Evening Republican, Volume 59, Number 71, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 March 1917 — Indianapolis Speedway Races Called Off—War the Cause. [ARTICLE]

Indianapolis Speedway Races Called Off—War the Cause.

The annual 500-mile speedway race at Indianapolis, which has been the blue ribbon event of the automobile racing game in America every year, has been called off by Secretary James A. Allison. The cause is the present threatening war conditions. Carl G. Fisher, in the event of the declaration of war with Germany, will turn the infield over to the government to be used as an aviation field to beginners.