Two Firestone Tires at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Hall of Fame Museum

ID: 1719 ~ Source: Image Courtesy of Indianapolis Motor Speedway Image Collection, from the IUPUI University Library ~ Creator: Indianapolis Motor Speedway Hall of Fame Museum ~ Date: 1961

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Two Firestone Tires at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Hall of Fame Museum

Two Firestone tires, the first tire (on the left) from 1929 and attached to the #12 race car, and the second tire from 1960 (on the right) are stood side by side for comparison at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Hall of Fame Museum.

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Indianapolis Motor Speedway

By Elena Rippel, Kaelynn Hayes, Indiana Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology

It took Ray Harroun 6 hours and 42 minutes to win the first Indianapolis 500 on May 30, 1911. Speeding past the checkered flag in his bright yellow Marmon “Wasp,” Harroun had driven the five hundred miles at an average speed of 74.6 mph. Today’s…