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Racing in the USA 1919-1949

This period of racing saw the US emerge from its pre-World War I era of hippodroming and Barney Oldfield races to “proper” racing, with official championships, and separate classes for open wheeled cars and stock cars.

This book deals with the racing year by year. Each year first of all deals with the AAA National Championship, before dealing with racing elsewhere in the US. A section at the end of each year deals with other matters of interest that arose during the racing year.

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1919“The killing of three men on the Indianapolis speedway in the course of a 500 mile automobile race is a reversion to the old course of slaughter in the name of sport that some years ago caused a serious prejudice against motor cars on the part of many people, thinks the Washington Star.These motor races serve no useful purpose. At one time they were promoted for the advertisement of types of cars. Long since the motor makers realized the futility of this sort of publicity. A man will not buy a motor car for his own professional or personal use on the strength of the dare-devilry of some ‘speed king’ who has taken his own life in his hands and endangered the lives of others on a bowl track. These long distance races undoubtedly are a good test of the endurance qualities of cars under severe strain, but the best cars may come to grief through bad piloting or some freak of chance. The bursting of a tire against which no precaution can be taken, may cost lives.The risks run in these races are not comparable with those involved in airplaning. The aviation sacrifices have been in the course of development of a practicable heavier than air machine. They may be rated as an inevitable part of the evolution. Motorists’ deaths, however, have no such value, and contribute nothing to the advancement of the art of motor making or the uses of the machine. These reckless exhibitions should not be longer tolerated.”

Charleston Daily Mail

1919 – AAA National Championships

Championship Standings 1 Howard Wilcox 1110 pts 2 Eddie Hearne 1075 3 Gaston Chevrolet 980 4 Roscoe Sarles 945 5 Tom Milton 905 6 Joe Boyer 725 7 Cliff Durant 695 8 Louis Chevrolet 590 9 Ralph Mulford 38010 Dave Lewis 34511 Art Klein 34012 Jules Goux 27013 Ira Vail 25514 Kurt Hitke 20515 Ralph De Palma 20016 Denny Hickey 170 = Eddie Pullen 170 = Edward Schillo 17019 Louis LeCocq 15520 Albert Guyot 14021 Tom Alley 12522 I.P.Fetterman 10523 Omar Toft 8524 Eddie O’Donnell 6525 Waldo Stein 6026 Toland Nicholson 5527 W.W.Brown 50 = Joe Thomas 5029 Paul Harvey 4030 Bennet Hill 3531 Frank Elliott 25 = Dario Resta 2533 Edward Kaster 20 = Wilmer Monahan 2035 H.L.Robinson 15 = William Veters 15

Santa Monica, CA

15th March 1919 - 250.24 miles (7.36 miles x 34 laps)

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Pos # SP Driver Car Name Chassis Engine Laps Time

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1 1 1 Cliff Durant Chevrolet Stutz Stutz 34 3:04:45, 81.27 mph2 2 2 Eddie Hearne Chevrolet Stutz Stutz 34 3:11:593 3 3 Louis LeCocq Newman-Wisconsin Stutz Wisconsin 34 3:15:284 4 4 Eddie Pullen Hudson Hudson Hudson 34 3:20:405 11 10 W.W.Brown Richards Hudson Hudson 32 Flagged6 5 5 Omar Toft Ascot Miller Miller 32 Flagged7 7 7 Frank Elliott Elliott Miller Miller 31 Flagged8 9 9 Edward Kaster Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 31 Flagged9 6 6 Joe Thomas Mercer Mercer Mercer 14 oil line10 8 8 Earl Cooper Stutz Stutz Stutz 11 Valve11 12 12 Al Melcher Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 5 Punctured radiator12 14 13 Roscoe Sarles Roamer Duesenberg Duesenberg 3 Accident13 17 14 Walter Melcher Hudson Duesenberg Duesenberg 1 Fatal accident14 15 11 Harry Krueger Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 1 Piston

Lap Leaders: Durant 1-34

AAA Sanction 1114

Melcher was a last minute substitute for A.E.Christenson.

Ascot, CA

23rd March 1919 – 150 miles (1 mile x 150 laps)

Pos # SP Driver Car Name Chassis Engine Laps Time1 8 3 Roscoe Sarles Roamer Duesenberg Duesenberg 150 2:07:07, 70.80 mph2 2 4 Eddie Hearne Chevrolet Stutz Stutz 150 2:07:103 4 1 Eddie Pullen Hudson Hudson Hudson 150 2:07:184 1 2 Cliff Durant Chevrolet Stutz Stutz 149 Flagged5 5 9 Omar Toft Ascot Miller Miller 144 Flagged6 9 8 Dave Lewis Golden Submarine Miller Miller 138 Flagged7 6 7 Joe Thomas Mercer Mercer Mercer 130 Valve8 7 6 Frank Elliott Miller Miller Miller 689 3 5 Louis LeCocq Newman-Wisconsin Stutz Wisconsin 56 Piston

Lap Leaders:

AAA sanction 1118

Uniontown, PA

19th May 1919 – 112.5 miles (1.125 miles x 100 laps)

Pos # SP Driver Car Name Chassis Engine Laps Time1 9 Tom Milton Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 100 1:10:09, 96.22 mph2 26 Louis Chevrolet Frontenac Frontenac Frontenac 100 1:10:303 2 Ralph Mulford Frontenac Frontenac Frontenac 100 1:10:324 1 Cliff Durant Chevrolet Stutz Stutz 100 1:12:355 39 Joe Boyer Frontenac Frontenac Frontenac 100 1:13:246 15 Louis LeCocq Roamer Duesenberg Duesenberg Flagged7 12 Kurt Hitke Roamer Duesenberg Duesenberg Flagged8 Denny Hickey Stickel Hudson Hudson Flagged9 Fred McCarthy Hudson Hudson Hudson Out10 Wilbur D’Alene Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg Out11 Gaston Chevrolet Frontenac Frontenac Frontenac Out12 Omar Toft Toft Miller Miller Out13 Joe Thomas Mercer Mercer Mercer 20 AccidentNQ Eddie Pullen Hudson Hudson Hudson DNQNQ Harold Simmons Hudson Hudson Hudson DNQNQ Ray Howard Peugeot Peugeot Peugeot DNQNQ Wilmer Monahan Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg DNQNQ Eddie Hearne Durant Stutz Stutz DNQ

AAA sanction 1116

McCarthy might not have started the race.

Indianapolis, IN

30th May 1919 – 500 miles (2.5 miles x 200 laps)

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Pos # SP Driver Car Name Chassis Engine Laps Time Qual mph

1 3 2 Howard Wilcox Peugeot Peugeot Peugeot 200 5:40:42.87, 88.050 mph

100.01

2 14 8 Eddie Hearne Durant Stutz Stutz 200 5:44:29.05 94.53 6 22 Jules Goux Peugeot Peugeot Peugeot 200 5:49:06.18 95.04 32 3 Albert Guyot Ballot Ballot Ballot 200 5:55:16.27 98.35 26 28 Tom Alley Bender Bender Miller 200 6:05:03.92 92.26 4 4 Ralph De Palma Packard Packard Packard 200 6:10:10.64 98.27 7 12 Louis Chevrolet Frontenac Frontenac Frontenac 200 6:10:10.92 103.18 27 10 Ira Vail Hudson Hudson Hudson 200 6:12:42.00 94.19 21 27 Denny Hickey Stickel Hudson Hoskin 200 6:13:57.24 92.510 41 16 Gaston Chevrolet Frontenac Frontenac Frontenac 200 6:17:21.79 100.411 31 1 Rene Thomas Ballot Ballot Ballot 200 6:21:10.92 104.712 8 9 Earl Cooper Stutz Stutz Stutz 200 6:21:35.05 94.2513 23 29 Elmer Shannon Mesaba Duesenberg Shannon 200 6:30:50.75 91.714 17 26 Ora Haibe Hudson Hudson Hudson 200 6:34:28.09 92.815 37 32 Andre Boillot Peugeot Peugeot Peugeot 191 Accident

backstretch89.5

16 48 21 Ray Howard Peugeot Peugeot Peugeot 134 Oil pressure 95.017 22 23 Wilbur D’Alene Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 120 Axle 94.218 15 25 Louis LeCocq Roamer Duesenberg Duesenberg 97 Fatal accident turn

292.9

19 29 7 Art Klein Peugeot Peugeot Peugeot 72 Oil line 94.920 19 11 Charles

KirkpatrickDetroit Mercedes Mercedes 70 Con-rod 90.0

21 10 5 Eddie O’Donnell Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 66 Piston 94.922 33 6 Paul Bablot Ballot Ballot Ballot 63 Accident 97.323 12 24 Kurt Hitke Roamer Duesenberg Duesenberg 57 Con-rod bearing 93.524 1 20 Cliff Durant Chevrolet Stutz Stutz 55 Steering gear 96.525 9 31 Tom Milton Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 49 Con-rod 89.926 18 18 Arthur Thurman Thurman Duesenberg Duesenberg 45 Fatal accident turn

398.0

27 34 13 Louis Wagner Ballot Ballot Ballot 45 Wheel 101.728 43 30 Omar Toft Darco Miller Miller 45 Con-rod 91.529 2 15 Ralph Mulford Frontenac Frontenac Frontenac 37 Driveshaft 100.530 36 33 J.J.McCoy McCoy McCoy 37 Oil line 86.531 39 14 Joe Boyer Frontenac Frontenac Frontenac 30 Rear axle 100.932 5 17 W.W.Brown Richards Hudson Brown 11 Con-rod 99.833 28 19 Roscoe Sarles Oldfield Miller Miller 11 Rocker-arm 99.7NQ 24 Jack Reynolds Hudson Hudson Hudson DNQ – too slowNQ 35 Al Cotey Ogren Duesenberg Duesenberg DNQ – too slowNQ Wilmer Monahan JB Practice accidentNQ Jean Chassagne Sunbeam Sunbeam Sunbeam Withdrew – engineNQ Dario Resta Sunbeam Sunbeam Sunbeam Withdrew – engineNQ 16 George Buzane Premier Premier Premier Practice accidentNQ 25 Max McVey Hudson Hudson Hudson WithdrewNQ 38 Dave Lewis Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg Mechanical

Lap Leaders: Ralph De Palma 1-65, 75-102Louis Chevrolet 66-74Howard Wilcox 103-200

AAA sanction 1112

Ken Rawlings was the relief driver for Shannon, and Jean Chassagne for Bablot. Thurman and LeCocq were fatally injured, mechanician Nicholas Molinero was also badly hurt but survived. Cars were assigned numbers on the morning of the race to foil illegal programme makers.

Sheepshead Bay, NY

14th June 1919

Heat 1: 10 miles (2 miles x 5 laps)

Pos # SP Driver Car Name Chassis Engine Laps Time1 9 Tom Milton Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 5 0:05:20.02, 112.43 mph2 2 Ralph Mulford Frontenac Frontenac Frontenac 53 1 Dario Resta Resta 54 48 Ray Howard Peugeot Peugeot Peugeot 55 3 Joe Thomas Mercer Mercer Mercer 4 Flagged6 24 James Reynolds Frontenac Frontenac Frontenac 4 Flagged7 27 Ira Vail Hudson Hudson Hudson 4 Flagged8 21 Denny Hickey Stickel Hudson Hudson 4 Flagged

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Pos # SP Driver Car Name Chassis Engine Laps Time1 2 Ralph Mulford Frontenac Frontenac Frontenac 5 0:05:24.2, 110.04 mph2 39 Joe Boyer Frontenac Frontenac Frontenac 53 4 Ralph De Palma Packard Packard Packard 54 3 Joe Thomas Mercer Mercer Mercer 55 38 Dave Lewis Meteor Duesenberg Duesenberg 5


Pos # SP Driver Car Name Chassis Engine Laps Time1 2 Ralph Mulford Frontenac Frontenac Frontenac 15 0:16:01.2, 112.36 mph2 4 Ralph De Palma Packard Packard Packard 153 38 Dave Lewis Meteor Duesenberg Duesenberg 154 3 Joe Thomas Mercer Mercer Mercer 155 39 Joe Boyer Frontenac Frontenac Frontenac 156 21 Denny Hickey Stickel Hudson Hudson 157 48 Ray Howard Peugeot Peugeot Peugeot 14 Flagged8 1 Dario Resta Resta 3 Spark plugs

Feature: 50 miles (2 miles x 25 laps)

Pos # SP Driver Car Name Chassis Engine Laps Time1 2 Ralph De Palma Packard Packard Packard 25 0:26:23.40, 113.68 mph2 38 Dave Lewis Meteor Duesenberg Duesenberg 253 39 Joe Boyer Frontenac Frontenac Frontenac 254 3 Joe Thomas Mercer Mercer Mercer 255 21 Denny Hickey Stickel Hudson Hudson 256 9 Tom Milton Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 24 Flagged7 2 Ralph Mulford Frontenac Frontenac Frontenac 8 Blown tyre8 1 Dario Resta Resta 1 Out

AAA sanction 1123.

Tacoma, WA

4th July 1919

40 miles (2 miles x 20 laps)

Pos # SP Driver Car Name Chassis Engine Laps Time1 2 Ralph Mulford Frontenac Frontenac Frontenac 20 0:24:02.4, 99.83 mph2 1 Cliff Durant Chevrolet Stutz Stutz 203 7 Louis Chevrolet Frontenac Frontenac Frontenac 204 3 Eddie Hearne Chevrolet Stutz Stutz 205 4 Dario Resta Sunbeam Sunbeam Sunbeam 20


Pos # SP Driver Car Name Chassis Engine Laps Time1 7 Louis Chevrolet Frontenac Frontenac Frontenac 30 0:36:47.2, 97.86 mph2 2 Ralph Mulford Frontenac Frontenac Frontenac 303 3 Eddie Hearne Chevrolet Stutz Stutz 304 1 Cliff Durant Chevrolet Stutz Stutz 305 4 Dario Resta Sunbeam Peugeot Peugeot 30


Pos # SP Driver Car Name Chassis Engine Laps Time1 7 Louis Chevrolet Frontenac Frontenac Frontenac 40 0:49:24.12, 97.18 mph2 3 Eddie Hearne Chevrolet Stutz Stutz 403 1 Cliff Durant Chevrolet Stutz Stutz 404 2 Ralph Mulford Frontenac Frontenac Frontenac 32 Tyres5 4 Dario Resta Sunbeam Peugeot Peugeot 21 Out

AAA sanction 1125

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Sheepshead Bay, NY

4th July 1919 – 100 miles (2 miles x 50 laps)

Pos # SP Driver Car Name Chassis Engine Laps Time1 41 8 Gaston Chevrolet Frontenac Frontenac Frontenac 50 0:54:17.8, 110.50 mph2 3 9 Howard Wilcox Peugeot Peugeot Peugeot 50 0:58:37.63 38 3 Dave Lewis Meteor Duesenberg Duesenberg 504 27 2 Ira Vail Hudson Hudson Hudson 505 10 11 Eddie O’Donnell Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 506 21 5 Denny Hickey Stickel Hudson Hudson 507 1 Joe Thomas Mercer Mercer Mercer 508 6 William Veters Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 509 39 7 Joe Boyer Frontenac Frontenac Frontenac 33 Engine10 9 10 Tom Milton Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 8 Tyres11 4 Steve Olson Aetna 3 EngineNQ Emil Thomas Wehr Rotary DNQNQ Bennett Hill Aetna DNQNQ 4 Ralph De Palma Packard Packard Packard PistonNQ 48 Ray Howard Peugeot Peugeot Peugeot Practice accident

AAA sanction 1127

Uniontown, PA

19th July 1919 – The Independence Derby

Heat 1: 22.5 miles (1.125 miles x 20 laps)

Pos # SP Driver Car Name Chassis Engine Laps Time1 Tom Milton Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 20 0:13:37.40, 99.09 mph2 I.P.Fetterman Premier Premier Premier 20 0:13:38.403 Roscoe Sarles Oldfield Miller Miller 20 0:13:43.004 Bennett Hill Aetna 20 0:13:47.155 Denny Hickey Stickel Hudson Hudson 20 0:15:14.286 Eddie O’Donnell Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 207 Dave Lewis Meteor Duesenberg Duesenberg 208 Joe Thomas Mercer Mercer Mercer 209 Art Klein Toft Miller Miller 20


Pos # SP Driver Car Name Chassis Engine Laps Time1 Dave Lewis Meteor Duesenberg Duesenberg 20 0:13:31.26, 99.84 mph2 I.P.Fetterman Premier Premier Premier 20 0:13:57.393 Denny Hickey Stickel Hudson Hudson 20 0:14:00.904 Eddie O’Donnell Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 20 0:14:54.785 Roscoe Sarles Oldfield Miller Miller 206 Bennett Hill Aetna 207 Joe Thomas Mercer Mercer Mercer 208 Art Klein Toft Miller Miller 20


Pos # SP Driver Car Name Chassis Engine Laps Time1 I.P.Fetterman Premier Premier Premier 20 0:13:31.26, 99.84 mph2 Roscoe Sarles Oldfield Miller Miller 20 0:13:41.593 Denny Hickey Stickel Hudson Hudson 20 0:14:01.094 Eddie O’Donnell Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 20 0:14:09.785 Bennett Hill Aetna 20 0:14:50.256 Joe Thomas Mercer Mercer Mercer 207 Art Klein Toft Miller Miller 20


Pos # SP Driver Car Name Chassis Engine Laps Time1 Roscoe Sarles Oldfield Miller Miller 20 0:14:20.54, 94.13 mph2 Eddie O’Donnell Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 20 0:14:37.253 Bennett Hill Aetna 20 0:14:49.744 Joe Thomas Mercer Mercer Mercer 20 0:15:23.00

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5 Denny Hickey Hudson Hudson Hudson 206 Art Klein Toft Miller Miller 20

Final (for heat winners): 22.5 miles (1.125 miles x 20 laps)

Pos # SP Driver Car Name Chassis Engine Laps Time1 Tom Milton Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 20 0:13:22.85, 110.89 mph2 Dave Lewis Meteor Duesenberg Duesenberg 20 0:13:27.903 I.P.Fetterman Premier Premier Premier 20 0:13:31.234 Roscoe Sarles Oldfield Miller Miller 20 0:13:45.21

AAA sanction 1126

Elgin, IL

23rd August 1919 – 301.824 miles (8.384 miles x 36 laps)

Pos # SP Driver Car Name Chassis Engine Laps Time1 9 10 Tom Milton Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 36 4:05:27, 73.90 mph2 8 5 Roscoe Sarles Roamer Duesenberg Duesenberg 36 4:30:073 5 3 Edward Schillo Mercer Mercer Mercer 36 4:41:384 4 6 Ira Vail Philbrin Hudson Hudson 36 4:45:205 12 12 Kurt Hitke Roamer Duesenberg Duesenberg 35 Flagged6 28 7 Waldo Stein Oldfield Miller Miller 34 Flagged7 3 13 Paul Harvey Peugeot Peugeot Peugeot 33 Flagged8 29 2 Art Klein Peugeot Peugeot Peugeot 31 Burnt bearing9 26 4 Tom Alley Bender 26 Engine10 10 1 Ralph Mulford Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 22 Engine11 6 8 Joe Thomas Mercer Mercer Mercer 17 Valve12 35 11 Al Cotey Ogren Duesenberg Duesenberg 9 Engine13 1 9 Cliff Durant Chevrolet Stutz Stutz 1 AccidentNQ 2 Percy Ford Haynes DNSNQ 7 E.J.Walen Hudson Hudson Hudson DNS

Ralph Mulford was the relief driver for Ira Vail.

AAA sanction 1130

Uniontown, PA

1st September 1919 – 3rd Annual Autumn Classic: 225.000 miles (1.125 miles x 200 laps)

Pos # SP Driver Car Name Chassis Engine Laps Time1 41 Gaston Chevrolet Frontenac Frontenac Frontenac 200 2:24:19.68, 93.537 mph2 14 Roscoe Sarles Philbrin Hudson Hudson 200 2:25:57.183 7 Louis Chevrolet Frontenac Frontenac Frontenac 200 2:26:58.814 2 Ralph Mulford Frontenac Frontenac Frontenac 200 2:28:54.985 38 Dave Lewis Meteor Duesenberg Duesenberg 200 2:31:29.276 29 Art Klein Peugeot Peugeot Peugeot 200 2:34:43.927 17 Toland Nicholson Hudson Hudson Hudson 200 2:36:31.868 Wilmer Monahan Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 200 2:37:07.889 H.L.Robinson Haynes 173 Flagged10 9 Tom Milton Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 189 Fire11 Denny Hickey Stickel Hudson Hudson 152 Burnt bearing12 Omar Toft Toft Miller Miller 141 Engine13 Harry Cooper Aetna 94 Engine14 Bennett Hill Aetna 92 Steering gear15 Joe Boyer Frontenac Frontenac Frontenac 28 IgnitionNQ Jimmy Murphy Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg Practice accident

Joe Boyer relieved Chevrolet for laps 118-200.

AAA sanction 1133

Sheepshead Bay, NY

20th September 1919 – 150 miles (2 miles x 75 laps)

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Pos # SP Driver Car Name Chassis Engine Laps Time1 41 Gaston Chevrolet Frontenac Frontenac Frontenac 75 1:22:34.2, 108.998 mph2 39 Joe Boyer Frontenac Frontenac Frontenac 75 1:24:43.63 14 Ira Vail Philbrin Hudson Hudson 75 1:24:48.04 29 Art Klein Peugeot Peugeot Peugeot 75 1:25:24.05 16 Toland Nicholson Hudson Hudson Hudson 75 1:30:28.26 21 Denny Hickey Stickel Hudson Hudson 75 1:31:35.27 10 Ralph Mulford Frontenac Frontenac Frontenac 75 1:33:06.08 22 William Vetera Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg Flagged9 Bennett Hill Aetna Flagged10 6 Joe Thomas Mercer Mercer Mercer Flagged11 7 Louis Chevrolet Frontenac Frontenac Frontenac 55 Fire12 Ralph De Palma White White White 26 Out13 8 Dave Lewis Meteor Duesenberg Duesenberg 12 Cracked cylinder

AAA sanction 1140

Cincinnati, OH

12th October 1919 – 250 miles (2 miles x 125 laps)

Pos # SP Driver Car Name Chassis Engine Laps Time1 39 Joe Boyer Frontenac Frontenac Frontenac 125 2:27:19.20, 101.819 mph2 29 Art Klein Peugeot Peugeot Peugeot 125 2:30:20.323 27 Kurt Hitke Kenworthy Duesenberg Duesenberg 125 2:34:31.634 38 Dave Lewis Meteor Duesenberg Duesenberg 125 2:37:39.615 21 Denny Hickey Stickel Hudson Hudson 125 2:39:24.106 26 Tom Alley Bender Miller Miller 125 2:40:21.247 14 Waldo Stein Oldfield Miller Miller 125 2:41:32.758 43 Omar Toft Toft Miller Miller 125 2:46:35.729 Paul Harvey Peugeot Peugeot Peugeot 120 Flagged10 4 Ralph De Palma Packard Packard Packard 83 Out11 Jimmy Murphy Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 61 Out12 33 Joe Thomas Mercer Mercer Mercer 60 Out13 Toland Nicholson Hudson Hudson Hudson 54 Out14 41 Gaston Chevrolet Frontenac Frontenac Frontenac 53 Out15 Louis Chevrolet Frontenac Frontenac Frontenac 32 Out16 10 Eddie O’Donnell Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 25 Out

AAA sanction 1152. Race had been postponed a week due to rain.

Other US events of 1919

International Motor Contest Association Championship Standings

1 Louis Disbrow

Ascot, CA

26th January 1919 – 1 mile concrete oval

Ps # Driver Car Time

100 miles – Free-for-all, Victory Sweepstakes 1 Roscoe Sarles 1:27:52.4 2 Omar Toft 3 Eddie Hearne 4 Eddie O’Donnell Flagged 5 Al Melcher

There were two accidents.

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West Point, NE

23rd March 1919


2.5 miles 1 Lester Weisner Dodge 0:02:22 2 Arthur Wendt Nash

Jackson, MS

9th April 1919

Fred Horey crashed through the fence on a bend and into a barn 150 yards from the track – he was thrown from the car when it struck a ditch, and was badly bruised in the accident.

Birmingham, AL

12th April 1919

Floyd Willard, driving in the light car race, suffered a crushed skull, two broken ribs and was badly burnt when his car threw a tyre and crashed through a fence.

Rim of the World Hillclimb, Waterman Canyon, San Bernardino, CA

24th April 1919 – 8 miles

Ps # Driver Car Time 1 Charles Basle Peerless 8 0:18:00.8 2 Arthur Fuller Essex 3 C.Furness Apperson

For amateur drivers only. Captain Al G.Waddell named as starter.

Ontario, CA

12th June 1919


Free-for-all 1 Edward Myers Jr Ford

Columbus, OH

14th June 1919


1 mile Sig Haugdahl 0:00:48.23

25 miles 1 Duray 0:26:33.4 2 Endicott 3 Cline

Fred Horey had an accident during these races. An auto-polo event was also held, during which Walter Sterling overturned and broke his shoulder.

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Reno Roundup, AZ

2nd July 1919


Truckee-Reno - 34 miles 1 Al Raiche/J.A.Webster Ford 0:57 2 Karl Kielhofer Buick 6 1:01 3 H.Gass Chevrolet 1:41

Kielhofer carried seven passengers. Gass carried five, but suffered three tyre blowouts.

Yerrington-Reno 1 M.R.Penrose Buick 6 2:45 R E.D.Fraiser Hupmobile 12 miles/spring

These were the only two races of the seven announced which took place – the others were cancelled due to inadequate telephone and telegraph connections (the others were from Winnemucca, Tonopah, Quincy, Susanville and Fallon to Reno). A motorcycle race from Verdi to Reno was also held. The Reno Roundup was aRodeo event for which these were warm-up events.

Albuquerque, NM

4th July 1919

Ps # Driver Car Time R Tony Yurele engine

Cedar Falls Fairgrounds, IA

4th July 1919


15 miles – Free-for-all stock car 1 Frank Whitney Nash 2 Henderson Hudson 3 Stanley Morris Marmon R L.Swearinger Buick Special accident

The Marmon lost a tyre towards the end of the race when leading by half a mile, and the Buick went througha fence, the driver being uninjured. Motorcycle races were also held.

Chippewa Falls,WI

4th July 1919 – ½ mile dirt oval


3 miles 1 Verne Soules Wisconsin Special 0:04:36. 2 Floyd Willard Monroe R Tom Reynolds Hearne Case 3 laps/mechanical

1 mile – Time Trial Sig Haugdahl 0:01:10

10 laps - Chippewa Sweepstakes, Final 1 Leon Duray Case 2 Tom Reynolds Hearne Case 3 Verne Soules Wisconsin Special R Fred Horey

There were two qualifying heats of five miles each.

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Covington, IN


25 milesGlen Fisher, Owen Swearinden, John Roberts and George McIntire were badly injured in a collision during a race. McIntire was Roberts’ mechanician, Swearinden was Fisher’s mechanician. Roberts crashed into Fisher on a turn – both cars retired.

Crown Point, IN

4th July 1919


25 miles 1 Mike Magdo Buick

Motorcycle and auto races held.

Florence-Casa Grande, AZ

4th July 1919

Ps # Driver Car Time 1 John Powell 0:59:30 2 Frank Larson 3 E.A.Bingaman 1:16:00 R Steve Branaman accident R D.O.Rogers accident

Larson overturned, losing his radiator and throwing a tyre. He tied the radiator in place and carried on driving on the rim of the damaged wheel.

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Las Cruces, NM

4th July 1919 – 33.6 miles, ? laps

Ps # Driver Car Time Mechanician 1 5 Durio Ford 0:50:47 Wheeler 2 2 Mossman Ford Freeman 3 4 Hood Ford Reed 4 1 Campbell Ford O’Hara R 7 Katzenstein Ford 3 laps/engine Amelia R 3 Blanco Ford 2 laps/tyres Lucero R 6 Smith Ford 0 laps/engine McLaughlin

Ford stock race held on the El Paso and Meslila Roads.

Marion Fairgrounds, OH



10 miles 1 LeRoy Cramer Dodge 0:15:37 2 E.McEldowney Studebaker 15 laps R White & Irey Buick 1 lap/tyre blow out

Breckenridge, CO

4th-5th July 1919

The Soldiers Homecoming Reception and Celebration was to feature a cold-start auto race. It is not known if it took place.

Malvern, IA

11th July 1919

The Malvern Fire Department hosted an event which featured flying by aviatrix Ruth Law, and a race betweenher airplane and a car (the car was to be driven by George Clark). Other races were also held, but the results are not known.

5th Denver Times Road Race, Denver, CO-Cheyenne, WY

22nd July 1919 – 110 miles

Ps # Driver Car Time 1 4 R.J.Copes Chevrolet 2:11:59 J.W.Ruffner was mechanician 2 Premier 3 Abbott-Detroit 4 Chevrolet 5 Ford 6 Stoddard-Dayton 7 Fiat 8 Biddle Special 9 Packard10 Stutz11 Peerless12 Red Majors Hudson Super Six 2:28:0713 Buick14 Ford15 Chalmers16 Mercer17 Washburn Special18 Brinker Special19 Dodge

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Kenberma Day Races, Nantasket, MA

August 1919

Ps # Driver Car Time 1 P.D.Helliwell PD Special 2 C.J.Shea Packard Special

William Burns was mechanic for Shea. The exact date is not known, but it took place some time before the 19th August.

Forest Park, Lowville, NY

3rd August 1919


5 miles 1 Loren Singer

Rockford Driving Park, IL

6th August 1919 – 1 mile dirt oval

IMCA sanctioned the races in which Fred Horey, Sig Haugdahl, Floyd Willard, Bob Cline, C.C.Horrah and Verne Soules were to compete. A wind storm followed by drizzling rain tore the canopy from the grandstand,causing it to collapse a moment later, fortunately without injury to anyone. The rain made the track so heavy that the races were abandoned after the second elimination heat for the Camp Grant handicap.

Cambridge, MD

7th August 1919


3 miles 1 Charles B.Ware 0:03:36 2 William Strickler 3 Elmer Cannon

Part of the Dorchester County Fair. Also featured horse races, a motorcycle race, and a race between an auto and a motorcycle over 3 miles won by Charles Ware in an auto.

Sedalia, MO

11th August 1919 – 1 mile

George Clark in an auto raced Louis Gertson in his airplane, and lost. Clark also set times over one, three and five miles. In another race, Jim Costa in a Ford crashed through a fence and fell 25 feet down an embankment. Costa was strapped to his seat, and suffered numerous cuts before being knocked unconsciousfor four minutes – the car was wrecked. Further races were to be held on the 16th August, with 15 entries,but no further details of these races are known.

Iowa State Fair, Des Moines, IA

29th August 1919 – ½ mile dirt oval


25 miles – Hawkeye Sweepstakes 1 Leon Duray Case 2 Soules Darracq 49 laps 3 Dempster Peugeot Special R Fordyce Mercer 48 laps/accident R Sig Haugdahl Fiat 12 laps/engine

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1 mile – Record Attempt George Clark American Jumbo Benz 0:01:07

Lima Driving Park, OH

1st September 1919


3 miles 1 C.Fox Ford 0:04:01.25

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2 E.Rhodees Buick 3 E.Cousins Chevrolet 4 A.Castle Maxwell

3 miles 1 Fielding Cino 0:03:42 2 F.Sullivan Fiat 3 Coleman Mercer 4 F.Lichlider Hudson

5 miles – For non-winners of events 1 & 2 1 F.Lichlider Hudson 0:06:35 2 Coleman Mercer 3 E.Cousins Chevrolet 4 A.Castle Maxwell

5 miles – For winners of events 1 & 2 1 Fielding Cino 0:06:15 2 F.Sullivan Fiat 3 C.Fox Ford 4 Coleman Mercer

10 miles – Free-for-all 1 F.Sullivan Fiat 0:12:15 2 Fielding Cino 3 Coleman Mercer 4 Coe Staver 5 Rhodes Buick

Nebraska State Fairgrounds, Lincoln, NE

1st September 1919 – ½ mile dirt oval


2 miles 1 Fred Horey Briscoe 2 Sig Haugdahl Fiat

3 miles 1 Jennison Hudson 0:04 2 Allen Clergy R Leon Duray Monroe accident/through fence

5 miles 1 Fred Horey Briscoe 0:06:34 2 Sig Haugdahl Case 3 Soules Darracq 4 Jennison Hudson

5 miles – Australian Pursuit Handicap 1 Fred Horey Briscoe Soules Allen Jennison

25 miles – Sweepstakes 1 Sig Haugdahl Case 2 Fred Horey Briscoe 3 Jennison Hudson 4 Allen R Soules Darracq

Hamline, MN

3rd and 6th September 1919 – 1 mile dirt oval


6th September: 5 miles 1 Sig Haugdahl 0:04:01.4

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This was reported as being a record for five miles on a one mile dirt track. Part of the Minnesota State Fair. Disbrow, Horey, Lampkin and Tom Milton were also t compete.

