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Here’s video from the first-ever Indianapolis 500 (1911), which Ray Harroun won driving a “Marmon Wasp”

Posted on May 25, 2014 by Ted Bauer

Here are the basic details. (Here’s a bit more.) Harroun won in 6 hours and 42 minutes. Tony Kanaan won the 2013 Indy 500 in 2 hours and 40 minutes. The Marmon auto brand still does survive, albeit not at the… Continue Reading →

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