The Wasp was the first winner of the Indianapolis 500 in 1911. A sculpture of a Marmon Wasp, the winning car of the first running of the Indianapolis 500, on Friday, Feb. 17, 2023, in Carmel, Indiana.

Marmon was among the few American companies building a dedicated factory-supported squad of racers, and when it won the first Indy 500 (then called The International Sweepstakes) the company ...

The first sculpture installed at 96th Street and Priority Way is the Marmon Wasp, the first-ever winning Indy 500 car in 1911.

MARMON WASP Ray Harroun drove this giant-sized—by today's standards—Marmon Wasp to a $14,000 win at the first Indy 500 in 1911. In addition to making history, Harroun's car displayed a rear ...

The yellow #32 1911 Marmon Wasp, owned by the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum, was added to the National Historic Vehicle Register in 2016.

The Wasp was also innovative as its advanced into being defined as a “Full Classic Car.” The company’s signature vehicle arrived in 1931 as the Marmon Sixteens.