Chevrolet’s Crashed Marquette-Buick
Early leader Louis Chevrolet’s race ended on lap 16 in spectacular if inglorious fashion with his Marquette-Buick upside down near the front porch of a Hicksville home at Old Country Road. Chevrolet dominated the race in the early stages with his third lap the fastest of the race at 75 mph.
Rollin’s granddaughter Betty King had this medal. She said she gave it to the National Inventors Hall of Fame Museum…