Friday Produces More Records – Motor Age – August 26, 1909
The Friday races on the Speedway luckily were without incidents, On the program were that day, two 5-mile, three 10-mile, one 50-mile, one record trial over 1-mile and the 100-mile race for the G&J Tyres Trophy. Text and jpegs by courtesy of hathitrust.org www.hathitrust.org, compiled by motorracinghistory.com Motor Age Volume XVI, No. 9, August 26, […]
Burman in a Buick Wins Prest-O-Lite Trophy – Motor Age – August 26, 1909
On Thursday, five races were held, of which the 250-mile race for the Prest-O-Lite Trophy was supposed to be the feature-of-the-day. Just over half of the 100-laps race, William A. Bourque and his mechanic, Harry Holcomb were killed in a fiery accident. Already from the beginning, the track appeared to be unsuitable for this kind […]
Speedway Creates a New Record Table – Motor Age – August 26, 1909
The first series of races on the new Indianapolis Motor Speedway, three days in August 1909, resulted in mere catastophy. The driver William A. Bourque and his mechanic, Harry Holcomb were killed during Thursday’s 250-mile race for the Prest-O-Lite Trophy. Then on Saturday, in the Wheeler & Schebler 300-mile race, Merz‘ National car ran over […]
Ready for Start of 500-Mile Race – Automobile Topics – 27 May 1911
Shortly before the 500-mile race, the magazine Automobile Topics published an introduction article. Here, prize money is discussed, as well as the „conditions of the race“. The best-known drivers are presented, the starting system is explained, and spectator specifics such as accomodations and travel means are highlighted. Text and jpegs by courtesy of hathitrust.org www.hathitrust.org, […]
Le Circuit d’Indianapolis – La Vie au Grand Air – 25 February 1911
The French magazine La Vie au Grand Air published early 1911 an article on the Indianapolis racetrack and writing about its originator, Mr. C. Fisher. Some other race drivers were discussed, as pictures of probably one of the 1910 races were shown. Texte et jpegs avec l’autorisation du Bibliothèque national francais gallica.bnf fr et compilé […]
Une Course Mouvementée – La Vie au Grand Air – 12 August 1911
The French magazine La Vie au Grand Air published August 1911 this article on the Indianapolis race, about the track itself and highlighted the incident at the end of the 500-mile race. Texte et jpegs avec l’autorisation du Bibliothèque national francais gallica.bnf fr et compilé par motorracinghistory.com La Vie au Grand Air, 14e Année, No. […]
Harroun wins with Marmon, part 1 – Automobile Topics – 3 June 1911
The magazine Automobile Topics was known for their very extended reports, combined with ample illustrations; so this one on the first Indianapolis 500-mile race. Very extended and very informative, specially for race interested. I’ve divided the entire article in three sections: part 1 Introduction, part 2 How the Race was Run and part 3 discussing […]
Harroun wins with Marmon, part 2 – Automobile Topics – 3 June 1911
The magazine Automobile Topics was known for their very extended reports, combined with ample illustrations; so this one on the first Indianapolis 500-mile race. Very extended and very informative, specially for race interested. I’ve divided the entire article in three sections: part 1 Introduction, part 2 How the Race was Run and part 3 discussing […]
Harroun wins with Marmon, part 3 – Automobile Topics – 3 June 1911
The magazine Automobile Topics was known for their very extended reports, combined with ample illustrations; so this one on the first Indianapolis 500-mile race. Very extended and very informative, specially for race interested. I’ve divided the entire article in three sections: part 1 Introduction, part 2 How the Race was Run and part 3 discussing […]
The International Sweepstakes – MoToR – April 1911
A very short recapitulation of the 1911 Indianapolis Sweepstakes by the magazine MoToR. Text and jpegs by courtesy of hathitrust.org www.hathitrust.org, compiled by motorracinghistory.com MoToR. Vol. 15-16, June 1911 The International Sweepstakes. The World’s Greatest Motor Racing Event on Memorial Day at the Indianapolis Speedway.The Contestants – Men and Cars – and the Rewards for […]