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INDIANAPOLIS, IN - 1909: Workers lay bricks at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway preparing the facility to host the first Indianapolis 500 two years later. A motorcycle event was conducted in 1909, however, and was won by Cannonball Baker on an Indian. Baker later became NASCARÕs first commissioner. (Photo by ISC Images & Archives via Getty Images)

INDIANAPOLIS, IN - 1909:  Workers lay bricks at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway preparing the facility to host the first Indianapolis 500 two years later. A motorcycle event was conducted in 1909, however, and was won by Cannonball Baker on an Indian. Baker later became NASCARÕs first commissioner. (Photo by ISC Images & Archives via Getty Images)