Cedar Valley Fairgrounds, Cedar Falls, IA

4th-5th September 1919


4th September: 10 miles - Auto Dealers’ Race 1 A.E.Powell Powell Special 2 L.J.Thill Buick 3 G.H.Hathaway

4th September: 2 miles 1 A.E.Powell Powell Special 2 Roy Humphries 3 Stanley Harris

5th September: 10 miles – Free-for-all 1 Roy Humphries Buick 0:12:15 2 A.E.Powell Powell Special 3 L.J.Thill Buick

5th September: 10 miles – Free-for-all, stock cars 1 Fearer Buick 0:15:40 2 S.Harris 3 A.E.Powell

Dickinson County Fairgrounds, Spirit Lake, IA

6th September 1919

Race had been scheduled for the 2nd, but rain caused the fair to be delayed and the races rescheduled. Theraces did happen, but the results are unknown.

6th Annual Hillclimb of the Automobile Club of Utica, Richfield Springs, NY

6th September 1919


Event 3 1 Peerless 8 0:00:46.0 2 Peerless 0:00:48.8 3 Marmon 0:00:50.6 4 Cole 0:00:52.0 5 Cole 0:00:52.2 = National 0:00:52.2 7 Peerless 0:00:53.8 8 Cole 0:00:54.4 9 Marmon 0:00:58.8 = National 0:00:58.8

Event 5 1 Peerless 0:00:45.4 2 Peerless 0:00:48.0 3 Hudson 0:00:48.4 4 Marmon 0:00:51.0 5 Cole 0:00:51.2 6 Peerless 0:00:52.4 7 Essex 0:00:53.8 8 Cole 0:00:54.0 9 Cole 0:00:55.010 National 0:01:02.211 Buick 0:01:04.0

Event 6 – Open to any car owned in New York State 1 Peerless 0:00:46.4 2 Peerless 0:00:48.2

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3 Hudson 0:00:48.8 4 Marmon 0:00:49.8 5 Cole 0:00:50.2 6 National 0:00:52.6 7 Peerless 0:00:53.0 8 Cole 0:00:54.4 9 Cole 0:00:54.810 Marmon 0:00:58.411 National 0:00:58.612 Buick 0:01:02.4

Event 7 – Open to any member of the AAA 1 Peerless 0:00:46.6 2 Peerless 0:00:48.2 3 Hudson 0:00:49.8 4 Cole 0:00:50.2 5 Peerless 0:00:52.0 6 National 0:00:55.0 7 Marmon 0:00:56.8 8 National 0:00:59.0 9 Marmon 0:00:59.810 Buick 0:01:02.4

Ran in co-operation with the Automobile Club of Richfield Springs and the New York State Motor Federation.

Ada, MN

7th September 1919

Ps # Driver Car Time 1 John Lee Elgin

Wyoming State Fairgrounds, Douglas, WY

11th September 1919 (estimated)

The race results are unknown. However, on the 4th September James Z.McDonald was killed in Casper, WY, while tuning up his car for the races. The car went through a fence at 80 mph and overturned.

New York State Fairgrounds, NY

13th September 1919


5 miles, Match Race 1 1 Endicott Rahe Special 0:04:42 2 7 Disbrow Bluebird

8 miles - Autumn Handicap Pursuit 1 18 Willard Munroe 0:07:15 11 Disbrow Super-Zip 16 Lampkin Auburn 22 Cline Briscoe

1 mile - World Record Trial Sig Haugdahl Briscoe 0:00:48.25

5 miles - World’s Championship Match Race, Heat 1 1 16 Ray Lampkin Auburn 0:04:45 2 7 Louis Disbrow Bluebird 3 11 Claypool Super-Zip 4 1 Endicott Rahe Special 22 Cline Briscoe 18 Willard Munroe 6 Hugdahl Briscoe

Auto PoloAll western and eastern championship

10 miles - World’s Championship Match Race, Heat 2

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1 7 Louis Disbrow Bluebird 0:08:46 2 11 Claypool Super-Zip 4 1 Endicott Rahe Special 6 16 Ray Lampkin Auburn

15 miles - World’s Championship Match Race, Heat 3 1 7 Louis Disbrow Bluebird 0:14:06 2 1 Endicott Rahe Special 3 11 Claypool Super-Zip 4 16 Ray Lampkin Auburn

Missoula Fairgrounds, MT

18th September 1919


5 miles - Free-for-all 1 Louie Volk Hudson 0:07:20 R E.W.Torr Oakland threw wheel R O.C.Reinhold Ford accident

Torr’s mechanician was John Murphy.

Kansas State Fairgrounds, Hutchinson, KS

19th September 1919 – ½ mile dirt oval


5 miles – Stock Cars, for the State Fair Cup 1 Bill Hendrix Mercer roadster 0:06:41.4 2 Elmer Negy Essex 10 laps 3 Will Swain Mercer touring car 7 laps/withdrew 4 Louis Vickery Oakland roadster 5 laps/burnt bearing

0.5 miles – Time Trials 1 George Clark Duesenberg 0:00:34.2 = Harvey Demster Peugeot 0:00:34.2 = Dick Seip Chevrolet 0:00:34.2 4 John Boling Hudson 0:00:35.2 5 Tuck Fordyce Mercer 0:00:36.2 6 Mark Jenkins Stutz 0:00:37.2 7 John Boyd Packard 0:00:37.4 8 Dwight Mercer Ford 0:00:40.4

2 miles – Match Race 1 Harvey Demster Peugeot 0:03:11.4 2 Dick Seip Chevrolet 3 George Clark Duesenberg

1 mile – Exhibition Run Dick Seip Baby Mine 0:01:13.0

4 miles – Australian Pursuit 1 Harvey Demster Peugeot 0:04:16.4 2 John Boling Hudson 3 Tuck Fordyce Mercer 4 Mark Jenkins Stutz 5 John Boyd Packard

3 miles – Special Division “B” Race 1 Tuck Fordyce Mercer 0:03:46.0

15 miles – Free-for-all 1 George Clark Duesenberg 0:18:36.2 2 Tuck Fordyce Mercer 30 laps 3 Dick Seip Chevrolet 27 laps 4 Harvey Demster Peugeot 9 laps/engine John Boyd Packard 6 laps/tyre

The event was sanctioned by IMCA.

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Oklahoma State Fairgrounds, Oklahoma City, OK

20th September 1919

These races were on the opening day of the Oklahoma State Fair. Eight races took place. It was announced in advance that George Clark, Lon Schebiel, Dick Selp, L.D.Stone, Rowe Brainerd, Luke Jobe, Dick Gochenover, Ray Davisson, Farmer Henderson and Ijuki Fujikawa were to compete, but the results for the dayare not known. Further races were to be held on the 24th and 27th October.

Sheepshead Bay, NY

20th September 1919


10 miles - Overall (race prior to 150 mile race in AAA championship) 1 Louis Chevrolet 14 pts 2 Gaston Chevrolet 10 pts 3 Joe Boyer 7 pts = Ralph Mulford 7 pts

There were three heats. Louis Chevrolet finished first twice and second once. On the final lap of the third heat Mulford and his mechanician, James Lee, had a narrow escape from serious injury when their car shot up the embankment after a tie rod had broken. The two front wheels hung over the top for a moment, but the men regained control and backed the machine safely to the center of the track.

Pueblo, CO

22nd-27th September 1919

The Colorado State Fair was to feature auto races – it is not known if they took place.

Stoneboro, PA

25th September 1919

Austin C.Wilson was to try and organise races. Entries were to include:-“Wild Marty” Stuhlreher StutzFrank M.Ripple Disbrow“Brownie” Collins PackardEddie Van Dale ACW Special“Red” Gilchrist Michigan Special

Hugo, CO



26th September: Stock Cars 1 Ray Gardner 2 Charles Vick 3 Arnold Brubacher

27th September: Ford Auto Race 1 K.Miller Ford 2 E.G.Wiley Ford 3 Ray Gardner Ford

27th September: Free-for-all 1 Charles Koerner 2 George Anderson 3 Charles Vick

Part of the Lincoln County Fair celebrations.

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Hanford, CA

27th September 1919


50 miles 1 Eddie Hearne 2 Cliff Durant 3 Dutch Drake R Ed Kaster accident

The steering knuckle of Kaster’s car broke, causing his car to somersault. The car hit the tops of six unoccupied cars parked alongside the track, and it came to rest against a house 100 feet away. The mechanic’s wrist was broken.

McAlester, OK

27th September 1919


15 miles, 8 laps 1 2 P.E.”Red” Shafer

Shafer was struck in the head by a piece of track fence which was hurled into the air by the wheel of the car ahead of him – a splinter stuck three inches to his scalp, and smashed his goggles.

Montezuma County Fairgrounds, Mancos, CO

30th September-3rd October 1919

The Montezuma County Fair was to feature auto races, but it isn’t known if they took place.

Fair Park, Dallas, TX

7th-19th October 1919


7th December: “Dallas Day”, rained out.

9th October: 5 miles 1 Phil “Red” Shafer Chevrolet 0:05:09 2 Bill Endicott 3 Cline

9th October: Event 2 1 Charles Soules = Omar Toft

The race finished in a dead heat, so a one mile race was scheduled to decide the winner.

9th October: Race 2 Decider 1 Charles Soules 0:00:57 2 Omar Toft

9th October: 5 miles 1 Fred Horey 0:04:48 2 Phil “Red” Shafer 3 R.Burr Lampkin

9th October: 5 miles - Australian Pursuit Handicap 1 Cline Briscoe 0:04:46.8 33s handicap 2 Fred Horey Briscoe

9th October: 3 miles 1 Sig Haugdahl 0:02:33.6

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9th October: 1 mile – Exhibition Sig Haugdahl 0:00:48.6

12th October: 2 miles – Match Race 1 R.Burr Lampkin Jordan 0:01:56 2 Charles Soules Paige Special

12th October: 10 miles – Oil Field Derby for the Burkburnett Trophy 1 12 Allen Wisconsin Special 0:09:42 2 Cline Briscoe 3 Willard Monroe R Hickey R Claypool R R.Burr Lampkin oil connection

12th October: 2 miles – Free-for-all 1 Sig Haugdahl Special 0:01:50.6 2 Fred Horey Briscoe 3 Bill Endicott Hudson 4 Phil “Red” Shafer

12th October: Pursuit Handicap 1 Louis Disbrow Fiat 2 Allen Wisconsin Special 0:04:40 Cline Willard Ryan

12th October: 1 mile – Time Trial Sig Haugdahl 0:00:48

12th October: 10 miles: Heat 1 – Victory Derby 1 Fred Horey Briscoe 0:08:42 2 Louis Disbrow Fiat 3 Bill Endicott Hudson 4 Charles Soules Paige R 12 Allen Wisconsin Special R Phil “Red” Shafer Chevrolet

13th October - Practice dayLampkin, Willard, Cline, Soules, Claypool, Hickey and others practiced for the next races.

16th OctoberDallas Day was rescheduled because of the rain on the 7th, but it rained again so the races were postponed.

19th October: 2 miles – Match Race 1 Fred Horey Briscoe 0:01:46.6 2 ?

19th October: 2 miles – Match Race 1 Phil “Red” Shafer Chevrolet 0:01:49.0 2 ?

19th October: 10 miles – Ajax Trophy 1 R.Burr Lampkin Jordan 0:09:09.6 2 Charles Soules Paige 3 Cline Briscoe

19th October: Match Race 1 Fred Horey Briscoe 0:02:37 2 R.Burr Lampkin Jordan 3 Phil “Red” Shafer Chevrolet

19th October: 1 mile – Time Trials 1 Sig Haugdahl 0:00:47.8 2 Fred Horey Briscoe 3 Charles Soules Paige

19th October: 10 miles – Victory Derby 1 Bill Endicott Bluebird 0:09:11.6 2 Fred Horey Briscoe 3 Charles Soules Paige

This was part of the Victory Fair at the Texas State Fairgrounds. The races were hosted by IMCA.

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Danbury, CT

11th October 1919

Ira Vail, Don Moore and others were to compete, with Ralph De Palma toact as starter. No further details are known.

Petersburg, VA

18th October 1919


5 miles 1 Chevrolet 0:05:55

5 miles 1 Chevrolet 0:05:53

10 miles 1 Dodge 0:11:48

Part of the 11th Annual Fair of the South Side Virginia Fair Association.

Pittsburg, TX

28th October 1919

Races were to be held as part of the Northeast Texas Fair – the result is not known.

El Paso-Phoenix Road Race, TX-AZ

2nd-3rd November 1919 – 540.8 miles

Ps # Driver Car Time 1 Hugh B.Miller Pope-Hartford 4 13:05:40 (or 13:10) 2 R.A.Durio Buick 6 13:59 3 W.J.Taber Ford 4 Goldtrap Dodge Ted Lester Hudson Super Six R 16 John T.Hutchings shot dead R R.B.Armstrong in ditch near Tombstone R F.Babcock accident R 8 A.Aquilar bullet in crankshaft, stopped at Demming R 32 S.O.Bottorff Haynes Special fatal accident

43 entries, 11 failed to start, 10 finished.

S.O.Bottorff and his mechanician, Floyd Brown, were killed when their car overturned on a corner near Vailon the 3rd. John T.Hutchings was fatally shot by a rifle bullet fired from a party of eight a few miles from El Paso on the 2nd – he was hit in the spine. His mechanician, Oliver Lee, took the wheel and drove to Lanark to get medical help – Hutchings was later taken to El Paso where he died. In the meantime, Lee obtained a rifle, and together with Officer Winchester Cooley and District Judge W.B.Howe, returned to thescene of the shooting.Eight people, including Major Frank M.Scanland of the US Army, were arrested and charged with murder. Scanland was a patient at the nearby Fort Bliss hospital, recuperating from injuries caused by gassing during World War I, and while he admitted that he fired the shots, he claimed that it was an accident – hehad been shooting targets with a pistol. It was established that he had been drinking, and he was convicted in March 1920 of unintentional manslaughter and sentenced to between 8 and 10 years in prison – charges against the other seven were dropped. The US Army found him innocent of any wrongdoing, and on the24th October 1920, after he was released on bail while his case was appealed, he was found murdered in Alexandria, VA. He had been beaten to death and his body was dumped at a lonely spot – no-one appears to have been caught for this murder.Durio’s mechanic was Wheeler.

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Cotton Palace, Waco, TX

2nd-9th November 1919


2nd November: 3 miles – Match Race 1 Soules Paige 0:04:08

2nd November: 5 miles – Free-for-all 1 Horey Maxwell 0:06:00

2nd November: 3 miles – Pursuit Handicap 1 Soules Paige Special 0:03:46.4

2nd November: 5 miles – Victory Derby 1 Lampkin Jordan Special 0:06:26.4

6th November: 2 miles – Match Race 1 Shaffer Chevrolet 0:02:28

6th November: 3 miles – Free-for-all 1 Lampkin Jordan Special 0:03:37

6th November: 2 miles – Victory Derby 1 Horey Maxwell 0:02:30

6th November: Ladies’ style driving contest 1 Mrs Fred Hoeltser Cadillac

Staff Fairgrounds, Phoenix, AZ

8th November 1919


100 miles 1 Eddie Hearne Chevrolet 1:29:09 2 Roscoe Sarles Frontenac 3 Cliff Durant Chevrolet

Augusta, GA

14th November 1919

S.W.Jeffries was killed and E.M.Hart was fatally injured in an auto race at the Southern Exposition fair. The car overturned, pinning the men underneath.


7th December 1919 – 1 mile dirt oval


1 mile – Time Trial 1 John Boling Hudson 0:00:54.4 2 Larry Stone National 0:00:56.8 3 Harry Demster Peugeot 0:00:57.4 4 J.A.N.Boyd Packard 0:00:59.4 5 Ed Buchanan Chevrolet 0:01:01 6 Ernie Fosnaugh Hudson 0:01:01 7 Tuck Fordyce Mercer 0:01:03

5 miles – World’s Four-Cornered Challenge Race, Heat 1 (Flying Start) 1 Harry Demster Peugeot 0:05:15.2 2 Larry Stone National 3 Ernie Fosnaugh Hudson 4 Ed Buchanan Chevrolet hub cup

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Top 2 qualify for finals. Buchanan claimed that he was hit by Fosnaugh, and staged a “spectacular wordy argument on the track”.

5 miles – World’s Four-Cornered Challenge Race, Heat 2 (Flying Start) 1 J.A.N.Boyd Packard 0:05:12.4 2 John Boling Hudson 3 Tuck Fordyce MercerNS George Clark Duesenberg air line

Top 2 qualify for finals.

50 minutes – World’s Championship 50 minute Free-for-all, Heat 1, for the American Legion Sweepstakes 1 J.A.N.Boyd Packard 24 laps 2 John Boling Hudson 23 laps 3 Larry Stone National 21 laps 4 George Clark Duesenberg 20 laps 5 Ernie Fosnaugh Hudson Special 13 laps 6 Tuck Fordyce Mercer 10 laps/spark plugs 7 Ed Buchanan Chevrolet 3 laps/con-rod

The first 25 minutes were run on the 7th, the remaining distance to be completed on the 8th.

These were known as the Victory Auto Races, and were run on behalf of the American Legion. They were originally scheduled for the 6th December, but were postponed to the 7th due to rain. The races to be held on the 8th were delayed to the 9th due to rain, and were delayed again until the 14th. However, no reports of the races from the 14th have been found.

Other Matters of the Year

Auto races were to be held at Bakersfield in February, sponsored by the Kern County Fair Association.

On the 28th February, the Contest Board of the AAA reinstated drivers Earl Cooper and Tom Riley, who had been barred for driving in unsanctioned races.

Plans were announced for a race meeting at Boone, IA, to be held on the 4th July. It isn’t known ifthe race took place.

In an article in the Rio Grande Republic on the 4th July, it stated that Mr W.W.Cox was setting up an oil well in the Tularosa Basin, NM, and that after the well was set up, an automobile race would be held within 3 miles of the well site on a course of packed sand. It isn’t known if the race took place.

S.G.Fielding leased the state fairgrounds at Wheeling, WV, to hold auto races on the 26th July. It isn’t known if the races took place.

A 10 mile free-for-all, a 5 mile stock car race and a 5 mile motorcycle race were to be held at the Rockwell City Fair, IA, on the 29th July. It isn’t known if the races took place.

Races were to take place at Worcester, MA, on the 1st September. No further details are known.

A Farmer’s Ford race was to be held at the Marshfield Fair, WI, on the 5th September. It isn’t known if the race took place.

The Kentucky State Fair was held at Louisville from the 8th-13th September. It was announced in advance that auto races were to be held on the final two days with Haugdahl, Horey, Ellingboe, Duray and Lampkin competing. However, as these drivers were competing at the New York State Fair on the 13th and 14th, they couldn’t have raced at Louisville. It isn’t known if the races took place.

Races were to be held at the Kansas Free Fair in Topeka, KS, on the 12th-13th September, featuring Haugdahl, Horey, Willard, Duray and Cline. Again, Haugdahl and co were at the New York State Fair on the 13th, so probably didn’t compete, and no further details are known.

IMCA were to hold an event at the Woodland Track, Sioux City, IA from the 14th-15th September, and it was announced that Haugdahl and Horey were to compete. This was their third booking for the weekend…… It isn’t known if the races took place, and of they did, Haugdahl and Horey probably didn’t take part, as they were at the New York State Fair on the 13th.

Farm Bureau Day was held at Lorin Farr Park, UT, on the 23rd September, and it featured a women’s auto race. There were three contestants in Ford’s, and they had to crank the car, reverse it across a field and back keeping within certain limits, and had to repeat this three times. The result is not known.

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A 10 mile free-for-all and a 6 mile Ford race were to be held at the North Manchester Fairgrounds,IN, on the 26th September. No further details are known.

Races were to take place at Allentown, PA, on the 27th September. No further details are known.

Races were to take place at the Hawkeye Fair and Exposition at Fort Dodge, IA, from the 29th-30th September, with Fred Horey and Sig Haugdahl to compete. No further details are known.

A Ford auto race was to be held at the Cayuga County Fair, NY, on the 1st October. No further details are known.

AAA sanctioned races were scheduled to take place at Trenton, NJ, on the 4th October. No further details are known.

A 100 mile auto race was announced by the Tri-City Racing Association, to be held in Davenport, IA, on the 5th October. No further details are known.

A race was announced to take place over a 14 mile course around Mina, NV, during the third week ofNovember between and Essex and a Chevrolet run by competing garages. It isn’t known if the race took place.

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1920

1920 – AAA National ChampionshipsThe results of the 1920 AAA championship are subject to a degree of controversy. As of 2010 when this was written, official Indycar results list Tom Milton as champion over a 10 race season. However, at the end of 1920 Gaston Chevrolet was declared champion over a 5 race season (the races being Beverly Hills on the 28th February, Indianapolis on the 31st May, Tacoma on the 5th July, Elgin on the 21st August, and Beverly Hills on the 25th November). So what happened?

In 1951 Russ Catlin was looking through AAA files when he found a chart of a 10 race championship with Tommy Milton listed as champion. Catlin concluded that there had been a 10 race championship, but that Chevrolet had been posthumously awarded the championship after being killed in the 25th November Beverly Hills race. He presented the findings to the AAA, who agreed and awarded the championship to Milton, together with a trophy. However, the 10 race championship chart had been written in November 1926 by Arthur Means, a one time secretary of the AAA contest board who wondered what the points standings would have looked like in five more races were added, and was thrown into the official files sometime later. ValHaresnipe, another contest board official, was so impressed with Means’ work that he asked him to compile AAA points charts for the years 1909-1915 and 1917-1919 when there had been no championship – these are what are referred to as the Haresnipe championships. Both sets of championship standings are given below, together with the results for both the actual 5 race and “official” 10 race championship rounds for a record of completeness.

Official Championship Standings Actual Championship Standings 1 Tom Milton 2095 1 Gaston Chevrolet 1030 2 Jimmy Murphy 1805 2 Tommy Milton 930 3 Gaston Chevrolet 1135 3 Jimmy Murphy 885 4 Ralph De Palma 605 4 Ralph De Palma 605 5 Roscoe Sarles 580 5 Roscoe Sarles 540 6 Eddie O’Donnell 525 6 Rene Thomas 520 7 Rene Thomas 520 7 Joe Thomas 351 8 Eddie Hearne 495 8 Ralph Mulford 350 9 Joe Thomas 416 9 Eddie Hearne 34510 Ralph Mulford 395 10 Eddie Miller 26011 Eddie Miller 29012 Art Klein 21713 Ira Vail 14014 I.P.Fetterman 7015 Ken Goodson 6116 Jean Chassagne 5017 Tom Alley 3618 Percy Ford 3519 Joe Boyer 30 = Bennett Hill 30 = Eddie Pullen 3022 Waldo Stein 2523 Pete Henderson 1424 John De Palma 10

Beverly Hills, CA

28th February 1920 – 250 miles (1.25 miles x 200 laps)

Pos # SP Driver Car Name Chassis Engine Laps Time1 10 1 Jimmy Murphy Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 200 2:25:17.59, 103.240 mph2 3 4 Joe Thomas Frontenac Frontenac Frontenac 200 2:26:33.153 14 15 Ira Vail Philburn Frontenac Frontenac 200 2:27:10.154 6 5 Ken Goodson Frontenac Frontenac Frontenac 200 2:29:01.595 15 13 Eddie O’Donnell Hudson Hudson Hudson 200 2:30:04.206 2 14 Eddie Hearne Chevrolet Stutz Stutz 200 2:33:22.477 12 2 Ralph Mulford Meteor 200 2:46:18.888 18 8 Ralph De Palma Ballot Ballot Ballot 200 2:46:26.469 17 17 John De Palma Mercedes Mercedes Mercedes 200 2:50:32.0710 27 11 Eddie Pullen Richards Hudson Hudson 170 Con-rod

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11 7 6 Joe Boyer Frontenac Frontenac Frontenac 164 Piston12 8 10 Reeves Dutton Stutz Stutz Stutz 152 Con-rod13 29 9 Art Klein Peugeot Peugeot Peugeot 149 Accident/broken wheel14 5 7 Roscoe Sarles Frontenac Frontenac Frontenac 139 Piston/spin15 1 12 Cliff Durant Chevrolet Stutz Stutz 56 Piston16 9 3 Tom Milton Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 53 Burnt bearing17 26 16 Bennett Hill White Special Delage Delage 48 Engine/air leak18 28 18 Waldo Stein Oldfield Miller Miller 48 CrankcaseNQ 16 Toland Nicholson Hudson 6 Hudson Hudson DNS – Too slow

Lap Leaders: Tom Milton 1-10,20-35,37-48,52Joe Boyer 11-19,122-164Art Klein 36,49-51,53-66Ira Vail 67-86Eddie Pullen 87-121Jimmy Murphy 165-200

Roscoe Sarles relieved Goodson for laps 153-200.

Pole Position Time: 39.14s

AAA sanction 1173. Race had been scheduled for the 23rd February but was postponed due to rain.

Beverly Hills, CA

28th March 1920

50 miles (1.25 miles x 40 laps)

Pos # SP Driver Car Name Chassis Engine Laps Time1 29 Art Klein Peugeot Peugeot Peugeot 40 0:27:05.00, 110.769 mph2 9 Tom Milton Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 40 0:27:05.203 7 Joe Boyer Frontenac Frontenac Frontenac 40 0:27:05.224 8 Eddie Hearne Stutz Stutz Stutz 405 3 Joe Thomas Frontenac Frontenac Frontenac 38 Out6 17 John De Palma Mercedes Mercedes Mercedes 36 Out7 14 Ira Vail Philbrin Frontenac Frontenac 13 Out

Lap Leaders: Art Klein 40Tom Milton 10-39Joe Thomas 1-9

Race was postponed one week due to rain.


Pos # SP Driver Car Name Chassis Engine Laps Time1 10 Jimmy Murphy Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 40 0:27:10.45, 110.399 mph2 2 Eddie Pullen Richards Hudson Hudson 40 0:27:27.003 4 Ralph De Palma Ballot Ballot Ballot 40 0:27:37.604 5 Roscoe Sarles Frontenac Frontenac Frontenac 40 0:27:42.205 6 Eddie O’Donnell Frontenac Frontenac Frontenac 406 15 Bennett Hill Hudson Hudson Hudson 40

Lap Leaders: Roscoe Sarles 11Ralph De Palma 6,9-10,12-20Jimmy Murphy 26-40Eddie Pullen 7-8,21-25


Pos # SP Driver Car Name Chassis Engine Laps Time1 9 Tom Milton Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 40 0:26:52.20, 111.649 mph2 29 Art Klein Peugeot Peugeot Peugeot 40 0:26:58.603 2 Eddie Pullen Richards Hudson Hudson 40 0:26:58.804 5 Roscoe Sarles Frontenac Frontenac Frontenac 40 0:27:24.805 10 Jimmy Murphy Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 406 4 Ralph De Palma Ballot Ballot Ballot 407 6 Eddie Hearne Frontenac Frontenac Frontenac 27 Burnt valve8 7 Joe Boyer Frontenac Frontenac Frontenac 5 Valve

Lap Leaders: Art Klein 2-4Tom Milton 1,5-40

Starters limited to first four finishers from the preliminary races.

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AAA sanction 1169

Indianapolis, IN



1 4 3 Gaston Chevrolet

Monroe Frontenac Frontenac 200 5:38:32.00, 88.618 mph

91.55

2 25 16 Rene Thomas Ballot Ballot Ballot 200 5:44:51.60 93.953 10 9 Tom Milton Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 200 5:45:02.48 90.204 12 10 Jimmy Murphy Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 200 5:52:31.35 88.705 2 1 Ralph De Palma Ballot Ballot Ballot 200 6:05:19.15 99.156 31 20 Eddie Hearne Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 200 6:10:21.55 88.057 26 17 Jean Chassagne Ballot Ballot Ballot 200 6:15:16.65 95.458 28 18 Joe Thomas Monroe Frontenac Frontenac 200 6:21:41.55 92.809 33 22 Ralph Mulford Mulford Frontenac Duesenberg 200 7:17:14.25 00.0010 15 11 Pete Henderson Revere Duesenberg Duesenberg 200 7:23:53.95 81.1511 32 21 John Boling Richards Hudson Hudson 199 Flagged 81.8512 6 5 Joe Boyer Frontenac Frontenac Frontenac 192 Accident on

backstretch96.90

13 9 8 Ray Howard Peugeot Peugeot Peugeot 150 Engine 84.6014 29 19 Eddie O’Donnell Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 149 Oil line 88.2015 16 12 Jules Goux Peugeot Peugeot Peugeot 148 Stalled 84.3016 34 23 Willie Haupt Meteor Duesenberg Duesenberg 126 Spring 85.4817 7 6 Bennett Hill Frontenac Frontenac Frontenac 115 Steering arm 90.5518 3 2 Louis Chevrolet Monroe Frontenac Frontenac 94 Steering knuckle 96.3019 18 14 Howard Wilcox Peugeot Peugeot Peugeot 65 Mechanical 88.8220 5 4 Roscoe Sarles Monroe Frontenac Frontenac 58 Steering knuckle 90.7521 8 7 Art Klein Frontenac Frontenac Frontenac 40 Steering knuckle 92.7022 19 15 Jean Porporato Gregoire Gregoire Gregoire 23 Flagged – too slow 79.9823 17 13 Andre Boillot Peugeot Peugeot Peugeot 16 Engine 85.40NQ 1 Cliff Durant Chevrolet Miller Miller DNQNQ 7 Louis Chevrolet Frontenac Frontenac Frontenac Practice accidentNQ 14 Waldo Stein Oldfield Miller Miller DNQNQ 15 Tom Rooney Revere Duesenberg Duesenberg Driver unfitNQ 21 Jack Scales Gregoire Gregoire Gregoire DNQNQ 22 Ira Vail Philbrin Frontenac Frontenac DNQNQ 23 Jules Ellingboe Ellingboe DNQNQ 24 Jules Ellingboe Ellingboe DNQNQ 26 Kurt Hitke Kenworthy Duesenberg Duesenberg DNQNQ 36 Frank Elliott Revere Duesenberg Duesenberg DNQ

Lap Leaders: Gaston Chevrolet 187-200Rene Thomas 63-69, 108-112Ralph De Palma 38-42, 113-186Jean Chassagne 13Joe Boyer 1-11, 14-37, 43-62, 70-107Art Klein 12

Relief Drivers:3 Salvatore Barbarino 64-793 Jerry Wonderlich 80-946 Ira Vail 155-1917 Roscoe Sarles 75-1159 Aldo Franchi 41-9015 Tom Alley 93-20028 Art Klein 105-11528 Harry Thickson 116-12532 Riley Brett 99-19934 Wade Morton 55-111

AAA sanction 1158

Uniontown, PA

19th June 1920 – Universal Trophy: 225 miles (1.125 miles x 200 laps)

Pos # SP Driver Car Name Chassis Engine Laps Time1 10 Tom Milton Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 200 2:22:44.36, 94.578 mph2 12 Jimmy Murphy Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 200 2:23:29.98

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3 29 Eddie O’Donnell Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 200 2:26:24.454 31 I.P.Fetterman Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 200 2:28:01.615 3 Ralph Mulford Monroe Frontenac Frontenac 200 2:32:54.606 7 Bennett Hill Frontenac Frontenac Frontenac 200 2:37:25.797 6 Joe Thomas Monroe Frontenac Frontenac 200 2:38:03.358 5 Roscoe Sarles Monroe Frontenac Frontenac 200 2:40:14.609 Ernie

AnsterbergFrontenac Frontenac Frontenac 200 2:42:02.87

10 34 Wade Morton Meteor Duesenberg Duesenberg 179 Accident11 2 Ralph De Palma Ballot Ballot Ballot 121 Valve12 4 Gaston

ChevroletMonroe Frontenac Frontenac 117 Valve spring

13 8 Art Klein Frontenac Frontenac Frontenac 0 OutNQ 14 Waldo Stein Oldfield Miller Miller DNSNQ 21 Denny Hickey Hudson Hudson Hudson DNSNA Eddie Pullen Duesenberg Duesenberg DuesenbergNA 34 Willie Haupt Meteor Car driven by Morton.NA Joe Boyer Frontenac

Lap Leaders: Tommy Milton 44-200

Morton’s car threw a tyre and rolled – he and his mechanician Arthur Kemps were seriously hurt.

