1674-99 Carl Fisher Si ' 1' I. a (1 interest to the Hundreds of Motor.Car Owners of thi
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l'I''' Carl Fisher, peed ray $u' er and.Hoosier Sportsa� . O• I
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•. Tells low He 'Conceived the Idea of the, gigs Track Another ab
we - a toes I
• ,�\ I and manufactured the skates.width at'shin motor OTWfa
•. '.t A laugh AhdaW,u was respoial-i.Weed. ,A new "urgers was lepers- he used In contact¢"onJ bp Ya pad.'� dies leiLaawlli
•t ble for W tanatruelloa.of the In-i Live if *nether kootut war. to be Itchy cod prestige [.loss, •tlootv[Y 'fib,..L 0 .osw '
l4.r:bam loos of lie motor Aaerfea.naden w Koh;bald there,rod Fisher ODd his as- rlctorlee, he•Dowsed 1Ja yaks ,l¢
D auehtea stultall$ aa.eesed them- products, fi'itb tyre ¢amts[of lyes T 11a. 'Chi
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rope will meet to decide the ODes-'selves it/19,00u o defre the es- i� e?vadaE VD"
Q" tluA of lD to raativaal Y Dlcycle. he swnoMb his adetFlsea ap sap
►Deed..•Daws•:pens" of nro0aructieg the track from skates to We two.wbed.d•w-
`�. '- II acy. A shrug of contempt made Carl hlele. Agalo be.wade the sport sad l ����"
• C. Flatter of ludianepalu, the purl with'rttri(ted best k and cement.••, aw"
!gang ��
. •, 01 the Rogan emperors whose cit-i I Oil t Treat'W •Osowat Blood. buelneee attialtlu. ridtog in "sees'�sa[.'w.N.•bpsiea
i, cue mexicana of.2,000 years sea When the 3,15 0.000• bricks bud the make of hlryclsa for e.hleh ha 0 ocals_
'would be lost if placed wathio -the'hewn laid,It was hovered Allot the acted as agent. I
lholoaail D:yi Whore lion•)Hors of the;trent,was bo ugh to perr.:lt the ••1 never was a champion,"A.de- Jlt/of'Wt i,MT
`1Th twentieth¢calory drive to Lisle with higbapeed word. PolbaMUC wee
'•. �• dere". "•IWoueh Fee bean the -.7.k>ibtieuw at•Ga3p
•Steeds of aloe'. .uuteeear to a lntlnate the out-s: .. r I duet of the'� of the- •"--- Pam�IN rYt y a
o,,l The laugh of derision came from'cropping of rem at, resoitlag from!fold, l:erl Cooper, Fled Title and go�e fpleagtla sone ,a
'1 1 . r:Trench throats. ,French shoulders,brushing, that est tine to Meow I Arthur Zimmerman. 7 wag only eel Rrom 41a1� Las wed
.•-supplied the throe of contempt.cloth after four Arent of the oval.
•(,l laugh and shrug were lu.tlt.d, hut,' co rater, but I ttatle auti.dnewer a- 'trawKlag dry' IdsasaR7
at the hope Liens, Least talllog. It •I Ther b'.de For tblc wort were 11,0 some and designed.msec-.. die 7...cite."ilio.!
i+• }•wee al Clar111011 ernpd, Fnare, .ul.'n'ee, Ly .m Mors nes eleclrk ed and cold the wheel that I woes.- saves sod see en trot
,at -that }litter', Ire wet •roused and.Pnneh•" cod "c rifle",
Mbar Aa- Imf.ore.rb IfelMoe Year'lrooyew, ra=stie.
