The Belond Exhaust Special has a special place in Indianapolis 500 history. It won the Indianapolis 500 twice but with different drivers. Sam Hanks drove to Victory Lane in 1957 and Jimmy Bryan in 1958.
George Salih, senior engineer and plant manager with Meyer & Drake Offenhauser, was the chief ...
Speedway co-founder Carl Fisher began the tradition of the pace car starting the Indianapolis 500 when he drove a Stoddard-Dayton to start the 1911 race. He drove the pace car to start the first five Indianapolis 500s (1911-1915). He owned a Stoddard-Dayton dealership and in 1911, 1913, and 1914 this ...
Janet Guthrie was the first woman to drive in both the Indianapolis 500 and the Daytona 500. The year was 1977.
Her vocation was as an engineer but her passion was automobile racing. She developed her driving skills participating in road races with the Sports Car Club of America. On ...