Ray Wade Harroun (January 12, 1879 – January 19, 1968) was an American racing driver and pioneering race car constructor. He is most famous for winning...
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named after its founder, Ray Harroun. The Harroun Motors Corporation raised $10,000,000 in stock to begin a car company. Harroun bought the buildings and...
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Indianapolis 500, which is the most prestigious automobile race in the world. Ray Harroun, an engineer with the Marmon Motor Car Company, came out of retirement...
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impractical for everyday use. American racecar driver and constructor Ray Harroun was an early pioneer of the concept of a lightweight single-seater, open-wheel...
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typically shares a date. The inaugural race was held in 1911 and was won by Ray Harroun. The event celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2011, and the 100th running...
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Harroun is a surname. Notable people with the name include: Eric Harroun (1982–2014), American Jihadist in the Syrian Civil War Ray Harroun (1879–1968)...
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Area School District. Schools include Corry Area Middle & High School. Ray Harroun, winner of the inaugural Indianapolis 500 in 1911. Rebekah Byler, Amish...
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Football League player Ray Harroun (1879–1968), American racecar driver Ray Isaac (American football), American football player Ray Illingworth (1932–2021)...
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any other nationality. The winner of the first race was American racer Ray Harroun in 1911, and the most recent winner is American racer Josef Newgarden...
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cylinder Marmon "Wasp", a car driven to victory by the company designer, Ray Harroun in the inaugural Indianapolis 500 race in 1911. Howard's father Daniel...
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Model 32 of 1909 spawned the Wasp. The Wasp, driven by Marmon engineer Ray Harroun (a former racer who came out of retirement for just one race), was the...
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towns) reached Wayne and ran until 1929. Ray Harroun, winner of the first Indianapolis 500, built the Harroun motor car in Wayne from 1916 to 1921. The...
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car. As of 2012, the medical director's car is owned by a relative of Ray Harroun, the winner of the first Indianapolis 500 in 1911. 1969 Oldsmobile Vista...
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(1873–1951) chemist, notable for his contributions to nuclear chemistry Ray Harroun (1879–1968), race car driver; first Indianapolis 500 winner Thomas Hazzard...
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was an American racing driver. He is best known for driving relief for Ray Harroun, during the latter's victory in the inaugural Indianapolis 500. Patschke...
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without a helmet. The likeness were placed beginning with 1911 winner Ray Harroun situated in the middle of the front side. Subsequent faces were added...
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automotive rear-view mirror in the early 1900s. Although racing enthusiast Ray Harroun experimented with one as early as 1911 while driving in the Indianapolis...
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Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire 1911 – First Indianapolis 500 is staged; Ray Harroun is the first winner 1912 – RMS Titanic sank 1912 – New Mexico and Arizona...
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Marie Dressler, actress and silent film star Tennyson Guyer, Congressman Ray Harroun, race car developer and driver, and first Indianapolis 500 winner Cliff...
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1911 to 1922, and again from 1930 to 1937. In the first 500, driver Ray Harroun notably drove solo, the only car in the field without a riding mechanic...
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dedicated on May 15, 1902, would later become the city's unofficial symbol. Ray Harroun won the inaugural running of the Indianapolis 500, held May 30, 1911...
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automobile journal Motor Age, was Ray Harroun. Points were not awarded by the AAA Contest Board during the 1910 season. Harroun was named the champion by Chris...
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1908 — — Lewis Strang 1909 — Bert Dingley George Robertson 1910 — Ray Harroun Ray Harroun 1911 — Ralph Mulford Ralph Mulford 1912 — Ralph DePalma Ralph DePalma...
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Township Marvin Harrison, professional football player—Philadelphia Ray Harroun, winner of the first Indianapolis 500—Titusville Leon Hart, professional...
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on a racing vehicle appeared on Ray Harroun's Marmon race car at the inaugural Indianapolis 500 race in 1911. Harroun himself claimed he got the idea...
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Newman John Surtees Zora Arkus-Duntov Henry Banks Dick Burleson Art Chester Ray Evernham Fonty Flock Darrell Gwynn Ab Jenkins Stephen Olvey and Terry Trammell...
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(800 km) race on Memorial Day, May 30, 1911. Forty cars competed with Ray Harroun winning at an average speed of 74.602 miles per hour (120.060 km/h)....
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intersection of 16th Street and Georgetown Road. Exhibits included Ray Harroun's 1911 Indianapolis 500-winning car and a handful of other vehicles. Karl...
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marathon distance of 500 miles, and a substantial purse, 40 cars qualify. Ray Harroun, an engineer for the Marmon Co. receives the checkered flag at an average...
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1886) 1965 – Arnold Luhaäär, Estonian weightlifter (b. 1905) 1968 – Ray Harroun, American race car driver and engineer (b. 1879) 1972 – Michael Rabin...
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