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By alley - Aug 19, 2015, 4:23 PM ET

The 100th Indianapolis 500 is still nine months away, but today is the 106th anniversary of the first automobile race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.IMS had already held a balloon race and a race for motorcycles, but on Aug. 19, 1909, cars took to the 2.5-mile oval for the first...

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