The starting line-up at the first ever Indianapolis 500 motor race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana, 1911. Front row, left to...
Ralph DePalma, famous racing driver, signals for a left turn together with engineer Wright in the steam powered automobile "Violet," the first...
Ralph DePalma points to his 1919 speed mark on the chart denoting Measured Mile records on the World's Most Famous Beach.
Informal portrait of automobile driver Ralph DePalma and automobile mechanic Charles Bury sitting in a Simplex automobile parked outdoors in Elgin,...
Perhaps Bill France, Sr.'s greatest legacy is the Daytona International Speedway. The $5.00 Reserved Seat ticket bought a seat in the Ralph DePalma...
Gil Andersen aboard the Stutz Motor Company Stutz Bearcat racer holding the inside line alongside Teddy Tetzlaff driving the FIAT followed by Len...
Built in 1891, preserved, unnoticed and forgotten since the World's Fair in 1892. The product of Monsieur Phelein, who christened it "Violet," the...
Old Timers gather to honor Jim Jeffries. Front row, left to right: Tommy Ryan, Ad Wolgast, Jeffries, Billy Papke, Al McCoy. Rear, left to right: Joe...
Ralph De Palma, holder of all long distance automobile records winning the 500 mile Indianapolis race.
Ralph DePalma's Ballot 3L. Just ahead, Louis Wagner's Ballot 3L is pushed away during the French GP at Circuit de la Sarthe on July 26, 1921 in...
Ralph DePalma, Ballot 3L during the French GP at Circuit de la Sarthe on July 26, 1921 in Circuit de la Sarthe, France.
Photo of Italian-American racecar driver Ralph DePalma taken on his 70th birthday. Although best known for winning the 1915 Indianapolis 500 Indy Car...
February 27, 1921: The field readies for the start of heat race No. 1 during the AAA Indy Car race meet at Los Angeles Motor Speedway. Four heat...
April 1920: The Duesenberg that Tommy Milton used to set a new world land speed record on Daytona Beach. The car featured two eight-cylinder...
April 1920: While recovering from a crash at the Uniontown, PA, board track in 1919, Tommy Milton built this radical 16-cylinder Duesenberg to make...
Ralph De Palma was an Italian-American race driving champion. He won the 1915 Indianapolis 500 AAA Indy Car race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway....
April 1920: Veteran racing driver Tommy Milton brought a twin-engine “Double Duesey,” Duesenberg to Daytona Beach in an attempt to break the world...
Rare shot of early racing greats Pete DePaolo and his uncle Ralph DePalma in a racecar together after World War I.
August 17, 1918: Ralph DePalma had a great day at the two-mile Sheepshead Bay board track driving this Packard to a sweep of all three International...
August 1914: Driving this Mercedes in AAA competition, Ralph DePalma won both the Chicago Auto Club Trophy Race on August 21, and the Elgin National...
Indy Car driver Ralph DePalma with AAA race promoter Ralph A. Hankinson before a race at the Reading Fairgrounds.
February 26, 1914. Ralph DePalma passes a crippled racecar on his way to victory in the Vanderbilt Cup AAA Indy Car race held on the Santa Monica...
March 1909: A young Ralph DePalma was tapped to drive this Fiat Cyclone in a pair of events staged on Daytona Beach, marking his first appearance on...
Race car driver Ralph DePalma and his riding mechanic, Rupert Jeffkins, pushing their car towards the finish line at the 1912 Indianapolis 500...
October 25, 1953: It was a star-studded victory lane following the AAA Indy Car race at the California State Fairgrounds. J. C. Agajanian, race...
Vintage postcard featuring Italian race car driver Ralph DePalma , winner of the Indianapolis 500, in his Mercedes 4.5 litre GP on 31st May 1915. To...
Italian-born American race car driver Ralph DePalma poses in his, number ten, on the track at Speedway Park, Chicago, Illinois, 1916.
Italian-born American race car driver Ralph DePalma race past a grandstand on a track, Elgin, Illinois, 1912.