The Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum is one of Tony Hulman’s lasting legacies. After buying IMS, he began thinking about a museum focused on racing cars and accessories. At the 1947 One Hundred Mile an Hour Dinner honoring those drivers who had driven an Indianapolis 500 with an average speed of ...
Wilbur Shaw
Lucy O’Reilly Schell
In 2021, the Indianapolis 500 had a female team including the owner, Beth Paretta and driver, Simona de Silvestro as well as the majority of the crew. But Beth Paretta was not the first woman to own a team which participated in the Indianapolis 500. That honor probably belongs to ...
The IMS Radio Network
Over the 1951-1952 winter, Tony Hulman and IMS president Wilbur Shaw put together the IMS Radio Network to broadcast the Indianapolis 500. This was not a new idea but rather it was born of necessity.
The first coverage of the Indianapolis 500 was in 1922 when two small Indianapolis radio ...
The Duesenberg Days
When Tony Hulman purchased a company, his normal style was to keep the existing management in place if they were competent and wanted to stay. Unfortunately, when he purchased the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, the track had been shuttered during World War II and had a thin staff before the conflict. ...