kate
@racingkate.bsky.social
genealogist who uses her skills to research motorsport and hockey. person behind “ghosts of the brickyard” podcast. death investigator. lots of opinions.
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kate
@racingkate.bsky.social
· Oct 18
anyway i’m kate, 27. i live in the midwest US
i am a genealogist and i use those skills to piece together stories about motorsport from 100+ years ago (usually). I’m always researching something
Watch mainly IndyCar (begrudgingly) and Detroit baseball/hockey
i am a genealogist and i use those skills to piece together stories about motorsport from 100+ years ago (usually). I’m always researching something
Watch mainly IndyCar (begrudgingly) and Detroit baseball/hockey
I transcribed all of the Indianapolis-based newspaper coverage leading up to and the actual 1925 Indy 500 race, compiled it and edited it down into a four part series so behold (Part 1 has links to the other 3 parts): motorsport-anthology.com/1925-indy-50...
1925 Indy 500: The Complete Story - Part 1 - Motorsport Anthology
After I transcribed all of the newspaper coverage from Indianapolis newspapers about the 1925 Indianapolis 500, I had approximately 90,000 words, though a lot...
motorsport-anthology.com
November 15, 2025 at 5:00 PM
I transcribed all of the Indianapolis-based newspaper coverage leading up to and the actual 1925 Indy 500 race, compiled it and edited it down into a four part series so behold (Part 1 has links to the other 3 parts): motorsport-anthology.com/1925-indy-50...
a picture of my new puppy (addy)
October 28, 2025 at 6:59 PM
a picture of my new puppy (addy)
i’m sorry to say i always forget this place exists
October 28, 2025 at 2:51 PM
i’m sorry to say i always forget this place exists
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I wonder how fast I'm going to regret writing "If his heart broke, you can't send him to the rope" as a bit of levity in a bleak story about how juries were disturbing cool with husbands murdering their wives in 1900s France.
www.jalopnik.com/1932012/winn...
www.jalopnik.com/1932012/winn...
The Winner Of History's First Car Race Murdered His Wife In A 'Crime Of Passion' - Jalopnik
Albert Lemaître, the winner of the 1894 Paris-Rouen, stood trial for murdering his wife a dozen years after his historic victory, and got away with murder.
www.jalopnik.com
August 6, 2025 at 6:47 PM
I wonder how fast I'm going to regret writing "If his heart broke, you can't send him to the rope" as a bit of levity in a bleak story about how juries were disturbing cool with husbands murdering their wives in 1900s France.
www.jalopnik.com/1932012/winn...
www.jalopnik.com/1932012/winn...
i have an email for people to send me stuff that’s linked to my website and through this i’ve learned that a fairly common family legend is “xyz was a riding mechanic in the indy 500”
July 29, 2025 at 7:35 PM
i have an email for people to send me stuff that’s linked to my website and through this i’ve learned that a fairly common family legend is “xyz was a riding mechanic in the indy 500”
anyway i’ve arrived at this place re: indycar — i’m not getting paid to worry about nor fix the marketing problems and so i’m just not gonna… if this is a sinking ship, well 🤷🏼♀️
July 22, 2025 at 5:33 PM
anyway i’ve arrived at this place re: indycar — i’m not getting paid to worry about nor fix the marketing problems and so i’m just not gonna… if this is a sinking ship, well 🤷🏼♀️
i just wonder if the people at penske entertainment have figured out yet that getting every race on fox and doing 3 commercials was um. not sufficient to do anything to increase indycar viewership numbers
July 22, 2025 at 5:25 PM
i just wonder if the people at penske entertainment have figured out yet that getting every race on fox and doing 3 commercials was um. not sufficient to do anything to increase indycar viewership numbers
my legit favorite thing about doing archival newspaper research is all of the incidental things i find
July 14, 2025 at 6:25 PM
my legit favorite thing about doing archival newspaper research is all of the incidental things i find
sometimes i get @elizablackstock.bsky.social’s substack and it’s like she’s writing advice just for me 😌
July 10, 2025 at 2:03 PM
sometimes i get @elizablackstock.bsky.social’s substack and it’s like she’s writing advice just for me 😌
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I’m so glad DPTJ book club included this book!!!
I’m not exaggerating when I say that The Last Lap changed the lens in which I view the pre-war motorsport period
I’m not exaggerating when I say that The Last Lap changed the lens in which I view the pre-war motorsport period
It's time for another DPTJ Book Club review — and this month, we read "The Last Lap" by William Walker!
The very premise of this book is exceptional: An extended family member of former racing driver Pete Kreis tries to find the truth about Kreis' strange death in the build up to the 1934 Indy 500
The very premise of this book is exceptional: An extended family member of former racing driver Pete Kreis tries to find the truth about Kreis' strange death in the build up to the 1934 Indy 500
July 3, 2025 at 1:18 PM
I’m so glad DPTJ book club included this book!!!
