=+was being presented with the winner’s trophy, and Mulford’s protests were ignored. Harroun averaged 74.6 mph for the 500 miles. Here are the data for the first few and six recent Indianapolis 500 races.

Year Winner Car Time

(hrs)

Speed

(mph) Car #

1911 Ray Harroun Marmon Model 32 6.7022 74.602 32 1912 Joe Dawson National 6.3517 78.719 8 1913 Jules Goux Peugeot 6.5848 75.933 16

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