Motor Age Picture Pages of Automotive Interest – Motor Age – 7 June 1923
Text and jpegs by courtesy of hathitrust.org www.hathitrust.org, compiled by motorracinghistory.comMotor Age, Vol. XLIII (43), No. 23, June 7, 1923 MOTOR AGE’S PICTURE PAGES OF AUTOMOTIVE INTEREST Here are those who have been given the checkered flag in the past. A count after last Wednesday’s race shows that six American and five foreign cars have […]
The Race as Seen from the Pits – Motor Age – 7 June 1923
Text and jpegs by courtesy of hathitrust.org www.hathitrust.org, compiled by motorracinghistory.comMotor Age, Vol. XLIII (43), No. 23, June 7, 1923 The Race as Seen from the Pits Analysis of Pit Stops Show 122-in. Engines Remarkably Free From Trouble. – Spark Plugs Cause Frequent Stops Owing to High Compression Under Which They Operated. – Cut-down 183-in. […]
Future of the Motor Speedway in Doubt – Motor Age – 7 June 1923
Text and jpegs by courtesy of hathitrust.org www.hathitrust.org, compiled by motorracinghistory.comMotor Age, Vol. XLIII (43), No. 23, June 7, 1923 Future of the Motor Speedway in Doubt Unwelcome News Comes After Successful Contest With 122 cu. in. Engines.Need of Further Tryouts of Small Machines Is Apparent.Comments on Biggest of All International SweepstakesBy CLYDE JENNINGS Indianapolis, […]
As the Race was Run – Motor Age – 7 June 1923
Text and jpegs by courtesy of hathitrust.org www.hathitrust.org, compiled by motorracinghistory.comMotor Age, Vol. XLIII (43), No. 23, June 7, 1923 As The Race Was Run Graphic Account of Extraordinary Spectacle Wherein Human Endurance and Resource Were Taxed to the Limit to Reach and Maintain Great Speed. By SAM J. SHELTON Indianapolis Speedway, May 30. – […]
Peugeots Run One, Three in Victory Sweepstakes – Motor World – 4 June 1919
The magazine Motor World, having started at around 1900, gave this condensed, but none the less complete view of the most important race events in the 1919 Liberty Sweepstakes, even writing on the lethal accidents. Text and jpegs by courtesy of hathitrust.org www.hathitrust.org, compiled by motorracinghistory.comMOTOR WORLD – Vol. LIX 59, No. 10, June 4, […]
The Race from the Pits – Motor Age – 5 June 1919
An overview what some of the drivers and cars did during the race, as well as some mechanical mishaps. Text and jpegs by courtesy of hathitrust.org www.hathitrust.org, compiled by motorracinghistory.comMOTOR AGE – Vol. XXV 35, No. 23, June 5, 1919 The Race from the Pits Analysis of Mechanical Troubles Met by CarsBy B. M. Ikert […]
Race Is Plea for Smaller Cars – Motor Age – 5 June 1919
A summary of the 1919 Indianapolis Liberty Sweepstakes by Darwin S. Hatch, after he wrote the indtroduction. The second article on the 500-mile race will be concerned with the mechanical troubles. Text and jpegs by courtesy of hathitrust.org www.hathitrust.org, compiled by motorracinghistory.comMOTOR AGE – Vol. XXV 35, No. 23, June 5, 1919 Race Is Plea […]
Rickenbacker Race referee? – Motor Age – 08+15 May 1919
After he ws a fighter pilot in the First World war, Flight Captain Edward (Eddie) Rickenbacker turned more and more back again to motor racing. Before going into car design and development, he was a referee in the Liberty Sweepstakes, which is all too be expectedly for a wartime hero. His experiences in the Great […]
Drivers Tune Up for Race, Ballot Eights Very Fast- Motor Age – 15 May 1919
Some two weeks before the start of the 1919 Liberty Sweepstakes, more was written on the European participating brands; the british Sunbeam and the French Ballot cars. Later, however, Sunbeam was to withdraw. But the Ballots made an impressive appearance, especially in the light of their very short developing time, short production schedule and following […]
Drivers Check In for Indianapolis Event – Motor Age – 22 May 1919
In the last week for the start of the 500-Mile Liberty Sweepstakes, the latest experiences during the several, but limited number of practice sessions, were more and more known by the „railbirds“. Text and jpegs by courtesy of hathitrust.org www.hathitrust.org, compiled by motorracinghistory.comMOTOR AGE – Vol. XXV 35, No. 21, May 22, 1919 Drivers Check […]