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this was the caption under the photos.

Indiana State Fairgrounds, 1917


"DePalma's ride when he showed up for the race at the mile in Indianapolis was his famous "White Packard" Twin Six, a massive, beastly thing with 12 rapping, belching cylinders. The negatives, by the way, were in an envelope cadged long ago from the Hotel Havlin at Vine Street and Opera Place in Cincinnati."

the photos were taken from Hemmings website. credit goes to them.

Hank

http://blog.hemmings.com/index.php/2011/07/19/indiana-state-fairgrounds-1917/

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here is a wiki on him with some shots of the car.

i never knew about this guy or the car. sorry if this has been discussed here before.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_DePalma

Hank

For us "older" guys, it's really hard to believe that someone hadn't heard of Ralph DePalma.

Twin Six racer at Pebble; whether this is a replica or a restoration, the same or a similar era racer, I don't know. But the physical similarities are obvious.

Anyone recognize any of the folks in the background?

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