How Cup Race Benefited Industry – The Motor Way – October 18, 1906
A view on automobile road races from E.R. Thomas, President of Thomas Motor Co., Buffalo, N.Y. Shortly after the 1906 Vanderbilt Cup race, discussion broke loose on racing and the American automobile industry.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 […]
The Ideal Automobile Race Meet – The Motor Way- November 1, 1906
Text and jpegs by courtesy of hathitrust.org www.hathitrust.org, compiled by motorracinghistory.com THE MOTOR WAY, Vol. XV, No. 18, November 1, 1906, page 9. THE IDEAL AUTOMOBILE RACE MEET – By CHARLES A. COEY „To be or not to be“ is the question which has arisen since the running of the latest Vanderbilt cup race. […]
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 […]
