wˈɪnɚɹ ʌvðə nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd nˈaɪntiːn ˌɪndiənˈæpəlˌɪs fˈaɪvhˈʌndɹɪd hˈaʊdi wˈɪlkɑːks dˈaɪd ɪn ɐn æltˈuːnɚ ɹˈeɪs ˌɔn sɛptˈɛmbɚ fˈoːɹ, nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd twˈɛnti θɹˈiː, wˌaɪl kˈoʊ nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd twˈɛnti fˈoːɹ wˈɪnɚ dʒˈoʊ bˈɔɪɚ ænd nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd twˈɛnti nˈaɪn wˈɪnɚ ɹˈeɪ kˈiːtʃ bˈoʊθ sˈʌfɚd fˈeɪɾəl ˈæksɪdənts æt ðə fəsˈɪlᵻɾi ɪnðə sˈeɪm jˈɪɹz æz ðɛɹ ˌɪndiənˈæpəlˌɪs fˈaɪvhˈʌndɹɪd wˈɪnz kˈiːtʃɪz əkˈɜːɹɪŋ ˈoʊnli sˈɛvəntˌiːn dˈeɪz ˈæftɚ, ˌɔn dʒˈuːn fˈɪftiːn, nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd twˈɛnti nˈaɪn.
Winner of the 1919 Indianapolis 500 Howdy Wilcox died in an Altoona race on September 4, 1923, while co-1924 winner Joe Boyer and 1929 winner Ray Keech both suffered fatal accidents at the facility in the same years as their Indianapolis 500 wins – Keech's occurring only seventeen days after, on June 15, 1929.