Tag: 1908 Fairmont Park Motor Race
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Mystery Foto #43 Solved: George Robertson winning the 1908 Founders Week Cup Race in Irving Morse’s Locomobile
Art Kleiner challenged you to identify this weekend's Mystery Foto.
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1908 Locomobile Trophy Purchased for $128,700
Two weeks before the 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race, driver George Robertson won the 200-mile Fairmont Park Motor Race with Irving Morse's 40 HP Locomobile. Robertson was rewarded with $2,500 while Morse (related to the Samuel "Morse Code" Morse) received a 31-pound, 3-foot sterling silver trophy "The Founders' Week Cup".
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Driver Profile: George Robertson Updated 2/28/2016)
A profile of the first American driver to win the Vanderbilt Cup Race in an American car.
Deep and rich automotive details here. This whole series could easily be a part of the increasingly popular luxury auto…