How the Vanderbilt Cup Race was Won – The Automobile – 15 Oct 1904
Text and pictures with courtesy of hathitrust hathtrust.org, compiled by motorracinghistory THE AUTOMOBILE WEEKLY – NEW YORK – SATURDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1904 – CHICAGO 10 CENTS HOW THE VANDERBILT CUP RACE WAS WON. FRANCE won the William K. Vanderbilt, Jr., Cup when Heath drove the great Panhard racer across the finish line at 1:08:45 […]
America’s First International Race – Motor Age – 13 Oct 1904
Text and pictures with courtesy of hathitrust hathtrust.org, compiled by motorracinghistory MOTOR AGE 2 Vol. VI. No. 15 CHICAGO, OCTOBER 13, 1904 AMERICA’S FIRST INTERNATIONAL RACE Race Won by George Heath in a 90-Horsepower Panhard, Representing the Automobile Club of FranceHerbert Lytle, for America, in a Pope-Toledo, Third.Albert Clement, for France, in a Clement-Bayard, Second.Charles […]
Lozier’s Name Goes on Vanderbilt Cup – Motor Age – 30 Nov 1911
Text and pictures with courtesy of hathitrust.org hathitrust.org; compiled by motorracinghistory.com MOTOR AGE VOL. XX, No. 22, NOVEMBER 30, 1911 Lozier’s Name Goes on Vanderbilt Cup Ralph Mulford Scores Sensational Victory Over Foreigners in Seventh Renewal of American Classic, Averaging 74.07 Miles Per HourDe Palma Second and Wishart Third – Hughes in Mercer and Witt, […]
Vanderbilt a Mulford-DePalma Duel – Motor Age – 30 Nov 1911
Text and pictures with courtesy of hathitrust.org hathitrust.org; compiled by motorracinghistory.com MOTOR AGE VOL. XX, No. 22, NOVEMBER 30, 1911 Vanderbilt a Mulford-De Palma Duel Running of the Great American Classic Lozier and Mercedes Put Up Terrific Battle for the Old Trophy – Foreign Car Leads in Early Stages But Once in the minds of […]
Das Vanderbilt Rennen- Automobil=Zeitung – 22 Oct 1905
The Austrian magazine „Automobil=Zeitung“ was published from 1900 to 1938. As Austria also had an automobile industry (like for instance Austro-Daimler and Opel-Darracq), there was sufficient attention on almost all international- and national motor racing events. The writing was in old, imperial German-Austro letters, making it quite difficult to read for Austrian foreigners. Above that, […]
Amerika ist für Beibehaltung der Rennen- Automobil=Zeitung – 5 Nov 1905
The 1905 Vanderbilt Cup race is evaluated in this issue of the „Automobil=Zeitung“. Opinions of the international motor racing „grands“ are summarised here, like Mr. Clarence Gray Dinsmore, Maybach of the Daimler factory in Untertürckheim, Charles Glidden, C.T. Birdfall, Sidney Bowman and S.E. Partridge. Now these are, as one would say, the crême de la […]
Die Fahrer im Vanderbilt-Rennen – Automobil=Zeitung – 12 Nov 1905
This issue of the Austrian „Automobil=Zeitung“ contains some caricatures of racing drivers are published. These originally appeared in several numbers of the US magazine „The Motor Way“. As the Austrian press mostly was in for some kind of humor, these images were given here, assembled on one page. Text and images with authorisation of anno.ac.at […]
La Coupe Vanderbilt – La Vie Automobile – 21 Oct 1905
The French magazine „La Vie Automobile“ was very much assigned to technical descriptions of cars and engines in particular. But they also reported the 1905 Vanderbilt Cup race; now in two separate articles. This first one, of October that year, mistakenly mentions that the cup race was held on Florida. Texte et images jpg avec […]
De la répresentation graphique – La Vie Automobile – 18 Nov 1905
In this second article of „La Vie Automobile“ on the 1905 Vanderbilt Cup race, a more scientifical approach and kindof phylosofical thoughts were written down. As with the earlier 1895 Paris-Bordeaux race, the race results were given graphically; a method that would accompany many Grand Prix races wide within the next century. Texte et images […]
The Story of George Heath – Motorworld – 13 Oct 1904
Text and pictures with courtesy of hathitrust hathtrust.org, compiled by motorracinghistory The Motor World, Vol. IX, No. 3, October 13, 1904; pages 97 – 104 The Story of How George Heath, an American, won the Vanderbilt Cup for France. „Five killed; seven injured.“ This was the „score sheet,“ or „extra,“ issued and actually sold […]