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Ray Harroun stayed active the remainder of his life in the production and sales of after-market accessories. Harroun died on January 19, 1968 at Anderson, Indiana. He left a void in the industry that perhaps will never be filled. He pioneered a tradition, which is thriving today, and which no doubt will continue through the 21st century ...
Ray Wade Harroun (born January 12, 1879 in Spartansburg, Pennsylvania, United States – died January 19, 1968 in Anderson, Indiana, United States) was a driver who won the inaugural Indianapolis 500 in 1911, which was considered a Grand Prix. He drove a Marmon, his specific car being the Marmon Wasp. Harroun came out of retirement to take part in the race, and returned to retirement ...
21 de may. de 2021 · The Man. Ray Waid Harroun was born in 1879 in Spartansburg, a small Amish community in northwestern Pennsylvania. His father was a millworker, and his mother raised Ray and his three sisters on their small farm. Ray Harroun’s image on a 1911 commemorative postcard from the Indy Sweepstakes. Postcard courtesy AACA Library.
30 de may. de 2023 · Ray Harroun in his Marmon Wasp. With more than 80,000 fans looking on from the grandstands of Indianapolis Motor Speedway and a $25,000 prize purse up for grabs, the inaugural Indianapolis 500 got underway on this day in 1911. Some figures state as many as 100,000 actually watched trackside as 40 drivers zipped around the Brickyard.
23 de sept. de 2018 · Harroun was a lifelong figure in the auto industry on a number of levels, from designer to test driver to racer to aftermarket supplier. Today, both he and the car he drove--and designed--for his win in 1911, are two of the immortals of American motorsport. Harroun was born in 1879 in Spartansburg, Pennsylvania, not far from the northwestern ...
Ray Harroun, First Indianapolis 500 Victor, Dies; Inventor and Car Designer Drove 74 m.p.h. Marmon to Glory in 1911 Race. Share full article. Jan. 20, 1968.
12 de ene. de 2022 · Ray Harroun, the winner of the inaugural Indianapolis 500, was born on this day in 1879 in Spartansburg, Pennsylvania. By his early 20s, Harroun had already become a successful race car and endurance driver. One of his first major accomplishments came in 1903 when he, along with three other drivers taking shifts, set the first speed record for ...
