Tag: Ormond-daytona Beach
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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 #52 Solved: Willie K. at the Ormond Hotel during the 1904 Ormond-Daytona Beach Races
In the final Mystery Foto of the decade, did you find Willie K.?
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Mystery Foto #36 Solved: Louis Chevrolet at the 1906 Ormond-Daytona Races
Paul Osika, a great collector and seller of racing and automobile photos, challenged you to identify this veteran of Vanderbilt Cup Races.
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Sports Car Illustrated “110 years ago William K. Vanderbilt Jr. sets new speed record”
Last month, Sports Car Illustrated celebrated the 100th anniversary of Willie K. breaking the one-mile land speed record.
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The Dawn of Speed: The Ormond-Daytona Automoble Races
Beverly Rae Himes explored "The Dawn of Speed" in the November 1987 isue of American Heritage. Here is a repost of the article with an images from my collection.
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Willie K’s Cars: #5 The 90-HP Mercedes that Broke the One-Mile Land Speed Record in 1904
William K. Vanderbilt Jr. was among the first generation of people who grew up with the automobile. With his family’s fortune predicated on transportation perhaps it was inevitable that he was drawn to the latest innovation in machinery to transport goods and people from one place to another. Regardless, his…
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Article “The Mercedes of Willie K” by Jean-Yves Lassaux
VanderbiltCupRaces.com contributer Jean-Yves Lassaux has written this article Willie K and the Mercedes for the French website etoilespassion.com . Use the Google translator for the English version.
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Film “Willie K. Driving in the 1905 Ormond-Daytona Beach Automobile Races”
This 30-second film is the only known record of William K, Vanderbilt Jr. driving in an automobile race.
Rollin’s granddaughter Betty King had this medal. She said she gave it to the National Inventors Hall of Fame Museum…