Tag: Barney Oldfield
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Book Reviews: The Master Driver of the World- The 1914 Cactus Derby
Author, early auto racing historian and my friend Mark Dill has penned another master book on racing icon Barney Oldfield Here are some of the great reviews.
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Mystery Friday Foto #20 Solved: Ralph DePalma in the 1914 Vanderbilt Cup Race and the 1908 American Grand Prize
This weekend's mystery photo, plus a bonus photo
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Greg O’s Garage: Famous signatures found in the Helck Family Collection
For over 60 years, Peter Helck saved every postcard and/or letter to his files. The amount of correspondence in his vast collection is staggering.
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Kleiner’s Korner: Other Vanderbilt Cup Race Personalities
Here are some individuals associated with the Vanderbilt Cup Race of which you may not be aware.
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Kleiner’s Korner: Two Prominent Supporters of Automobile Racing
Following up on Greg O's recent post about the dislike of automobile racing by "Horseless Age" magazine, I present here three opposing viewpoints.
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Kleiner’s Korner: Baseball Great Ty Cobb’s Connection to the Vanderbilt Cup Race
Detroit Tiger slugger Ty Cobb was an auto enthusiast as previous posts have documented. Here is a connection between Cobb and the 1910 Vanderbilt Cup Race I've recently uncovered.
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Video of the week: Gadgets Galore (1955) featuring Barney Oldfield and the 1906 Vanderbilt Cup Race
This 10:33-minute film took a humorous look at the early days of automobiles and racing. Highlights include Barney Oldfield racing (4:44) and a brief clip of the 1906 Vanderbilt Cup Race (5:00).
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Greg O.‘s Garage: From the Helck Family Collection: Barney Oldfield on Ormond Beach in his own words
Peter Helck and Barney Oldfield began a friendship shortly before Barney's passing
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Mystery Foto #36 Solved: Four Speed Merchants- Robertson, Christie, Strang and Oldfield at Atlanta Speedway in 1909
The Helck Family Collection challenged you to identify this weekend's Mystery Foto.
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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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