AAA sanction 1168

Tacoma, WA

5th July 1920 – 200 miles (2 miles x 100 laps)

Pos # SP Driver Car Name Chassis Engine Laps Time1 10 1 Tom Milton Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 100 2:23:28.0, 83.643 mph2 2 Ralph Mulford Mulford Frontenac Frontenac 100 2:25:18.63 15 2 Eddie Hearne Revere Duesenberg Duesenberg 100 2:27:13.64 8 Art Klein Frontenac Frontenac Frontenac 100 2:28:45.05 28 Roscoe Sarles Frontenac Frontenac Frontenac 100 2:29:33.06 12 3 Jimmy Murphy Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 100 2:29:52.07 6 Gaston Chevrolet Monroe Frontenac Frontenac 100 2:40:52.08 11 Eddie O’Donnell Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 100 2:44:15.09 7 Joe Boyer Frontenac Frontenac Frontenac 97 Cracked head10 3 Joe Thomas Monroe Frontenac Frontenac 78 Dropped valve11 9 Ralph De Palma Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 75 Oil leak12 Cliff Durant Chevrolet Stutz Stutz 3 Con-rod bearing

Lap Leaders: Tom Milton 1-4,11-100Jimmy Murphy 5-10

AAA sanction 1188

Elgin, IL

28th August 1920 – 255 miles (8.5 miles x 30 laps)

Pos # SP Driver Car Name Chassis Engine Laps Time1 2 Ralph De Palma Ballot Ballot Ballot 30 3:09:54, 80.569 mph2 10 Tom Milton Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 30 3:11:013 12 Jimmy Murphy Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 30 3:12:474 9 Ralph Mulford Monroe Frontenac Frontenac 30 3:12:595 3 Eddie O’Donnell Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 30 3:16:356 8 Percy Ford Frontenac Frontenac Frontenac 30 3:24:147 15 Tom Alley Revere Duesenberg Duesenberg 30 3:33:038 5 Gaston Chevrolet Monroe Frontenac Frontenac 30 3:45:599 Eddie Hearne Revere Duesenberg Duesenberg 0 Out10 Waldo Stein Monroe Frontenac Frontenac 0 Out

Joe Thomas relieved Alley for laps 25-30.

AAA sanction 1175. Postponed from the 21st August due to rain.

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Uniontown, PA

6th September 1920 – 4th Annual Autumn Classic: 225 miles (1.125 miles x 200 laps)

Pos # SP Driver Car Name Chassis Engine Laps Time1 10 Tom Milton Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 200 2:20:24.19, 96.151 mph2 12 Jimmy Murphy Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 200 2:21:24.193 14 Eddie Hearne Revere Duesenberg Duesenberg 200 2:24:34.714 9 Eddie O’Donnell Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 200 2:25:10.145 41 Gaston Chevrolet Monroe Frontenac Frontenac 200 2:26:30.326 11 Eddie Miller Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 200 2:35:56.157 Waldo Stein Monroe Frontenac Frontenac 191 Flagged8 Lora Corum Frontenac Frontenac Frontenac 110 Accident9 21 Denny Hickey G&C Hudson Hudson 80 Dist. Gear10 I.P.Fetterman Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 64 Burnt valve11 7 Bennett Hill Frontenac Frontenac Frontenac 8 Out

AAA sanction 1202

Fresno, CA

2nd October 1920 – 200 miles (1 mile x 200 laps)

Pos # SP Driver Car Name Chassis Engine Laps Time1 12 2 Jimmy Murphy Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 200 2:04:32, 96.36 mph2 9 1 Eddie O’Donnell Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 200 2:05:593 1 5 Tom Milton Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 2004 3 7 Gaston Chevrolet Monroe Frontenac Frontenac 2005 11 6 Joe Thomas Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 2006 10 3 Roscoe Sarles Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 2007 15 9 Eddie Hearne Revere Duesenberg Duesenberg 2008 2 8 Ralph De Palma Ballot Ballot Ballot 170 Oil line9 5 4 Bennett Hill Monroe Frontenac Frontenac 36 Low oil pressureNQ 7 Jim Crosby Patterson Stutz Stutz Barred by the AAA

Lap Leaders: Ralph De Palma 16-29Tom Milton 133-161Jimmy Murphy 30-36, 68-132, 162-200Eddie O’Donnell 1-15, 37-54Joe Thomas 55-87

AAA sanction 1188 – San Joaquin automobile races.

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View of the track before completion, from the Bakersfield Californian, 25th September 1920.

Beverly Hills, CA

25th November 1920 – 250 miles (1.25 miles x 200 laps)

Pos # SP Driver Car Name Chassis Engine Laps Time1 10 Roscoe Sarles Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 200 2:25:20, 103.21 mph2 11 Eddie Miller Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 200 2:27:143 14 2 Eddie Hearne Revere Duesenberg Duesenberg 200 2:27:274 12 1 Jimmy Murphy Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 200 2:31:415 3 Joe Thomas Frontenac Frontenac Frontenac 170 Flagged6 6 Gaston Chevrolet Frontenac Frontenac Frontenac 146 Fatal accident7 9 Eddie O’Donnell Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 138 Fatal accident8 7 Jim Crosby Patterson Stutz Stutz 106 Flagged9 8 Al Melcher Melcher Duesenberg Duesenberg 74 Burnt piston10 4 Al Thiele Thiele Duesenberg Duesenberg 34 Burnt bearing11 1 Tom Milton Durant Duesenberg Duesenberg 21 ValveNQ Alton Soules Frontenac Frontenac Frontenac DNS – too slowNQ Dave Lewis Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg DNS – too slowNQ Stuart Wilkinson Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg DNS – too slow

Lap Leaders: Jimmy Murphy 1

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Roscoe Sarles 2-200

Gaston Chevrolet, Eddie O’Donnell and Lyall Jolls (O’Donnell’s mechanician) were all fatally injured. Chevrolet’s mechanic, John Bresnahan, was seriously injured.

AAA sanction 1192

Other US events of 1920“No sport or game has the drawing power that is possessed by the automobile race. You can sit near the ring and watch champion pugilists hammer each other with blows that would kill the ordinary man. You can become excited beyond the usual limits in seeing a horse race, as the favorite you have placed your money on tears down the home stretch in front with mane flying and tail extended. You can see two down and two strikes on the home team in the last of the ninth inning with the visitorsone run ahead and then the home-run artist of the team looks over the last big one and smashes it against the fence for a homer, giving your team a chance for the game. You can behold the foothall star break away from his interference in the last of the last quarter and dash the length of the field for the touchdown that is needed to win the game for your team. But the thrills experienced in these sports are as nothing compared with those of the spectators watching with breathless excitement the automobile races.”

Muskogee Times Democrat


1 Louis Disbrow

Galveston Beach, TX

11th April 1920

5 miles – Cars under $2000 1 Chevrolet 0:06:05 2 Essex 0:07:20 3 Oldsmobile roadster 0:07:21 4 Hutchings Sealy Jr Ford 0:07:21 5 Allen Ford 0:07:30 6 Oldfield Ford 0:07:37 R Essex roadster

5 miles – Free-for-allRace called off due to impossibility of clearing the track.

Galveston Beach, TX

18th April 1920

A race between an Essex belong to Charles Newding and a Chevrolet owned by W.E.Townes, which both participated in the races held the previous Sunday, was to run off on the west beach. The result is not known.

Davis, CA

24th April 1920

Auto race to be held as part of the big Davis picnic in the grounds of the University Farm School.

Charlemont Fairgrounds, MA

13th May 1920 – ½ mile oval

5 miles 1 C.H.Willey 0:08:37

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2 W.T.TurnerFastest Lap: 41s

Stockton (Fairgrounds?), CA

16th May 1920

Wayne W.Russell, one of the promoters of the track, was killed on the 6th May when he lost control of his car when trying out the track. The car left the circuit and rolled several times, Russell dieing of his injuries in hospital that night.

Muskogee Speedway, OK

19th May 1920

Automobile raceWaterson SpecialMaxwell

One of the cars failed on lap 7.

Part of the Shriners of Eastern Oklahoma ceremonial day celebrations

Galesburg, IL

22nd May 1920

Oscar “Wild” Anderson competed.

Peoria, IL

23rd May 1920

George Clark and Jimmie Costa competed.

Cass County Fairgrounds, Logansport, IN

26th May 1920

Entrants: George Clark Jimmie Costa Oscar “Wild” Anderson Larry D.Stone Peugeot

Sanctioned by IMCA. A best time of 1m15 was recorded for a mile on the track during the meeting.

Butler County Fairgrounds, OH

31st May 1920

Entrants: George Clark Duesenberg Larry D.Stone Peugeot Jimmie Costa Fiat Harry Davies Rajo Oscar “Wild” Anderson Chevrolet

IMCA races

Galesburg, IL

31st May 1920 – 1 mile oval

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Circuit leased by the Tri-State Racing Association to host a 100 mile free-for-all.

Kings Speedway, CA

31st May 1920

15 miles 1 Joe Lewis 0:17:05 R Jim Drake fatal accident

Driver James Merwin “Jim” Drake and his riding mechanic Claude McDonald killed on the first lap after hitting the fence – Drakes body was dragged 50 feet and then impaled on a post. Five cars started the race


5th-6th June 1920 – ½ mile dirt oval


5th June: 5 miles – Southwestern Derby, Heat 1 1 Fred Melaun Ford Prince Henry 2 J.F.Stewart Flanders C.Craft Ford C.O.Mausy Ford Frank Clements Buick S.Smith Stutz Frank Melaun Ford W.F.See Ford Bill Stoorza Chevrolet Al Striegel Lozer S.Clark Hudson B.Stoddard Ford

5th June: 5 miles – Southwestern Derby, Heat 2 1 Frank Clements Buick 0:04:46

5th June: 5 miles 1 Leon Duray 2 Cline

5th June: Auto Polo GameAmerica 0 – Canada 2

5th June: 10 miles - Feature 1 Lampkin Essex 0:14:42 2 Cline Victoria Special 3 Leon Duray Duray Special

The cars practiced for the races at Fair Park on the 2nd June – Claypool’s car threw a tyre, but he stayedon track and upright.

6th June: 3 miles – Professional Race 1 Cline Briscoe 0:03:06 2 Leon Duray Duray Special 3 Dave Koetzla Essex

6th June: Auto Polo GameAmerica 1 – Canada 0

6th June: 10 miles – Local race for Dallas cars 1 Malone Ford Special 0:11:53 2 Cusick Chevrolet 3 Clements Buick

6th June: 25 miles - Southwestern Derby, Heat 1 1 Lampkin Essex

6th June: 25 miles - Southwestern Derby, Heat 2 1 Lampkin Essex 0:24:35 2 Leon Duray Duray Special 3 Cline Briscoe

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6th June: 25 miles - Southwestern Derby, Heat 3 1 Leon Duray Duray Special 0:24:07 2 Lampkin Essex 3 Claypool Case

Lampkin won the Southwestern Derby by winning two of the three heats. Duray was second, Claypool third.

6th June: 6 miles - Consolation Race 1 Kraft 0:06:17 2 Scarzon Chevrolet 3 Stegal Lozier

Sanctioned by IMCA under the auspices of the Gaston Park Stadium Committee. Dave Koetzla in an Essex overturned his car during one race but was thrown clear and was uninjured.

Fort Miami, OH

5th-6th June 1920

Entrants: Larry D.Stone Peugeot Special Swede Anderson Chevrolet Dick Seip Duesenberg Jimmy Costa Fiat Harry Davies Rajo Special Ray Rountree Zip Ray Earnie Fosnaugh Hudson Eddie Hickey Drexel

Mansfield Fairgrounds, OH

6th June 1920

Two days after this meeting the following letter regarding it appeared in the Mansfield News:I wish to announce to my many friends and patrons that I had nothing to do whatsoever with the promoting of the automobile race held last Sunday. They were promoted by a Youngstown outfit who simply came in and put up a Hippodrome show in which they all receive their share of the money received at the gate whether they win or not, and leave town as soon as possible. They do not care whether they put up a good show or not for they already have your monet and do not anticipate returning again.I have arranged to promote five race meets, the first one to be held June 20th. At these meets I will absolutely have the best riders that it is possible for me to get and at each meet I will endeavor to havethe best Motorcycle men that it is possible for me to obtain.In order that you may enjoy these meets to the fullest extent I am barring no expense. They begin repairing the grand stand this week so it will be as strong as ever and in A No. 1 condition. We are also oiling the complete track so there will be no dust and the public will be able to see the entire race frombeginning to the end without their clothes and cars and also disposition being ruined.“Mud” R.B.Gardner.

Great Bend, KS

15th June 1920

L.C.Korbs entered two Ford’s in the free-for-all auto race.

Tyngsborough, MA

24th June 1920

The Lowell Notre Dame Alumnae Association held its annual basket picnic in the grounds of the Notre Dame sisters, which featured an automobile race.

Cass County Fairgrounds, IA

3rd July 1920

10 miles – Free-for-all

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1 Emil Nelson Nelson Special 0:14:40.5 2 Pitman Mercer 3 Gene Parker Ford 4 Cocklin OverlandNS “Ras” Bailey practice accidentNo other starters

Great Bend, KS – Pueblo, CO

3rd July 1920

Four cars to compete, two going via the Santa Fe Trail through Dodge City and Garden City, the other goingvia the Kansas/Colorado Boulevard through Ness City, Dighton and Scott City.

Humboldt Fairgrounds, IA

3rd July 1920

Stock car races – did take place.

Oshkosh Fairgrounds, WI

3rd July 1920

Entrants: Leon Duray Louis Disbrow Fred Horey Dave Koetzla

Bob Kline Irvin Hoffman Dave/Harry? Gilchrist

Fort Miami, OH


Light car race 1 Benny Lawwell

25 miles – Free-for-all 1 Joe Fielding Packard 2 Benny Lawwell

FAST Racing Association races. Jack Dewitt died on the 6th July at Toledo city hospital as a result of injuries sustained when he crashed his Ford through a fence during the meeting.




1 mile – Time Trials 1 Leonard Kerbs Ford 0:01:07.4 2 Johnny Mais Essex 0:01:10.6 3 Fred Lentz Hudson 0:01:13.6 4 Jake Strickler Hudson 0:01:15.0 5 Elmer J.Negy Haynes 0:01:17.5 6 Stone Overland 0:01:17.6 7 J.J.Higgins Buick 0:01:20.8 8 Hershberger Studebaker 0:01:21.0 9 Buddy Graves Elgin 0:01:23.410 Jeff Crafford Ford 0:01:24.75

5 miles – Race for the slowest half of the cars in the Time Trial 1 Stone Overland 0:06:30.2 2 Hershberger Studebaker 3 Buddy Graves Elgin J.J.”Toots” Higgins Buick Jeff Crafford Ford

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5 miles – Race for the fastest half of the cars in the Time Trial 1 Johny Mais Essex 0:06:09.6 2 Fred Lentz Hudson 3 Elmer J.Negy Haynes R Jake Stricker Hudson 3 laps/engine R Leonard Kerbs Ford 1 lap/wheel

1 mile – Exhibition Run 1 Elfrieda Mais Essex 0:01:11.6

15 miles – Free-for-all 1 Johnny Mais Essex 0:19:20.2 2 Elmer Negy Haynes 3 Fred Lentz Hudson 4 Leonard Kerbs Ford 5 J.J.Higgins BuickNS Jake Strickler Hudson engineNS Stone Overland hub


5th July 1920

Ford stock cars 1 H.V.LangFour entries

1 mile - Truck raceReo 0:01:30.0

Only one truck turned up….

Lima Concert Band staged a Variety Race Meet featuring two bicycle races, one Ford stock car race, and onestock truck race.

Pablo Beach, Jacksonville, FL

5th July 1920

Fred Bradley was running his car on the beach during the morning, practicing for races later that day, when around noon his car struck quicksand and overturned. Bradley was taken to Jacksonville hospital wherehe died later that day.

Parsons, KS

5th July 1920 – ½ mile oval

10 laps - Stock car race 1 Gandy Daniels Maxwell 0:07:53 2 Shay Overland R Bill Bennett Dodge 3 laps

Ruskin Park, SD

5th July 1920

Light car races to be held. The 50 mile auto race was postponed until later in the summer.

St.Louis, MO

5th July 1920

A.L.Waters (Maxwell Special) captured first money in the National Championship Race.

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Winchester Speedway, IN

5th July 1920

Entrants: Ralph Ormsby Harvey Crane

10 & 25 mile race

Laramie, WY

5th-6th July 1920

Automobile race to be held as part of the Laramie Plains Roundup.

Delhi Fairgrounds, NY


10 miles 1 Ray Colburn Buick D54 0:15:45 R Frank Zerillo Essex mechanical

10 miles 1 Frank Zerillo Essex 2 Ray Colburn Buick D54A new Essex car was sourced for this race and subsequent ones.

10 miles 1 Ray Colburn Buick D54 2 Frank Zerillo Essex

Ford Car Race 1 William Mable 0:07:46 2 Clifford Little 3 H.Gregory

Chippewa Falls Fairgrounds, WI

8th July 1920

Entrants: Louis Disbrow Essex Fred Horey Case Dave Koetzla Essex Bob Kline Briscoe Floyd Willard Monroe Reynolds Wisconsin Special Leon Duray Maley Gilchrist HoffmanThe four drivers without cars were listed in advance as entrants, but did not appear.

3 miles 1 Louis Disbrow 0:03:58 2 Bob Kline 3 Dave Koetzla 4 Floyd Willard

5 miles 1 Bob Kline 0:06:43 2 Fred Horey 3 Reynolds

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3 miles 1 Fred Horey 0:03:58.8 2 Louis Disbrow 3 Bob Kline

10 miles 1 Louis Disbrow 0:13:17 2 Fred Horey 3 Reynolds Bob Kline Floyd Willard R Dave Koetzla

Originally scheduled for the 5th July.

Erie County Fairgrounds, Sandusky Fairgrounds, OH

11th July 1920

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Entrants: Joe Fielding Allen Porter Benny Lawwell Paul Auxter

FAST Racing Association races – postponed until the 18th July due to rain.


18th July 1920

FAST Racing Association races – postponed to the 25th July due to rain.


19th July 1920

Entrants: Ralph Ormsby

Rolfe, IA

20th July 1920

7.5 miles 2 Harold McCall Buick R Nelson29 starters

Humboldt Fairgrounds, IA

24th July 1920

Four stock car races to be held, including a ladies race.


25th July 1920

3 miles – Light Cars 1 Harvey Crane Ford 2 Leonard Burton Buick

3 miles – Heavy Cars 1 Joe Fielding Packard 2 Ernie Rhodes Hudson 3 Charles Coleman Mercer

3 miles – for non-winners of races 1 & 2 1 Charles Coleman Mercer 2 Leonard Burton Buick R Porter Ford

3 miles – for winners of races 1 & 2 1 Harvey Crane Ford 2 Joe Fielding Packard

10 miles – Free-for-all 1 Gordy Henderson Essex 2 Bennie Lawwell Ford special 3 Joe Fielding Packard 4 Babe Forsythe BuickRace was cut to five miles. Five mile heats had been cut to three miles because of the dust.



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The 10 mile auto race between the Buick and the Essex started, but on the first lap the Buick suffered broken steering gear, and although anotherBuick was sent for, the race was called off. The Ford stock car race was held, but the result is unknown.

Carroll County Fairgrounds, IA

13th August 1920

5 miles – Ladies race 1 Mrs Ralph Mendenhall Jordan 6 2 Mrs W.I.Saul Nash 3 Mrs Henry Bolte Ford 4 Mrs R.M.Moehn FordRace time was just over 7 minutes.

Pittman, NJ

14th August 1920 (estimated)

William Alberti’s wheel collapsed during a race here, causing him to go through the fence.

Sedalia, Missouri State Fairgrounds, MO

16th August 1920

Entrants: Jimmy Costa George Clark Larry Stone

Missouri state fair.

Spirit Lake, IA

18th August 1920

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4 miles – Ford Stock Cars 1 Taylor 2 Weed 3 Hartman 4 Maish

5 miles – Free-for-all stripped cars 1 Vincent Chevrolet 0:05:42 2 TerVeen Dodge 3 Rich Saxon 4 Williams Ford 5 Borhmer Haynes piston 6 McCoy Chalmers accident

5 miles – Stock cars 1 Mueller Pierce-Arrow truck 2 Maish Hupmobile 3 Woodrum Velie 4 Burgess Oakland 5 Hartman Packard

10 miles – Free-for-all stripped cars 1 McCoy Chevrolet 2 Vincent Chevrolet 3 Fuller Hall Scott TerVeen Dodge Rich Saxon Carr FordWinning time was about 14 minutes.

Illinois State Fairgrounds, Springfield, IL

21st August 1920

Entrants: Fred Horey

Races postponed from the 20th due to rain.

Mississippi Valley Amusement Park, Davenport, IA

21st August 1920 – ½ mile dirt oval

Entrants: Sig Haughdahl Dave Koetzla Putty Hoffman Jimmie Craft Ray Burr Lampkin

Floyd Willard John Raimey Pat Clancy James Craft Louis Disbrow

Petersburg, IN

21st August 1920

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1 Worth E.Schloeman Craig-Hunt 2 Jigger Johnson Hunter Special 3 Oldham Maxwell 4 Virgil Medlock Overland 75

Sonoma County Fairgrounds, CA

23rd-29th August 1920

To feature a 50 mile automobile race.

Ellenville Fairgrounds, NY

27th August 1920

5 miles – Ford race 1 E.D.Sheeley 0:08:04 2 Percy Goldsmith 3 Floyd Ackerley 4 Clarence Ronk

5 miles – Ford Race 1 Percy Goldsmith 0:08:01 2 E.D.Sheeley 3 Clarence Ronk 4 Floyd Ackerley

Iowa State Fairgrounds, Des Moines, IA

27th August 192

3 miles 1 Roscoe Sarles Rajo 0:04:02.4 2 Watters Drexel 3 Davis Severin Special 4 Roundtree Rajo-Ford

3 miles 1 Louis Disbrow Essex 2 Floyd Willard Monroe

5 miles 1 Ray Burr Lampkin Duesenberg 2 Ray Claypool Simplex 3 Larry Stone

25 miles – Hawkeye Sweepstakes 1 Ray Claypool Simplex 0:29:29.8 2 Watters Essex -1 lap 3 Floyd Willard Monroe -2 laps R Clancy Essex 29 laps/accident R Ray Burr Lampkin Duesenberg 22 laps/lost wheel

Lap Leaders: Lampkin 1-22Claypool 23-50

Marshfield Fairgrounds, MA

27th August 1920

10 miles 1 Frank Roohe 0:15:09 2 Charles Jason 3 George BowserThere were six entries. One car overturned during the race and retired.

Santa Rosa Fairgrounds, CA

29th August 1920

50 miles – Free-for-all

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3 Chester Villa R Arlo Beattie De Sousa Special 18 laps/burst tyre/fatal accident R Gilbert Wells accident/hit tree

Wisconsin State Fair Park, WI

31st August 1920 – 1 mile oval

Time Trials 1 Ray Burr Lampkin Duesenberg 0:00:51 2 Fred Horey Briscoe 0:00:52 = Ray Claypool Simplex 0:00:52

5 miles 1 Putty Hoffman Case 0:04:52 2 Louis Disbrow Essex5 starters

5 miles 1 Louis Disbrow Essex 0:04:46 2 Ray Claypool Simplex 3 Ray Burr Lampkin Duesenberg

Match Race 1 Fred Horey Briscoe 2 Ray Claypool Simplex

5 miles – Invitation pursuit 1 Fred Horey Briscoe 0:04:04 2 Putty Hoffman Case

10 miles – Badger State Sweepstakes 1 Fred Horey Essex 0:09:32 2 George Clark Chevrolet special8 starters

Glidden Tour

September 1920

Event was to take place along Lincoln Highway, with cars to start on the Atlantic coast and go to Pacific coast. A lack of manufacturer entries meant that the event was postponed.

Mississippi State Fairgrounds, Jackson, MS

September 1920 (estimated) – ½ mile dirt oval

25 miles 1 Cole Aero-Eight 0:33

1 mile 1 Cole Aero Eight 0:01:17

Race was described as being held “recently” when reported on the 19th September.

Muldrow, OK

2nd September 1920

1 Moody Patton 2 R.G.Patton 3 Joe Fargo

Part of the trades day celebrations.

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Allen County Fairgrounds, KS

3rd September 1920

To feature a 5 mile auto race, and demonstration drive by Elfrida Mais.


3rd September 1920

Entrants: Louis Disbrow Ray (Burr) Lampkin Bob Cline Floyd Willard

Jimmy Costa Swede Anderson Larry Stone

Adams County Speedway, IA

4th September 1920

Entrants: A.L.Waters Maxwell Special Willis Young Hudson Tommie Wilde Stutz13 Bert Lasher Ford Special10 Chick Ward Ford Special Jack Crouse Dodge 2 Rufus Hoefer Ford Special Mudget Essex

To include the 25 mile Victory Sweepstakes.

Combination Park, Medford, MA


1 mile – Exhibition, Flying Start 1 Miss Zenita Neville Hudson 2 Bill Endicott Velie Bluebird

5 laps – Match Race, Rolling Start 1 Bill Endicott Velie Bluebird 0:03:15 2 Beals Kenworthy

1 lap – Time Trials 1 Quinn Maxwell 0:00:36.6 2 Fish Stutz 0:00:39 = Keene Mercer 0:00:39 4 Pynn Hudson 0:00:40

3 miles 1 Quinn Maxwell 0:06:39.6 2 Keene Mercer 3 Fish StutzOnly 3 starters

2 miles 1 Bill Endicott Velie Bluebird 0:03:57 2 Quinn Briscoe 3 Pynn Hudson

8 laps - Australian Pursuit 1 Beals Kenworthy 0:05:36 Quinn Briscoe Fish Stutz Keene Mercer

15 laps

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1 Quinn Briscoe 0:09:58 2 Beals Kenworthy 3 Carter Velie Bluebird 4 Fish StutzSix Starters

10 laps – Ford Free-for-all 1 John F.Foley Ford 0:07:18 2 C.Wilson Ford 9 laps6 starters, 2 retirements

Run by the New England Automobile Racing Association.

Galesburg, IL

4th September 1920

25 miles – Heat 1 1 D.E.Powell Duesenberg 0:23:58

25 miles – Heat 2 1 Cliff Woodbury Chandler Special 0:23:53

50 miles 1 Cliff Woodbury Chandler Special 0:46:55 2 Roy Smith Duesenberg 3 J.J.McCoy McCoy Special R D.E.Powell Duesenberg 26 laps/wheel Harry Star Powell Special H.S.Roller Roller Special G.E.Thorpe Mitchell Special Joe King Duesenberg

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Lebanon Fairgrounds, PA

4th September 1920 – 1/2 mile dirt oval

3 miles – Heat 1 1 H.Williams Ford 16v 0:02:28 2 Harry Long Oldsmobile 3 Joseph Hoppe Mercer R Ed Morris lost tyre

3 miles – Heat 2 1 William Alberti Ford Special 0:02:31.2 2 William Strickler S&S Special 3 Simonds Chevrolet R Robert Patterson Chalmers

5 miles – Final 1 William Strickler S&S Special 0:05:55.2 2 H.Williams Ford 16v 0:05:56 3 William Alberti Ford Special 0:06:07

10 miles – Free-for-all 1 H.Williams Ford 0:11:37 2 William Alberti Ford Special R William Strickler S&S Special 16 laps

15 miles – Free-for-all 1 William Alberti Ford Special 0:18:21 2 H.Williams Ford 16v 3 Robert Patterson Chalmers Harry Long OldsmobileAfter finishing, Alberti’s steering locked up, causing the car to go through the inside fence and overturn. Alberti jumped clear and was uninjured.

Races run by the Middle States Racing Association. Also entered into what was to be an international race with Strickler (representing the USA) and Alberti (representing Italy) was Eugene Correnal, who was to represent Brazil. Correnal was in fact Irineu Corrêa, born in Petrópolis, Brazil, on the 24th January 1900, who died on the Gavea circuit in Rio de Janeiro on the 2nd June 1935 in an automobile accident during a race. He came to the USA in 1920 to compete in various races. However, the international race wasn’t run, and Correnal/Corrêa wasn’t listed in the money paying results.

Akron, OH

6th September 1920

Promoted by Paul G.Wade.

Burlington, IA

6th September 1920

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1 mile - Time Trials 1 Cliff Woodbury Frontenac 0:01:07.4 2 H.S.Roller Roller Special 0:01:08.8 3 A.E.Powell Duesenberg 0:01:09.2 4 Gus Schrader Nash Special 0:01:11.2 5 Joe King Duesenberg 0:01:11.2 6 J.J.McCoy McCoy Special 0:01:13.4

5 miles – Stock cars 1 D.B.Hodges Stutz 0:06:59.0 2 A.E.Powell Marmon R Gus Schrader Nash 6 laps/brakes

10 miles – Ford race 1 H.S.Roller Roller Special 0:13:09.4 2 R.E.Mayes Ford 3 Ross Kastendycke Ford 8 laps/engine

15 miles – Cars under 30 hp 1 Gus Schrader Nash Special 0:18:32.6 2 J.J.McCoy McCoy Special 3 Frank Schenck R.E.Mayes Ford R H.S.Roller Roller Special 9 laps/driveshaft housing

Australian Pursuit 1 J.J.McCoy Duesenberg = A.E.Powell Duesenberg R Joe King Duesenberg 2 laps/overheatingNS Cliff Woodbury FrontenacWoodbury disliked his placing and refused to run. After 15 miles McCoy and Powell were effectively neck-and-neck, so the race was stopped and the purse split between McCoy and Powell.

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25 miles 1 Cliff Woodbury Frontenac 0:30:38.8 2 Gus Schrader Nash Special 3 A.E.Powell Duesenberg 4 Joe King Duesenberg 47 laps R J.J.McCoy McCoy Special 20 lapsThere were only five starters

Centlivre Park, IN

6th September 1920

Entrants: Ben Lawwell Joe Fielding Ernie Rhodes Fred Sullivan Charles Coleman Dwight Porter S.Wolf R.Somer

FAST Racing Association races

Chas. Dean Track, Palatine, IL

6th September 1920

25 miles – Ford race 1 William Holmes 0:39:40 R Elfring lost oilThere were three entries. Elfring was leading by over a lap when he retired.

Cincinnati Speedway, Sharonville, OH

6th September 1920

As early as January 1920, the Cincinnati Speedway Association (CSA) obtained sanction from the American Automobile Association for a sweepstakes race to he held on Labor Day, but given that the board oval at the venue had seen all of its lumber surface shipped out during WW2, it was never likely to take place. And so it proved.On the 12th January, it was announced that some of the large bondholders of the CSA were trying to secure the Carpentier-Dempsey boxing fight for the speedway, but these plans were dropped after the fight went toTijuana, Jim Coffroth offering a higher purse. This attempt at recovering some investment return having failed, it was then announced that the CSA would sell the venue at a public auction in the sheriff’s office on the 1st May. The property originally cost $700,000, and it was announced that the bondholders themselves would buy the track.That auction failed, as did further auctions in an attempt to raise sufficient money to satisfy the bondholders, with the value of the property being constantly reappraised. It was stated in the Milwaukee Journal of the 29th August that the property had been reappraised at $120,000, which would enable the bondholders to purchase it for $80,000, and that there would be no opportunity for the stockholders, holding $500,000 of stock, to get anything out of the property. On the 25th November, the Speedway and the326 acres it occupied was finally sold for $81,000 by Judge Stanley Struble.

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Lagoon, UT

6th September 1920

Speed carnival, including a stock car race and a Ford race. Three of the competing cars were sabotaged before the races. The big Packard owned by C.H.Reilley and which C.D.Sprague was to drive in the free-for-all was damaged when someone poured acid into the radiator and ground emery and steel shavings into the oil tank. The car was being practiced at speed when the car bucked violently and locked up, skidding to a halt. The Paige to be driven by Skid Benson had all of its oil removed, and this also caused the engine tolock solid. The valve springs on one of the 16 valve Fords were smashed by a hammer. Reilley offered a reward of $250 for the identity of the person responsible for the damage, and Frank G.Blake, manager of the race meeting, offered $100.

