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Take a whirlwind journey through the history of the Studebaker Proving Ground, from its origins as a critical part of Studebaker\u2019s automotive development process to the facility\u2019s evolution after Studebaker\u2019s departure. Studebaker National Museum Archivist Andy Beckman will highlight some of the most fascinating moments in the Proving Ground history, including the vehicles, testing, people, and innovations that made the facility an important part of Studebaker\u2019s story.<\/p>\n

Following Andy\u2019s historical look, Austin Bourdon, Engineering Manager at the International Proving Grounds, will bring the story into the present, discussing International\u2019s ownership of the facility, upgrades and improvements made over the years, and how the Proving Grounds are used today.<\/p>\n

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Together, the presentations offer a unique look at the Proving Ground for its 100 anniversary\u2014from Studebaker\u2019s build up of the facility to its use as a modern engineering and testing facility.<\/p>\n

ABOUT SPEAKER SERIES<\/h3>\n

The\u00a0Studebaker Museum Speaker Series<\/a>, presented by the\u00a0Campisi Family Education Fund<\/a>, is held in the Wiekamp Auditorium. Regular Speaker Series admission is $2. Regular admission fees apply to tour the Studebaker National Museum and\u00a0The History Museum<\/a>. Studebaker National Museum and Campus members are admitted free!<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>","excerpt":"","slug":"from-studebaker-to-international-the-story-of-the-proving-ground","image":{"url":"https:\/\/studebakermuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/PG-Trees-S15731.jpg","id":14164,"extension":"jpg","width":1000,"height":812,"filesize":425062,"sizes":{"medium":{"width":300,"height":244,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","filesize":24075,"url":"https:\/\/studebakermuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/PG-Trees-S15731-300x244.jpg"},"thumbnail":{"width":150,"height":150,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","filesize":8188,"url":"https:\/\/studebakermuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/PG-Trees-S15731-150x150.jpg"},"medium_large":{"width":768,"height":624,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","filesize":140069,"url":"https:\/\/studebakermuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/PG-Trees-S15731-768x624.jpg"}}},"all_day":false,"start_date":"2026-09-16 13:30:00","start_date_details":{"year":"2026","month":"09","day":"16","hour":"13","minutes":"30","seconds":"00"},"end_date":"2026-09-16 14:30:00","end_date_details":{"year":"2026","month":"09","day":"16","hour":"14","minutes":"30","seconds":"00"},"utc_start_date":"2026-09-16 13:30:00","utc_start_date_details":{"year":"2026","month":"09","day":"16","hour":"13","minutes":"30","seconds":"00"},"utc_end_date":"2026-09-16 14:30:00","utc_end_date_details":{"year":"2026","month":"09","day":"16","hour":"14","minutes":"30","seconds":"00"},"timezone":"UTC+0","timezone_abbr":"UTC+0","cost":"","cost_details":{"currency_symbol":"$","currency_code":"USD","currency_position":"prefix","values":[]},"website":"","show_map":true,"show_map_link":true,"hide_from_listings":false,"sticky":false,"featured":false,"categories":[{"name":"Speaker Series","slug":"speaker-series","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":29,"taxonomy":"tribe_events_cat","description":"The Studebaker Museum Speaker Series, presented by the Campisi Family Education Fund, is held in the Wiekamp Auditorium. Regular lecture admission is $2. Regular admission fees apply to tour the Studebaker National Museum and The History Museum. Studebaker National Museum and Campus members are admitted free!\r\n\r\n*Dates and prices are subject to change*","parent":0,"count":71,"filter":"raw","id":29,"urls":{"self":"https:\/\/studebakermuseum.org\/wp-json\/tribe\/events\/v1\/categories\/29","collection":"https:\/\/studebakermuseum.org\/wp-json\/tribe\/events\/v1\/categories"}}],"tags":[],"venue":[],"organizer":[],"custom_fields":[],"is_virtual":false,"virtual_url":null,"virtual_video_source":""},{"id":14784,"global_id":"studebakermuseum.org?id=14784","global_id_lineage":["studebakermuseum.org?id=14784"],"author":"11","status":"publish","date":"2026-03-19 19:39:18","date_utc":"2026-03-19 19:39:18","modified":"2026-03-19 19:39:18","modified_utc":"2026-03-19 19:39:18","url":"https:\/\/studebakermuseum.org\/event\/the-first-indy-500\/","rest_url":"https:\/\/studebakermuseum.org\/wp-json\/tribe\/events\/v1\/events\/14784","title":"The First Indy 500","description":"

