Tag: Barney Oldfield
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Jul 24 2021
Excerpt from “The Legend of the First Super Speedway”: Barney Oldfield at the 1904 Vanderbilt Cup Race
Mark Dill's marvelous book "The Legend of the First Super Speedway" chronicles tales of Barney Oldfield's journey through the pioneering age of American auto racing. With Mark's permission, below is the section on when Oldfield attended the 1904 Vanderbilt Cup Race.
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Jul 12 2021
Mystery Foto #28 Solved: Barney Oldfield in the 1909 Christie Racer which established the 102.6 mph Indy lap record in 1916
Wayne Carroll Petersen challenged you to identify this weekend's Mystery Foto.
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Jun 23 2021
Greg O.‘s Garage: From the Helck Family Collection- Barney Oldfield and the “Green Dragon”
For the 1904 racing season, Barney Oldfield broke records in his Peerless "Green dragon"
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Nov 18 2019
Mystery Racers: The 1914 Indy 500 Race
In the second of the Mystery Saturday Auto series, Steve Ludwiski forwarded these amazing photos discovered in a scrapbook from Dr. Frederick Stengel.
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May 06 2019
Mystery Foto #18 Solved: The Peerless Green Dragon at the 2004 Greenwich Concours d’Elegance
Dick Gorman challenged you to identify this weekend's Mystery Foto.
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Dec 02 2017
VanderbiltCupRaces.com Exclusive: Charlie Chaplin and Mabel Normand at the 1914 Vanderbilt Cup Race
These are the only known film scenes of the 1914 Vanderbilt Cup Race held in Santa Monica, California.
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Nov 04 2017
Gregg D. Merksamer: “Remembering the 1908 Briarcliff Trophy Race”
The most exciting and spectacular automobile race ever held in Westchester County is considered the 1908 Briarcliff Trophy Race. Run six months before the 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race, the Briarcliff race attracted skilled drivers and over 100,000 spectators along the 32.4-mile course.
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Dec 13 2016
Mystery Foto#50 Solved:The 1911 FIAT S74 Driven by Barney Oldfield in the May 1912 Santa Monica Race
The Heck Family Collection challenged you again to identify this weekend's Mystery Foto.
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Nov 27 2015
Holiday Gift of the Week: Book “Car Crazy” by G. Wayne Miller
Here is a new VanderbiltCupRaces.com series providing holiday gift suggestions for automobile enthusiasts.
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Nov 16 2015
Mystery Foto #46 Solved: Barney Oldfield in the Winton Bullet No.2 at Empire City Track in Yonkers
John Cuocco found this weekend's Mystery Foto while cleaning up my archives.
