At 8:55 a.m. on Nov. 28, 1895, six "motocycles" left Chicago's Jackson Park for a 54-mile race to Evanston, Ill., and back through the snow. Number 5, piloted by inventor J. Frank Duryea, won the race in just over 10 hours at an average speed of about 7.3 miles per hour. He took home winnings of $2,000. One could say that these early races begat automobile evolution. The Stanley twins built a steam-powered vehicle in 1897, and it achieved fame when brother F. E. Stanley did a mile in 2:11 on a dirt track with a 30-degree incline. When the Stanley's brought their 150 horsepower "T. E. (Thoroughly Educated) Wogglebug" to the 1906 winter races at Ormond Beach, Fla., driver Fred Marriott clocked 127.66 mph, becoming the first to move faster than two miles per minute. In 1911 the Indianapolis 500 was born. This famous race fostered the development of innovations such as the rear view mirror. Searching for the terms "automobile," "car" and "automobile racing" in American Memory will result in a wide variety of images relating to the sport and industry, including the presentations "Touring Tour-of-the-Century America" and "History of the American West.