Carl Fisher, Jim Allison and Arthur Newby enjoyed racing their Purdy Boat Company cruisers on the Great Lakes and while wintering in Miami Beach. To get a competitive advantage, they wanted a very powerful engine. The solution was just down the street from the Indianapolis Motor Speedway at Allison Engineering ...
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Boat Building at IMS
As inconceivable as it might sound, for a short time boats were built in the infield at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
Carl Fisher loved to race. It didn’t matter if it was bicycles, automobiles, or boats. His obsession with boat racing initially resulted in him having speed boats and cruisers ...
F. W. Cook Brewing Company
With a German heritage, Tony Hulman was familiar with beer. Following World War II, Hulman explored purchasing a brewery. It became a reality in 1949 when he purchased fifty-two percent of F. W. Cook Brewing Company in Evansville, Indiana.
F. W. Cook Brewing had a long history dating back to ...
Eddie Rickenbacker Repaves the Speedway
The opening weekend of racing at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway was disastrous with five dying. It was enough to cause race officials to stop the 300-mile feature race at 235 miles. The future of the Speedway hung in the balance and the owners decided to pave the crushed stone and ...