Author's Note |
- A personal note from Daniel. |
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Chapter 1 |
- The beginning of the motorized age, the bicycle precursors. |
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Chapter 2 |
- Boardtrack racing; the roots of the Indian Motorcycle Company. |
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Chapter 3 |
- The first superstar: Jake DeRosier. |
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Chapter 4 |
- Tragedy strikes. |
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Chapter 5 |
- Jack Prince; Excelsior's 100 mph Record. |
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Chapter 6 |
- Harley-Davidson enters competition. |
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Chapter 7 |
- Harley's competition genius: William Ottaway. |
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Chapter 8 |
- Indian and Excelsior struggle for dominance. |
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Chapter 9 |
- Harley's first big win: 1915 Venice (Calif.) Road Race. |
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Chapter 10 |
- Harley-Davidson wins Dodge City in 1915 |
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Chapter 11 |
- Harley, Indian, and Excelsior battle it out on the racetrack. |
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Chapter 12 |
- The Cyclone and Don Johns. |
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Chapter 13 |
- Rider strategy and the 1916 Dodge City Race. |
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Chapter 14 |
- Post-WW1 and Indian's Powerplus. |
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Chapter 15 |
- Ignaz Schwinn and Post War Racing. |
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Chapter 16 |
- Perry's fatal crash & Indian's Charles B. Franklin. |
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Chapter 17 |
- Albert "Shrimp" Burns; the Florida speed trials. |
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Chapter 18 |
- Introducing Jim Davis; the 1920 Marion road race. |
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Chapter 19 |
- The last "real" Dodge City Race; and Gene Walker. |
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Chapter 20 |
- "BRAVE LOVABLE BURNS, ADIEU!" |
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Chapter 21 |
- H-D out of pro racing; Excelsior and Maldwyn Jones. |
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Chapter 22 |
- Excelsior's Super-X; Joe Petrali. |
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Chapter 23 |
- Small displacement racing & the last of the board tracks. |
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Chapter 24 |
- The scramble for the top of the hill. |
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Chapter 25 |
- The end of an era.
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