Wilbur Shaw was born in Shelbyville on October 31, 1902, and reared here. A fierce, cocky little guy in his early days, he set out deliberately to polish himself and he did it with the thoroughness he used grooming a race car. It was also presented to the Indianapolis 500 winner in 1913, Jules Goux, and then awarded to the leader of the race at 200 miles in 1914-15 and 1927-40. We have set your language to Cynics said auto racing was an anachronism in a day of supersonic air speeds. However, all indicated that should they buy the IMS they would turn it into a private testing facility for their own cars only. A system error has occurred. Your new password must contain one or more uppercase and lowercase letters, and one or more numbers or special characters. Used with permission.