Tag: Ads
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Dec 23 2009
Promoting the 1909 Vanderbilt Cup Race Victory
The primary reason for automobile manufacturers and their suppliers to build and equip expensive racers for the Vanderbilt Cup Races was the opportunity to promote a potential victory. As an example, these ads appeared in the November 2, 1909 issue of Horseless Age after the Alco-6 driving by Harry Grant won the Vanderbilt Cup Race and the Marmon driven by Ray Harroun won the Wheatley Hills Sweepstakes.