.'`' Ma potrktie Oral. July 8. IYOL„clded slut the Penne was almost Fisher became cm eoch _ -'I
4 •wy the d•T on which title ew
4nci pruldbtlive. He therefore devise, rrenvert of then geso)Inektriven •se- 1w.a [AO, s�1
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'(u1voeler became o0awed with •'.o plan for nolle ng tore r
e tek that Mete in 1898. velem lx purchased hal a. Wens art an31
1✓'- tgr.ol and praiseworthy ambition,en root onlr 1100. Hitching h.aq at a rest of $ibO the a.tand motor er of'the Os -4own4
', ' ' ambition to make Amerkan motor r:emetic blocks I a flotilla of teal tricycle that 'the i)nDlon tactorise Les Moiumnamare6 teas
oars'meclaolsma to he respected and ,:ire, ha dresand •them neer the Imported Into thio 0o0otry, it had "reek u pertat0-d-r yl
elI; Ieoral In vomontlllon le"t"s" of ret "noel, oval for t vee weeks. At • 1 1.3 horsepower origins and wire tittle 911dase aoddh e
.s,,.: that,•unrvllable mechanical stall.:the end of that me the track was wheels, The •wen
t4( •that were tbel•Ibe butt of all Ku•' 1:be' open np1nd this Per be 1L' woo
1; rope's,ridicule. emvoth se pleat. eachexpoand at 7}je SO's p'-k .t4 CIV . *be cies woo
• `a' Another meet be held In the each lace. Flrba! hledf.• oo'tu•dut.�be the oDgs,* ports
II „ism,In tDe•Gortiou YonwetL ;summer of 1910 end then.Fisher makeup. Lubicati,i4 less mate em.-11210.01 lobe.SWIM ley
I. •• ylabar.Lot to the pits while the cooaetvad the idea of en Intens- route by the reonst-dries" owe boil wail be widead em
:) ninth rnco for the (lordop tienoett Hostel 290•O13n race to be run an- carried • email ore et Qat. wad Vans wla snake see I
it con was Delos run. As a relief Orly-
0100:10171.. 1Fbtt'bon/eats of 1909 end a paddle,with which to all the pogo,'lora in a arae ed his A
�1': '• er for,Dert Dtneley and Herbert Ly'- Cm.. over shorter die- as pert of the rectos e a egetee be
N-.l: Ile, hn bad croaaed the Atlantic to,
o Ipmwt• UM"Ito WI
,y have his pride 'humbled end hy;levees add iM,wlRhed 1,0 promote • 1':aher'e brother also bought a ]osis ,
Dopes shoran.," whop one Pope-To-•contest that would put tits oars to motorcycle and the two, trsorded'. -
ledu was elfmInoted early In thea more rigorous teat, ignoring the during the summer throughout Lb. `Them pre pad recrNa
.'.tl -coflaat and the other dnlabed last,I•4•11•'that wares no.not to put all went end south, giving e.�Wlwn'Flee car lo of Yo.ta12,
f''ii A. tv besr toe Jeer. of• lubicot'our e.g.in nue basket. Flitter pro- races at county fairs. At •contest the gift of aotltJ.o
4 t French lirggg As the Ametican canI pored one race a year for the largest held at Oegoa.l, ted., the crowd ourows7 and eeeb•rd,dl
1w_J;.i,,, Moped ►round lbs course. Fisher'. purse ever offered for a motor car alarmed out-m.tie coupe and al- base Planted•await'.0
• p ''� bhurt was,•In tho0ti_earn.; ,He bad l contest.end promptly put into ee- most
�.n worked 00 them,tested Woo,"rhea' to ped �s race, In no at- WK ed;td.a'2latlmal�
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Ir.,. t t'i ,;cellon suck•oleo..Doan that has tempt to clear a way thrwgh the t+toaw7.,,taa0 L�t1�t�.!a�
.lb"' lyre'•We¢ace hn was tone met with popul•rl favor, as the box astounded spectators, Flatter ran to- tbooaaad'apple,.
