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Carl Graham Fisher (January 12, 1874 – July 15, 1939) was an American entrepreneur in the automotive industry, highway construction and real estate development. Early life. Carl G. Fisher was born in Greensburg on January 12, 1874. [1] .
Carl G. Fisher was a visionary entrepreneur who built the Lincoln Highway, Dixie Highway, Miami Beach and the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. He also invented acetylene headlights and promoted cars with stunts and races.
CARL G. FISHER was the driving force behind the creation of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway as a testing facility for the automobile industry. He served as the track’s president from 1909 until turning the duties over to his principal partner, James Allison, in 1923.
Despite suffering from acute astigmatism and dropping out of school at age 12, Carl G. Fisher went from one huge project to another, constantly finding success in unexpected places through a...
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Automotive entrepreneur. (Jan. 12, 1874-July 5, 1939). Carl Graham Fisher was born in Greensburg, Indiana. This flamboyant entrepreneur never let his poverty-stricken childhood nor his physical handicap (50 percent blindness) stand in his way.
Carl G. Fisher. Born in Greensburg, Fisher helped found the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, developed Miami Beach, and promoted construction of the Lincoln and Dixie Highways. Three-time Indy 500 winner Wilber Shaw also spent part of his childhood in Greensburg. Circa 1941.
Carl Graham Fisher is best known as the man who created the most iconic racetrack on Earth, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Earlier, the Greensburg, IN native helped popularize the automobile by competing against Barney Oldfield and others in a series of lucrative exhibitions on Midwest fair tracks beginning in 1902.
