The Last Lap: The Mysterious Demise of Pete Kreis at the Indianapolis 500

Death arrived early at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Two years before the track hosted its first 500-mile event, five drivers and spectators were killed during inaugural races. Death has lingered around the oval ever since. Over the past century, fatalities have mounted and a total of seventy-three drivers, mechanics, and spectators have perished on the two-and-a-half-mile circuit.

The Last Lap chronicles one of the greatest Indy mysteries, the deaths of driver Pete Kreis and riding mecha...