^•.,adept that'they would be •'seriousweaast.'p
d,",_, contendere. Teo minutu after the 0"'re ill ooe for the past three to leo empty roll oil barrels,wreck- Kerry trona',.Tbep ik
p_ 'K.i,Inelert,.he knew that. tAil 001 hope-)years will show: Int hie m•cllov and upsetting two trtbuted •.OAudrs-la'tl
m a'.."-'los jlebnder* A"the,seen of*air ooe race • Pala of rural lovers who had nought osttatlwl n AttdrAln.,•Liz
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;;.,,,,.'Compared with the Richard-Hnte-1 year,the nesedway.4•moat unique a place of vantage on•top of the title,.2401111)14 s."l%(ail tjig
i, . en and de Dietriebs of manes, •lbs l bustnesa prI4In'101, The tour I harreln. mod soomo.14;t el t. O
4iput."ot dials'and abs liar••"« �of I at"olthoidan In...the Corporation After the accident the victim" ebte le the tiRlabt..4}
i •:h G.rmany,the America dateedere I,realise on their wrmoua threat- Invited Fisher and hie brother to 'e°�rein7 to ad4itllta;V
•t+t} . 11M-bary,.gtataa.et &lowneed moot but one day out of 306. The take dinner with them. Although Taco,,W McAdidlealw
4...i/44:•' •'Jodtleieney....O. the torn.- wouset/OoeIM*tor g.:.Poon. he" one of the sir% auttered:O broke* syl.GLbofy,, e
Iltb wage prep than 400 aro the.eeseeped $200000 hot•the first arm and the others ,appeared k'rr ps Y i' "'i�
.' laaeiaova,1011040400aw-•4ud in the dividend has yet to he ""dared. '}yqd,
r..emwntalns,'*ASN snow wa banked LIt h entreated that at.the present seethed In a edaou,.they did nor '`9l 101:'La
i y • eithereldaof Ila.0ed.*LIerudar1lme Fisher, Allison, Wheeler and sec !or osmates out over shed their COWS*
t guest for running them, is biakRF
Wan"tuned In luanuea p•
s• T'D.Iaopo-Twlease ooeer had NwDY bare $000,000 Had 'lap len those days haute"" and fractures b.West'the:.pa.atab
'wprAOd out os aataea,tats test- Wle project, a gam cos to►'Indadessustained In•!collisionwith•mot. ,.."In eld'fatio,g '2011¢
. t. ihe.Initial tont dt sem n, lase end driven veble2e wer0. �•th••1'lta0o ?
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10[Darin[Deo0,wa0 rod aoltV.ls and,:sOd u ILK 14
kne-m1L KralghtwaT serer the tae. the •gDenae or tAs many(mprors marks of ltetl¢o31oa Ind,:sassed ad�4rOl:3�dMna`
M: �ry%talar"the drivers practiced ee- wnta•that bawl beau made'wttbfo much envy among theta lies for'- next'm•tapaailee-ll(.0
!t .1- 'troth*to eotwtt aatag0ol.tle •pollee tate let four Yeats. Innate 'or 'wit ortusata..wklehevsr ways.;7ie.b vow';lt•7
Jr. ocic4tt•. Td¢gty Lao Lytle had no The motive that promoted' the __wank
ttkeeaaa
•.�'. .I way you leek at it: tTtlear►
er�. -. trey to ftigulato the Loch mixture fig- building ct the�speedway was the l0 1101, lryahar ID•de h4 debut gra.a.'�'t'MOIm`-Mti1
5r k: .,.toot-to.top,tabs the hoods et elf mode of tbti[entlematr sportram4. ei a motor car speed kin '•t a t'eed0•(a that;•ewatksgk
Fi d+' wacbines hod mob carburetor ad- /vkhou[h o astute business •yon. county lair at'Denali,'Texas.; Ile Ay<a-COrpsr'slIP..%'1.0
,$,.., .1-e•tmeata"AAreet: Tb.""44)__,dale 11--arl"Teller did.sot coaatruot the
' on.oa lb.other-band.bad 7 to wa or-promote"(be•600mile wa m•toDed'W,�wst .,.1„.c,m,•vas ,tq t¢spioey .
4 M ture'S 0.14h nd.,(he duh,le [et Tesco 7 vin[-all, to ban as a twee:vtt-a oallatlahelts. -
�pylr a to reel's* direeUT aw:ih4 tri- Dang•laiia ns u eighth Ot"s 'goaQ[eealts.
