event each Memorial Day. The inaugural Indianapolis 500-Mile Race, with $27,500 in prizes, drew 40 qualifying cars and 80,000 spectators. Ray Harroun won with the yellow #32 Marmon Wasp, and the Indianapolis 500 became an American institution.
- Scrapbook, National Motor Car Company Auto Racing, Race Cars and Drivers, 1911-1914 - National was formed in Indianapolis in 1900 as a maker of electric cars, but it transitioned to gasoline six years later. The company had an active racing program. This scrapbook, assembled by a distributor in Los Angeles, tracked National's motorsport successes. The company's annual production peaked at something over 1,800 cars in 1915. National ended operations in 1924.
- 1911-1914
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Scrapbook, National Motor Car Company Auto Racing, Race Cars and Drivers, 1911-1914
National was formed in Indianapolis in 1900 as a maker of electric cars, but it transitioned to gasoline six years later. The company had an active racing program. This scrapbook, assembled by a distributor in Los Angeles, tracked National's motorsport successes. The company's annual production peaked at something over 1,800 cars in 1915. National ended operations in 1924.
- National Race Car Driven by Charlie Merz at the 1911 Indianapolis 500 Race, Photograph Taken by Henry Ford - Indianapolis Motor Speedway opened in 1909 with multiple races each season. In 1911, track promoters decided instead to host just one spectacular event each Memorial Day. The inaugural Indianapolis 500-Mile Race, with $27,500 in prizes, drew 40 qualifying cars and 80,000 spectators. Ray Harroun won with the yellow #32 Marmon Wasp, and the Indianapolis 500 became an American institution.
- 1911
- Collections - Artifact
National Race Car Driven by Charlie Merz at the 1911 Indianapolis 500 Race, Photograph Taken by Henry Ford
Indianapolis Motor Speedway opened in 1909 with multiple races each season. In 1911, track promoters decided instead to host just one spectacular event each Memorial Day. The inaugural Indianapolis 500-Mile Race, with $27,500 in prizes, drew 40 qualifying cars and 80,000 spectators. Ray Harroun won with the yellow #32 Marmon Wasp, and the Indianapolis 500 became an American institution.