I’m not exaggerating when I say that The Last Lap changed the lens in which I view the pre-war motorsport period
I’m not exaggerating when I say that The Last Lap changed the lens in which I view the pre-war motorsport period
i’m choosing to not care re: indycar viewership numbers. those are not my goddamn problem (and if you aren’t working for indycar/a team/affiliated otherwise they really aren’t your problem either)
June 24, 2025 at 4:20 PM
i’m choosing to not care re: indycar viewership numbers. those are not my goddamn problem (and if you aren’t working for indycar/a team/affiliated otherwise they really aren’t your problem either)
it was me 💀(which means conor daly will not be answering)
I promise I had nothing to do with the Indycar drivers being asked their opinions on tomatoes but you bet I am following every single answer WITH INTEREST…
June 24, 2025 at 4:19 PM
it was me 💀(which means conor daly will not be answering)
ngl Gluck and Weaver were the two nascar journalists i thought were the most solid nascar guys and i feel very let down by their tweets over the tab boyd thing tbh
June 20, 2025 at 6:49 PM
ngl Gluck and Weaver were the two nascar journalists i thought were the most solid nascar guys and i feel very let down by their tweets over the tab boyd thing tbh
personally I think "tell Penske to go fuck themselves" is a hilarious thing to say on the radio
June 18, 2025 at 7:13 PM
personally I think "tell Penske to go fuck themselves" is a hilarious thing to say on the radio
are we doing indycar gateway tv number discourse here? it that allowed
June 17, 2025 at 4:19 PM
are we doing indycar gateway tv number discourse here? it that allowed
my child is dooming and glooming over the tigers losing the last two games and I'm like "wow you sound just like the men on the internet"
June 17, 2025 at 1:09 PM
my child is dooming and glooming over the tigers losing the last two games and I'm like "wow you sound just like the men on the internet"
okay so i have this thesis type thing and it’s still a work in progress but like. IMS uses nostalgia to keep people buying tickets to the 500 and the museum is more or less just a vehicle to push nostalgia and it makes me resentful ngl
omg do i ever 💀😭 but i am sleepy so I will be back for this one tomorrow because I wanna do it justice LOL
June 17, 2025 at 12:14 PM
okay so i have this thesis type thing and it’s still a work in progress but like. IMS uses nostalgia to keep people buying tickets to the 500 and the museum is more or less just a vehicle to push nostalgia and it makes me resentful ngl
so like. y'all are learning Kate Lore tonight LMAO
It's important context to know and understand that I have always loved history. My first special interest was Abraham Lincoln and I was reading adult biographies about him by age 10. Most of my special interests involved history --
It's important context to know and understand that I have always loved history. My first special interest was Abraham Lincoln and I was reading adult biographies about him by age 10. Most of my special interests involved history --
June 17, 2025 at 12:58 AM
so like. y'all are learning Kate Lore tonight LMAO
It's important context to know and understand that I have always loved history. My first special interest was Abraham Lincoln and I was reading adult biographies about him by age 10. Most of my special interests involved history --
It's important context to know and understand that I have always loved history. My first special interest was Abraham Lincoln and I was reading adult biographies about him by age 10. Most of my special interests involved history --
i think it’s important context to understand that i came from a family who very much revolved around sports — playing them and watching them on TV. so i don’t remember a time where I didn’t watch sports
okay there’s no way i can answer this in one post so i’m gonna qrt it and make a thread pls hold
June 17, 2025 at 12:44 AM
i think it’s important context to understand that i came from a family who very much revolved around sports — playing them and watching them on TV. so i don’t remember a time where I didn’t watch sports
Ultimately, I’m not really sure IndyCar would be better off if AAA had stayed past 1955 because if they had lasted until the 1970’s and then USAC was formed and tony hulman dies in 1977 and less than a year later, the top USAC officials die in a plane crash — who knows what might’ve happened then?
I wonder this often tbh.
The optimist in me thinks AAA would still be the sanctioning body but the realist in me knows that AAA probably would’ve dipped after the 1964 500 or the early 1970’s and that’s a whole rabbit hole of what-ifs
The optimist in me thinks AAA would still be the sanctioning body but the realist in me knows that AAA probably would’ve dipped after the 1964 500 or the early 1970’s and that’s a whole rabbit hole of what-ifs
June 16, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Ultimately, I’m not really sure IndyCar would be better off if AAA had stayed past 1955 because if they had lasted until the 1970’s and then USAC was formed and tony hulman dies in 1977 and less than a year later, the top USAC officials die in a plane crash — who knows what might’ve happened then?
Can’t wait to see how this goes badly for them 💀😭
The good news for Team Penske is they go back to Road America this weekend where they swept the podium last year
June 16, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Can’t wait to see how this goes badly for them 💀😭
thinking about getting a second car tattooed on my arm but then i’m like “that makes me really committed to american open wheel racing history” 💀
June 16, 2025 at 7:56 PM
thinking about getting a second car tattooed on my arm but then i’m like “that makes me really committed to american open wheel racing history” 💀