 They were the longest races of the 1909 race meet, the Prest-O-Lite Trophy and the Wheeler-Schebler Trophy.The Prest-O-Lite race yielded a good result for Merz with a third-place finish behind winner Bob Burman in a Buick.Unfortunately, the race also produced the first fatalities at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway when 26-year-old driver Wilfred Bourque and his 22-year-old riding mechanic Harry Holcomb struck a fence post.