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What started with the first race being won by Ray Harroun in 1911 has turned into the largest single-day sporting event in the world.

Zach Veach: Crowning a Champion in Indianapolis (Again) Zach Veach 2012

What started with the first race being won by Ray Harroun in 1911 has turned into the largest single-day sporting event in the world.

Zach Veach: Crowning a Champion in Indianapolis (Again) Zach Veach 2012

Dierks and Harroun both completed graduate degrees at Denver's Iliff School of Theology, but their calling was to the priesthood, not to academia.

Claire Walter: America's Second and Third Female Catholic Priests Ordained 2009

Dierks, 66, married, mother of four and grandmother of five, and Harroun, 43, divorced and mother of three represent new faces in a very traditional religion.

Claire Walter: America's Second and Third Female Catholic Priests Ordained 2009

Dierks, 66, married, mother of four and grandmother of five, and Harroun, 43, divorced and mother of three represent new faces in a very traditional religion.

Claire Walter: America's Second and Third Female Catholic Priests Ordained 2009

Dierks, 66, married, mother of four and grandmother of five, and Harroun, 43, divorced and mother of three represent new faces in a very traditional religion.

Claire Walter: America's Second and Third Female Catholic Priests Ordained 2009

I can't imagine how Ray Harroun held on to that thing for 500 miles.

Boston.com Top Stories 2011

Ray Harroun during his victory in the inaugural Indy 500 in 1911.

NYT > Home Page By DAVE CALDWELL 2011

Ray Harroun during his victory in the inaugural Indy 500 in 1911.

NYT > Home Page By DAVE CALDWELL 2011

The first race was won by Ray Harroun at an average speed of 74.602 mph.

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