The Indy 500 bills itself today as \u201cThe Greatest Spectacle in Racing.\u201d That description would\u2019ve been just as accurate for the inaugural race on May 30, 1911, which featured 40 cars battling for a then-staggering $27,000 in prize money. Matt Anderson, Curator of Transportation at The Henry Ford will take us on the journey through photos from that landmark first running \u2013 many taken by Henry Ford, one of the 80,000 fans who saw history being made at the Brickyard that day.<\/p>\n

Photo Credit: The Henry Ford<\/a><\/p>\n

ABOUT SPEAKER SERIES<\/h3>\n

The\u00a0Studebaker Museum Speaker Series<\/a>, presented by the\u00a0Campisi Family Education Fund<\/a>, is held in the Wiekamp Auditorium. Regular Speaker Series admission is $2. Regular admission fees apply to tour the Studebaker National Museum and\u00a0The History Museum<\/a>. Studebaker National Museum and Campus members are admitted free!<\/em><\/p>","excerpt":"","slug":"the-first-indy-500","image":{"url":"https:\/\/studebakermuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/THF229391.jpg","id":14785,"extension":"jpg","width":1200,"height":918,"filesize":802963,"sizes":{"medium":{"width":300,"height":230,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","filesize":14126,"url":"https:\/\/studebakermuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/THF229391-300x230.jpg"},"large":{"width":1024,"height":783,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","filesize":118925,"url":"https:\/\/studebakermuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/THF229391-1024x783.jpg"},"thumbnail":{"width":150,"height":150,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","filesize":5262,"url":"https:\/\/studebakermuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/THF229391-150x150.jpg"},"medium_large":{"width":768,"height":588,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","filesize":72506,"url":"https:\/\/studebakermuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/THF229391-768x588.jpg"}}},"all_day":false,"start_date":"2026-10-21 13:30:00","start_date_details":{"year":"2026","month":"10","day":"21","hour":"13","minutes":"30","seconds":"00"},"end_date":"2026-10-21 14:30:00","end_date_details":{"year":"2026","month":"10","day":"21","hour":"14","minutes":"30","seconds":"00"},"utc_start_date":"2026-10-21 13:30:00","utc_start_date_details":{"year":"2026","month":"10","day":"21","hour":"13","minutes":"30","seconds":"00"},"utc_end_date":"2026-10-21 14:30:00","utc_end_date_details":{"year":"2026","month":"10","day":"21","hour":"14","minutes":"30","seconds":"00"},"timezone":"UTC+0","timezone_abbr":"UTC+0","cost":"","cost_details":{"currency_symbol":"$","currency_code":"USD","currency_position":"prefix","values":[]},"website":"","show_map":true,"show_map_link":true,"hide_from_listings":false,"sticky":false,"featured":false,"categories":[{"name":"Speaker Series","slug":"speaker-series","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":29,"taxonomy":"tribe_events_cat","description":"The Studebaker Museum Speaker Series, presented by the Campisi Family Education Fund, is held in the Wiekamp Auditorium. Regular lecture admission is $2. Regular admission fees apply to tour the Studebaker National Museum and The History Museum. Studebaker National Museum and Campus members are admitted free!\r\n\r\n*Dates and prices are subject to change*","parent":0,"count":71,"filter":"raw","id":29,"urls":{"self":"https:\/\/studebakermuseum.org\/wp-json\/tribe\/events\/v1\/categories\/29","collection":"https:\/\/studebakermuseum.org\/wp-json\/tribe\/events\/v1\/categories"}}],"tags":[],"venue":{"id":13179,"author":"10","status":"publish","date":"2024-08-29 18:24:46","date_utc":"2024-08-29 18:24:46","modified":"2024-08-29 18:24:46","modified_utc":"2024-08-29 18:24:46","url":"https:\/\/studebakermuseum.org\/venue\/wiekamp-auditorium\/","venue":"Wiekamp Auditorium","slug":"wiekamp-auditorium","show_map":false,"show_map_link":false,"global_id":"studebakermuseum.org?id=13179","global_id_lineage":["studebakermuseum.org?id=13179"]},"organizer":[],"custom_fields":[],"is_virtual":false,"virtual_url":null,"virtual_video_source":""},{"id":15375,"global_id":"studebakermuseum.org?id=15375","global_id_lineage":["studebakermuseum.org?id=15375"],"author":"11","status":"publish","date":"2026-08-14 15:25:40","date_utc":"2026-08-14 15:25:40","modified":"2026-08-14 15:26:00","modified_utc":"2026-08-14 15:26:00","url":"https:\/\/studebakermuseum.org\/event\/hodak-motor-sales-the-story-of-a-local-studebaker-legacy\/","rest_url":"https:\/\/studebakermuseum.org\/wp-json\/tribe\/events\/v1\/events\/15375","title":"Hodak Motor Sales – The Story of a Local Studebaker Legacy","description":"

