On This Day The 8th of December In AutomotiveHistory
In 1908 the land was purchased that would be used to build the iconic Indianapolis Motor Speedway. It was said that the land was sold in four 80 acre parcels in the total amount of $72000.00. The land was purchased by an Indianapolis bussinessman named Carl G Fisher. He had been invisoining building the speedway since 1905! The speedway was orginally intended as a safer way to test vehicles…
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