Marion Fairgrounds, IA

6th September 1920

5 miles – Free-for-all 1 Dacil Cubbage Ford 0:07:00 2 Jay Hess 3 Harringer L.S.Bennets C.E.Spargrove

5 miles – Ford stock cars 1 Bobbie Burns/Wes Dye 0:08:30 2 Harrigan 3 Stirm

Pablo Beach, Jacksonville, FL

6th September 1920

Horace Simon Russell was killed when his car somersaulted three times during a race and pinned him beneathit. His mechanican, Cecil Loeb, was also seriously injured. A.Y.Harrison and C.L.Smith were seriously injured when their car overturned in the same race. F.Ferguson and C.Madden were injured then the car theywere in hit a telegraph pole.

Pikes Peak Hillclimb, CO

6th September 1920

Ps # Driver Car Time 1 7 Otto Loesche Lexington Special 0:22:25.4 2 6 Al M.Cline Lexington Special 0:22:30.8 3 1 Fred Junk Hudson 0:23:17.0 4 8 Glen Schultz Velie 0:24:01.0 5 22 Percy Green Marmon 0:25:49.6 3 Harry F.O’Brien Templar 0:28:51.0 16 Don McKinnon McKinnon 0:33:07.8 24 H.Loren Chapin Ford 0:33:45.2 14 Cecil Howard Chalmers 0:33:45.2 23 Roy Duncan Packard 0:38:08.8 10 George F.Martine Chalmers 0:38:29.2 21 Frank P.Vallely Cadillac 26 John Gardner Thomas 25 E.H.Hulen Fiat 11 Kenneth Eppich National R 5 Ralph Mulford Paige R 12 E.J.Beatty OldsmobileNS 15 Lee Rice Oldsmobile 19 Guy Peterson California 17 Sam Marcus Haynes 20 B.N.Ramsey FordDQ 4 Hal Brinker DorrisNS LincolnNS F.W.Frammell

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Loesche set the FTD, and was awarded the Penrose Trophy.

Small Car Class 1 William Bentrup Chevrolet Special 0:24:05.2 2 David Lewis Essex Special 0:25:56.2

The event took place during a driving snow storm and bitter winds. An airplane race was also held.

Sandusky Fairgrounds, OH

6th September 1920

5 miles 1 Wilson Wangler Buick 0:07:29 R Vic Miller Regal 7 laps/engineNo other starters

Spencer Park, IN

6th September 1920

5 miles 1 1 Ralph Williams Buick SpecialSeven entrants, one retired

10 miles ?

25 miles 1 1 Ralph Williams Buick Special 2 2 Max Williams Buick Special 3 7 Dewey Woodling Buick Special R James R.Hill Ford Special accidentSix entrants

Other Entrants: Russell McMillen Mercer L.E.Nickels Special

Run under the auspices of the Hoosier Racing Association.


6th September 1920

50 miles 1 Worth Schloeman10 starters, 5 finished.

Queen City Park, Beatrice, NE

8th September 1920

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Williamsburg Fairgrounds, IA


Automobile races to be held as part of American Legion celebrations.


9th September 1920

Race 1 William Mable Simplex R Ray Colburn Buick 6 RoadsterColburn suffered a tyre blow-out, causing him to leave the track and go up a bank on the outside of the circuit.

Cedar Falls, IA

9th September 1920

Part of the Cedar Valley Fair. Rain caused the races to be postponed to the 10th.

Indiana State Fairgrounds, IN

10th September 1920

Heat 1Harry Demster driving Auburn #16 suffered a rear axle breakage, causing the right rear wheel to fly off through the fence and into the spectators, killing George Sample. Demster escaped serious injury.

Event probably sanctioned by IMCA, as Sig Haugdahl competed in the races.

Cass County Fairgrounds, Atlantic, IA

10th September 1920

10 miles – Free-for-all 1 Emil Nelson Nelson special 0:12:52.2 2 Gene Parker Ford special 3 Tom Sorensen Oakland 4 Dean Ledgerwood Saxon R Harold “Baldy” McCall Buick special 1 lap/engineNS Guy Hayter Metz special ignition

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Other Entrants: Dave Pittman Mercer

Southern Iowa Fairgrounds, Oskaloosa, IA

10th September 1920

Entrants: Frey Horey Ray Burr Lampkin Dave Koetzla Bob Cline

Breckenridge, CO

11th September 1920

Ps # Driver Car Time 1 George Marz Ford 0:02:37 2 Charles Fletcher Ford 0:02:53

Part of the Firemen’s Field and Labor Day celebrations.

Cedar Falls, IA

12th September 1920

Race 1 H.S.Roller

Part of the Cedar Valley Fair.

Galveston Beach, TX

12th September 1920

10 miles 1 Towns Chevrolet R Court Essex engineNS Oldsmobile special DNA

Paris, TX



10 miles 1 Bill Melaun 0:12:22

5 miles 1 Fred Melaun 0:06:32

Part of the Lamar County Fair. Matthews went through the fence and wrecked his car.

Montana State Fairgrounds, Helena, MT

13th September 1920

Time Trials 1 8 Larry Stone Duesenberg = 15 Swede Anderson Chevrolet 3 7 Searles Rajo

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3 miles - Match Race, Heat 1 1 15 Swede Anderson Chevrolet 0:03:40 2 8 Larry Stone Duesenberg 3 28 Jimmie Costa Fiat

5 miles - Class D Race 1 4 Clancy Essex 0:06:14.2 2 31 Rountree Severin

3 miles - Match Race, Heat 2 1 15 Swede Anderson Chevrolet 0:03:38 2 8 Larry Stone Duesenberg

10 miles - Golden Glow Sweepstakes 1 8 Larry Stone Duesenberg 2 4 Clancy Essex 3 15 Swede Anderson Chevrolet 4 31 Rountree Severin 5 25 Jimmie Reynolds Hudson

Other Entries: 34 Davies Severin 3 Rountree Rajo 11 Watters Drexel 20 Fosnaugh Peugeot 24 Delveaux Hudson

IMCA races

Spirit Lake, IA

14th September 1920

5 miles – Stock car race 1 Thos. Arthur Buick 2 Ewing Chevrolet 3 Rosendalle Frod

4 miles – Ford race 1 Dewey Weed 2 Ben Reed 3 Rosendalle

5 miles – Stripped cars 1 Roy Hebert Peerless-Chalmers 0:06:23 2 Stanley Fuller Donaldson Bros Special 3 H.J.Carr Ford special R Rudd Behmer Haynes accidentNS Ter Veen driveshaftFuller’s car twitched sideways, hitting the front wheel of the Haynes and sending it over an embankment – driver Behmer and mechanician Billy Smith escaped with minor injuries.

8 miles – Stripped cars 1 Stanley Fuller Donaldson Bros Special 0:09:?? 2 Roy Hebert Peerless-ChalmersThere were three entries

15 miles – Stripped Cars 1 Stanley Fuller Donaldson Bros Special 0:20:40 2 Roy Hebert Peerless-Chalmers R H.J.Carr Ford Special 21 lapsHebert blew a tyre in turn 1 on lap 15 and went through the fence – without liftuing he rejoined the race.The car then threw off the tyre, and Hebert completed the race on the rim.

Mandan Fairgrounds, ND

16th September 1920

5 miles 1 Alfred Moe Monroe 0:07:02 2 M.E.Granwick R Ted Harkins Essex engine clogged up

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RThe second retiree was a pacemaker specifically for Ted Harkins entered by R.B.Loubek.

Part of the Missouri Slope Fair. A novelty Ford race was also held, where the driver had to crank his car every half mile in a three mile race – this was won by Rusty Smith.


16th September 1920

3 miles – Match Race, Heat 1 1 15 Anderson Chevrolet 0:03:24.6 2 8 Larry Stone Duesenberg 3 28 Jimmie Costa Fiat

5 miles – Class B, for cars made in America 1 25 Johnson Hudson 0:05:24.4 2 24 Reynolds Hudson 4 Clancy Essex 11 Watters Drexel

3 miles – Match Race, Heat 2 1 8 Larry Stone Duesenberg 0:03:32.0 2 15 Anderson Chevrolet 3 28 Jimmie Costa Fiat

3 miles – Match Race, Heat 3 1 8 Larry Stone Duesenberg 0:03:12 2 15 Anderson Chevrolet 3 28 Jimmie Costa Fiat

10 miles – Free-for-all 1 4 Clancy Essex 2 31 Rountree Severin R 28 Jimmie Costa Fiat stopped R 7 Cleo Searles Rajo accident R 8 Larry Stone Duesenberg accident R 15 Swede Anderson Chevrolet accident R 25 Johnson Hudson accident 11 Watters Drexel 24 Reynolds Hudson 20 Fosnaugh PeugeotLarry Stone and Cleo Searles dislocated their shoulders during the race. Rountree’s mechanician, Chuck Curran, suffered a broken finger. Following the accident Costa stopped to assist the injured, and as others went onto the track to help, the starter flagged the two remaining circulating cars.

Cummington, MA

17th September 1920 – 1/3 mile dirt oval

1 mile - Ford race 1 Henry Snyder 0:02:42 2 Malcolm Fairman 0:03:04 3 Kenneth Porter 0:03:09Drivers had to drive a lap, stall the car, restart it and continue again, and only competed one at a time.

McAlester, OK



15 miles 1 Red Shafer 0:16:37There were nine starters

5 miles 1 Red Shafer 0:06:46

Part of the Free Country Fair.

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Mount Holly Fairgrounds, NJ

17th September 1920

Joe Dickerson suffered severe abdominal wounds during an accident in a five mile race, to which he succumbed in hospital on the 20th September.

Titusville Fairgrounds, PA


Time Trials 1 3 Gilchrist Ford 0:01:13 2 5 Struhldreher Ford 0:01:14 = 16 Franklin Disbrow 0:01:14 = 2 Finney Stutz 0:01:14 5 55 Ripple Haynes 0:01:19 6 8 Collins Wisconsin 0:01:20

5 miles 1 5 Struhldreher Ford 0:06:35 2 3 Gilchrist Ford 7 laps/clogged carburetor

3 miles 1 16 Franklin Disbrow 0:04:05 2 8 Collins Wisconsin

3 miles 1 2 Finney Stutz 0:04:02 2 16 Franklin Disbrow

3 miles 1 3 Gilchrist Ford 0:03:59 2 5 Struhldreher Ford R 16 Franklin Disbrow

3 miles 1 2 Finney Stutz 0:03:59 16 Franklin Disbrow 55 Ripple Haynes

3 miles 1 3 Gilchrist Ford 0:04:01

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2 Finney Stutz 5 Struhldreher FordNS 16 Franklin Disbrow carburetor

5 miles 1 2 Finney Stutz 0:06:56 5 Struhldreher Ford 16 Franklin Disbrow 55 Ripple Haynes R 3 Gilchrist Ford 7 laps/engineNS 8 Collins Wisconsin

Ak-Sar-Ben Speedway, NE

18th September 1920 - 1 mile dirt oval

Entrants: Sig Haughdahl Essex Dave Koetzla Putty Hoffman Case George Clark Red Maley Floyd Willard

Cass County Fairgrounds, Atlantic, IA

18th September 1920

NS Baldy McCall mechanical

Elko County Fairgrounds, NV

18th September 1920 – ½ mile oval

25 miles 1 Sabino Goveia.

To feature a novelty race, a 10 mile free-for-all and a 25 mile race. It was reported on the 20th August that the AAA approached the Elko county fair authorities asking them to make the 25 mile race an AAA sanctioned event. There were four entries for the 25 mile race.

Elyria Fairgrounds, OH

18th September 1920

Promoted by Paul G.Wade

Fitchburg Fairgrounds, MA


Time Trials 1 Quinn Briscoe 0:00:37 2 Keene Hudson 0:00:41 3 Fish Stutz 0:00:41

3 miles (Rolling Start) 1 Fish Stutz 0:04:54.4 2 Keene Hudson

2 miles (Rolling Start) 1 Bill Endicott Velie 0:02:56

Australian Pursuit 1 Fish Stutz 0:07:35

Special Race (Flying Start)

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1 Miss Zenita Neville 0:01:02 2 Bill Endicott

5 laps (Rolling Start) 1 Bill Endicott Velie 0:03:22 2 Quinn Briscoe

Endicott also did a timed lap of the circuit from a flying start in 0m36s, driving a Velie Bluebird.

New England Automobile Racing Association races.

Monongahela City, PA

18th September 1920

Entrants: Pete Coslow Andrew Harris


18th September 1920

Time Trials – 1 mile 1 8 Larry Stone Duesenberg 0:00:56.2 2 Johnson Hudson 0:01:00.0 3 Bertholdi Rippon 0:01:01.4 4 25 Reynolds Hudson 5 15 Swede Anderson Chevrolet

2 miles – Rotary Match Race 1 8 Larry Stone Duesenberg 0:02:19 2 28 Jimmie Costa Fiat

4 miles – Handicap Match Race 1 4 Clancy Essex 0:04:28 2 Watters Severin 3 3 Rountree Rajo

3 miles – Montana Championship Race 1 25 Reynolds Hudson 0:03:19 2 Bertholdi Whitehall

3 miles – Battle of the Champs 1 4 Jimmie Costa Essex 0:03:15.8 2 15 Swede Anderson Chevrolet 3 Watters Severin

10 miles – Rotary Sweepstakes 1 8 Larry Stone Duesenberg 0:10:46.2 2 Watters Severin 3 4 Clancy Essex 4 3 Rountree Rajo


18th September 1920

10 miles 1 Ralph De Palma 0:07:47.25 2 Gaston Chevrolet 0:07:49 3 Ira Vail 4 Jimmy Murphy 5 Eddie O’Donnell R Bennett Hill 7 laps/engine

20 miles 1 Ralph De Palma 0:14:08.98 2 Eddie O’Donnell 3 Gaston Chevrolet

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4 Ira Vail 5 Jimmy Murphy R Bennett Hill

50 miles 1 Ralph De Palma 0:40:49.88 2 Jimmy Murphy 0:41:39.37 3 Ira Vail 0:42:11.62 4 Bennett Hill 5 Gaston Chevrolet R Eddie O’Donnell 28 laps/rear tyre/accident

Creston, IA

19th September 1920

Free-for-all 3 Baldy McCall

3 miles Emil Nelson R Baldy McCall accident/rolled

Galveston Beach, TX

19th September 1920

To feature an automobile race.

Denver-Pueblo Road Race, CO

20th September 1920 – 120 miles

1 W.A.Coleman 2:09:49 2 Horace A.Frantz 2:19:38 3 Jack Martin 3:21:18




1 mile – Time Trials 1 John Boyd Hudson Special 0:01:08.0 2 Lou Scheibell Chalmers 0:01:12.0 3 Harry Dickson Packard 0:01:14.4 4 Fred Lentz Hudson 0:01:16.8 5 Elmer Negy Haynes 0:01:17.2 6 Earl Roberts Studebaker 0:01:17.4 7 Jeff Crafford Ford 0:01:18.2 8 Tuck Fordyce Mercer 0:01:20.0

3 miles – Heat 1 1 Earl Roberts Studebaker 0:04:07.4 2 Harry Dickson Packard 3 Tuck Fordyce Mercer

2 miles – Match Race 1 John Boyd Hudson Special 0:02:32.0 2 Louis Scheibell Chalmers

3 miles – Heat 2 1 Elmer Negy Haynes 0:03:58.0 2 Fred Lentz Hudson 3 Jeff Crafford Ford

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7.5 miles – Free-for-all Sweepstakes 1 John Boyd Hudson Special 15 laps 2 Tuck Fordyce Mercer 15 laps 3 Fred Lentz Hudson 15 laps 4 Harry Dickson Packard 15 laps 5 Jeff Crafford Ford 15 laps 6 Earl Roberts Studebaker 7 Lou Scheibell Chalmers 4 laps

This meeting was sanctioned by IMCA.

Ruthven, IA

21st-23rd September 1920

Fall festival – to include an automobile race.

Billings Fairgrounds, MT

23rd-24th September 1920 – ½ mile dirt oval

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23rd September: Time Trials Mick Clancy Essex 0:01:13.4 Reynold Hudson 0:01:20.0

23rd September: 6 miles – Match Race, Heat 2 1 Mick Clancy Essex R Larry D.Stone Peugeot rear axle pin

23rd September: 6 miles – Match Race, Heat 3 1 Mick Clancy Essex 2 Johnston HudsonJohnston substituted for Stone in the final heat.

23rd September: 3 miles – Montana State Championship (rolling start) 1 Bertoglio Ripon 0:04:00 2 Reynolds Hudson

23rd September: 5 miles – Governor’s Day Sweepstakes, Free-for-all 1 Mick Clancy Essex 0:06:28

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2 Johnston Hudson 3 Searles Rajo Special 4 Reynolds Hudson R Bertoglio Ripon accident

24th September: ?

Other Entrants: George Clark Duesenberg Jim Costa Fiat Oscar Anderson Chevrolet Harry Davies Rajo-Ford Roy Davisson Hudson Speed Griffith Renault Ray Rountree Zip Ray Ernie Fosnaugh Drexel

IMCA races




1 mile – Time Trials 1 John Boyd Hudson Special 0:01:09.0 2 Fred Rogers Dodge 0:01:09.8 3 Harry Dickson Packard 0:01:11.4 4 Lou Scheibell Chalmers 0:01:11.6 5 Tuck Fordyce Mercer 0:01:12.0 6 Fred Lentz Hudson 0:01:13.4 7 Earl Roberts Studebaker 0:01:14.0 8 Jeff Crafford Ford 0:01:16.4 9 Elmer Negy Haynes 0:01:17.0

2 miles – Three Cornered Race 1 Lou Scheibell Chalmers 0:02:28.2 2 Fred Lentz Hudson 3 Harry Dickson Packard 4 John Boyd Hudson Special

1 mile – Exhibition Run 1 John Boyd Hudson Special 0:01:07.2

3 miles – Heat 1 1 Tuck Fordyce Mercer 0:03:36.8 2 Fred Lentz Hudson 3 Earl Roberts Studebaker 4 Jeff Crafford Ford

2 miles – Heat 2 1 John Boyd Hudson Special 0:02:16.4 2 Harry Dickson Packard 3 Lou Scheibell Chalmers

2 miles – Special Challenge Race 1 Fred Rogers Dodge 0:02:24.6 2 Lou Scheibell Chalmers

2 miles – Heat 3 1 John Boyd Hudson Special 0:02:26.4 2 Lou Scheibell Chalmers 3 Harry Dickson Packard

7.5 miles – Free-for-all, Kansas State Sweepstakes 1 John Boyd Hudson Special 0:09:04.8 2 Earl Roberts Studebaker 3 Tuck Fordyce Mercer R Jeff Crafford Ford 9 laps/engine R Fred Rogers Dodge 9 laps/engine


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Monee District Fairgrounds, IL


Part of the 16th Annual Monee District Fair.

Springfield, IL


24th September: 5 milesLeon Duray set “four world dirt track records” during the run, setting a mile in 1m02, three miles in 3m10.4, four miles in 4m13, and five miles in 5m15.8.

25th September: 1 mile – Time Trial 1 Sig Haughdahl 0:01:07

25th September: 5 miles – Atlantic Derby 1 Sig Haughdahl

2 Leon Duray

25th September: 3 miles – Free-for-all 1 Emil 2 Allen 3 Louis Disbrow

25th September: Feature 1 Sig Haughdahl 2 Leon Duray

Part of the Eastern States Fair.

Dunkirk Fairgrounds, NY

25th September 1920

Adverts got re-used – an almost identical ad to that used for the Titusville races on the 17th September, with just the date and location changed.Could both meets really be the fastest auto race meet held in state outside of Uniontown?

Centlivre Park, IN

26th September 1920

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Entrants: Ralph Ormsby Maxwell Special

Rained out.

Oklahoma City, OK

25th, 29th September & 2nd October 1920

Entrants: Larry D.Stone Duesenberg Jimmy Costa Fiat Ernie Fosnaugh Peugeot

Oklahoma State Fair and Exposition

Rushville, IL

26th September 1920

10 miles 1 Worth Schloeman Ford Special

20 miles 1 Worth Schloeman Ford Special

Races run under the auspices of the Missouri and Illinois Racing Association.

Gallup County Fairgrounds, NM

1st October 1920

Leo Leaden overturned, sustaining a broken arm and other injuries. J.R.Willis, who was photographing the races was run over by one of the cars, suffering broken legs, a dislocated shoulder and other injuries.

Hillsboro, TX

1st October 1920

5 miles 1 Anderson Hudson 0:06:15 2 Hort Ford 0:06:15.5

Part of the Hill County Fair.

Plainview, TX

1st October 1920

The 5th and final day of the Northwest Texas Fair featured auto races – the results are unknown.

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Trenton, NJ

1st-2nd October 1920

1st October: 1 mile – Time Trial 1 6 Sig Haughdahl 0:01:04.8

1st October: 3 miles 1 6 Sig Haughdahl 0:03:46 2 19 Louis Disbrow Essex Special 3 5 Emil King 10 J.Toft 8 Al Striegel

1st October: Australian Pursuit 1 19 Louis Disbrow Essex Special 0:06:02 2 20 Leon Duray 3 10 J.Toft 4 8 Al Striegel

1st October: 2 miles – Championship Race, Heat 1 1 5 Emil King 0:02:25.6 2 6 Sig Haughdahl

1st October: 2 miles – Championship Race, Heat 2 1 20 Leon Duray 0:02:25.6 2 14 L.D’Allene

1st October: 2 miles - Championship Race, Final 1 20 Leon Duray Oldfield Special 2 5 King

1st October: 5 miles – New Jersey Sweepstakes 1 19 Louis Disbrow 0:06:13 2 D’Allene 3 8 Al Striegel 4 5 Emil King 5 20 Duray R 6 Sig Haughdahl 6 lapsNote: For the races of 1st October, Bob Kline was listed as #4, but wasn’t reported in any of the results.

2nd October: 3 miles – Consolation Race 10 G.Toft 5 E.King 8 Al Striegel 14 L.D’Allene

2nd October: 2 miles – Match Race 20 Leon Duray 6 Sig Haughdahl

2nd October: 5 miles – Australian Pursuit 19 Louis Disbrow 10 G.Toft 8 Al Striegel 14 L.D’Allene

2nd October: 3 miles 5 E.King 10 G.Toft 28 S.Haughdahl 8 Al Striegel

2nd October: Atlantic Sweepstakes 5 E.King 19 Louis Disbrow 8 Al Striegel 28 Sig Haughdahl 14 L.D’Allene 10 G.Toft 20 Leon Duray

Races sanctioned by IMCA.

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Kings Speedway, CA

2nd October 1920

50 miles

Hanford, Sept 9 – Following a mass-meeting of a number of church members, representing practically every denomination in Hanford, a large body went before the board of supervisors and asked that automobile racing be prohibited at the county fair. Chairman Smith of the board replied that as they had an agreementwith the Kings County Fair Association to the contrary, nothing could be done at present. The immediate cause of the action was the accident at Santa Rosa in which two men from Hanford, Arlo Beattie and DelbertWalker, were killed.

Chester Villa was killed on the 27th September in the morning when practicing for the race. His car left the track and hit a lumber pile, causing injuries from which he succumbed minutes later.


2nd October 1920

Time Trial 1 H.Rudy Essex 0:01:14.25

5 laps 1 H.Rudy 0:03:0? 2 S.Wolf

5 laps 1 Joe Fridley 0:03:01.5 2 E.Rhodes

5 laps 1 E.Porter 2 S.Wolf

5 laps – Winner of First Two 5 lap races 1 H.Rudy

15 laps 1 Joe Fielding 0:08:31 2 E.Rhodes 3 Z.Wolf

Springfield, IL

2nd October 1920

Entrants: Bob Cline George Clark Dave Koetzla

Ted Hill Ray Claypool Ray Burr Lampkin

American Legion Auto Race meet.

Tyler, TX

2nd October 1920

5 miles 1 E.O.Mauze 0:06:15 2 George Malone

5 miles 1 Red Shafer 0:06:16

Warren, PA

2nd October 1920

Warren Auto Dealers Association races.

Centlivre Park, IN

3rd October 1920

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Entries: 2 C.O.Summers Buick “Little Devil” 5 Ralph Ormsby Cornelia 6 Harry Hutson Chevrolet 7 C.B.Orwin Ford special 9 Paul Augsperger American Bosch Special 10 Harvey Crane Roof special 11 Raymond Harper Harper Special 12 Sam Novick Chalmers Special 13 G.Gibbons Buick 14 Ray Williams Firestone Special 17 John Jeffries Monroe 19 C.M.Fox Oldsmobile 21 Harold Werst Miller Special

10 miles Ralph Ormsby R Harvey Crane rolled

25 miles Ralph Ormsby Joe Sullivan Hudson R Jeffries Monroe hit Sullivan/accident R Paul Augsperger American Bosch Special axle/fatal accidentRobert Skillman, aged 6, and Vaughn Skillman, aged 9, were killed when a car driven by Paul Augsperger broke an axle, losing a wheel which flew over the fence and into the crowd. After an investigation by a local prosecutor, Augsperger was declared not responsible for the two deaths, but even so a lawsuit against Ausperger and the Fort Wayne Auto Association was launched., alleging that Ausperger was negligentin casting the wheel while travelling at speed, and that the association (comprising George Dewald, Earl Nussbaum, C.Cartwright and Clarence E.White) were negligent as the track was not fit to hold races. The defendents attempted to dismiss the suit on the grounds that the Skillman family hadn’t actually paid admission to the track, and were therefore trespassing. Judge Eichhorn set this argument aside as he heardthe evidence, but eventually found for the defendents.Charles H.Skillman, the boy’s father, sued yet again, filing another case on the 15th September 1921, alleging negligence from Augsperger as he supposedly knew that his axle was defective before racing, and against the track (with the defendents named as George Dewald, Earl Nussbaum, E.Wehote, C.Cartwright, A.J.Compton, William Lindeman, Michael Laughlin, Julian Perry, Charles Aler, J.O’Ryan and Charles Freistroffer), for having improper banking on the curves. On December 14th the defendents submitted a demurrer (i.e. they did not dispute the truth of the allegation, but instead claimed that this was insufficient grounds for the action), which Special Judge David E.Smith sustained on the 29th December, the defendants again stating that they owed no duty to them since they had paid no admission fee. Following this judgement, the very next day the complaint was amended, alleging that the defendants were negligent in preparing the race course, and thay Augsperger was negligent in not changing the tyres on hiscar. Again, a judge found for the defendants, but on the 10th April 1922, Charles Skillman’s attorney, E.L.Siebold requested a new trial after stating that he had an affidavit stating that the actions of a juryman were improper and that he believed the accused juryman had been tampered with.

Salt Lake City, UT

6th October 1920

Sabino Goveia was killed when practising in his self-built Chevrolet for the Utah State Fair races which were to be held at the circuit. His car threw a wheel and overturned twice, resulting in a broken neck andskull fractures for the driver.

Oklahoma Free State Fair, Muskogee, OK

6th and 9th October 1920

6th OctoberG.W.Fields and Floyd Willard were both hospitalised with cuts and bruises after colliding in a pursuit race. Fields swerved across the track and was collected by Willard after it threw a front tyre.

Entrants: Floyd Willard Monroe Ray Claypool Simplex Ray Burr Lampkin Duesenberg Dave Koetzla Essex Jim Wolters Essex Ted Hill Benz

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Harry Larsen Mooney Joe Cobb Rajo Sig Haugdahl Bob Cline Leon Duray Louis Disbrow Soules Paige Special

Sanctioned by IMCA. Races on the 9th October to feature the 15 lap Oklahoma Sweepstakes.

Jackson, MN

7th October 1920

Danbury Fairgrounds, CT

9th October 1920

10 miles

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Race was called off with Ira Vail leading when Harry Cooper, who was second (with Davidson third) skidded and overturned. The steering wheel squashed his stomach, causing a rib to puncture his lungs. He died fromhis injuries a day later in Danbury Hospital.

Galveston Beach, TX

10th October 1920

10 miles – 2 miles x 5 laps 1 Walsh Simplex 0:11:30 2 Artusy Essex

Phoenix, AZ

10th October 1920

100 miles 1 Tommy Milton 1:24:00.4 Gaston Chevrolet Omar Toft

Rushville, IL

10th October 1920

Worth Schloeman to compete.

Johnson County Fairgrounds, Cleburne, TX

11th October 1920

5 miles 1 Kirby Hurton Ford 0:06:50 2 Bill Storza Baby Grand Chevrolet 3 Truman Wyatt Chevrolet

5 miles 1 Bill Storza Baby Grand Chevrolet 0:06:52.6 2 Kirby Horton Ford 3 Truman Wyatt Chevrolet

There were two accidents. James W.Hoskins (Chevrolet) went through the fence on both sides of the track and was struck in the stomach by a piece of timber. Bill Storza was thrown over the east side of the fencewhen the axle of his car broke – he was uninjured. There was also a three mile race.

Southern Motors Manufacturing Association of Houston Race

13th-? October - 3200 miles (Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana)

Two Ranger cars left Houston on the 13th October on the race, for a winning purse of $6000, the loser receiving $4000. The winner was to be decided by points, with a maximum of 1000 on offer – to get the maximum, the driver would have to complete the course without tyre or mechanical trouble.

Luna County Fairgrounds, Deming, NM

15th October 1920

Stock car race to be held.

Carthage Fairgrounds, Cincinnati, OH

16th October 1920

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100 miles W.L.Hunt R Harvey Crane Laurel Special fatal accident R Walter Higler accident R Hugh Rife accident R Carl Summers accident

Crane crashed into the wreckage of two cars (Higler & Rife) which had collided in front of him and was thrown from his car. He was then fatally injured when the following car of W.L.Hunt drove over him, dieinglater that day in Cincinnati General Hospital. Carl Summers also hit the wreckage and was thrown over the fence, and although unconscious was not badly injured. There were 12 runners in the race.


16th-23rd October 1920

16th October: 1 mile – Time Trial 1 Fred Horey Essex 0:00:46.2 2 Jules Ellingboe Briscoe 0:00:48.0 3 Ray Lampkin Duesenberg 0:00:49.3 4 Cobb Rajo Special 0:00:50.1 5 Koetzla Essex 0:00:51.0 6 Melaun Melaun Special 0:00:52.0

16th October: 5 miles 1 Speedy Wolters Essex 0:04:39 2 Willard Monroe 3 Meyers Wisconsin Special

16th October: 3 miles – Match Race 1 Fred Horey Essex 0:02:34.2 Ray Lampkin Duesenberg Claypool Simplex

16th October: 10 miles – Light Cars 1 Speedy Wolters Essex 0:09:12.2 2 Reynolds Essex 3 Cobb Rajo Special

16th October: 5 miles – Australian Pursuit 1 Jules Ellingboe Briscoe 0:04:34 2 Floyd Willard Monroe 3 Fred Horey Essex 4 Hill Benz

16th October: 15 miles - Southwestern Derby 1 Fred Horey Essex 0:13:21.6 2 Koetzla Essex 3 Ray Lampkin Duesenberg

17th October: 5 miles 1 Dave Koetzla Essex 0:04:49

17th October: 5 miles 1 Fred Horey Essex 0:04:31 2 Ray Lampkin Duesenberg

17th October: 10 miles 1 Hoffman 2 Claypool Simplex Reynolds Essex hit EllingboeR Jules Ellingboe Briscoe lost wheel/accident

17th October: 10 miles 1 Fred Horey Essex 2 Myers 3 Maley Bugatti

17th October: 3 miles 1 Claypool Simplex 0:02:40 2 Hoffmann 3 Fred Horey Essex

17th October: 20 miles – State Fair Derby 1 Ray Lampkin Duesenberg 0:17:55

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2 Fred Horey Essex 3 Dave Koetzla Essex

23rd October: 5 miles 1 Munroe Essex 0:04:50.6 2 George Clark Essex 3 Norsky Larson Mooney Ford

23rd October: 3 miles 1 Jules Ellingboe Briscoe 0:03:23.2 2 Dave Koetzla Case 3 Ray Lampkin Duesenberg

23rd October: 10 miles – Light Cars 1 Speedy Wolters Essex 0:08:32.4 2 Cobb Rajo Special 3 Maley Bugatti

23rd October: 2 miles 1 Fred Horey Essex 0:01:41 2 Claypool Simplex 3 Jules Ellingboe Briscoe

23rd October: 15 miles – Southwestern Derby 1 Dave Koetzla Essex 0:09:14.4 2 Fred Horey Essex 3 Jules Ellingboe Briscoe

Glenn Breed was to race against Fred Horey on the 24th. The races on the 23rd had been due to take place on the 22nd, but were postponed due to rain.