This highly visual presentation covers the overlapping stories of a family’s migration to the United State of America, a young man’s pursuit of the American Dream, and how Studebaker afforded him the opportunity to realize it. The narrated slideshow describes the establishment and gradual expansion of a family dealership, its course, and the people behind it. Join us as brothers Doug and Mark Hodak share the story of their family’s Studebaker dealership, Hodak Motor Sales.<\/p>\n

ABOUT SPEAKER SERIES<\/h3>\n

The\u00a0Studebaker Museum Speaker Series<\/a>, presented by the\u00a0Campisi Family Education Fund<\/a>, is held in the Wiekamp Auditorium. Regular Speaker Series admission is $2. Regular admission fees apply to tour the Studebaker National Museum and\u00a0The History Museum<\/a>. Studebaker National Museum and Campus members are admitted free!<\/em><\/p>","excerpt":"","slug":"hodak-motor-sales-the-story-of-a-local-studebaker-legacy","image":{"url":"https:\/\/studebakermuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Hodak-Motor-Sales.jpg","id":15376,"extension":"jpg","width":1920,"height":1478,"filesize":608129,"sizes":{"medium":{"width":300,"height":231,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","filesize":16318,"url":"https:\/\/studebakermuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Hodak-Motor-Sales-300x231.jpg"},"large":{"width":1024,"height":788,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","filesize":140927,"url":"https:\/\/studebakermuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Hodak-Motor-Sales-1024x788.jpg"},"thumbnail":{"width":150,"height":150,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","filesize":6431,"url":"https:\/\/studebakermuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Hodak-Motor-Sales-150x150.jpg"},"medium_large":{"width":768,"height":591,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","filesize":85059,"url":"https:\/\/studebakermuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Hodak-Motor-Sales-768x591.jpg"},"1536x1536":{"width":1536,"height":1182,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","filesize":282479,"url":"https:\/\/studebakermuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Hodak-Motor-Sales-1536x1182.jpg"}}},"all_day":false,"start_date":"2026-11-18 13:30:00","start_date_details":{"year":"2026","month":"11","day":"18","hour":"13","minutes":"30","seconds":"00"},"end_date":"2026-11-18 14:30:00","end_date_details":{"year":"2026","month":"11","day":"18","hour":"14","minutes":"30","seconds":"00"},"utc_start_date":"2026-11-18 13:30:00","utc_start_date_details":{"year":"2026","month":"11","day":"18","hour":"13","minutes":"30","seconds":"00"},"utc_end_date":"2026-11-18 14:30:00","utc_end_date_details":{"year":"2026","month":"11","day":"18","hour":"14","minutes":"30","seconds":"00"},"timezone":"UTC+0","timezone_abbr":"UTC+0","cost":"","cost_details":{"currency_symbol":"$","currency_code":"USD","currency_position":"prefix","values":[]},"website":"","show_map":true,"show_map_link":true,"hide_from_listings":false,"sticky":false,"featured":false,"categories":[{"name":"Speaker Series","slug":"speaker-series","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":29,"taxonomy":"tribe_events_cat","description":"The Studebaker Museum Speaker Series, presented by the Campisi Family Education Fund, is held in the Wiekamp Auditorium. Regular lecture admission is $2. Regular admission fees apply to tour the Studebaker National Museum and The History Museum. Studebaker National Museum and Campus members are admitted free!\r\n\r\n*Dates and prices are subject to change*","parent":0,"count":71,"filter":"raw","id":29,"urls":{"self":"https:\/\/studebakermuseum.org\/wp-json\/tribe\/events\/v1\/categories\/29","collection":"https:\/\/studebakermuseum.org\/wp-json\/tribe\/events\/v1\/categories"}}],"tags":[],"venue":[],"organizer":[],"custom_fields":[],"is_virtual":false,"virtual_url":null,"virtual_video_source":""}],"rest_url":"https:\/\/studebakermuseum.org\/wp-json\/tribe\/events\/v1\/events\/?page=1&per_page=10&start_date=2026-08-28 00:00:00&end_date=2028-08-28 23:59:59&status=publish","total":3,"total_pages":1}