I suspect you are saying “Caitlin who”? When Josef Newgarden won the 2023 Indianapolis 500, Caitlin Brown also entered the record book as the first woman to serve on the winning team as part of the over-the-wall pit crew. She was the left-front tire changer.
Caitlin grew up in a ...
If you enjoy conspiracy theories, this book raises the question as to who actually won the first Indianapolis 500. The race was a full field with eight rows of five cars each lined up at the starting line. The Marmon Wasp, piloted by Ray Harroun, would cross the finish line ...
Auto racing is a dangerous sport. From the very earliest races, there have been crashes and as speeds have increased, so did the severity of the injuries.
The initial races in August 1909 were stopped because of the carnage. When racing resumed in May 1910, the founders of the Indianapolis ...
Carl Fisher, one of the founders of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, was a man who very much symbolized the Roaring Twenties. He had unending optimism about his projects and was a promoter who could rival P. T. Barnum. He was fascinated by new technology and anything that moved fast including ...