Dean Track, Palatine, IL

23rd October 1920

Ford auto race

Spencer Park, Logansport, IN

24th October 1920

10 miles 1 Ray Williams American Bosch Special 2 Herb Money Dodge 3 George Pfleiger Ford

10 miles 1 G.F.Galtry Laurel Special 2 Ray Williams American Bosch Special 3 Herb Money Dodge

Other Entrants: Ralph Ormsby Cornelia Special “Bear Cat”

Part of the proceeds of the event were to go to the family of Harvey Crane, who was killed at Carthage Fairgrounds on the 16th October. Run by the Summit City Auto Racing Association. Ralph Ormsby replaced Harvey Crane, one of the original promoters of the meet.


2nd-7th November 1920

2nd November: 3 miles – Light cars 1 Ted Hill 0:04:03.2

2nd November: 3 miles – Three-cornered match race 1 Speedy Wolters 0:04:16.4

2nd November: 5 miles – Australian Pursuit 1 Jules Ellingboe 0:09:16.4

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2nd November: 3 miles – Elimination event 1 Putty Hoffman 0:04:04.8

2nd November: 3 miles – Match race 1 Ted Hill 0:03:48.8

2nd November: 5 miles – Free-for-all, Waco Derby 1 Jules Ellingboe 0:06:08.0

2nd November: 1 mile – Exhibition Jules Ellingboe 0:01:08

7th November: 3 miles 1 Larson 0:04:43.4

7th November: 5 miles 1 Speedy Wolters 0:06:55

7th November: 3 miles – Cotton Palace Sweepstakes, Heat 1 Jules Ellingboe Briscoe 0:04:34

7th November: 5 miles – Australian Pursuit 1 Jules Ellingboe Briscoe 0:05:45.4

7th November: 1 mile – Time Trial 1 Jules Ellingboe Briscoe 0:01:05.8

7th November: 5 miles – Cotton Palace Sweepstakes 1 Jules Ellingboe Briscoe 0:06:55 R Larson accident

Paris, TX

4th November 1920 – ½ mile dirt oval

Larry Stone lowered the track record for 1 mile to 1:00, and won the majority of the events.

Pottstown Speedway, PA

6th November 1920

5 miles 3 Irineu Corrêa

10 miles – Main 1 Bill Strickler 2 Irineu Corrêa

Other entrants: Elwood Woolfe Harry Reckstine

Shreveport, LA

7th November 1920

Fred Horey set a 1 mile southern dirt-track record of 49.8s. Ray Claypool set a new two mile southern dirttrack record of 1:43.0.

Arizona State Fairgrounds, Phoenix, AZ

13th November 1920

100 miles 1 Ira Vail 1:30:23.6 2 Eddie Hearne 3 Tommy Milton 4 Ernest Bennett 5 J.Thomas ret/mechanical

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Bethesda, GA

25th November 1920 - 3.33 mile road course

Race – Stock cars 1 C.B.Hunter Packard

50 miles – Jack Taggart Trophy 1 C.B.Hunter PackardOn the eighth lap of the race (the second of the day), the Dodge driven by Henry L.Capps caught fire. Capps and his riding mechanic Neal Bolton jumped from the car while it was still going at high speed – Capps was seriously injured but seems to have survived, while Bolton died in hospital in Savannah later that day. The race was for stock cars.

10 miles – Exhibition 1 Louis Chevrolet Frontenac 0:08:02

Bakersfield, CA

27th December 1920 – 1 mile dirt oval

100 miles 1 Ira Vail 1:28:18.6 2 Roscoe Sarles ret/27 laps/engine 3 Eddie Hearne ret/16 laps/piston through crankcase

Had been scheduled for the 19th December, but was delayed until the 26th due to rain, and was delayed again due to rain to the 27th. Sanctioned by the AAA.

San Antonio Speedway, TX

27th-29th December 1920 – 2 mile oval

Tentative date. Entrants: Dick Jones Essex Willard Hudson Len Rice Mercedes John R.Boling Richards Special Cliff Woodbury Frontenac Red Shafer Duesenberg


On the 8th July it was reported that Leo Leaden was preparing for an auto race to be run between ElPaso and Phoenix which has to happen “soon”. No other details about this event are known.

The Minnesota State Fair, to be held from the 8th-11th September, was to feature auto races. It isn’t known if they took place.

The Bell County Fair Association (Temple, TX) announced at the beginning of September that it would hold motor-races during November. No further details about these races have been found.

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Championship Standings 1 Tom Milton 2230 pts 2 Roscoe Sarles 1980 3 Eddie Hearne 1399 4 Jimmy Murphy 1215 5 Joe Thomas 715 6 I.P.Fetterman 400 7 Eddie Milelr 395 8 Ralph DePalma 355 9 Earl Cooper 30010 Frank Elliott 25511 Harry Hartz 13012 Percy Ford 12713 Eddie Pullen 11514 Tom Alley 90 = Ora Haibe 9016 Alton Soules 50 = Ira Vail 5018 Jerry Wonderlich 4319 Bennett Hill 4220 Ralph Mulford 3521 Albert Guyot 3022 Don Fretwell 15 = Howard Wilcox 1524 Jules Ellingboe 10 = Art Klein 10

Beverly Hills, CA

27th February 1921

Heat 1: 25 miles (1.25 miles x 20 laps)Pos # SP Driver Car Name Chassis Engine Laps Time1 4 Ralph DePalma Ballot Ballot Ballot 20 0:14:05.40, 106.450 mph2 10 Roscoe Sarles Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 20 0:14:07.103 14 Eddie Hearne Revere/Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 20 0:14:07.224 9 Ira Vail Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 20 0:14:07.245 2 Tom Milton Durant/Miller Miller Miller 20 0:14:07.346 3 Alton Soules Frontenac Frontenac Frontenac 18 Flagged7 11 Eddie Miller Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 17 Engine8 12 Jimmy Murphy Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 7 Out9 7 Al Thiele Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 4 Out

Lap Leaders: Ralph DePalma 18-20Eddie Hearne 11-17Roscoe Sarles 1-10

Heat 2: 25 miles (1.25 miles x 20 laps)Pos # SP Driver Car Name Chassis Engine Laps Time1 10 Roscoe Sarles Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 20 0:13:59.0, 107.27 mph2 2 Tom Milton Durant/Miller Miller Miller 20 0:13:59.13 12 Jimmy Murphy Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 20 0:13:59.24 9 Ira Vail Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 205 14 Eddie Hearne Revere/Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 206 11 Eddie Miller Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 17 Engine7 3 Alton Soules Frontenac Frontenac Frontenac 12 Out8 7 Al Thiele Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 7 Out9 4 Ralph DePalma Ballot Ballot Ballot 4 Out

Heat 3: 25 miles (1.25 miles x 20 laps)

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Pos # SP Driver Car Name Chassis Engine Laps Time1 12 Jimmy Murphy Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 20 0:14:27.4, 103.76 mph2 2 Tom Milton Durant/Miller Miller Miller 20 0:14:27.63 9 Ira Vail Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 20 0:14:28.04 11 Eddie Miller Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 205 3 Alton Soules Frontenac Frontenac Frontenac 0 OutNS 7 Al Thiele Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg DNS – EngineNS 14 Eddie Hearne Revere/Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg DNSNS 4 Ralph DePalma Ballot Ballot Ballot DNS

Lap Leaders: Jimmy Murphy 19-20Tom Milton 4-18Eddie Miller 1- 3

Heat 4: 25 miles (1.25 miles x 20 laps)Pos # SP Driver Car Name Chassis Engine Laps Time1 2 Tom Milton Durant/Miller Miller Miller 20 0:14:22.6, 104.34 mph2 11 Eddie Miller Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 20 0:14:22.83 9 Ira Vail Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 20 0:14:23.04 3 Alton Soules Frontenac Frontenac Frontenac 0 Out5 14 Eddie Hearne Revere/Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 0 OutNS 7 Al Thiele Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg DNS – EngineNS 4 Ralph DePalma Ballot Ballot Ballot DNS

12 Jimmy Murphy Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg

Lap Leaders: Tom Milton 1-20

Final: 50 miles (1.25 miles x 40 laps)Pos # SP Driver Car Name Chassis Engine Laps Time1 4 Ralph DePalma Ballot Ballot Ballot 40 0:27:56.0, 107.40 mph2 2 Tom Milton Durant/Miller Miller Miller 40 0:27:57.43 10 Roscoe Sarles Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 40 0:27:57.64 12 Jimmy Murphy Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 40 0:27:57.85 9 Ira Vail Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 406 11 Eddie Miller Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 40NS 3 Alton Soules Frontenac Frontenac Frontenac DNSNS 14 Eddie Hearne Revere/Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg DNS – Engine

Lap Leaders: Ralph DePalma 16-17, 36-40Roscoe Sarles 3-15, 18-35Jimmy Murphy 1- 2

AAA sanction 1238.

Beverly Hills, CA

10th April 1921

Heat 1: 25 miles (1.25 miles x 20 laps)Pos # SP Driver Car Name Chassis Engine Laps Time1 4 8 Ralph DePalma Ballot Ballot Ballot 20 0:14:06.60, 106.310 mph2 10 3 Roscoe Sarles Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 20 0:14:06.623 11 7 Joe Thomas Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 20 0:14:09.204 2 1 Tom Milton Durant Duesenberg Duesenberg 205 9 5 Eddie Pullen Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 206 1 2 Eddie Hearne Revere/Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 207 3 6 Alton Soules Frontenac Frontenac Frontenac 208 12 4 Jimmy Murphy Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 17 Spark plugs

Lap Leaders: Ralph DePalma 8-20Eddie Pullen 1- 7

Heat 2: 25 miles (1.25 miles x 20 laps)Pos # SP Driver Car Name Chassis Engine Laps Time1 9 Eddie Pullen Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 20 0:13:54.0, 107.91 mph2 10 Roscoe Sarles Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 20 0:13:54.23 1 Eddie Hearne Revere/Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 20 0:13:54.24 2 Tom Milton Durant Duesenberg Duesenberg 205 3 Alton Soules Frontenac Frontenac Frontenac 206 11 Joe Thomas Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 207 12 Jimmy Murphy Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 3 Engine

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Lap Leaders: Eddie Pullen 12-20 (?)Roscoe Sarles 1-11

Heat 3: 25 miles (1.25 miles x 20 laps)Pos # SP Driver Car Name Chassis Engine Laps Time1 11 Joe Thomas Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 20 0:14:10.8, 105.78 mph2 1 Eddie Hearne Revere/Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 20 0:14:11.03 2 Tom Milton Durant Duesenberg Duesenberg 20 0:14:11.14 3 Alton Soules Frontenac Frontenac Frontenac 205 10 Roscoe Sarles Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 7 FlaggedNS 12 Jimmy Murphy Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg DNS - Engine

Lap Leaders: Joe Thomas 1-20

Heat 4: 25 miles (1.25 miles x 20 laps)Pos # SP Driver Car Name Chassis Engine Laps Time1 12 Jimmy Murphy Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 20 0:13:59.20, 107.244 mph2 10 Roscoe Sarles Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 20 0:13:59.243 1 Eddie Hearne Revere/Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 20 0:13:59.284 2 Tom Milton Durant Duesenberg Duesenberg 205 3 Alton Soules Frontenac Frontenac Frontenac 20

Lap Leaders: Jimmy Murphy 1- 6, 13-20Roscoe Sarles 9-12Tom Milton 7- 8

Final: 50 miles (1.25 miles x 40 laps)Pos # SP Driver Car Name Chassis Engine Laps Time1 12 Jimmy Murphy Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 40 0:27:27.4, 109.26 mph2 10 Roscoe Sarles Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 40 0:27:43.83 9 Eddie Pullen Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 40 0:27:53.64 1 Eddie Hearne Revere/Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 405 11 Joe Thomas Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 406 4 Ralph DePalma Ballot Ballot Ballot 37 Valve

Lap Leaders: Jimmy Murphy 11-40Ralph DePalma 1-10

AAA sanction 1243.

Fresno, CA

30th April 1921 – 1 mile board oval

Pos # SP Driver Car Name Chassis Engine Laps Time1 11 7 Joe Thomas Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 150 1:29:56.8, 100.592 mph2 10 1 Roscoe Sarles Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 150 1:30:03.03 1 8 Eddie Hearne Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 1504 9 3 Eddie Pullen Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 1505 12 4 Jimmy Murphy Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 1506 2 2 Tom Milton Durant/Miller Miller Miller 1507 8 6 Bennett Hill Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 1508 4 9 Ralph DePalma Ballot Ballot Ballot 97 Fire9 3 5 Alton Soules Frontenac Frontenac Frontenac 74 Valve10 Eddie Miller Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 62 Oil leak

Lap Leaders: Joe Thomas 59-116, 127-150Eddie Hearne 117-126Roscoe Sarles 46- 58Ralph DePalma 26- 45Jimmy Murphy 1- 25

Pole Position Speed: 105.900 mph

AAA sanction 1240.

Indianapolis, IN


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1 2 20 Tom Milton Frontenac Frontenac Frontenac 200 5:34:44.65, 89.621 mph

93.05

2 6 2 Roscoe Sarles Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 200 5:38:34.03 98.353 23 8 Percy Ford Frontenac Frontenac Frontenac 200 5:52:50.30 87.004 5 9 Eddie Miller Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 200 5:54:24.98 83.855 16 13 Ora Haibe Sunbeam Sunbeam Sunbeam 200 5:55:58.20 93.506 9 14 Albert Guyot Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 200 6:01:17.70 87.787 3 10 Ira Vail Leach Miller Miller 200 6:14:17.47 82.358 21 15 Bennett Hill Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 200 6:19:06.74 87.759 8 21 Ralph Mulford Frontenac Frontenac Frontenac 177 Flagged 91.7010 15 17 Rene Thomas Sunbeam Sunbeam Sunbeam 144 Water hose 83.7511 27 18 Tom Alley Frontenac Frontenac Frontenac 133 Con-rod 80.5012 4 1 Ralph DePalma Ballot Ballot Ballot 112 Con-rod 100.7513 1 4 Eddie Hearne Revere/Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 111 Oil line 96.1814 24 19 Jimmy Murphy Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 107 Hit wall 93.6015 17 16 Riley Brett Junior 8 Brett Brett 91 Hit wall 87.7016 28 23 C.W.Van Ranst Frontenac Frontenac Frontenac 87 Oil line 88.3517 7 3 Joe Boyer Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 74 Rear axle 96.6518 19 6 Jean Chassagne Peugeot Peugeot Peugeot 65 Lost engine

cover91.10

19 22 5 Jules Ellingboe Frontenac Frontenac Frontenac 49 Oil line 95.4020 14 11 Andre Boillot Talbot-Darracq Sunbeam Sunbeam 41 Con-rod bearing 97.6021 18 7 Louis Fontaine Junior 8 Brett Brett 33 Accident/lost

brake88.30

22 25 22 Joe Thomas Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 24 Steering/accident

96.25

23 10 12 Howard Wilcox Peugeot Peugeot Peugeot 22 Con-rod 96.00NS 25 Eddie Pullen Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg Driver ill,

qualified by Boyer, driven by Thomas.

NS 27 Lora Corum Frontenac Frontenac Frontenac Car driven by Alley

NA Dario Resta SunbeamNA John A.Thiele DuesenbergNA M.W.Headley Frontenac

Lap Leaders: Tom Milton 111-200Ralph DePalma 3-110Roscoe Sarles 2- 2Ralph DePalma 1- 1

Relief Drivers:5 Jimmy Murphy 107-2009 Joe Boyer 38- 609 Eddie Miller 61-20017 Harry Thickstein 0-20021 Jerry Wonderlich 42-20023 Andy Burt 11- 9423 Jules Ellingboe 95-20024 Eddie Pullen 0-200

AAA sanction 1232

Uniontown, PA

18th June 1921 – 225 miles (1.125 miles x 200 laps), Universal Trophy

Pos # SP Driver Car Name Chassis Engine Laps Time1 Roscoe Sarles Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 200 2:18:19.42, 97.597 mph2 Eddie Hearne Revere/Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 200 2:18:563 Eddie Miller Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 2004 Tom Alley Frontenac Frontenac Frontenac 2005 Alton Soules Frontenac Frontenac Frontenac 2006 Jimmy Murphy Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 2007 Frank Elliott Leach/Miller Miller Miller 195 Flagged8 Tom Milton Frontenac Frontenac Frontenac 190 Flagged9 Joe Thomas Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 190 Flagged10 Jules Ellingboe Frontenac Frontenac Frontenac 126 Burnt bearing11 Jerry Wonderlich Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 4 Clutch


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AAA sanction 1250.

Tacoma, WA

4th July 1921 – 250 miles (2 miles x 125 laps), Board Oval

Pos # SP Driver Car Name Chassis Engine Laps Time1 2 1 Tom Milton Durant/Miller Miller Miller 125 2:34:30, 97.09 mph2 6 2 Roscoe Sarles Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 125 2:34:523 5 3 Joe Thomas Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 125 2:38:474 7 9 Eddie Miller Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 125 2:39:425 1 4 Eddie Hearne Revere/Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 125 2:39:446 27 8 Tom Alley Frontenac Frontenac Frontenac 125 2:39:557 21 5 Eddie Pullen Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 120 Flagged8 3 7 Frank Elliott Leach/Miller Miller Miller 115 Flagged9 10 Jimmy Murphy Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 97 Air leak10 12 6 Alton Soules Frontenac Frontenac Frontenac 61 Piston

Lap Leaders: Tom Milton 105-125Roscoe Sarles 1- 8, 62-104Alton Soules 9- 61

AAA sacntion 1251.

Cotati, CA

14th August 1921 – 150 miles (1.25 miles x 120 laps), Board Oval

Pos # SP Driver Car Name Chassis Engine Laps Time1 1 Eddie Hearne Disteel/Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 120 1:21:19.2, 110.674 mph2 6 Roscoe Sarles Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 120 1:22:04.03 2 Tom Milton Durant/Miller Miller Miller 120 1:24:47.84 11 Eddie Miller Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 1205 12 Alton Soules Frontenac Frontenac Frontenac 120 1:30:00.26 5 Joe Thomas Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 120 1:42:18.27 27 Tom Alley Frontenac Frontenac Frontenac 1208 7 Jerry Wonderlich Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 1209 3 Frank Elliott Leach/Miller Miller Miller 37 SpringNQ Jim Crosby Lanspar DNQ – under 100 mphNQ Mike Moosie Kleinworth DNQ – under 100 mph


AAA sanction 1262.

Uniontown, PA

5th September 1921 – 5th Annual Autumn Classic. 225 miles (1.125 miles x 200 laps), Board Oval

Pos # SP Driver Car Name Chassis Engine Laps Time1 3 I.P.Fetterman Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 200 2:15:14.70, 99.819 mph2 4 Jimmy Murphy Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 200 2:17:06.753 6 Roscoe Sarles Leach/Miller Miller Miller 200 2:17:46.444 7 Eddie Miller Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 200 2:23:46.485 1 Eddie Hearne Disteel/Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 200 2:41:44.226 5 Joe Thomas Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 200 2:50:19.047 22 Howard Wilcox Frontenac Frontenac Frontenac 200 2:50:23.048 10 Jules Ellingboe Frontenac Frontenac Frontenac 200 2:59:49.789 Frank Elliott Frontenac Frontenac Frontenac 190 Flagged10 2 Tom Milton Frontenac Frontenac Frontenac 84 Out11 7 Bennett Hill Frontenac Frontenac Frontenac 19 Out

Relief Drivers:1 Tom Milton 0-200

AAA sanction 1261.

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Fresno, CA

1st October 1921 – 150 miles (1 mile x 150 laps), Board Oval

Pos # SP Driver Car Name Chassis Engine Laps Time1 25 Earl Cooper Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 150 1:29:18.1, 100.782 mph2 4 Jimmy Murphy Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 150 1:29:18.33 9 Frank Elliott Leach/Miller Miller Miller 1504 1 Eddie Hearne Disteel/Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 1505 10 Roscoe Sarles Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 1506 11 Eddie Miller Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 1507 21 Jerry Wonderlich Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 1508 8 Tom Milton Durant/Miller Miller Miller 75 Engine9 12 Alton Soules Frontenac Frontenac Frontenac 75 Fatal accidentNS 25 Joe Thomas Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg Broke arm in practice


AAA sanction 1258.

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Harry Barner, Soules’ mechanician, was also killed by the fatal accident to Soules. It was reported that driver Joe Thomas foretold the accident an hour before it happened – he was on the operating table having suffered blood poisoning, and as an ether cap was placed over his face, Dr W.L.Adams heard him say “Look out Soules – My God, Look Out! Soules will have an accident, Cooper will win..”, Thomas muttering these last three words over and over again unil he was knocked out by the fumes.

Cotati, CA

23rd October 1921 – 150 miles (1.25 miles x 120 laps), Board Oval

Pos # SP Driver Car Name Chassis Engine Laps Time1 6 Roscoe Sarles Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 120 1:21:34.6, 110.326

mph2 5 Joe Thomas Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 120 1:21:34.83 1 Eddie Hearne Disteel/Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 1204 4 Ralph DePalma Ballot Ballot Ballot 1205 8 Jimmy Murphy Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 1206 3 Frank Elliott Leach/Miller Miller Miller 1207 7 Eddie Miller Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 1208 21 Jerry

WonderlichDuesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 120

9 27 Tom Alley Frontenac Frontenac Frontenac 93 Valve spring10 2 Tom Milton Durant/Miller Miller Miller 16 IgnitionNQ 11 Jules

EllingboeFrontenac Frontenac Frontenac DNQ

NQ 9 Bennett Hill Frontenac Frontenac Frontenac DNQNQ 10 Howard Wilcox Peugeot Peugeot Peugeot DNQ

Lap Leaders: Roscoe Sarles 15- 18, 109-120Joe Thomas 71-108Eddie Hearne 1- 14, 19- 70

AAA sanction 1288.

Beverly Hills, CA

24th November 1921 – 250 miles (1.25 miles x 200 laps), Board Oval

Pos # SP Driver Car Name Chassis Engine Laps Time1 1 Eddie Hearne Disteel/Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 200 2:16:52.6, 109.59 mph2 2 2 Tom Milton Durant/Miller Miller Miller 200 2:17:453 3 Frank Elliott Miller Miller Miller 200 2:20:074 8 4 Jimmy Murphy Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 200 2:20:245 16 9 Harry Hartz Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 200 2:22:16.46 7 5 Eddie Miller Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 200 2:30:217 4 3 Ralph DePalma Ballot Ballot Ballot 200 2:33:028 5 10 Joe Thomas Frontenac Frontenac Frontenac 187 Flagged9 27 8 Art Klein Frontenac Frontenac Frontenac 174 Flagged10 6 1 Roscoe Sarles Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 180 Piston11 12 7 Jerry Wonderlich Frontenac Frontenac Frontenac 50 Dropped valve12 21 Al Melcher Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 7 Ignition13 11 6 Charles Basle Frontenac Frontenac Frontenac 5 Fouled plugsNS 15 Ralph Snoddy Delage Delage Delage DNS

Lap Leaders: Eddie Hearne 171-200Tom Milton 50-170Art Klein 47- 49Jimmy Murphy 6- 46Roscoe Sarles 1- 5


AAA sanction 1284.

San Carlos, CA

11th December 1921 – 200 miles (1.25 miles x 200 laps), Board Oval

Pos # SP Driver Car Name Chassis Engine Laps Time1 8 Jimmy Murphy Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 200 2:15:11.2, 110.957 mph2 2 Tom Milton Leach/Miller Miller Miller 200 2:16:57.4

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3 1 Eddie Hearne Disteel/Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 200 2:19:18.64 16 Harry Hartz Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 200 2:22:21.25 4 Ralph DePalma Ballot Ballot Ballot 200 2:24:006 6 Roscoe Sarles Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 2007 5 Joe Thomas Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 2008 Don Fretwell Lanspar 2009 9 Bennett Hill Frontenac Frontenac Frontenac 195 Flagged10 11 Eddie Miller Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 143 Camshaft bearing11 3 Frank Elliott Leach/Miller Miller Miller 74 Crankshaft/Accident

Lap Leaders: Jimmy Murphy 13- 19, 21-200Ralph DePalma 20- 20Tom Milton 5- 12Joe Thomas 1- 4

AAA sanction 1291.

Elliott’s crankshaft broke, which in turn broke the crankcase and the centrifugal force of this caused thecar to start to swerve. The car span up into the guard-rail, ripping out 75 feet of it, and leaving 12 feet of it lying across the race track. Elliott’s riding mechanic H.McKee braced himself on a top rail, while Elliott hung onto his leg, spread himself full lnegth and reached for the board, pulling it up off the track and out of the way of the remaining racing cars.

Other US events of 1921“Automobile racing may develop admirable qualities of courage and skill and improve the make of engines and cars, but is allthis worth while when it so endangers men? It seems to many questionable whether automobile racing can class as so much of a sport as for instance bull fighting.”

New Castle News

“As a matter of fact, the automobile race is not an appropriate way of honoring the soldier dead and no thinking person can excuse the existence of the sport on a day that is not set aside out of 365 for the purpose of paying tribute to the nation’s heroes.”

Fort Wayne News-Sentinel


1 Louis Disbrow

Kings Speedway, Hanford, CA

9th January 1921 – 1 mile dirt oval

100 miles 1 Ira Vail 1:31 2 Eddie Hearne 52 laps/water line 3 Tommy Milton 32 laps/rear axle

Lap Leaders: Hearne 1-12Milton 13-32Hearne 33-52Vail 53-100

Vail had been trailing both Milton and Hearne until mechanical troubles caused them to withdraw.

Gallup City Park, NM

30th March 1921 – ½ mile dirt oval

20 miles 1 John Biava Hudson Super-Six 40 laps 2 L.E.Wetherall Hudson Super-Six 38 laps29 cars entered

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17th April 1921 – 2 mile dirt oval

Time Trials 1 Ira Vail Duesenberg 0:01:23.2

10 miles 1 Ira Vail Duesenberg 0:07:37.0 2 George Clark Blocker Special 0:07:37.2 3 John Mais Mais Special 0:07:39.6

20 miles 1 George Clark Blocker Special 0:18:09.0 2 P.E.Shafer Chevrolet Special 0:18:09.2 3 Joe Harder Deluxe Special 0:18:47.0 R Ira Vail Duesenberg rocker arm

30 miles 1 George Clark Blocker Special 0:23:34.8 2 Ira Vail Duesenberg 0:24:03.0 3 John Mais Mais Special 0:24:05.0 Bob Shaw Mercer Joe Harder DeLuxe Special


24th April 1921 – 2 mile dirt oval

Time Trials 1 John R.Boling Richards Special 93 mph

20 miles 1 Ira Vail Duesenberg 0:14:10.2 2 Glenn M.Breed Hudson 0:14:13.6 3 John R.Boling Richards Special 0:14:26 R Harder R Shaw9 starters

20 miles 1 Ira Vail Duesenberg 0:14:15.8 2 Glenn M.Breed Hudson 0:14:26.8 3 John R.Boling Richards Special 0:15:32 R George Clark Blocker Special accident R Red Shafer accident8 starters

30 miles 1 Ira Vail Duesenberg 0:21:27 2 Glenn M.Breed Hudson 0:21:30 3 George Clark Blocker Special 0:23:53.8 4 Shaw John Mais Dodge Special 13 laps/flagged R Red Shafer out of fuel R John R.Boling Richards Special 1 lap/engine

10 miles – Handicap 1 John R.Mais Dodge Special 0:08:05.6 2 John R.Boling Richards Special 0:08:34.4 3 Glenn M.Breed Hudson 0:08:39.6 4 George Clark Blocker Special 7 Harder Shafer Ira Vail

Lakewood Park, GA

30th April 1921

Race

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1 Harry Glenn King Eighty 2 Bob Luton Hupmobile 3 Bill Harris Ford

Larry Stone rolled his Blitzen Benz when trying to beat the track record of 47.4s – he lost control, took out 15 yards of fencing and then overturned. Stone was severely injured – he lived, despite what were thought to be fatal injuries, as was his riding mechanic Jack “Speedy” Watters. Hines Ennis also crashed during a race, and was seriously injured. John Locke, driving a King, also went through the fence but was not badly injured.

Granite State Park, NH

7th May 1921

1 mile – Time Trial 1 Bill Endicott Endicott Special 0:00:55 Miss Zenita Neville Hudson 0:00:56.2

3 miles – Flying Start 1 Martin Essex 0:03:21

1 mile – Exhibition race 1 Miss Zenita Neville Hudson 2 Bill Endicott Endicott Special

3 miles – Standing Start 1 Bill Endicott Endicott Special 0:03:10.4

5 miles – Free-for-all 1 Smith White 0:06:25

Birmingham, AL

14th May 1921

Race 1 Ernie Fosnaugh Premo



Santa Rosa, CA

15th May 1921

50 miles Earl Cooper Stutz Red Murray J.Castor Bill Wickland Ted Barsden

Knights of Pythias annual convention. Also to feature a ladies race.

Spencer Park, IN

15th May 1921

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3 miles 1 E.Ted Hill Templar Special 0:04:09 2 Ray ClaypoolThere were three starters. Claypool and Hill finished in a dead heat, so an extra one mile heat was run between the two, Hill winning in 1m16.

3 miles 1 Leon Duray 0:03:59Four starters.

1 mile – Time Trials 1 Ray Lapmkin Rajo Special 0:01:13

5 miles - Free-for-all 1 Ray Claypool Duesenberg 0:06:06

Races held under the auspices of Cass County Post No 60 American Legion. Lampkin skidded and hit the inside fence during testing on the track on the 13th May.

Fitchburg Fairgrounds, MA

16th May 1921 – ½ mile dirt oval

1 mile – Time Trials 1 Collins Stutz 0:01:25 2 Miss Zenita Neville Hudson 0:01:26 3 Thomas Wisconsin Special 0:01:27 4 Simms White 0:01:28.25

3 laps 1 Thomas Wisconsin Special 0:02:14 2 Collins Stutz 3 Brown Hudson

2 miles 1 Bill Endicott 0:02:57 2 Martin Essex

1 mile 1 Miss Zenita Neville Hudson 2 Bill Endicott

10 miles – Australian Pursuit 1 Bill EndicottEndicott lapped all of the other entrants.

5 miles – Free-for-all 1 Bill Endicott Hudson Special 0:06:53 2 Martin Essex Collins Stutz Simms White Brown Hudson

Races were advertised for the 14th, but seem to have taken place on the 16th.

Cedar Falls, IA

22nd May 1921 – ½ mile dirt oval

1 mile – Time Trial 1 Ferd Horey Fiat 0:01:06.4

15 laps – Free-for-all 1 Fred Horey Fiat

Other Entrants: Ted Rick Stephens Special Mann Repass

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Johnny Raimey Essex Rowe Brainerd Duesenberg Oscar Anderson Darracq Toots Reynolds Simplex Zip


29th-30th May 1921

30th May: 15 miles – Badger Sweepstakes 1 Putty Hoffman Fiat 0:15:22.2 2 Louis Disbrow Peerless 3 Willard Monroe

Other Entrants: Elmer Meyers Elmer King

Sanctioned by IMCA. 17 people were injured and more than 100 others narrowly escaped when an airplane crash into several grandstand boxes on the 29th. The accident happened by Al Wilson attempted to transfer from a speeding car driven by Louis Disbrow to the airplane piloted by Dallas M.Speers.

Alan Race Track, ID

30th May 1921 – 1 mile dirt oval


15 miles 1 Charles Latta 0:17:34.2 2 Harold Hahn 0:17:39.2 3 Ernie Schneider 0:18:25

1 mile – Time Trial 1 Jack Ross 0:00:54 2 Mario Bianchi 0:00:55.6 3 Gus Duray 0:01:03.6

5 miles – Match Race 1 Mario Bianchi 0:06:40 2 Jack Ross

30 miles – Pacific Northwest Dirt Track Championship Race 1 Mario Bianchi 0:39:55.6 2 Ernie Schneider 0:41:31 3 Charles Latta 0:41:38 R Harold Hahn 0 laps/accident R Jack Ross 0 laps/accident R Bloom 0 laps/accident

The race was restarted after a first lap accident which removed Hahn, Ross and Bloom. Hahn crashed, and Ross and Bloom, who were following, smashed into his machine.

