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Value of Automobile Road Races – The Motor Way – October 4, 1906

Text and jpegs by courtesy of hathitrust.org www.hathitrust.org, compiled by motorracinghistory.com THE MOTOR WAY Vol. XV, No. 14 October 4, 1906, page 9 VALUE OF AUTOMOBILE ROAD RACESBy ALBERT E. SCHAAF ALBERT E. SCHAAF, MANAGER POPE MOTOR CAR COMPANY, TOLEDO, OHIO.    Since Europe has taken a more prominent part in automobile racing, it seems […]

Advantages of a Big Circular Track, Carl G. Fisher – Motor Age – November 15, 1906

This short and seemingly unspectacular article on the lowside of one of the last pages in Novembers‘ Motor Age may be considered as the birth certificate of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.Text and jpegs by courtesy of hathitrust.org www.hathitrust.org, compiled by motorracinghistory.com Motor Age Volume X, No. 20, November 15, 1906, p. 31. Advantages of a […]

Getting Ready for the International Sweepstakes – Horseless Age – 19 May 1915

Text and jpegs by courtesy of hathitrust.org www.hathitrust.org, compiled by motorracinghistory.com Horseless Age, Vol. 35, No. 22, May 19, 1915 Getting Ready for the International SweepstakesCars and Drivers Who Will Contest in the Fifth Running of the 500-Mile Classic on Speedway at IndianapolisBy Jerome T. Shaw THE demon Speed now possesses some two score pilots […]

World’s records made in 500-Mile Sweepstakes – Horseless Age – 2 June 1915

Text and jpegs by courtesy of hathitrust.org www.hathitrust.org, compiled by motorracinghistory.com Horseless Age, Vol. 35, No. 22, June 2, 1915 World’s Records Made in 500-Mile SweepstakesDe Palma’s Mercedes Wins Fastest of All Races at 89.84 M. P. H. SpeedResta’s Peugeot Second – Stutz Captures Third and FourthFour Beat 1914 Mark – Great Speed Duel Between […]

Race Echos – Motor Age – 4 June 1914

Text and jpegs by courtesy of hathitrust.org www.hathitrust.org, compiled by motorracinghistory.com Motor Age, Vol. XXV, June 4, 1914 Race Echoes from the Resonant Bowl of Speed    FOR the first time in the history of the international sweepstakes, Ralph Mulford failed to finish inside the money. In 1911, the perpetual smiler finished second with the […]

The 500-Mile Race as seen from the Repair Pits – Motor Age – 4 June 1914

TText and jpegs by courtesy of hathitrust.org www.hathitrust.org, compiled by motorracinghistory.com MOTOR AGE Vol. XXV, No. 23 Chicago, June 4, 1914 The 500-Mile Race as Seen from the Repair PitsSeven Leaders Did Not Lift Hood During Event-Troubles of the CarsBy Darwin S. Hatch  INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., May 30 – It is at the pits that a […]

Speed – Motor Age – 28 May 1914

Text and jpegs by courtesy of hathitrust.org www.hathitrust.org, compiled by motorracinghistory.com MOTOR AGE Vol. XXV, No. 22 Chicago, May 28, 1914 Speed Man, Bird, Beast and Other Mechanisms Must Bow Before the Motor Car    ANTICIPATE 2 days. It is 4 o’clock on the afternoon of Saturday and Victory and Defeat are about to make […]

History of the Indianapolis Sweepstakes – Motor Age – 28 May 1914

TText and jpegs by courtesy of hathitrust.org www.hathitrust.org, compiled by motorracinghistory.com MOTOR AGE Vol. XXV, No. 22 Chicago, May 28, 1914 The History of the Indianapolis Sweepstakes    Among the noisy thousands that will pack the gray stands of the Indianapolis motor speedway Saturday, there will be one inconspicuous patriarch, one silent and nonchalant figure […]

Voiture de Course a Roues Avant Motrices – OMNIA – March-October 1915

The technical oriented, French, monthly magazine OMNIA, with chief editor Baudry de Saunier, even published three separate articles in 1925 on the new Miller racing car. Avec l’authorisation de gallica.bnf.fr/ Bibliothèque national français https://www.bnf.fr/fr Text et photos compilé par motorracinghistory.com OMNIA, Revue Pratique de l’Automobile, 20e Année, No. 58, mars, juillet et octobre 1925 UNE […]

DePalma Wins Indianapolis Classic – Motorage – 3 June 1915

This article contains a very extensive description of the race and very few pictures. So scratch yourself to get in for a long read ( when you’re interested, of course) ! 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 […]