The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indianapolis_Motor_Speedway" id="mwvA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Indianapolis Motor Speedway">Indianapolis Motor Speedway</a> opens for <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automobile_racing" id="mwvQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Automobile racing">automobile racing</a>. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Bourque" id="mwvg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="William Bourque">William Bourque</a> and his mechanic are killed during the first day's events.<sup about="#mwt52" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-8"}}' id="cite_ref-8" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./August_19#cite_note-8" id="mwvw" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 8;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwwA">[8]</span></a></sup>
<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-8"><cite about="#mwt49" class="citation book cs1" id="mwB6I"><a class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=sM0yAQAAMAAJ" id="mwB6M" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow"><i id="mwB6Q">Indianapolis Medical Journal</i></a>. 1922. p.<span id="mwB6U" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span>151.</cite><span about="#mwt49" class="Z3988" id="mwB6Y" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=book&amp;rft.btitle=Indianapolis+Medical+Journal&amp;rft.pages=151&amp;rft.date=1922&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DsM0yAQAAMAAJ&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAugust+19"></span></span>