Run by the Inland Empire Automobile Racing Association.



1 miles – Time Trial, Flying Start 1 Miss Zenita Neville Hudson 0:01:15.0 2 Collins Stutz 0:01:17.5 3 Simms White 0:01:21.0

3 laps – Flying Start 1 Brown Hudson 0:02:10 2 Thomas R Collins Stutz spin

2 miles – Flying Start 1 Bill Endicott Hudson 0:02:38.5

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Australian Pursuit 1 Bill Endicott Hudson 0:02:31.25

1 mile 1 Miss Zenita Neville Hudson 0:01:14.5 2 Bill Endicott Hudson

10 laps – Free-for-all 1 Martin Essex 0:06:30 2 Simms White 2 Collins Stutz

10 laps – Ford race for Amateurs 1 Jack Foley Ford 0:06:41 2 Alexander Dion FordRace was won by a modified Ford racer owned by William Foley of Billerica. The same car was involved in anincident on the 3rd of June, when the flywheel burst and flew out of the car, tearing the hood and engine to pieces, and scattering debris in all directions as the car was driven down Hurd Street in Lowell. The debris struck occupants Stewart Hunt and Fred Gunther, breaking the right legs of both men – owner Foley and Ralph Gerow were also in the car, Foley escaping injury, and Gerow sustaining mild grazing. A 10 poundlump of metal from the car was later found on the roof of the Ipswitch Mill building nearby.

Galveston Beach, TX

30th May 1921

12 miles – Free-for-all 1 A.L.Hutchins Ford 16v 0:15:16 2 Girard Artusy Essex 3 Scott Keene Ford 16v 4 T.Townes 5 Roy Clough

5 miles – Standard Ford car race 1 5 Roy Cligh Ford 2 3 T.H.Johnson Ford

Bicycle, motorcycle and auto races were held.

Hamilton Fairgrounds, OH


100 laps 1 Joe Fielding Essex Special 1:07:50 2 Ben Lawwell Roof Special 3 Fred D.Moyer Indianapolis Special R Bob Jackson Craig-Hunt Special accident R Frank Tomas Rajo Special accident/hit by Jackson R Wilbert L.Hunt Craig-Hunt Special accident R Doc Oldham Maxwell Special accident with Hunt R C.M.Fox Oldsmobile Special accident with Hunt R Harold Werst Roof Special accident with Hunt10 starters

Other Entrants: Chance Kinsley Chevrolet Special Chas.P.Vichser Chandler Special Waldo Sober Roof Special C.W.Peffer Laurel Ace Special Frank Taragnese Duesenberg Special Shorty Wolfe Mathews Special

Promoted by Wilbur D’Alene.

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Lee County Speedway, Donnellson, IA


50 miles – Free-for-all Worth E.Schloeman Ford

Pleasanton, CA

30th May 1921

Entrants: E.D.Cockron Enos Bello Fred Lewelling

Fred Wallace H.C.Wallace

Punxsutawney Fairgrounds, PA

30th May 1921

Entrants: Bob Fisher George Zento

Rus Trader Nat Fetterman

St Joseph, MO

30th May 1921

10 miles – Sweepstake Elimination 1 Myron Mudgette

5 miles 1 Myron Mudgette 0:06:40

Fort Dodge, IA

4th June 1921

Entrants: Sig Haugdahl Fiat Putty Hoffman Fiat Lee Allen Maxwell Dave Koetzla Frontenac

8 Red Maley Briscoe22 Elmer Myers Briscoe “Whip” King Essex

Sanctioned by IMCA.

Galesburg Fairgrounds, IL

11th June 1921

Entrants: Leon Duray Ray Claypool Ray Lampkin

Verne Soules E.T.Hill

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Jackson County Fairgrounds, MI

11th-12th June 1921

Entries: Charles Coleman Mercer Lord Ligon Ford S.Wolf Matthews Special

Joe Fielding Essex Homer Ormsby Hudson Super Six Charles Fox Oleo Eight

Coles County Fairgrounds, Charleston, IL

27th June 1921 – ½ mile dirt oval

Central Illinois Auto Race Association races – these had been postponed from the 18th June. A five mile and ten mile race were run. During one of the races Heine Gussing overturned and was knocked unconscious –he didn’t regain consciousness until the next day. During warm-up for the races Walter Scott Eberly was killed when he crossed the track to get to the infield and was hit by a passing car.

Galveston Beach, TX

12th June 1921

Run by the Galveston Speedway Association. The promoters of the race ran foul of the city commissioners, because although they had permission to close access routes to the beach on which the races were held, they didn’t have permission to charge for resulting entry….

Gallup City Park, NM

19th June 1921

Chippewa Falls, WI

29th June 1921

Entrants: Joe Chatburn Bob Robinson

Ernie Fosnaugh Jimmie Gray

Part of the Elks Mardi Gras celebrations, races run by Ralph Hankinson. John Hall, stunt pilot, died as a result of injuries sustained when he was thrown against a fence while hanging from a rope ladder attached to an airplane to which he had transferred from an automobile.

Nevada 1000 mile Automobile Road Race

29th June-1st July 1921 – 980 miles


Overall 1 6 W.W.Bramlette/W.E.Bramlette Lincoln 30:47:49 2 5 Joe Nikrent/Fred Nikrent Buick 34:17:26 3 3 George Harrison/Buck McKelvey Essex 4 1 M.Doyle/John Bart Ford 4 Charles Chadsey/J.Ottens Templar 7 Hart L.Weaver/Edwin G.White Studebaker 9 K.C.Westwood/R.Tracy Oldsmobile 11 Al Lorenzo/Paul Slade Hupmobile R 2 Eddie Demeir/E.Turner Hudson R 8 Roy Craig/Frank Cochran Hudson broken frame near Fallon

Day 1 Running Times 1 6 W.W.Bramlette/W.E.Bramlette Lincoln 10:13:34 2 5 Joe Nikrent/Fred Nikrent Buick 10:23 3 3 George Harrison/Buck McKelvey Essex 10:34

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4 4 Charles Chadsey/J.Ottens Templar 11:16 5 7 Hart L.Weaver/Edwin G.White Studebaker 11:30 6 1 M.Doyle/John Bart Ford 12:17 7 11 Al Lorenzo/Paul Slade Hupmobile 12:18 8 9 K.C.Westwood/R.Tracy Oldsmobile 12:42

Day 3 Running Times 1 5 Joe Nikrent/Fred Nikrent Buick 7:52 6 W.W.Bramlette/W.E.Bramlette Lincoln 8:21

Day 1: Reno to Fallon via the Lincoln Highway, then to Lovelock, via the Overland trail to Carlin and Elko(night stop). 344 miles.Day 2: Elko, to Wells, Ely, then via the Midland Trail to Tonopah (night stop).Day 3: Tonopah to Mine, Walker Lake, Yerrington, Wellington, Gardnerville, Carson City and back to Reno.

Started at the corner of Virginia and Fourth Streets at 4:30, with the cars starting at five minute intervals. Cars went into parc fermé positions at night – any repairs had to be made during competition time.

Lincoln County Raceway, North Platte, NE

2nd July 1921

Mrs Mary Nelson, supposedly the first woman to obtain an air pilots license in America, was killed when the car she was driving skidded, went over an embankment and rolled. The car she was driving belonged to Noel Bullock, and the two had been touring doing stunts with an aircraft and auto.

Muskogee, OK

2nd-4th July 1921 – ½ mile dirt oval

3rd July: Time Trials 1 Ray Murray Packard 0:01:20 Tex Bennett Chevrolet 0:01:35

3rd July: 3 miles 1 Alec Tigg Rutenberg

3rd July: Australian Pursuit 1 Alec Tigg Rutenberg 2 Tex Bennett Chevrolet

3rd July: 5 miles – Free-for-all 1 Ray Murray Packard Pup Poole R Waterston crankshaft

4th July: Time Trials 1 Alec Tigg Rutenberg 0:01:18 = Ray Murray Packard Pup 0:01:18 Craig Red Devil 0:01:19

Dodge 0:01:19 Ray Utterback 0:01:21 Jack Poole 0:01:26 Tex Bennett Chevrolet 0:01:33Poole was driving in second gear after breaking it the previous day.

4th July: 2 miles - Stock cars 1 W.F.Wills Buick 0:04:05 2 Rochelle Stutz 3 Simmons Cadillac 4 F.S.Simpson Ford 5 R.C.Watson Ford

Other entrants: Alva Liddle Roy Evans

North Adams Fairgrounds, MA

2nd and 4th July 1921

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Entrants: Miss Zenita Neville Bill Endicott J.J.Thomas Jonnie Martin Charles Simms Murphy Eddie Collins

4th July: 2 miles Lew Murphy Essex Charles Simms White Joseph J.Thomas HudsonThomas crashed on the second lap when behind and outside of the other two cars (there were no other entrants). He went through the fence and was severely injured when a fence post struck his heart, dieing shortly after.

Cook County Fairgrounds, Palatine, IL

4th July 1921

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20 miles – Ford Race 1 A.Rotelo 0:31:23 2 E.Wolf 3 Elfring 4 Roy Paswick

Damariscotta Driving Park, ME

4th July 1921

East Palestine, PA

4th July 1921

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Fairbanks Park, AK

4th July 1921

50 miles 1 Tom Gibson 0:59:24.5 2 Ray Hoyt 1:04:08 3 Fred Johnston Metz R Axel Carlsten accident R Bob Sheldon con-rod R Frank Young engine

There were six entries, with cars started at 10s intervals.

Fair Park, Abilene, TX

4th July 1921

10 miles – Light Cars 1 Mauzy Buick Special 0:11:17.2 2 Reeder Essex

5 miles – Heavy Cars 1 Glenn Breed Hudson 0:05:22.4 2 Red Shafer Chevrolet

5 miles 1 Red Shafer Chevrolet 0:05:28.2 2 George Clark Hudson

5 miles 1 Glenn Breed Hudson 0:05:25.8 2 George Clark Hudson

5 miles – Consolation 1 Tennill Ford Special 0:05:57.4 2 Fields Ford Special

25 miles – Free-for-all 1 0:28:00.4

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1 mile – Time Trials 1 Bill Bryant Hudson Special 0:01:10.8 Fred Lentz Essex Jeff Crafford Ford Roy Williamson Studebaker Tommy Rayl Elgin Charles Crow Essex Bill Crow Essex Pete Grandon Paige L.Mallory Chevrolet Virgil Kline Ford Clyde Grandon Essex

Grandon went over the bank and through the fence on the north turn during the time trials. The car was slightly damaged, and the driver uninjured.

5 miles – Heat 1 1 Virgil Kline Ford 0:06:28.6 2 Tommy Rayl Elgin R L.Mallory Hudson Special

5 miles – Heat 2 1 Roy Williamson Studebaker 0:06:18.6 2 Fred Lentz Essex 3 Jeff Crafford Ford R Bill Bryant Hudson Special battery wire fell off

2.5 miles – Stock Cars 1 Charles Crow Essex 0:03:34.2 2 Bill Crow Essex 3 Pete Grandon Paige

15 miles – Classic Race 1 Fred Lentz Essex 0:19.46.5 2 Virgil Kline Ford 0:20:07.4 3 Tommy Rayl Elgin 30 laps 4 Roy Williamson Studebaker 24 laps/clutch 5 Bill Bryant Hudson Special 16 laps/valve spring Jeff Crafford Ford +2 others

1 mile – Exhibition Run Fred Lentz Essex 0:01:14.0

There was also an exhibition race between Tommy Rayl and Mickey Morean in a Curtis Airplane. There was a strong south wind which cost Morean time, and he was unable to take the north turn sharply enough on one lap, hence Rayl won.

Lakewood, GA

4th July 1921

5 miles 1 Harry Glenn Sheridan R Joe Thomas Hassler Speciall through fence/into lake

7 miles 1 Harry Glenn Sheridan R Johnny Aiken Dodge accident

10 miles 1 Harry Glenn Sheridan R Johnny Aiken Dodge tyre blowout/accidentRace cut-short to five miles due to darkness

In practice before the races Bob Luton crashed into Doc Boyd, neither of whom were hurt.

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Other Entrants: Bob Luton Luton (Essex) Special John Locke King Eight Joe Lancaster Hudson Super Tom Gordon Elgin Six Doc Boyd Chandler Costley Lozier 12 Hand Hand Special Wright Peerless 8

5th annual Independence day celebrations at the track, to feature horse races and motorcycle races as well- races were originally scheduled for the 2nd July, but rain caused the postponement of the auto races until the 4th July..

Lima Fairgrounds, OH

4th July 1921

Entry List: Bill Hunt Craig-Hunt Special Johnny Mahoney Ford Special Packey Quinn Ford Special Louis Williams Keaton Dick Carroll Buick Toby Conners Oakland

Joe Odlay Duesenberg Lee Edwards Ford Special Doc Oldham National Clarence Belt Buick Frank Thomas Buick Jack Doyle Essex

Missoula Fairgrounds, MT

4th July 1921

25 miles – Free-for-all Eugene Nagle R Wilbur Ziesing accident/hit by Reynolds R James Reynolds accidentReynolds’ car went through the fence, down a ten-foot embankment and through the side of a barn, killing his riding mechanic Burnell Liston. Reynolds suffered severe injuries, and was in a coma for a month afterthe accident.

Montrose, CO

4th July 1921

The July 4th celebrations were to feature auto races – it isn’t known if they took place.

Mount Vernon Fairgrounds, IL


15 miles – Free-for-all 1 26 S.B.Campbell 0:21 2 Rudolf Becker Becker Special 3 S.E.Berget Essex R 12 Harold Piper Chevrolet accidentPiper was hospitalised with a dislocated left shoulder and right hip following the accident, in which he hit the fence and overturned.

5 miles – Touring cars 1 S.E.Berget Essex 0:07:50 2 Artie Karch Dodge 3 J.H.Byherly EssexThree starters

15 miles – Free-for-all 1 26 S.B.Campbell 0:22:30 2 Rudolf Becker Becker SpecialThree starters

Australian Pursuit

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1 Jay Stonemetz Ford 2 26 S.B.CampbellThree starters

Free-for-all 1 Jay Stonemetz Ford 0:22:30 2 26 S.B.Campbell

New Smyrna Beach, FL

4th July 1921

Race 1 John Harold Ford 2 John Crevasse HudsonThere were three entries

Run under the auspices of the New Smyrna post of the American Legion.

Ruskin Park, SD

4th July 1921

3 miles 1 Frank Miller Ford 2 10 Ford 3 W.O.Meals Ford

5 miles 1 Frank Miller Ford 2 Frank Ensby Ford 3 Bill Summers Chevrolet



There were eleven entrants in the days races, but two did not appear due to road accidents before reachingthe park…..

St Johns, NM

4th July 1921

Silverton Hillclimb, CO

4th July 1921

Ps # Driver Car Time 1 Cole 8

Studebaker Six Mrs Catchpool Cadillac

Dodge

The Dodge made the longest run on “low” gear.

The hillclimb was held to dedicate the new D-8-0 Highway, which ran from Durango-Silverton-Ouray. Heavy rains fell on the 3rd July, and on the 4th. The cars made two runs, beginning at the Catholic church on 10th

Street. On the first run, cars had to go as far as they could in “high” gear, and on the second run cars did the same run on an “intermediate” or “low” gear. An average of the two runs was made to determine the winner.

Williamsburg Fairgrounds, IA

4th July 1921

Rain showers caused an early end to the meeting after a motorcycle race was run

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Yerrington, NV

4th July 1921

An 8 mile auto race was held as part of the festivities.

Independence, MO

10th July 1921

Entrants: Frank McAllister Ruck Robinson Myron Mudgett

Macomb Fairgrounds, IL

12th July 1921

75 miles 1 Dutch Conger Dodge 2 Runkle R Schloeman overheating R Pearce valveNine started.

Union Park, IA

14th July 1921

Races to be held as part of the Automobile Dealer’s picnic.

Beverly Hills, CA

17th July 1921

10 miles - Heat 1 1 Roscoe Sarles 0:05:15.4 2 Tommy Milton



Tommy Milton and Roscoe Sarles to compete for a purse of $10,000. Part of the Elks’ annual reunion celebrations. Race was not sanctioned by the AAA.

Galveston Beach, TX

17th July 1921

10 miles 1 Mike Calcel Ford 2 Max Clark Ford 3 Joe Flynn Ford

10 miles 1 Slim Higgerson Chevrolet 2 M.Kline Dodge 3 Roy Clough Ford

10 miles 1 Slim Higgerson Essex 2 Townes Chevrolet 3 Demarry Hudson

10 miles 1 Slim Higgerson Chevrolet 2 Roy Clough Ford 3 Mike Calcel Ford

25 miles – Free-for-all 1 Townes Chevrolet 490 2 Slim Higgerson Essex 3 Jones Dodge 4 Mercer 5 Roy Clough Ford

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Higgerson’s gear lever broke within 300 yards of the finishing line while leading….. There were 11starters.

Other Entries: Charles Newding Essex Woodberry Chalmers 40 J.Jersig Chalmers 30 H.McMillan Interstate 6

Scott Kimes Ford 16v T.Lucas Chevrolet 490 Santon Ford 16v J.Jersig Ford Finley Ford Teddy Johnson Ford P.Leara Buick Max Clark Ford Artuzy Buick special

Run under the auspices of the Galveston Speedway Association. The races were originally scheduled for the 3rd July, and were then postponed to the 10th July, and were then postponed again – permission was only granted on the 13th July to the Speedway Association to host the races on west beach.

Ruskin Park, SD

17th July 1921

5 miles 1 Frank Miller Ford 0:05:40 2 A.J.Endsby Ford 3 W.O.Meals Ford

10 miles 1 Frank Miller Ford 0:11:30.2 2 A.J.Endsby Ford 3 W.O.Meals Ford

15 miles 1 Frank Miller Ford 0:16:45 2 A.J.Endsby Ford 3 W.O.Meals Ford

Races were slow due to rain. Nine cars entered, seven Ford’s, one Maxwell and a Chevrolet.

Clarksburg Fairgrounds, WV

23rd July 1921 – ½ mile dirt oval

50 lapsThere were three crashes during the race, one of which resulted in the death of Walter Addison, mechanician to Frederick McWilliams. It is believed that the accident was caused by broken steering.

Olmsted County Fairgrounds, Rochester, MN

23rd July 1921

International Motor Contest Association to sanction auto races.


23rd-24th July 1921

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Motorcycle races only, but included here due to the advertisements’ wording. Not sure how many fleas therereally were in Baghdad at the time, or how Father Time actually looks….

South Bend, IN

24th July 1921

5 miles – Heat 1 1 Claude F.Fix

5 miles – Heat 2 1 Arthur Chevrolet

5 miles – Heat 3 1 A.C.Pitman

5 miles – Heat 4 1 Earl Warrick

5 miles – Heat 5 1 Worth E.Schloeman

5 miles – Heat 6 1 D.E.Jacquais

20 miles 1 Worth Schloeman Schloeman Special (Ford) 2 Arthur Chevrolet Frontenac 3 Claude F.Fix R D.E.Jacquais Jacquais Special 18 laps/threw wheel R Earl Warrick Chevrolet Special 8 laps/axle R A.C.Pitman Ford Special 1 lap/threw wheel

There were 19 entrants in the heats – the winner of each heat went into the final event.

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Salt Lake City Fairgrounds, UT

25th July 1921

Bert Smalling was injured when his car overturned due to a broken front axle in the first race of the Pioneer Free-for-All automobile race program. His mechanician Vincent Ray Velnap was also injured.

Meade County Fairgrounds, SD

27th-28th July1921

Time Trials 1 King Rhiley Hudson Super Six 0:00:32.8

15 miles – Black Hills Sweepstakes, Final 1 King Rhiley 2 J.J.McCoyThere were three heats, top four from heats went into final

10 miles – Meade Post Special Race, Final 1 Noel Bullock Ford Special 2 G.P.GintherThere were three heats for this event.

Consolation 1 H.J.Schmidt A.H.Brown Hudson

Sandy Plains Fairgrounds, PA

29th-30th July 1931 – Dirt oval

29th July: 50 miles – Free-for-allArthur Smith was badly injured, suffering lacerations and a broken clavicle after an accident during the race.

30th July:Races cancelled due to rain.

Part of the Sandy Plains Fair.

Galveston Beach, TX

31st July 1921

Race 1 1 Roy Clough 2 Mike Caicci 3 Brooks 4 Finlay

Race 2 1 Kline Dodge 2 Higgerson Chevrolet 3 Roy Clough Dodge

Race 3 1 James Cornett Chevrolet 2 Kline Dodge 3 Jersig Chalmers R Higgerson Chevrolet engine

Race 4 1 Scott Kimes Ford 2 James Cornett Chevrolet R Higgerson Essex valves R Parmerson

25 miles 1 Scott Kimes Ford 16v

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2 James Cornett Chevrolet 3 William Allen Ford 16v 4 Roy Clough Ford 5 Klime Dodge R Charles Newding Essex 16 laps/valves R Leeah Marmon 14 laps/tyre blowout R Hudson Super Six wheel

Harrington Fairgrounds, MD

30th July 1921

Entrants: W.Brown Davis Norman Parris Arlie Jacobs

South Bend, IN

August 1921 (estimated) – ½ mile dirt oval

5 miles 1 Ross Greenswalt Overland 0:07:23

25 miles 1 Special Six 0:32:01 2 Ross Greenswalt Overland 0:32:11

The event was reported on the 7th August, but no exact date is known – could have been in July.

Bedford Fairgrounds, IA

6th August 1921

Auto races to be held on the final day of the fair.

Lakewood, GA

6th August 1921

3 miles - Match Race Miss Marian Smith Sheridan Miss Ernestine Campbell HudsonCalled off at the last moment after objections from the girls’ parents!

3 miles 1 Louis Trotzler Cole Eight 0:03:58.6 2 O.E.Wright Peerless 3 Bill Baldwin Baldwin Special Bob Luton Luton Special Rivers Hupmobile Ed Costley Dodge

5 miles 1 Bob Luton Luton Special 0:04:56.4 2 Rivers Hupmobile 3 Ed Costley Dodge Louis Trotzler Cole Eight O.E.Wright Peerless Bill Baldwin Baldwin Special

5 miles – Match Race 1 Harry Glenn Sheridan Special 0:04:51 2 Johnny Aiken King Eight

10 miles – Championship Event 1 Bob Luton Luton Special 0:09:30

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2 Louis Trotzler Cole Eight 3 Harry Glenn Sheridan Special 4 Johnny Aiken King EightNo other starters

Run under the auspices of the Atlanta Woman’s Club.


12th August 1921

10 miles 1 Joe Anderson Nash 2 E.R.Larson Empire 3 Fred Lehmberg Oldsmobile

Novelty Race 1 Joe Anderson Nash 2 E.R.Larson Empire 3 Ray Johnson Ford

5 miles - Ford stock cars 1 Ray Johnson Ford 2 Ross Harvey Ford 3 J.B.Schaefer Ford

5 miles – Stock cars 1 Louis Krensky Cadillac 2 Fred Lehmberg Oldsmobile 3 C.E.McLaughlin Cleveland

3 miles – Relay Race 1 Joe Anderson Nash 2 Louis Krensky Cadillac 3 E.R.Larson Empire

5 miles – Ladies Race 1 Miss Park Ford 2 Mrs L.W.Grubbs Ford 3 Mrs Tuel Ford

Galveston Beach, TX

14th August 1921

6 miles 1 Findley 2 19 Mike Caiccio Ford 3 1 Roy Clough Ford 21 Sid Slate Paige 18 Joe Flynn Ford 31 James Brooks Ford 32 Dave Henry Jr Ford 26 Walters Ford R 40 M.E.Vilren Ford rolledVilren was trappened beneath his car following the accident and was hospitalised. His riding mechanic was Sam Cantello. Only five cars started the event, but it isn’t known which of the other entries did not appear.

8 miles 1 F.Townes Chevrolet 2 28 George Conoly Chalmers 3 1 Roy Clough Ford 18 Tom Lucas Chevrolet 21 Sid Slate Paige 11 A.Jersig Chalmers 30 14 Woodbury Chalmers 40 19 Mike Caiccio Ford

10 miles 1 F.Townes Chevrolet 2 16 William Allen Ford 16v 3 Laurence Laberto 13 Scott Kimes Ford 16v 7 James Cornett Chevrolet 3 Charles Hallam Essex 2 S.E.Fondren Hudson Super Six 15 Klime Dodge 33 L.P.Smith Oakland Six 36 W.Adams Packard 30

20 miles – Free-for-all 1 38 Gus Parmeson Hudson Super Six 2 F.Townes Chevrolet 3 Roberto Interstate 3 Charles Hallam Essex 2 S.E.Fondren Hudson Super Six

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4 C.J.Leach Hudson Super Six 33 L.P.Smith Oakland Six R 34 Kennerly Mercer mechanical 27 Johnnie Franks Fiat 8 W.W.Fulner Marmon 13 Scott Kimes Ford 16v 16 William Allen Ford 16v 7 James Cornett Chevrolet 11 A.Jersig Chalmers 30 14 Woodbury Chalmers 40 15 Klime Dodge 1 Roy Clough Ford 37 B.E.Bert National

North Iowa Fairgrounds, Mason City, IA


1 mile 1 Leslie King Maxwell 0:01:05.8

Feature 1 Emil King 0:05:33 Sig Haugdahl5 starters

Pulaski Fairgrounds, PA

19th August 1921

1 mile – Professional race, flying start 1 Gilchrist Ford 0:01:15

3 miles – Free-for-all 1 Rippie Haynes 0:03:59

3 miles – Special cars 1 Fetterman NPF Special 0:03:59

3 miles – Ford 16v Free-for-all 1 Charles Stuhldreher Ford 16v 0:04:05

2 miles – Free-for-all 1 Franklin Disbrow 0:02:51

3 miles – Free-for-all 1 Charles Stuhldreher Ford 16v 0:03:49

Illinois State Fairgrounds, Springfield, IL

20th August 1921

3 miles 1 H.Petticord

5 miles 1 Larry Stone

5 miles – Australian Pursuit 1 Fred Horey

R Eddie Huff accident

5 miles - Illinois State Fair Derby 1 Johnny Watters 0:04:48.8 2 Fred Horey 3 Johnny Raimey 4 J.Stratton

Interstate Driving Association Park, Attleboro, MA

20th August 1921

10 miles 1 Ralph Pewsey

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5 miles 1 Ralph Pewsey

Pewsey won other shorter events too. Walter Nichols was injured and hospitalised after an accident when crowdin Pewsey. Two other drivers were also injured.

Mississippi Valley Amusement Park, Davenport, IA

20th August 1921

Entrants: Sig Haugdahl Louis Disbrow Fred Horey

Johnny Raimey O.T.Barr

Marion Interstate Fairgrounds, IA

22nd August 1921 – ½ mile dirt oval

5 miles - Stock cars 1 Gus Schroeder Nash 0:07:06 2 Bud Latiner Marmon 3 Liberty R Hudson tyres R Kissel 1 lapNS Studebaker

Marshfield Fairgrounds, MA

25th-26th August 1921

25th August: 5 miles 1 Frank Roche 2 George Bowers 3 Daniel Sweeney R Stephen Graesle rolled

26th August: 5 miles 1 Frank Roche 2 Fred Sullivan

26th August: 10 miles 1 Frank Roche 2 Fred Sullivan 3 George Bowers 4 Patrick Obelen 5 Stephen Crasse


26th August 1921

5 and 10 mile auto races to be held as part of fair.

McHenry County Fairgrounds, Woodstock, IL

26th August 1921

Auto Race Day at the fair.


26th August & 2nd September 1921

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Entrants: Fred Horey Briscoe Special E.Ted Hill Templar Special Fred Lenz Essex Jess Calohan Richards Special Leon Duray Oldfield Submarine Fred Lecklider Ohio Special Ray Lampkin Duesenberg Ray Claypool Miller Special Leo King Duesenberg Sig Haugdahl SD Special Sig Haugdahl Frontenac Ted Elick Essex O.T.Barr Frontenac Glen Breed Frontenac Les Allen Frontenac King Kelley Stutz Speedy Wolters Duesenberg E.King Essex Billy Jackbee Stephens Bill Ross Ballot Verne Soules Chicago Special Larson Twin City Special Toots Reynolds Simplex Putty Hoffman Johnny Raimey

Blanchester, OH

27th August 1921

Entrants: Bill Hunt Johnny Mahoney Packey Quinn Louis Williams Dick Carroll Tobey Conners

Joe Olday Lee Edwards Joe Oldham Clarence Belt Frank Thomas Jack Doyle

Dirt track championship of Ohio and Indiana.


30th August 1921

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Entrants: Louis Disbrow Fred Horey Johnny Raimey

Larry Stone Putty Hoffman

Dodge City, KS

31st August 1921 – 2 mile dirt oval

Run under the auspices of the Dodge City Motor Speedway Club. To feature 10 mile stock car race, 20 and 100 mile open races.

Manchester Fairgrounds, IA

31st August 1921 – ½ mile dirt oval

3 miles 1 Fred Lecklider Ohio Special 0:04:09 2 Fred Lentz Essex Special 3 Ted Hill Templar Special 4 Jesse Callahan Richards Special

3 miles 1 Ray Lampkin Duesenberg 0:03:48 2 Leon Duray Oldfield Submarine 3 Ray Claypool Miller Special

Track Record Attempt 1 Ray Lampkin Duesenberg 0:00:35 2 Fred Lecklider Ohio Special 0:00:38 3 Fred Lentz Essex Special 0:00:39

2 miles 1 Fred Lentz Essex Special 0:02:47 2 Fred Lecklider Ohio Special

4 miles – Australian Pursuit 1 Ray Lampkin Duesenberg Ted Hill Templar Fred Lentz Essex

2 miles 1 Ray Lampkin Duesenberg 0:03:01 2 Leon Duray Oldfield SubmarineAfter running two miles the race was a tie, so a fifth lap was run to decide the event – the time above includes the extra lap.

Rain fell before the seventh event could be run, and the race programme was stopped. Part of the Delaware County Fair.

Lorraine, TX

September 1921

10 miles – Stock cars 1 Maxwell

25 miles – Free-for-all 1 Hudson 2 Maxwell

Actual date unknown – reported as “recent” on the 10th September.

Allen County Fairgrounds, Iola, KS

2nd September 1921

Auto race day at the fair

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Indiana Fairgrounds, Warren, IN

3rd September 1921

25 miles 1 Worth E.Schloeman Schloeman Special 0:28:58

Ohio State Fairgrounds, OH

3rd September 1921 – ½ mile dirt oval

Auto races to be held on the last day of the state fair.

Wisconsin State Fair Park, WA

3rd September 1921

5 miles 1 Gillman 2 Young 3 Trudell

3 miles 1 Rothschild 0:03:03.8 2 Malloy 3 Stragley

5 miles – Class C 1 Sig Haugdahl 0:05:58 2 Clancy 3 Wolter 4 Stone

3 miles – Match Race 1 Sig Haugdahl 2 Putty Hoffman 3 Howickl

5 miles – Pursuit Handicap 1 Stone 0:05:04 2 Kelley

1 mile – Time Trial 1 Sig Haugdahl 0:00:51.2

3 miles – Invitation Match Race 1 Putty Hoffman 0:02:50.5 2 Sig Haugdahl 3 Stone



To feature horse races, motorcycle races and a 10 mile automobile race.

Silver City to Virginia City Hillclimb


4th September: Light cars 1 Arthur Murphy Chevrolet Baby Grand 0:05:25 2 Jack Clark Chevrolet 490 0:06:13 3 Dave Henley Ford 4 Dodge

Light cars competed on the 4th, heavy cars on the 5th. Route was 3 miles long, from Silver City to Virginia City.

