De Palma Breaks 500-Mile Race Record – Automobile Topics – 5 June 1915
Text and jpegs by courtesy of hathitrust.org www.hathitrust.org, compiled by motorracinghistory.com AUTOMOBILE TOPICS – June 5, 1915 – pages 289 – 312 DE PALMA BREAKS 500-MILE RACE RECORDWins Famous Contest at Indianapolis with an Average of 89.84 Miles an HourEclipses Previous Mark, Set Last Year by Thomas, by Seven Miles an HourResta Is Second in […]
Mechanical Lessons Taught in Record-Breaking Contest – Motorage – 3 June 1915
Text and jpegs by courtesy of hathitrust.org www.hathitrust.org, compiled by motorracinghistory.com MOTOR AGE Vol. XXVII, No. 22 Chicago, June 3, 1915 $3.00 Per Year Mechanical Lessons Taught in Record-Breaking Contest300-Inch Motors Show Speed and Stamina in American DebutBy Darwin S. Hatch INDIANAPOLIS, IND., May 31. – That engine sizes can be reduced materially without causing […]
Entries Vary Greatly in Displacement – The Automobile – 20 May 1915
Text and jpegs by courtesy of hathitrust.org www.hathitrust.org, compiled by motorracinghistory.com The Automobile, Vol. 32, No. 20, May 20, 1915, p. 884 – 887 Entries Vary Greatly in DisplacementWide Variety from 117 to 299 Cubic Inches Shows Period of Transition in DesignMany Dark Horses in this Year’s Race WHILE the annual crop of dark […]
DePalma, in Mercedes, wins at 89.94 mph – The Automobile – 3 June 1915
Text and jpegs by courtesy of hathitrust.org www.hathitrust.org, compiled by motorracinghistory.com The Automobile, Vol. 32, No. 23, June 3, 1915, p. 969 – 977 De Palma, in Mercedes, Wins at 89.84 m.p.h.Breaks Record – Resta in Peugeot Second – Stutzes Third and Fourth INDIANAPOLIS, IND., Motor Speedway Official Stand, May 31 – Special Telegram-Speeding […]
The 500-Mile Race in Retrospect – The Automobile – 10 June 1915
Text and jpegs by courtesy of hathitrust.org www.hathitrust.org, compiled by motorracinghistory.com The Automobile, Vol. 32, No. 24, June 10, 1915, p. 1016 – 1019 The 500-Mile Race in RetrospectEngineering Effect on Touring Car Design Likely to be Pronounced – Future of Sixteen-Valve Motor By A. Ludlow Clayden JUST as the French Grand Prix race […]
