000433611 000__ 02270cam\a2200325\a\4500 000433611 001__ 433611 000433611 005__ 20210513151708.0 000433611 008__ 101223s2011\\\\nyuaf\\\\b\\\\001\0\eng\\ 000433611 010__ $$a 2010051942 000433611 020__ $$a9781439149041 000433611 020__ $$a1439149046 000433611 035__ $$a(OCoLC)ocn646113134 000433611 035__ $$a433611 000433611 040__ $$aDLC$$beng$$cDLC$$dIG#$$dBTCTA$$dYDXCP$$dBKL$$dIFK$$dBUR$$dORX$$dVP@$$dFN4$$dCDX 000433611 042__ $$apcc 000433611 043__ $$an-us-in$$an-us--- 000433611 049__ $$aISEA 000433611 05000 $$aGV1033.5.I55$$bL44 2011 000433611 08200 $$a796.7206/877252$$222 000433611 1001_ $$aLeerhsen, Charles. 000433611 24510 $$aBlood and smoke :$$ba true tale of mystery, mayhem, and the birth of the Indy 500 /$$cCharles Leerhsen. 000433611 260__ $$aNew York :$$bSimon & Schuster,$$c2011. 000433611 300__ $$a273 p., [8] p. of plates :$$bill. ;$$c25 cm. 000433611 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 000433611 5050_ $$aPt. 1. A speedway is born -- pt. 2. Carl Graham Fisher and the invention of the Indianapolis 500 -- pt. 3. May 1911. 000433611 520__ $$aOne hundred years ago, 40 cars lined up for the first Indianapolis 500. We are still waiting to find out who won. The Indy 500 was created to showcase the controversial new sport of automobile racing, which was sweeping the country. Daring young men were driving automobiles at the astonishing speed of 75 miles per hour, testing themselves and their vehicles. With no seat belts, hard helmets or roll bars, the dangers were enormous. When the Indianapolis Motor Speedway opened in 1909, seven people were killed, some of them spectators. Oil-slicked surfaces, clouds of smoke, exploding tires, and flying grit all made driving extremely hazardous, especially with the open-cockpit, windshield-less vehicles. Bookmakers offered bets not only on who might win but who might survive. But this book is about more than a race--it is the story of America at the dawn of the automobile age, a country in love with speed, danger, and spectacle.--From publisher description. 000433611 61120 $$aIndianapolis Speedway Race. 000433611 650_0 $$aAutomobile racing$$zUnited States. 000433611 85200 $$bgen$$hGV1033.5.I55$$iL44$$i2011 000433611 85642 $$3Contributor biographical information$$uhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1107/2010051942-b.html 000433611 85642 $$3Publisher description$$uhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1107/2010051942-d.html 000433611 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:433611$$pGLOBAL_SET 000433611 980__ $$aBIB 000433611 980__ $$aBOOK