Centlivre Park, IN

5th September 1921

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50 miles 1 15 George Schultheis Essex 2 10 Benton Schoff Overland Special 1:02:45 3 11 Sam Wolf Matthews 4 19 Paul Augspurger American Bosch R 1 Ray Williams Hudson R 3 Will Zimmerman Mercer 7 laps/accident R 4 Charles Coleman Cino R 8 Will Hunt Speedway SpecialThere were 9 starters

10 miles 1 17 F.C.Schumm Lowell Special 0:13:55 2 2 Earl Drake Hudson 3 14 Roscoe Greenwalt Overland 4 7 C.F.Marquardt Roof Special

Other Entrants: 5 Joe Fielding Essex 22 Harold Werst Zenith Special 25 Craig Hunt Speedway Special

Run under the auspices of the Fort Wayne Auto Racing Association Inc. It wasoriginally announced to the crowd that Schoff had won the 50 mile race, but the judges later changed their decision, stating that the scorers had not kept accurate records.

Downing Track, IL


1 mile 1 Chick Warwick Chevrolet 0:01:07

20 miles 1 Chick Warwick Chevrolet 0:26:34 2 Cloyd Ford Special 3 Fidley Wellington 4 Schuck Warwick 5 Daley Daley Special R Baker lost both front wheelsDaley blew a tyre and left the track, hitting a woman spectator

Inter-State Auto Racing Association races. Schuck did not start one of the heats when Daley skidded into him when they were lining up and damaged his tyres and rear axle.

Butler, PA

5th September 1921

Girard, KS

5th September 1921

3 miles R A.Foster fatal accidentThere were six cars in the race. Foster’s car suddenly swerved and turned over three times, throwing him out.

10 miles 1 James Nutz

Frank McAllister competed in the races held here.

Lagoon, UT

5th September 1921

10 miles – Match Race, Heat 1 1 Ira Vail Philbrin Duesenberg 0:10:02.2 2 Clair Sprague

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10 miles – Match Race, Heat 2 1 Clair Sprague R Ira Vail Philbrin Duesenberg 9 laps/crankshaft

Following the mechanical retirement of Vail in Heat 2, Frank Gardner of the AAA closed the event and declared the contets undecided.

Ford race 1 Charles Yetter

Vail and his car arrived in Salt Lake City on the 31st August, and on unloading Vail’s mechanics tested the car on the local highways so that they could tune the engine for the altitude.

Marion, IA

5th September 1921

5 miles 1 Hoffman Hudson Six 0:07:21 2 Guinta Cadillac 3 Krause Willys Six Glockin Overland Four Yackin Overland Four Peterson Hudson Six Whitney Studebaker

Run by the American Legion of Marion Post, also featured motorcycle races.

Mount Vernon Fairgrounds, IL

5th September 1921

15 miles – Free-for-all 1 Jay Stonemetz Ford 0:22:30 2 Frank J.Paul Chevrolet 3 Walter Collins Baby Grand Chevrolet11 entries

5 miles – Touring Cars 1 J.H.Byerly Essex 0:10 2 William Aiken2 entries

15 miles – Free-for-all 1 Frank J.Paul Chevrolet 0:20 2 Walter Collins Baby Grand Chevrolet 3 A.J.Hutton Ford9 entries

Ladies Driving Skill Contest 1 Miss Gladys Carver Dodge Cecil Horton Chevrolet Pauline Marquis Chevrolet Ruby Johnston Buick Pearl Schul Nash Pearl Gaskins Dodge Vera Fry Dodge Verna Koons Nash

Willys-Knight

5 miles – Touring Cars 1 J.H.Byerly Essex 0:08 2 Carl Grammar Stevens

Australian Pursuit 1 R.G.Becker Beckers Special7 starters

15 miles – The Derby 1 Jay Stonemetz Ford 0:21 2 Walter Collins Baby Grand Chevrolet 3 Carl Gruenden G-4

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R Frank J.Paul Chevrolet accident/thru fence

Pike County Fairgrounds, Petersburg, IN

5th September 1921

77 former war veteran and spectator Isaac Wiggins crossed the track during practice, but being slightly deaf probably didn’t hear the oncoming cars and was hit by the car of Raymond Pickle. Wiggins suffered severe injuries and died at the track. Pickle was arrested for manslaughter but was later released with a $1000 bond. The race car was undamaged in the accident, and was driven in the second race of the day by a driver called Knowles. On the 20th lap the car left the track at the same point that Wiggins had been killed, destroying the car – Knowles was only slightly injured.


5th September 1921 – 12 miles, climbing 2000 ft


Class 1 – under 181 ci 1 24 Glen Schultz Ford Special 0:21:54.6 2 20 W.H.Bentrup Chevrolet 0:22:21.0 3 14 Harold G.Frantz Essex 0:23:29.8

Class 2 – under 231 ci 1 7 Otto Loesche Lexington 0:19:47.4 2 4 J.C.Williamson Allen 0:22:49.6 3 Don Sheldon Allen 0:23:02.4

Class 3 – 231-300 ci 1 1? King Rhiley Hudson 0:19:16.2 (FTD – won Penrose Trophy) 2 1? Ralph Mulford Paige 0:19:51.1 3 2 Steve Nemesh Paige 0:20:25.8

Other Entrants 13 P.P.Abbott Packard 0:22:48.2 12 Ott Davis Paige 0:24:20.6 28 H.F.O’Brien Hupmobile 0:27:06.2 32 Sam Marcus Haynes 0:27:39.4 R 6 Al Cline Lexington Special radius rod R 8 H.L.Chapin Dodge Special fire 3 Lyman Hess Allen R 25 Norman A.Glen Ford 5 L.F.Goodspeed Roamer R 26 E.L.Kinney Ford R 15 William Majors Red 16 Percy B.Green Marmon 17 Frank Vallely Standard 8NS 18 Wallace Coleman Chevrolet fatal practice accident 21 Ed Clinchey Chevrolet 22 Paccos Dycke Chevrolet 23 S.L.Adams Hupmobile 27 Murray G.Hubbet Ford 9 R.E.Wyatt Reviere 29 Brent T.Harding Whippet R 10 Ernie Fornaugh Roamer

Al Cline left the road 2 miles out of Glen Cove with a broken radius rod. H.L.Chapin caught fire just before the 14 mile post and burnt out. Wallace Coleman was injured during a practice run and later died onthe 1st September.


5th September 1921 – ½ mile flat dirt oval

50 milesWorth E.Schloeman escaped serious injury when he crash threw the fence and rolled twice.

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West Virginia State Fairgrounds, Wheeling, WV


Minnesota State Fairgrounds, MN

7th and 10th September 1921

Speedy Watters competed on the 7th.

Cedar Valley Fairgrounds, IA


Race 1 1 Votick Mooney Special 2 Brainard Essex 3 Barr Essex 4 Petticord Mercedes

2.5 miles 1 Johnny Raimey Haynes 2 Burgette King Special 3 Craft Briscoe

1 lap – Time Trial 1 Johnny Raimey Haynes 0:00:34.6 2 Burgette King Special 0:00:35.8 3 Craft Briscoe 0:00:36.2 Harry Burd Baby Briscoe 0:00:50.0

Semi 1 Craft Briscoe 2 Brainard Essex

Semi 1 Burgette King Special 2 Raimey Haynes

Feature 1 Johnny Raimey Haynes 2 Craft Briscoe 3 Brainard Essex 4 Burgette King SpecialFor the top two drivers in each of the semi’s.

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Sanctioned by IMCA. Might have been races on the 9th as well.

Amarillo Fair Park, TX

10th September 1921

50 milesFirst prize was awarded $500 – part of the Labor and Industrial Show.

Fond du Lac Fairgrounds, WI

10th September 1921

1 mile – Exhibition 1 Putty Hoffman Peugeot 0:01:08.2

3 miles 1 Putty Hoffman Essex 0:02:57.4 R Cary Bugg 5 laps/axle

3 miles 1 Nowicke Duesenberg 0:02:39.4

5 miles 1 Putty Hoffman 0:06:13.0

2 miles – Handicap 1 Stone Peugeot 0:02:26.0


10th September 1921 – 1 mile dirt oval

5 miles – Heat 1 1 Howdy Wilcox 0:04:38.75 2 Jules Ellingboe 3 Roscoe Sarles

5 miles – Heat 2 1 Jules Ellingboe 0:04:33 2 Howdy Wilcox 3 Roscoe Sarles

5 miles – Heat 3 1 Jules Ellingboe 0:04:34.2 2 Howdy Wilcox 3 Roscoe Sarles

5 miles – Ford Race 1 L.L.Corum 0:05:16.8 2 Dave Koetzla

15 miles – Free-for-all, Barney Oldfield Sweepstakes 1 Jules Ellingboe 0:14:00.2 2 Howdy Wilcox 3 L.L.Corum Frontenac-Ford R Roscoe Sarles engine R Bennie Hill engine

Other Entrants: Joe Thomas Mortimer Roberts

AAA Sanctioned. Barney Oldfield drove an exhibition lap and acted as race referee.

Taylorville, IL

10th September 1921

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Ware Fairgrounds, MA

10th September 1921

1 Edward Fitzgerald 0:09:17.5 2 Leo Dubois

Part of the Ware Agricultural and Driving Association Fair.

Palatine, IL

13th September 1921

1 Harris

Date is estimated – fair was held 13th-18th September, and it isn’t known which day the race was held on. Harris won a prize of $1000 for winning the race.


13th, 15th, 17th September 1921

Entrants: Al Striegle Frontenac Louis Chevrolet Frontenac Jules Ellingboe Frontenac Dave Koetzla Frontenac O.T.Barr Frontenac Speedy Watters Essex Ben Gotoff Maxwell

13th September: 8 miles – Free-for-all 1 Speedy Watters Briscoe 0:09:15 2 14 Ben Gotoff Maxwell

Four other races were held on the 13th.

Tri-County Fairgrounds, Perry, IA

14th September 1921

Ford automobile race to be held.

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Monroe, ME

15th September 1921

To feature a Ford race and a free-for-all on the final day of the Waldo-Penebscot Fair.

Ak-Sar-Ben Speedway, Omaha, NE

17th September 1921

Frank Albert “Cy” Cobb was hospitalised and later the same day died from an accident when he went through fence during the consolation race, the 6th of the day.

Lawton, OK

17th September 1921

Fred House rolled five times while holding second place in the automobile races at the fair. Race was for seven miles.

Lewiston Fairgrounds, ME

17th September 1921

1 mile – Time Trials 1 Bill Endicott Endicott Special 0:01:10.6

1.5 miles 1 Charles Sims White 0:01:59.6 2 Ed Murphy Essex 3 Ed Collins Stutz

2 miles 1 Miss Zenita Neville Hudson 0:02:31.6 2 Bill Endicott Endicott Special 3 Charles Sims White

5 laps – Australian Pursuit 1 Bill Endicott

Free-for-all 1 Bill Endicott Endicott Special 0:03:18.6 2 Miss Zenita Neville

Auto day on last day of state fair

Lincoln County Fairgrounds, Hugo, CO

17th September 1921


3 miles – Ford race 1 T.H.Wadsworth Ford 0:06:12 2 Anderson Bros Ford 3 W.E.Wynne Ford

Stock Cars, Free-for-all 1 Anderson Bros 0:08:05 2 Ben Anderson 3 Ember Sterling ? T.H.Wadsworth

10 miles – Free-for-all 1 Charles Koerner Ford Special 0:14:05 2 Tom Robinson Chevrolet 3 Ray Gardner Dodge

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? C.E.Ivy Ford Special

Part of the Lincoln County Fair.

Louisiana State Fairgrounds, LA

17th September 1921

3 miles R L.H.LeJeune accident/steering gear R G.G.Cobb hit LeJeune’s wreckage R P.M.Baker hit the wreckage of the above twoLawrence Winters, Baker’s mechanician, suffered a broken wrist. LeJeune suffered a broken hand.

25 miles R C.Clani accident/hit Kellett R George Kellett Rammed by Clani

Run under the auspices of the Interstate Farm Congress.

New York State Fairgrounds, Syracuse, NY

17th September 1921

Postponed to the 19th due to rain.

10 miles 1 Dave Koetzla Frontenac-Ford 0:09:29.81 2 L.L.Corum Frontenac-Ford R Tommy Milton Frontenac 0 laps/accident R Beau Amos Whalen Special 0 laps/accident R Bennett Hill Monroe 0 laps/accident

20 miles 1 Tommy Milton Frontenac 0:16:44.57 2 Louis Hoyt Duesenberg 3 Ira Vail Duesenberg 4 George Kirchauber Duesenberg

50 miles 1 Ira Vail Duesenberg 0:43:46.85 2 Louis Hoyt Duesenberg 3 George Crummie Duesenberg 4 George Kirchauber Duesenberg R Tommy Milton Frontenac engine

Other Entrants: Art Morris Whalen Special Bill Albertson Duesenberg Jim Benedict Meteor

Punxsutawney Fairgrounds, PA

17th September 1921 - ½ mile dirt oval

1 lap – Time Trials 1 Nat Fetterman Haynes 0:00:37

1 mile 1 Gilchrist Ford 16v 0:01:16

Promoted by Austin C.Wilson, also to feature an auto polo game.

Pleasanton, CA

18th September 1921

Entrants: Red Murray Fred Wallace

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E.D.Cochrane Al Torres Emil Bello J.A.Jenning

Gene Wilson Otto Raines Hanford Sales

Tippecannoe County Fairgrounds, Lafayette, IN


5 miles - Match Race, Heat 1 1 Roscoe Sarles 0:03:00

10 miles – Match Race, Heat 2 1 Jules Ellingboe 0:06:13

Match Race, Heat 3Abandoned due to Sarles’ sticking throttle on thelast lap

3 miles – Match Race, Heat 4Dead heat

1 mile - Match Race, Run off 1 Roscoe Sarles 2 Jules Ellingboe

This was a best out of five heats match race – Sarles won two to Ellingboe’s one, with one race being a dead heat and the other not counting due to Sarles’ throttle sticking. Neither Barney Oldfield nor Louis Chevrolet, slated as starter and referee respectively were able to get to the track for the race, so EddieHearne was substituted as starter and Eddie Murphy as referee.

Interstate Fair, Sioux City, IA


Entrants: Fred Horey Johnny Raimey

Louis Disbrow Sig Haugdahl

Haskell, OK

21st September 1921

An 8 mile free-for-all automobile race to be held as part of fair.

Indianapolis Motor Speedway, IN

21st September 1921 – 50 miles

Ps # Driver Car Time 1 Howdy Wilcox Peugeot 0:30:50.68, 87.5 mph 2 Jimmy Murphy Duesenberg Eight 3 Jules Ellingboe Frontenac Four 4 Joe Thomas Duesenberg Eight 5 Eddie Hearne Duesenberg Eight 6 Charles van Rentz Frontenac Eight R 9 Bennie Hill Frontenac Eight went over a wall

Race was a feature of the 3rd annual convention of the American Society for Steel Treating. Rain delayed the start of the race, forcing the distance to be cut from 100 miles to 50 miles.

Kiowa County Fairgrounds, Eads, CO

22nd September 1921

A 2 mile auto race for 1916 or older Fords was advertised for the fair – the competitors had to start seated, get out and crank the car, do four laps, stopping each time in front of the grandstand, killing the engine, cranking, and continuing onwards. It isn’t known if this race took place, but Thad Hunter did compete in a race here, possibly winning.

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1 mile – Time Trials 1 Leon Duray Golden Submarine 0:01:05.8 2 Ray Burr Lampkin Duesenberg 0:01:07.6 3 Al Watters Richards Special 0:01:08.6 4 Fred Lentz Essex 0:01:11.8 5 Fred Lecklider Ohio Special 0:01:11.8

5 miles – Cars 166-230 ci 1 Fred Lentz Essex 0:06:05.0 2 Al Watters Richard Special 3 Fred Lecklider Ohio Special

5 miles – Heat 1 1 Leon Duray Golden Submarine 0:05:43.6 2 Ray Burr Lampkin Duesenberg R Ray Claypool Miller Special 9 laps

5 miles – Heat 2 1 Leon Duray Golden Submarine 0:06:09.8 R Ray Burr Lampkin Duesenberg 7 laps R Ray Claypool Miller Special 7 laps

5 miles – Cars with medium sized engines 1 Jesse Callahan Templar Special 0:05:57.4 2 Bill Bryant Hudson 3 Fred Lentz Essex 4 Al Watters Richards Special

7.5 miles – Free-for-all 1 Leon Duray Golden Submarine 0:09:57.4 2 Al Watters Richards Special 3 Bill Bryant Hudson 4 Fred Lentz Essex 5 Fred Lecklider Ohio Special


Springfield, MA


3 miles 1 Fred Horey 0:03:00

This was reported as a world record on a ½ mile track. As Horey started the third mile his rear axle snapped at the bearing and the wheel was held in place only by the chain.

Marion, IA

24th September 1921

5 miles – Heat 1 1 Schrader Nash 0:06:14 2 Schultheis Essex 3 McCoy McCoy Special 4 Norman Essex 5 Guinther Chalmers 6 Guinta DodgeNo other starters

5 miles – Heat 2 1 McCoy McCoy Special 0:06:14 2 Schrader Nash 3 Norman Essex 4 Guinther Chalmers

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R Schultheis Essex 1 lap/engineNS Guinta Dodge

5 miles – Heat 3 1 Schrader Nash 0:06:04 2 McCoy McCoy Special 3 Norman Essex 4 Guinther Chalmers R Schultheis Essex withdrew – engineNS Guinta Dodge

Ford race 1 Hoffman Ford 2 Burns Ford 3 Harmar Ford 4 Steele Ford 5 Wagner Ford 6 Kolsto Ford R Conrad Ford accident

Featured auto and motorcycle races. The winner of the auto race was to have raced the winner of the motorcycle race, but as Schrader won both it was called off. It then started to rain.

Oklahoma State Fairgrounds, Oklahoma City, OK

24th & 27th September & 1st October 1921

Entrants: Leon Duray Ray Claypool E.Ted Hill Ray Lampkin

Sanctioned by IMCA.

Hammond Fairgrounds, IN

26th September 1921

Three people were hurt during a race here – drivers A.Chizwar, M.Magdo and Chizwar’s mechanician Mike Firsnak.

West Texas Fair, Abilene, TX

28th September 1921

Times Trials ?

5 miles – Cars under 183ci 1 Shafer Duesenberg 0:05:28 2 Reeves Ford Special 3 Horton Ford Special

5 miles – Free-for-all 1 Breed Hudson Special 0:05:23 2 Shafer Duesenberg 3 Milburn Cole Special

10 miles – Cars under 183ci 1 Reeder Chevrolet Special 0:12:05 2 Reeves Ford Special 3 Malaun Ford Special

10 miles – Free-for-all Handicap 1 Breed Hudson Special 0:10:43 (0:11:32 running time) 2 Shafer Duesenberg 3 Tennill Ford Special 4 Milburn Cole Special

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Trenton, NJ

30th September 1921

Entrants: Larson Mooney-Ford Cline Essex Meyers Duesenberg Fred Horey Briscoe Louis Disbrow Stephens Special Putty Hoffman Case

Anderson Darracq Paul Henderson Simplex Stratton Essex Maley Bugatti Carey Bugg Stone Peugeot

Peoria, IL

30th September-8th October 1921

The Peoria District Fair – was to feature auto races.

Galesburg Fairgrounds, IL

1st October 1921 – 1 mile dirt oval

25 miles 1 Worth E.Schloeman Schloeman Special

100 milesBurnette Dolder was leading when on the 12th lap an accident occurred behind the leaders. Unsighted due tothe dust, Dolder hit the wreckage and was seriously injured along with his riding mechanic Gilbert Eldred.Both men died later that day from their injuries in a local hospital.

Mt Vernon, IL

1st October 1921

Part of the King City Fair. An auto race was to be held as the closing event, but the horse races over-ranand it became too dark. The management returned the entry money to all entrants and divided the race purseamongst them.

Virginia State Fairgrounds, Richmond, VA

1st October 1921

Entrants: Fred Horey Briscoe Toots Reynolds Simplex Norske Larson Mooney Special Hank Myers Duesenberg Bob Klein Essex

Jack Stratton Essex Swede Anderson Darracq Louis Disbrow Larry Stone Putty Hoffman

Oklahoma Free State Fairgrounds, Muskogee, OK

5th October 1921 – ½ mile dirt

2.5 miles 1 Rothschild Peerless 0:03:22.2 2 Floyd Willard Monroe 3 Ted Rick Essex 4 Jackels Stephens

2.5 miles – Match Race 1 Sig Haugdahl Fiat 0:02:58.2 2 Les Allen Frontenac 3 King Essex

3.5 miles – Ajax Trophy, Heat 1

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1 King Essex 0:04:41 2 Floyd Willard Monroe 3 Rothschild Peerless 4 Ted Rick Essex 5 Jackels Stephens

3.5 miles – Ajax Trophy, Heat 2 1 Les Allen Frontenac 0:04:17.2 2 Bob Gotoff Frontenac 3 Bartlett FiatRace finished in a dead heat between Allen & Gotoff, so one more lap was run to determine the winner.

3.5 miles – Ajax Trophy, Final (top 2 from each heat) 1 Bob Gotoff Frontenac 0:04:17.2 2 Les Allen Frontenac 3 King Essex 4 Floyd Willard Monroe

1 lap – Special Event 1 Les Allen Frontenac 0:00:34

1 mile – Special Event 1 Sig Haugdahl Fiat 0:01:06.2 (track record)

Great Bend Fairgrounds, KS

7th October 1921 – ½ mile dirt oval

1 mile - Time Trials 1 Kerbs Ford 16v 0:01:09 Strong Ford 0:01:13.2 Lentz Essex 0:01:14 Watkins Studebaker 0:01:15 O’Laughlin Dodge 0:01:19 Ross Dodge 0:01:19 McInturf Ford 0:01:25 R Tonkin Chevrolet R Harvey Lozier

5 miles – Stock carsAbandoned as only one entry.

10 miles 1 Lentz 0:12:55.5 2 Watkins 3 O’Laughlin 4 McInturf R Strong 14 laps/overheating engine R Kerbs 2 laps/con-rodOn the second lap the con-rod from Kerbs’ car went through the crank case, putting him out for the rest of the day.

5 miles 1 Lentz 0:05:10 2 Warkins 3 McInturfNo other starters

10 miles 1 Watkins 2 Lentz 3 Tonkin 4 McInturf 5 Harvey R Ross 12 laps

Part of the Barton County Fair.

Ventura County Fairgrounds, Oxnard, CA

7th October 1921

It was announced late September that Bob Russell was to run an auto race on the last day of the fair over 15 miles, but no record of the race actually happening has been found.


8th October 1921

Entrants: Ira Vail

Races postponed to the 15th October due to rain.

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Driver Clarence Hopkins of Katonah, NY, was killed near Katonah on the 8th October when his car skidded and overturned, pinning him beneath it. He had been on his way to the Danbury Fairgrounds to compete in the races.

Oklahoma Free State Fairgrounds, Muskogee, OK

8th October 1921

Entrants: Sig Haugdahl Fiat Fred Horey Duesenberg Ted Rick Essex

Floyd Willard Monroe Les Allen Frontenac

Sanctioned by IMCA

Centlivre Park, IN

9th October 1921

50 miles 1 Merle Chandler Monroe 1:23:22 2 Homer Ormsby Frontenac 3 Ray Williams Hudson 4 Harold Werst Zenith Special R Vettera Ford 16v 27 laps/engine R F.L.Howell Dodge 16v 18 laps/accidentNS Ralph Ormsby Frontenac-Ford threw tyreDuring a trial run R.Ormsby’s car threw a tyre and bent the axle, andhe was unable to compete.

Fort Wayne Auto Racing Association races. The 10 mile race which was to have been run after the 50 mile race was called off due to the late hour.

Louisiana State Fairgrounds, LA

9th October 1921

50 miles – Match Race 1 George Weldlen

On the 42nd lap the battery wires of Weldlen’s car came apart at the three-quarter post. Mechanician B.W.Bordick got out of his seat, sat on the rear springs and held the connections together while Weldlen held Bordick around the waist, all while moving – they continued on like this to win. For the feat, Bordick was given a purse of $750 by the Association of Commerce.

South Bend, IN

9th October 1921

Entrants: Worth E.Schloeman Schloeman Special

Texas State Fairgrounds, TX

12th October 1921

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Entries 6 Sig Haugdahl Fiat 7 Les Allen Frontenac20 Leon Duray Oldfield Submarine 5 Emil King Essex67 Ray Claypool Miller Special55 Al Water Templar18 Floyd Willard Monroe22 Bill Jackels Stephens31 Rex Gordon Richards Special 8 Fred Lecklider Ohio Special30 Ray Lampkin Duesenberg26 Ted Ricks Essex 1 Fred Bartlett Fiat 8 Al Rothchild Peerless 1 Sig Haugdahl Wisconsin Special Jimmy Barr Frontenac Charles Hawkins Texas Special Frank Clements Stutz11 Frontenac

Races took place, but result is unknown.

Carroll Fairgrounds, IA

15th October 1921


15th October 1921

Postponed from the 8th October due to rain.

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Lakewood, GA

15th October 1921

Otto Barr was fatlly injured when a tyre blew out and his car crashed through a fence – he was taken to Grady Hospital where he later died.

Texas State Fairgrounds, TX

15th-16th October 1921

15th October: 3 miles 1 Floyd Willard Monroe 0:02:50.8 2 Charles Hawkins Peerless 3 Bill Jackels Stephens

15th October: 5 miles – State Fair Championship, Heat 1 1 Sig Haugdahl Fiat 0:03:55 2 Les Allen Frontenac 3 Ray Lampkin Duesenberg

15th October: 1 mile – Time Trial Sig Haugdahl HDS 0:00:45 Sig Haugdahl HDS 0:00:44

15th October: 5 miles – State Fair Championship, Heat 2 1 Sig Haugdahl Frontenac 0:04:03.8 2 Claypool Miller Special 3 King Essex

15th October: 4 miles 1 Leon Duray Oldfield Submarine 0:04:03 2 Ray Lampkin Duesenberg

15th October: 3 miles 1 Hawkins Peerless 0:03:01 2 Willard Monroe 3 Jackels Stephens

15th October: 10 miles – Longhorn Sweepstakes 1 Sig Haugdahl Fiat 0:07:50 2 Duray Oldfield Submarine 3 King Essex

16th October: 3 miles – Match Race 1 Charles Hawkins Peerless 0:02:40.6 2 Fred Bartlett Fiat R King Essex carburretor

16th October: 3 miles – Light cars 1 Al Waters Richards Special 0:02:47.6 2 Floyd Willard Monroe 3 Lecklider Essex

16th October: Sig Haugdahl drove his HDS Special over the two mile course in 1:30.2.

16th October: 5 miles – Medium cars 1 Waters Richards Special 0:02:47.6 2 Lecklider Essex 3 Gordon Templar

16th October: 5 miles - State Fair Championship, Final Heat 1 Sig Haugdahl Frontenac 0:04:06.6 2 Claypool Miller Special 3 Lampkin Duesenberg

16th October: 3 miles - Consolation Race 1 Bartlett Fiat 0:02:46.6 2 Waters Richards Special 3 Jackels Stephens

16th October: 10 miles - Longhorn Sweepstakes 1 Sig Haugdahl Frontenac 0:08:20.4

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2 Claypool Miller Special 3 Floyd Willard Monroe

Belleville Fairgrounds, IL

16th October 1921

5 milesFred Hammond overturned when his front wheels gave way – he was uninjured, but his brother Walter Hammond was seriously injured and was taken to St Elizabeth’s Hospital where he later died.

Columbus, OH

16th October 1921

100 miles 1 Prunsby Frontenac 2 Frontenac-Ford 3 Worth E.Schloeman Schloeman Special

Pinckneyville Fairgrounds, IL

19th October 1921

Race 1 Frank Paul


23rd October 1921 – ½ mile dirt oval

3 miles – Light-tyre race 1 Floyd Willard 0:03:47.04 2 Hawkins 3 Rick 4 Jackels

3 miles – Challenge race 1 Sig Haugdahl 0:03:29.04 2 Bartlett 3 Alan

4 miles - $1000 Sweepstakes, Heat 1 1 Floyd Willard 0:04:22.04 2 King

3 RickFirst two qualify. Second heat run Tuesday[25th] and finals on Sunday [30th].

1 mile - Time Trials Sig Haugdahl 0:01:04

5 miles – Australian Pursuit Handicap 1 Sig Haugdahl 0:05:45.05

5 miles 1 Sig Haugdahl 0:06:06.02 2 Rick 3 Willard

Perry Fairgrounds, IA

23rd October 1921

3 miles – Championship of Iowa, Entrants Dave Pittman Jefferson Ford Special Gene Parker Ford George Norman Essex Special Tampart Ford Thiem OaklandDrivers must qualify in less than 35s

Also a 5 mile special race for the mid-west dirt track record to be held.



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2 miles – Challenge Race 1 Jackels 0:02:33.01 2 Willard 3 Rick

3 miles – Invitation Race 1 Sig Haugdahl 0:03:04.03 2 Hawkins 3 King

5 miles – Australian Pursuit Handicap 1 Rick 0:06:00.03 2 Allen

3 miles - $1000 Sweepstakes, Heat 2 1 Allen 0:03:41.01 2 Sig Haugdahl 3 Hawkins

3 miles – Consolation Race 1 Hawkins 0:03:49 2 Willard

Mendocino City, CA

26th October 1921

Two 25 mile auto races were to be run during the Apple Fair on a newly constructed 1 mile oval.



3 miles – Light Car Race 1 King 0:03:45.01 2 Rick

1 mile – Time Trials Beard 0:01:11.02 Sapp 0:01:11.04 Allen 0:01:07.02 Haugdahl 0:01:05.00

2 miles – Match Race 1 Haugdahl 0:02:15 2 Sapp

5 miles – Australian Pursuit Handicap 1 Haugdahl 0:06:02.2 2 Hawkins

3 miles – Match Race 1 Rick 0:03:36.02 2 King

5 miles - $1000 Sweepstakes, Final 1 Haugdahl 0:06:02.01 2 Rick 3 King 4 Bartlett 5 Jackels

Indianapolis Motor Speedway, IN

4th November 1921

25 miles 1 Eddie Hearne Duesenberg 0:15:24.3. 97.5 mph 2 Howard Wilcox Duesenberg 0:15:25.3 3 Mortimer Roberts Duesenberg R Charles Van Ranst Frontenac R Bennie Hill Frontenac con-rodNS Jules Ellingboe Frontenac

Race held to celebrate the visit of Marshal Ferdinand Foch from France to Indianapolis. Six drivers were entered – Jules Ellingboe was entered in a Frontenac, but Van Ranst appears to have driven his car as he was originally entered in a Monroe.

Elkhart Driving Park, IN

6th November 1921

30 miles 1 Worth E.Schloeman Schloeman Special 2 Ben Lawwell Rof Special 3 Joe Cutter MonroeThere were seven starters.

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9th November 1921 - 1 mile dirt oval

10 miles 1 Omar Toft 0:08:50 2 Jimmy Murphy R Roscoe Sarles 8 laps/threw wheelNo other starters

10 miles – Match Race 1 Ralph De Palma 0:08:52.4 2 Roscoe Sarles

Deming-Cambray-Deming, NM

11th November 1921

1 Happy Hill Buick

Road race for stock cars to celebrate Armistice Day.


11th November 1921

Entries: Worth E.Schloeman


12th November 1921 – 1 mile dirt oval

50 miles 1 Ralph De Palma Jimmy Murphy Tommy Milton R Omar Toft 24 laps/fatal accidentOmar Toft died from injuries received in the race when his car went over an embankment at a curve in the track and the car caught fire.

St Johns, AZ

24th November 1921

Entrants: John Biava Hudson Super Six A.C.Smyers Cadillac & Ford Jack Odell Ford & Stutz Bear Cat

Pleasanton, CA

24th November 1921

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Postponed a week due to rain causing a muddy track.

Kern County Fairgrounds, Bakersfield, CA

27th November 1921

Race 1 1 4 Bartley Irwin 2 Ford 3 7 Eddie Dryden

Race 2 1 1 Edward Seaward 2 Ford 3 15 J.E.English

25 miles – Ford Sweepstakes 1 6 Eddie Meyer Ford 0:23:40.4 2 5 Horace Wallace Ford 3 9 E.A.Winfield 4 28 Whitney Womack 5 1 Edward Seaward 6 12 H.J.Durand R 4 Bartley Irwin rolled

San Carlos Speedway, CA

11th December 1921 – 25 miles (1.25 miles x 20 laps), Board Oval

1 Ed Bolling Essex 0:17:32.8 2 Cooper Oldsmobile Twin Four 3 Reeves Dutton Studebaker Light Six

Motor Car Dealers’ Stock car race - Modified stock cars. Ran before the 250 mile International Sweepstakes. Bolling was a substitute driver for Jim Crosby.

