He is most known for his creation of the six cylinder Marmon "Wasp", a car driven to victory by the company designer, Ray Harroun in the inaugural Indianapolis 500 race in 1911.

[2] Born on May 24, 1876,[3] Howard had an early education in Richmond schools and Earlham College like his father and older brother, Walter.

It continued: Mr. Marmon is a recognized authority in this realm and his words, owing to his long and successful experiences in all manner of automobile contests and activities, carry considerable weight with both the trade and the public.

Particular attention is being paid by Mr. Marmon to the study of four subjects motor car racing, the Glidden Tour, the industry in general and the rules governing contests.

He also had a more personal plans with regard to the race - to win it, as a fitting climax to sixty years of successful manufacturing by Nordyke & Marmon.

Ray Harroun had decided to retire as National Driving Champion, but Marmon approached him in the drafting room the day after public announcement of the first 500-mile race.

Then pouring forth ideas faster than Harroun could reply, he added that he'd like Dawson's car to be a four cylinder ... the same type engine they were offering to the public.

[7]In the 1920s, Howard Marmon moved with his wife to the place he loved, the mountains of North Carolina, to make it his permanent home.

The town of Pineola had been a center of logging and the Ritter Company owned a large country club and acreage there.

The Marmons bought an estate, naming it "Hemlock Hedges," which in time consisted of a 60-acre lake (created after Marmon built a dam on the Linville River),[8] beautiful hardwoods and lawns, a spacious club which they converted into a home, guest houses, servant quarters, workshop, stable, laundry, a water tower and a gatehouse.

The estate received many visitors over the years including inventive giants of the day Henry Ford, Harvey Firestone and Thomas Edison.

The Marmons were devout Presbyterians and contributed to the building of the beautiful church, which still serves the residents of Pineola.

[10] Howard Carpenter Marmon died in Fort Lauderdale, Florida on April 4, 1943, and was buried at Crown Hill Cemetery in Indianapolis.