1916 Baby Inter-State. Photos by Walt Kuhn, LAT Photo USA, courtesy of IMS Museum.
The great Hoosier state of Indiana was admitted to the Union on December 16, 1816, and thus marks its bicentennial beginning next month. The Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum is doing its part by presenting a special exhibition beginning next week on Indiana-built passenger automobiles, more than 35 of them, recalling that at one point, Indiana ranked second only to Michigan in terms of automobile production.
1904 Premier Touring.
Some of the names going on display will be familiar to members of the Hemmings Nation: Duesenberg, Stutz, Studebaker and Marmon, the latter of which won the inaugural Indianapolis 500. We’re talking instead about the more obscure makes, at least to non-Hoosiers: One is the 1905 Premier that was personally owned by speedway co-founder Carl G. Fisher, a brand produced in Indianapolis between 1903 and 1926. Another is a sporting variant on the Inter-State, built for a decade that ended in 1919 in the city of Muncie. Another example on display will be a 1911 Cole, a well-remembered make that had a good racing history and was marketed from 1909 through 1925 as an “assembled” car using only industry-leading components.
1911 Cole.
Of course, another car on display will be the legendary Marmon Wasp that carried Ray Harroun to victory in the first 500, which ran in 1911. The special exhibition, titled Indiana Automobiles: Precision over Production, opens Thursday, December 6 and runs through March 26, 2017. For more information, visit IndianapolisMotorSpeedway.com.
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