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McFarlan 6 wrecked - Indianapolis (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

• S Jones said:

  Wikipedia's caption on the photo says this:

  This is a photo of driver Mel Marquette's wrecked McFarlan racing car at the 1912 Indianapolis 500. Marquette finished 19th in the race, two places ahead of Eddie Rickenbacker, who was put out of the race with a broken intake valve.

  Reference: Wikipedia: McFarlan Automobile

Wagner Flagging Joe Dawson -- Indianapolis (LOC)

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• Nathan Adams said:

  en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1912_Indianapolis_500

• Brian Hayes said:

  Current picture of car can be found here : www.flickr.com/photos/27490026@N05/5779046481/in/set-7215... It was driven around the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on a parade lap by Bobby Unser prior to the 2011 Indianapolis 500.

Stutz wrecked - Indianapolis (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

• S Jones said:

  Wikipedia says that Gil Anderson ranked 16th (but did not finish) in the 1912 Indianapolis 500 when his Stutz race car (pictured above) crashed on turn three. Reference: Wikipedia: 1912 Indianapolis 500

• Cheap Interest said:

  I looked at that Wikipedia article, and it said that the fastest car went 88 mph. Can you imagine going 88 in one of these cars?