Autocourse Official History of the Indianapolis 500

Autocourse Official History of the Indianapolis 500 by Mr. Rick Shaffer. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9781905334209.

To celebrate the 90th running of this legendary race, this lavish and comprehensive history presents nine decades on the legends and races at the "Brickyard." Almost every aspect of the worlds most famous of open-wheel races on the 2.5 mile oval (then paved with some 3.2 million bricks) to its evolution into todays super speedway with state of the art facilities and cars myriad of stories telling of the races triumph and tragedy, featuring a host of great names from the first winner Ray Harroun to Sam Hornish, the 2006 recipient of the Borg Warner Trophy. A must for the serious racing fan and a testament to the greatest of American races.