"a 77 .o.;eu6drwtiea wasonly owl or •e.tmesL. Idle.subs.°Meet is sash .mien escli..'1rLbtir'e.'.saaaataet was p0,0Tdt7„10'.ntpe:b'
-. 'Po(ac Its fa the pope-Tplodoe that of these 'nndertakta[a-wen to eh- the.first riming that.Alexander tteadestt'%t5,wnw,
ct `KTWer noted M he watched the pill• courage the mama* of mon
Winton'turned out, 'It on.11[Dlt talus j1_L,.10'
4 ted;-, j µto Oapll of Lytle end Dingley to reliable motor ears,to roach lessons thaii."the stock model end.Dtd a g •bt..r ' • . ..
t, .[Ira limey,seesayn,togs,acid Orale,In the rates W which'builder&have aria•Jbagar atroka-end 1.3-sue top x'p�OM ltosf#
rp'*,Irl i. aorWing toot,'motAT.yews- premed'in ih..,-,I.dwlgn.,*ad•.con• tar bore,aIta Deet time waaaisitc dab H � �troosu l`
. fit, :,,.• ,uiad a ab01)tOg.. •N►q lbs stead' atruetlon.of tearing ean• to make is.1'.ilas.A'-43,..„.. and as a.R+.IWrter.�..r4S,seemeo
• r�� r J4kuled the Amertnba be eleaehed Me•gasoline-prowlled weblr)e more freak,-II''was •. /dna 10T:1TatSlrf;•1O,0
'z„x half,lists Apd gritted Ma Wath, .dependable and concomitantly more iro•ts, ,drastic¢ as/trivia'..9bl��
d "T)sy;wantedmoaey..ohew tber pope4r. The speedway- and the Orin d'•'eid. • wo•man od]ha two- t Wb.Jbu . ,
.,..lM►t=aga'over ham"' •he'.,tlwueht. p00-tulle root were-war the,agate Aerded ler iso lni•�n1d•aa!mum >14
`:K • Lmthttev)dan't owed drives.'I Mbit �'t at:I: of lbs twee.%Yt IM, 000toss .d 3 goo i.
L^ r piuoIM W.forA im ib m.the 1sr and found=tit•title"¢wad ho woe g :+ce 00W0( lyl+.
rees1.11ts,eaN,ted,plaes•.b pro•: prgtLaWa tor;Mmi vt¢ee the fear*- b be,bed to]hllsls sad ate wu:7otf�,Agtocwtp-,pealaal
"115- .41 9s be es.0i A Mee,Og,t u d.'f- ed...deli and for motor'ears'bee r.- ad toae'.'t' `a0''..••..u sebetitata;the�10O•r!'°f�ag, •- •*
's 0eb.lW''t.NlpeW'ea/',1(, Salida tla'an:Increased'demand,tor, wogt,'t504'of Last:oh alsltet led•mtMsierita,
v,f• . ralpddlta uiiOtwpAo Ofles""i the ILeee"aorlee which:hal IDann ho!:.witb'p•rdtflnejt'took atm" $0,wheal sl"a"y..;11il ld•.
tltOrtotsrootioa•tthwitlef"alar tolen,s U[btisg and startuu uyetemr: n tn.Les to gpe bis ci nedy"te'platt:' '•rend'1aw... 'Is.•
r',eewsaly$Irwb0r.»t resd.tot"tedtad•Wabane r aoodaiM In,WO.Owed way a he dun td bac the head,lett the der. r: ,,;;y
Mara profiled.Ia Lha arms Ihdlrtict
4 ImmddlatelT fMmeldled i erltnder;.wttk`a•-tuseL cab ta'wapet . 3,
. l 1 D1ll�414 ,Mftrrek;an'plarti is ae Mees-rf tow.ay the 1¢,die.thtt?`1otawy t ueL.0,+'TOkt 4thst ' [ AllR "!'
,�; Js�a)neno�footl�e<sre, 41 ,4.ma p bet;S?r.eb00 Lit.;• ftm"}1•ihmirliae,ha ddrsllASI gra.F1 b ' }if;
:.4. otild a and,afk 1,xew,by tiraluhtt'tb 41. tOoliaoa.#Rbe,lalttu'fold the I A•
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