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Leerhsen, Charles.
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Indianapolis Speedway Race.
Automobile racing -- United States.
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Leerhsen, Charles.
Indianapolis Speedway Race.
Automobile racing -- United States.
MARC Display
Blood
and
smoke
: a
true
tale
of
mystery
,
mayhem
, and the
birth
of the
Indy
500
/ Charles Leerhsen.
by
Leerhsen, Charles.
Simon & Schuster, 2011.
Call #:
796.72 L486b
Subjects
Indianapolis Speedway Race.
Automobile racing -- United States.
URL856
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Publisher description
ISBN:
9781439149041 (hbk.)
1439149046 (hbk.)
Description:
273 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Pt. 1. A speedway is born -- pt. 2. Carl Graham Fisher and the invention of the Indianapolis
500
-- pt. 3. May 1911.
Summary:
One hundred years ago, 40 cars lined up for the first Indianapolis
500
. We are still waiting to find out who won. The
Indy
500
was created to showcase the controversial new sport of automobile racing, which was sweeping the country. Daring young men were driving automobiles at the astonishing speed of 75 miles per hour, testing themselves and their vehicles. With no seat belts, hard helmets or roll bars, the dangers were enormous. When the Indianapolis Motor Speedway opened in 1909, seven people were killed, some of them spectators. Oil-slicked surfaces, clouds of
smoke
, exploding tires, and flying grit all made driving extremely hazardous, especially with the open-cockpit, windshield-less vehicles. Bookmakers offered bets not only on who might win but who might survive. But this book is about more than a race--it is the story of America at the dawn of the automobile age, a country in love with speed, danger, and spectacle.--From publisher description.
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