A 1911 photo of Hal Chase, with pitcher Russell Ford in the passenger seat, behind the wheel of a race car at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. The Indianapolis Times said Chase “has entered the ranks of the ‘speed kings.'”
While the New York Highlanders were playing a series of games before the 1911 opener Chase visited the speedway:
“The youthful manager of the Highlanders enjoyed the time annihilating sport and took the wheel…He reeled off a fast lap on the track, making the two and one-half miles in two minutes flat, or at the rate of 75 miles per hour,
“Chase said if he was not so busy trying to annex the American League Pennant, he certainly would be one of the starters in the 500-mile race at the Speedway on Memorial Day.”
In his only full season as a manager, Chase’s Highlanders finished in sixth place with a 76-76 record.
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Going around a track at 75 mph in a car like that must have been a hoot…
I was thinking thinking that as well.