What Kind of Contest – The Motor Way – October 18, 1906
A view on the different kinds of automobile contests by Charles Duryea, the one who won the first ever American race more than ten years ealier; the Chicago-Times-Herald Race of november 1895.Text and photos with courtesy of hathitrust.org, USA, compiled by motorracingistory.com THE MOTOR WAY Vol. XV, No. 16, October 18 1906, page 12 WHAT […]
Practical Test of the Motor car- The Motor Way – October 18, 1906
A view on motor car testing by Asa Goddard, secretary of the Cleveland Automobile Club; directly after the 1906 Vanderbilt Cup race. Here, he articulates the need for a speedway.Text and photos with courtesy of hathitrust.org, USA, compiled by motorracingistory.com THE MOTOR WAY Vol. XV, No. 16, October 18 1906, page 12 PRACTICAL TEST OF […]
Value of Automobile Races, Shanks – The Motor Way – October 18, 1906
A view on automobile road races from Charles B. Shank of Winton Motor Company.Text and photos with courtesy of hathitrust.org, USA, compiled by motorracingistory.com THE MOTOR WAY Vol. XV, No. 16, October 18, 1906, page 9 VALUE OF AUTOMOBILE ROAD RACESBy CHARLES B. SHANKSGENERAL SALES MANAGER WINTON MOTOR CARRIAGE COMPANY, CLEVELAND, OHIO If it […]
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 photos with courtesy of hathitrust.org, USA, compiled by motorracingistory.com THE MOTOR WAY Vol. XV, No. 14 October 4, 1906, page 9 […]
The Ideal Automobile Race Meet – The Motor Way- November 1, 1906
Some ideas of Charles Coey on a race meet and race track.Text and photos with courtesy of hathitrust.org, USA, compiled by motorracingistory.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 […]
Value of Automobile Road Races – The Motor Way – October 4, 1906
A view on automobile road races from Albert Schaaf of the Pope Motor Car Company.Text and photos with courtesy of hathitrust.org, USA, compiled by motorracingistory.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. […]
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 photos with courtesy of hathitrust.org, USA, compiled by motorracingistory.com Motor Age Volume X, No. 20, November 15, 1906, p. 31. Advantages of a […]
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Text and photos with courtesy of hathitrust.org, USA, compiled by motorracingistory.com STORY OF THE AUTOMOBILE page 83 French Industry. Many influences were at work about 1860 to give the automobiling industry a healthy growth in France. The English roads were consecrated to the horse. Excessive toll rates for steam propelled vehicles were followed […]
Speed – Motor Age – 28 May 1914
Text and photos compiled by motorracingistory.com, with courtesy of hathitrust.org, USA. 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 […]
La Coupe Gordon-Bennett – La Vie au Grand Air – 12 July 1905
Avec l’authorisation du Bibliothèque national francais, gallica.bnf.fr.Text et photos compilé par motorracingistory.com. La Vie au Grand Air – 12 Juillet 1905. N° 357 – page 571 – 580 LA COUPE GORDON-BENNETT La Coupe se court pour la dernière fois en France * La défaite de l’équipe allemande * Le duel Lancia-Théry ** Théry, officier d’Académie […]
