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Purchase of the speedway -- The Hulmans come to America -- Hulman & Company early years -- Hulman & Company middle years -- Clabber girl -- Tony's early adventures -- Racing resumes -- The Vukovich era -- The crisis in auto racing -- USAC's first years -- The golden jubilee race -- Breaking the 150 mile-per-hour barrier -- Tough times at the speedway -- IMS Museum -- F.W. Cook Brewing -- Coca-Cola bottler -- Hulman, Orville Redenbacher and popcorn -- Diversification -- Giving to education -- Giving back -- Dreams of riding the rails -- Controversy -- The end. |
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Almost unknown when in 1945 he purchased the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and its famous race, the Indianapolis 500, Tony Hulman soon became a household name in auto racing circles. He is credited with not only saving the Indianapolis Motor Speedway--shuttered during World War II--from becoming a residential housing development but also with re-invigorating auto racing in the United States. Until his purchase of the Speedway, Hulman had not been involved in auto racing; he was the CEO of Hulman & Company, a wholesale grocer. An astute businessman, Hulman made Clabber Girl Baking Powder a nation. |
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Requires Boundless App. |
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Hulman, Tony.
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Hulman, Tony. |
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Indianapolis Motor Speedway (Speedway, Ind.) -- Biography.
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Indianapolis Motor Speedway (Speedway, Ind.) |
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Electronic books. |
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Biography.
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Boundless (Digital media service)
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| ISBN |
9781476614939 : $35.00 |
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1476614938 : $35.00 |
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