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Pleasanton, CA

1st December 1921

Re-scheduled from the 14th November due to rain.


On the 8th September it was reported that officials in Davenport, IA, and Rock Island, IA, were searching for Floyd M.Bowen, “race driver”, who was thought to have committed suicide by jumping off the government bridge sometime the same day – they had found Bowen’s hat and he was absent from his room, leading to the conclusion. Bowen had been indicted following his arrest on a “serious charge” ten days earlier. He had been staying in Rock Island in a hotel.

It was announced in mid-September that the Ardmore (TX) automobile dealers were setting up a road race from Ardmore to Oklohoma City during the week 24th September-1st October. It was reported on the 27th September that the race had been postponed indefinitely.

On the 28th December, the body of Deputy US Marshal Adam W.Oberlin was found 20 miles west of Miami, FL, in the Everglades, with a 38 caliber revolver at his side and his coat hanging in a tree beside him. His skeletal remains were found by Seminole Indians hired by the US Department of

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Justice to look for him. Oberlin, in his former capacity as Sheriff of Stark County, once stopped a big automobile race from taking place in Canton, OH, on a Sunday when drivers of “international reputation” were present as he announced that they were in violation of Sunday laws

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Championship Standings 1 Jimmy Murphy 3420 pts 2 Tom Milton 1910 3 Harry Hartz 1788 4 Frank Elliott 905 5 Bennett Hill 459 6 Roscoe Sarles 440 7 Joe Thomas 434 8 Eddie Hearne 390 9 Jerry Wonderlich 37510 Art Klein 31911 Earl Cooper 26012 Ralph Mulford 25513 Ralph DePalma 20014 Pietro Bordino 19515 Ora Haine 10916 I.P.Fetterman 10817 Peter DePaolo 8818 Howard Wilcox 5019 Tom Alley 3520 Eddie Miller 2521 Ira Vail 2122 Wade Morton 1523 Al Melcher 5

Beverly Hills, CA

5th March 1922 – 1.25 mile board oval

Pos # SP Driver Car Name Chassis Engine Laps Time1 2 Tom Milton Durant/Miller Miller Miller 200 2:15:29.95, 110.702 mph2 8 Jimmy Murphy Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 200 2:17:04.853 12 Harry Hartz Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 200 2:17:53.954 9 Frank Elliott Leach Miller Miller 200 2:22:21.855 1 Eddie Hearne Disteel Duesenberg Duesenberg 200 2:23:44.266 5 Joe Thomas Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 200 2:28:12.707 7 Eddie Miller Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 190 Flagged8 4 Ralph DePalma Ballot Ballot Ballot 151 Piston9 3 Pietro Bordino Fiat Fiat Fiat 139 Engine10 27 Art Klein Frontenac Frontenac Frontenac 135 Con-rod11 6 Roscoe Sarles Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 107 Valve12 11 Peter DePaolo Frontenac Frontenac Frontenac 98 Piston13 15 Ralph Snoddy Delage Delage Delage 9 EngineNQ 10 Benny Hill Frontenac DNQNQ 14 Jim Crosby Duesenberg DNQNQ 21 Al Melcher Duesenberg DNQ

Lap Leaders: Ralph DePalma 119-133Tom Milton 5-118, 134-200Jimmy Murphy 1- 4

AAA sanction 1297.The five points awarded to Bordino were rescinded due to a failure to honour Indianapolis entry. Race was originally to be held on the 26th February, but it was called off on the 94th lap with Tom Milton leading when light rain made the course dangerous.

Beverly Hills, CA

2nd April 1922 – 1.25 mile board oval

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Heat 1: 25 miles (1.25 miles x 20 laps)Pos # SP Driver Car Name Chassis Engine Laps Time1 3 Pietro Bordino Fiat Fiat Fiat 20 0:13:03.68, 114.843 mph2 2 Tom Milton Durant/Miller Miller Miller 203 8 Jimmy Murphy Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 204 9 Frank Elliott Leach Miller Miller 205 1 Eddie Hearne Disteel Duesenberg Duesenberg 206 16 Jerry Wonderlich Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 207 6 Roscoe Sarles Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 15 Out8 12 Harry Hartz Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 12 Out9 5 Joe Thomas Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 11 Out10 27 Art Klein Frontenac Frontenac Frontenac 3 Lost wheel

Lap Leaders: Pietro Bordino 17-20Tom Milton 1-16

Heat 2: 25 miles (1.25 miles x 20 laps)Pos # SP Driver Car Name Chassis Engine Laps Time1 2 Tom Milton Durant/Miller Miller Miller 20 0:13:01.47, 115.168 mph2 8 Jimmy Murphy Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 20 0:13:02.203 9 Frank Elliott Leach Miller Miller 204 12 Harry Hartz Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 205 6 Roscoe Sarles Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 206 5 Joe Thomas Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 207 16 Jerry Wonderlich Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 208 1 Eddie Hearne Disteel Duesenberg Duesenberg 18 OutNS 27 Art Klein Frontenac Frontenac Frontenac DNS

Lap Leaders: Jimmy Murphy 11-17Tom Milton 10-10, 18-20Frank Elliott 1- 9

Heat 3: 25 miles (1.25 miles x 20 laps)Pos # SP Driver Car Name Chassis Engine Laps Time1 8 7 Jimmy Murphy Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 20 0:13:07.93, 114.220 mph2 12 5 Harry Hartz Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 20 0:13:08.003 6 2 Roscoe Sarles Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 204 9 1 Frank Eliott Leach Miller Miller 205 27 8 Art Klein Frontenac Frontenac Frontenac 206 16 4 Jerry Wonderlich Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 167 5 3 Joe Thomas Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 98 1 6 Eddie Hearne Disteel Duesenberg Duesenberg 6

Lap Leaders: Jimmy Murphy 14-20Frank Elliott 1-13

Heat 4: 25 miles (1.25 miles x 20 laps)Pos # SP Driver Car Name Chassis Engine Laps Time1 9 Frank Elliott Leach Miller Miller 20 0:13:05.90, 114.518 mph2 6 Roscoe Sarles Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 203 27 Art Klein Frontenac Frontenac Frontenac 204 12 Harry Hartz Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 205 1 Eddie Hearne Disteel Duesenberg Duesenberg 206 16 Jerry Wonderlich Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 5NS 5 Joe Thomas Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg DNS

Lap Leaders: Jimmy Murphy 1-20

Final: 50 miles (1.25 miles x 40 laps)Pos # SP Driver Car Name Chassis Engine Laps Time1 2 3 Tom Milton Durant/Miller Miller Miller 40 0:26:01.92, 115.243 mph2 8 5 Jimmy Murphy Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 403 12 2 Harry Hartz Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 404 3 7 Pietro Bordino Fiat Fiat Fiat 405 6 6 Roscoe Sarles Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 406 9 1 Frank Elliott Leach Miller Miller 38 Flagged7 27 4 Art Klein Frontenac Frontenac Frontenac 22 Blown tyre

Lap Leaders: Tom Milton 5- 6, 9-40

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Harry Hartz 1- 4, 7- 8

AAA sanction 1302.

Golden State Motor Derby, San Carlos, CA

16th April 1922 – 150 miles (1.25 miles x 120 laps), Board Oval

Pos # SP Driver Car Name Chassis Engine Laps Time1 12 Harry Hartz Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 120 1:21:58.80, 109.783 mph2 8 Jimmy Murphy Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 120 1:22:42.403 6 Roscoe Sarles Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 120 1:24:03.64 10 Art Klein Frontenac Frontenac Frontenac 120 1:26:10.05 5 Joe Thomas Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 120 1:26:48.06 16 Jerry Wonderlich Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 118 Flagged7 9 Frank Elliott Leach Miller Miller 107 Flagged8 11 Peter DePaolo Frontenac Frontenac Frontenac 90 FlaggedNQ Nordluch DNQNQ Crosby DNQNA Tom Milton Durant DNANA Eddie Miller DNA

Lap Leaders: Jimmy Murphy 104-119Harry Hartz 2-103, 120-120Joe Thomas 1- 1

AAA sanction 1299.The AAA barred the Durant Special from racing because of a technical advertising error, and Cliff Durant refused to permit his car to be entered as the Milton Special, so Milton couldn’t race. He attended the event as pit manager for Hartz.

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From the Oakland Tribune, 16th April 1922.

Earl Cooper also drove a Paige 6-66 Daytona model stock car over 10 miles in 6m26.2 during a demonstrationbefore the running of the AAA races.

Fresno, CA

27th April 1922 – 150 miles (1.00 mile x 150 laps), Board Oval

Pos # SP Driver Car Name Chassis Engine Laps Time1 8 Jimmy Murphy Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 150 1:27:30.47, 102.849 mph2 9 Frank Elliott Leach Miller Miller 150 1:28:33.823 12 Harry Hartz Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 150 1:28:45.844 10 Art Klein Frontenac Frontenac Frontenac 150 1:29:10.455 3 Pietro Bordino Fiat Fiat Fiat 1506 16 Jerry Wonderlich Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 1507 11 Peter DePaolo Frontenac Frontenac Frontenac 1508 5 Joe Thomas Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 148 Flagged9 6 Roscoe Sarles Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 129 Engine10 1 Eddie Hearne Disteel Duesenberg Duesenberg 65 ValveNS Ralph DePalma Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg DNS – Engine

Lap Leaders: Jimmy Murphy 1-150

AAA sanction 1300.

Bordino lost his 30 points from this race for not honouring his Indianapolis entry. Joe Thomas was rushed to hospital immediately after the race with appendicitis.

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Earl Cooper drove 25 miles against time in a Paige stock car, setting a time of 15m27.95, in addition to competing in the AAA races.

Cotati, CA

7th May 1922 – 100 miles (1.25 miles x 80 laps), Board Oval

Pos # SP Driver Car Name Chassis Engine Laps Time1 8 Jimmy Murphy Murphy Duesenberg Miller 80 0:52:01.23, 115.339 mph2 9 Frank Elliott Leach Miller Miller 80 0:52:08.523 12 Harry Hartz Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 80 0:52:09.124 6 Roscoe Sarles Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 805 10 Art Klein Frontenac Frontenac Frontenac 806 11 Peter DePaolo Frontenac Frontenac Frontenac 807 7 Ralph DePalma Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 808 5 Joe Thomas Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 73 Flagged9 3 Pietro Bordino Fiat Fiat Fiat 72 Flagged10 16 Jerry Wonderlich Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 9 Spark plugs

Lap Leaders: Jimmy Murphy 11-80Frank Elliott 1-10

AAA sanction 1306.

Cotati, CA

7th May 1922 – 50 miles (1.25 miles x 40 laps), Board Oval

Pos # SP Driver Car Name Chassis Engine Laps Time1 3 Pietro Bordino Fiat Fiat Fiat 40 0:26:13.36, 114.405 mph2 12 Harry Hartz Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 40 0:26:15.533 8 Jimmy Murphy Murphy Duesenberg Miller 40 0:26:41.324 6 Roscoe Sarles Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 40 0:26:42.885 9 Frank Elliott Leach Miller Miller 406 10 Art Klein Frontenac Frontenac Frontenac 407 7 Ralph DePalma Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 408 16 Jerry Wonderlich Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 409 5 Joe Thomas Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 4010 1 Eddie Hearne Disteel Duesenberg Duesenberg 20 ValveNS 11 Peter DePaolo Frontenac Frontenac Frontenac DNSNS 13 Nordenschan Lanspar DNS/engine fire

Lap Leaders: Pietro Bordino 11-40Frank Elliott 1-10

AAA sanction: 1306

Indianapolis, IN



1 35 1 Jimmy Murphy Murphy Duesenberg Miller 200 5:17:30.79, 94.484 mph

100.50

2 12 2 Harry Hartz Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 200 5:20:44.39 99.973 15 23 Eddie Hearne Ballot Ballot Ballot 200 5:22:26.06 95.604 17 3 Ralph DePalma Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 200 5:31:04.65 99.555 31 14 Ora Haibe Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 200 5:31:13.45 92.906 24 7 Jerry Wonderlich Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 200 5:37:52.84 97.767 21 13 I.P.Fetterman Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 200 5:40:55.54 93.288 1 9 Ira Vail Disteel Duesenberg Duesenberg 200 5:48:19.16 96.759 26 12 Tom Alley Monroe Frontenac Frontenac 200 5:55:53.46 94.0510 10 17 Joe Thomas Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 200 6:03:24.23 88.8011 3 16 E.G.Baker Frontenac Frontenac Frontenac 200 6:18:28.40 89.6012 34 11 Cliff Durant Durant Miller Miller 200 6:25:33.92 95.8513 22 19 W.Douglas Hawkes Bentley Bentley Bentley 200 6:40:25.55 81.9014 18 27 Jack Curtner Frontenac-

FordFord Frontenac 165 Flagged 00.00

15 25 18 Wilbur D’Alene Monroe Frontenac Frontenac 160 Flagged 87.80

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16 9 8 Frank Elliott Leach Miller Miller 195 Differential 97.7517 27 15 Lora Corum Monroe Frontenac Frontenac 169 Piston 89.6518 19 21 Glenn Howard Frontenac-

FordFord Frontenac 163 Lost left-front

wheel83.90

19 5 5 Ralph Mulford Frontenac Frontenac Frontenac 161 Valve 99.2020 7 10 Pete DePaolo Frontenac Frontenac Frontenac 110 Accident 96.2021 6 25 Art Klein Frontenac Frontenac Frontenac 105 Con-rod 87.1522 4 4 Leon Duray Frontenac Frontenac Frontenac 94 Right-rear axle

shaft99.25

23 2 6 Roscoe Sarles Frontenac Frontenac Frontenac 88 Con-rod 98.0024 8 24 Tom Milton Leach Milton Miller 44 Gas-tank 94.4025 14 22 Jules Goux Ballot Ballot Ballot 25 Rear axle 96.9526 23 20 Jules Ellingboe Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 25 Accident 95.5027 16 26 Howard Wilcox Peugeot Peugeot Peugeot 7 Valve spring 86.10NQ 13 Wallace Reid Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg WithdrewNQ 28 Frank Davidson D’Wehr DNQNQ 33 Charles Shambaugh Mystery Shambaugh WithdrewNQ William Gardner Bentz

Lap Leaders: Jimmy Murphy 122-200Harry Hartz 87-121Peter DePaolo 84- 86Harry Hartz 76- 83Leon Duray 75- 75Jimmy Murphy 1- 74

Relief Drivers: 1 Dave Koetzla 104-200 9 Art Klein 9 Roscoe Sarles10 Wade Morton 17-11210 Peter DePaolo 113-20018 Homer Ormsby21 Phil Shafer 107-17524 Jules Ellingboe 101-16531 Jules Ellingboe 178-20034 Dave Lewis

AAA sanction: 1295

San Carlos, CA

14th June 1922 – 150 miles (1.25 miles x 120 laps), Board Oval

Pos # SP Driver Car Name Chassis Engine Laps Time1 10 Joe Thomas Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 120 1:23:34.2, 107.694 mph2 31 Roscoe Sarles Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 120 1:26:43.83 2 Art Klein Frontenac Frontenac Frontenac 120 1:27:26.24 1 Peter DePaolo Frontenac Frontenac Frontenac 120 1:28:46.05 8 Ralph DePalma Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 108 Flagged6 16 Howard Wilcox Peugeot Peugeot Peugeot 30 Engine7 23 Jules Ellingboe Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 19 EngineNA Bennett Hill MillerNA Wilbur D’Alene AnhuacNA Cliff Durant Durant Axle not repaired

AAA sanction 1318.

Jimmy Murphy, Harry Hartz, Tommy Milton and Frank Elliott had already signed up for the annual Uniontown race, and the race authorities there would not release the four drivers to compete at San Carlos.

Uniontown, PA

17th June 1922 – 225 miles (1.125 miles x 200 laps), Board Oval

Pos # SP Driver Car Name Chassis Engine Laps Time1 35 1 Jimmy Murphy Murphy Duesenberg Miller 200 2:12:15.13, 102.078 mph2 6 Ralph Mulford Frontenac Frontenac Frontenac 200 2:14:15.773 24 Jerry Wonderlich Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 200 2:14:44.234 21 I.P.Fetterman Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 200 2:15:55.235 3 Ora Haibe Frontenac Frontenac Frontenac 193 Flagged6 12 Harry Hartz Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 165 Oil line7 9 Frank Elliott Leach Miller Miller 101 Axle shaft

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8 18 Jack Curtner Frontenac-Ford Ford T Frontenac 77 Clutch9 4 Leon Duray Frontenac Frontenac Frontenac 76 Engine10 8 2 Tom Milton Leach Miller Miller 82 Right rear wheel/accident11 19 Ray Howard Frontenac-Ford Ford Frontenac 2 Frame

Lap Leaders: Jimmy Murphy 114-200Harry Hartz 72-113Tom Milton 47- 71Jimmy Murphy 1- 46

AAA Sanction 1312.

Tacoma, WA

4th July 1922 – 250 miles (2 miles x 125 laps), Board Oval

Pos # SP Driver Car Name Chassis Engine Laps Time1 35 1 Jimmy Murphy Murphy Duesenberg Miller 125 2:33:55.4, 97.451 mph2 8 3 Tom Milton Leach Miller Miller 125 2:34:01.43 6 5 Roscoe Sarles Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 125 2:42:40.84 24 4 Jerry Wonderlich Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 125 2:44:08.45 16 Howard Wilcox Peugeot Peugeot Peugeot 125 2:45:34.06 12 2 Harry Hartz Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 125 2:47:10.07 2 8 Art Klein Frontenac Frontenac Frontenac 125 2:48:11.08 10 6 Joe Thomas Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 114 Flagged9 8 Ralph Mulford Frontenac Frontenac Frontenac 100 Rear axle10 34 Cliff Durant Durant Miller Miller 59 Rear axle11 1 Eddie Hearne Disteel Duesenberg Duesenberg 19 Con-rodNA Peter DePaolo Withdrew

Ralph DePalmaBennie HillLeon Duray

Lap Leaders: Jimmy Murphy 113-125Tom Milton 68-112Jimmy Murphy 65- 67Tom Milton 1- 64

AAA Sanction 1303.

Cotati, CA

6th August 1922 – 100 miles (1.25 miles x 80 laps), Board oval

Pos # SP Driver Car Name Chassis Engine Laps Time1 9 Frank Elliott Leach Miller Miller 80 0:53:00.10, 113.204 mph2 8 Tom Milton Leach Miller Miller 80 0:54:32.533 35 Jimmy Murphy Murphy Duesenberg Miller 80 0:54:59.274 3 Bennett Hill Miller Miller Miller 80 0:57:21.205 2 Art Klein Frontenac Frontenac Frontenac 806 1 Eddie Hearne Disteel Duesenberg Duesenberg 807 12 Harry Hartz Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 62 Valve8 24 Jerry Wonderlich Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 25 Engine9 4 Al Melcher Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 3 IgnitionNQ Joe Thomas Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg Practice accident

Lap Leaders: Frank Elliott 43-80Harry Hartz 12-42Bennett Hill 2-11Tom Milton 1- 1

AAA Sanction 1331.

Cotati, CA

6th August 1922 – 50 miles (1.25 miles x 40 laps), Board oval

Pos # SP Driver Car Name Chassis Engine Laps Time1 9 Frank Elliott Leach Miller Miller 40 0:25:49.72, 116.150 mph2 8 Tom Milton Leach Miller Miller 40 0:26:17.723 1 Eddie Hearne Disteel Duesenberg Duesenberg 40 0:27:08.15

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4 24 Jerry Wonderlich Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 40 0:27:19.735 3 Bennett Hill Miller Miller Miller 40 0:27:27.176 2 Art Klein Frontenac Frontenac Frontenac 407 4 Al Melcher Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 408 12 Harry Hartz Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 38 Flagged9 35 Jimmy Murphy Murphy Duesenberg Miller 20 Tyre jammed on wheel10 34 Roscoe Sarles Durant/Miller Miller Miller 4 Valve

Lap Leaders: Frank Elliott 17-40Jimmy Murphy 1-16

AAA Sanction 1331.

Kansas City, MO

17th September 1922 – 300 miles (1.25 miles x 240 laps), Board Oval

Pos # SP Driver Car Name Chassis Engine Laps Time1 8 6 Tom Milton Leach Miller Miller 240 2:46:52.96, 107.860 mph2 12 9 Harry Hartz Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 240 2:47:52.933 9 11 Frank Elliott Leach Miller Miller 240 2:49:46.004 21 5 Ralph Mulford Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 240 2:50:45.385 24 8 Jerry Wonderlich Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 240 2:55:46.476 3 1 Bennett Hill Miller Miller Miller 240 2:56:10.057 31 3 I.P.Fetterman Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 183 Flagged8 15 10 Howard Wilcox Peugeot Peugeot Peugeot 199 Out9 5 13 Joe Thomas Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 151 Accident10 1 12 Eddie Hearne Disteel Duesenberg Duesenberg 133 Accident11 34 7 Roscoe Sarles Durant/Miller Miller Miller 114 Fatal accident12 4 15 Peter DePaolo Junior 8 Frontenac Frontenac 107 Accident13 10 14 Leon Duray Frontenac Frontenac Frontenac 49 Out14 35 2 Jimmy Murphy Murphy Duesenberg Miller 47 Accident15 6 4 Riley Brett Frontenac Frontenac Frontenac 41 OutNQ W.W.Brown Junior Frontenac Frontenac DNSNS Cliff Durant Durant/Miller Miller Miller Car did not arrive

Lap Leaders: Tom Milton 203-240Bennett Hill 160-202Tom Milton 123-159Frank Elliott 111-122Tom Milton 1-110

N.B. Some sources indicate that Jimmy Murphy relieved Hill and finished the race on his behalf.

AAA Sanction 1332.

Sarles, driving for Cliff Durant, was burnt to death when his car went over the upper rail at the far turnand crashed to earth over a 35 foot drop – he had swerved to avoid the wreckage of DePaolo. Sarles was pinned underneath the burning car, and his riding mechanic, J.V.Pickup, who was thrown clear attempted to rescue Sarles, but was severely burnt in the attempt. Eddie Hearne and his mechanic, Louis Hefferman, werealso seriously injured when his car overturned on the straightaway approaching the grandstand – they were taken to hospital. Murphy blew a tyre and overturned after being hit by Thomas – his mechanic Eddie Olsen suffered a fractured leg. Pete de Paolo, nephew of de Palma, escaped Sarles’ fate when his car caught fireby jumping clear, although his mechanician Tony Guletta suffered minor injuries. Spectator George Lynn, who rushed to help Sarles, was injured when Sarles’ gas tank exploded.Cliff Durant handed his car to Sarles to drive after his identical machine failed to arrive at the track. The race was postponed from the 16th due to rain.

Fresno, CA

30th September 1922 – 150 miles (1 mile x 150 laps), Board Oval

Pos # SP Driver Car Name Chassis Engine Laps Time1 3 3 Bennett Hill Miller Miller Miller 150 1:27:46.15, 102.542 mph2 8 2 Tom Milton Leach Miller Miller 150 1:27:46.813 12 5 Harry Hartz Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 150 1:28:28.414 24 4 Jerry Wonderlich Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 150 1:29:41.585 9 6 Frank Elliott Leach Miller Miller 150 1:30:20.416 31 8 Eddie Hearne Disteel Duesenberg Duesenberg 150 1:30:21.607 2 1 Art Klein Frontenac Frontenac Frontenac 150 1:30:53.878 1 7 Jimmy Murphy Murphy Duesenberg Miller 1509 4 9 Al Melcher Haskell Duesenberg Duesenberg 130 Oil pressure

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Lap Leaders: Bennett Hill 49-150Tom Milton 1- 48

AAA Sanction 1310.

Beverly Hills, CA

3rd December 1922 – 250 miles (1.25 mile x 200 laps), Board Oval

Pos # SP Driver Car Name Chassis Engine Laps Time1 1 5 Jimmy Murphy Durant Miller Miller 200 2:10:53.10, 114.604 mph2 5 15 Earl Cooper Durant Miller Miller 200 2:12:13.413 12 3 Harrt Hartz Hartz Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 200 2:12:14.454 3 14 Bennett Hill McDonald Miller Miller 200 2:12:18.115 8 4 Tom Milton Leach Miller Miller 200 2:14:22.926 6 7 Art Klein Durant/Miller Miller Miller 200 2:17:13.717 10 16 Joe Thomas Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 200 2:29:23.418 9 9 Frank Elliott Leach Miller Miller 200 2:31:53.759 16 13 Peter DePaolo Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 20010 4 17 Eddie Hearne Durant Miller Miller 176 Flagged11 18 10 Ralph DePalma Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 174 Flagged12 2 12 Earl DeVore Frontenac Frontenac Frontenac 104 Burnt bearing13 7 2 Cliff Duranr Durant Miller Miller 86 Overheated14 15 6 Leon Duray Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 86 Oil pressure15 24 8 Jerry Wonderlich Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 54 Con-rod16 14 1 Al Melcher Melcher Duesenberg Duesenberg 21 Rear axle17 21 11 Wade Morton Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 3 Lost airNQ Earl DeVore Delage Delage Delage Too slowNQ L.Hansen Delage Delage Delage Too slowNQ Herschel McKee Durant Miller Miller Practice accident

AAA Sanction 1361

Harry Hartz attempted to overtake Cooper on the final bend but skidded, span into the wall, and bounced back onto the track and across the finishing line. Herschel McKee was severely injured and his riding mechanic Hugh Curley hurt when they crashed into the rear of Joe Thomas’ car while tuning up their car theday before the race. Race had been postponed from the 30th November due to rain.

Advert for the race complete with spelling mistake(California appears to have lost a ‘c’).

Other US events of 1922“We scanned the papers in vain for a complete program of the Kansas City automobile race. All of them gave the time of the race, but none of them gave the date for the funerals.”

Emporia Weekly Gazette

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“When they got through killing and crippling drivers in that Kansas City automobile race they had just about enough left to carry away the prizes.”

Decatur Daily Review


1 Louis Disbrow

Fair Park, TX

1st January 1922

1 lap 1 20 Glen Breed Hudson Special 0:00:49

5 miles – Cars under 183ci 1 21 Red Shafer Duesenberg 8 0:04:40 2 5 Bill Melaun Ford Special 3 7 C.O.Manzy Buick Special

5 miles – Free-for-all 1 20 Glen Breed Hudson Special 0:04:27 2 21 Red Shafer Duesenberg 8 3 5 Bill Melaun Ford Special

15 miles – Free-for-all 1 20 Glen Breed Hudson Special 0:13:08, 64.8 mph 2 21 Red Shafer Duesenberg 8 3 5 Bill Melaun Ford Special R Harry Milburn rolled10 entrants

American Legion races.

Alabama State Fairgrounds, Birmingham, AL

2nd January 1922

T.L.Brawley was killed during an amateur race when his car skidded and crashed through a fence – he died in hospital from his injuries.

Central Carolina Fairgrounds, Greensboro, NC

18th March 1922

Willis Wilds was fatally injured when he overturned during races, dying two hours later at a local hospital. Ernest Brown, his mechanician, escaped with only slight injuries. The incident happened on the first lap of a 10 mile race.

Daytona Beach, FL

5th-6th April 1922

5th April

Sig Haugdahl drove the following:1 km 0:00:13.95 miles 0:01:56.210 miles 0:03:56.0

Timed by IMCA.

6th April: 1 mileSig Haugdahl Wisconsin Special 0:00:19.97, 180.27 mph

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Timed by IMCA.

Cushing, OK

16th April 1922

Joe Montgomery was killed instantly when on taking his car out for his first practice run and travelling at slow speed the left front wheel came off and the car rolled three times, pinning him underneath it.

Mt Wilson, CA

18th April 1922 – 9.5 miles

A Velie model 58 stock touring car broke the climb record, setting a time of 27m52 driven by Walter Lord, winning the Los Angeles Express Cup.


22nd April 1922

10 laps – Lone Star Sweepstakes, Heat 1 1 Dick Seip R Stoker Green-Dayton cracked water jacket R Bob Robinson Peugeot burnt bearing5 entries

3-cornered Match Race R Gray oil line

Other Entrants: Leon Delvaux Jimmie Gray Gus Conomos

There were meant to have been two days of races, but results for races on the 23rd April have not been found. There were also races scheduled for the 16th April, but these do not seem to have happened.

Valdosta, GA

25th April 1922

Gordon Ewart was killed when his Grant Six overturned during practice for races on the 26th April.

Tri-State Exposition Grounds, Savannah, GA

26th April 1922

Jimmy Williams was killed when his car overturned and rolled over twice, falling on top of him.

Oklahoma Free State Fairgrounds, OK

30th April 1922

5 miles – Exhibition 1 Cleo Sarles Ford Cyclone 0:07:10.8 2 Gus Conomos Essex

5 miles – Oil Fields Sweepstakes 1 4 Dick Seip Premier 0:07:54.6 2 White Severin 3 Cleo Sarles Ford Cyclone

5 miles – Match Race, Heat 1 1 Bob Robnson Peerless 0:04:10.2 2 Dick Seip Premier

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3 Joe Sandifer Chalmers

5 miles – Match Race, Heat 2 1 Dick Seip Premier 0:04:29.8 2 Bob Robinson Peerless 3 Joe Sandifer Chalmers

5 miles – Match Race, Heat 1 1 Bob Robnson Peerless 0:03:51.2 2 Dick Seip Premier 3 Joe Sandifer Chalmers

Other Entrants: Delvaux Peugeot Bill Stoker Green-Dayton Jules Mathews Hudson

Marshall Fairgrounds, MI


Time Trials 1 66 Ruddy Huebner 0:00:34.0 2 111 Bob Wilcox 0:00:35.4 3 11 Ernest R.Thoop 0:00:37.2 4 9 Fred L.Miller 0:00:38.75 5 31 Elwood McCabe 0:00:39.0 6 34 Eddie Clay 0:00:40.0 7 21 Earl Burman 0:00:40.0 8 4 Dusty Griffith 0:00:41.0 9 11 Herman Shindler 0:00:42.010 3 S.K.Porter 0:00:43.2All were driving Ford’s apart from Griffith,who drove a Chevrolet. Wilcox was driving a borrowed car after breaking the crankshaft in his own.

Heat 1 1 Wilcox 0:03:38 2 McCabe 3 Miller 4 Clay

Heat 2 1 Huebner 0:03:32 2 Griffith 3 Thoop 4 Burman

10 miles - Final 1 Huebner 0:12:25.8 2 Wilcox 3 McCabe 4 Griffith

5 miles - Open 1 Huebner 0:06:53.0 2 Shindler

3 Burman R Wilcox engine R McCabe hit Wilcox R Thoop hit McCabeWilcox’s engine died in the last quarter mile, and as he attempted to run to the side of the track he was hit by McCabe. Thoop then crashed hard into McCabe, causing severe injury to McCabewho hit his steering wheel with force and had to be taken away by ambulance – later examinations showed no broken bones. Many people rushed to thescene of the accident, and the track became so crowded that the following Calhoun County Race of5 miles (for which only two cars had entered) wascalled off.

6th Los Angeles-Yosemite Economy Run, CA

19th-20th May 1922 – 360 miles

Pos Driver Car MPG Weight (lbs)

Ton miles per gallon

Class 2E1 Harvey R.Tarkington Earl 30.00 3420 51.30

Class 4E1 Harry Neville Oakland 6 29.38 3260 49.37

Class 5E

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1 Dorris 17.66 5490 48.50

Class 3E1 Templar 25.71 3600 46.28

Class 1E1 Chevrolet 30.00 2790 41.85

Other known entrantsD.H.Thomson Liberty Cavalier Touring 20.28 4130 41.88

Stephens Salient Six 22.67 4340Dort 28.80 3350Gardner 27.18 3540Maxwell 25.94 3690Ace 21.02 3750Duesenberg 21.02 4600Kissel 20.87 4480Reo 20.13 4210Marmon 14.11 4910Jewett 20.42

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Advert from the Boston Globe, 18th June 1922

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Advert from the Bakersfield Californian, 27th May 1922

Altoona Driving Park, PA


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30 laps 1 Harry McMahon Ford 16v 0:13:03 2 Jack Rose 3 Grint R Fritz Kling accident R L.A.Haney Haney Special 27 laps R Casey Jones Hamilton Special 7 lapsHaney and his mechanician Charles L.Dean were injured when their car went through the fence. Charles Green, mechanician for Casey Jones, was injured in another accident. There were nine starters.

50 laps 1 Ben Bunce Special 2 Bill Lumbrisky 3 Coadie Dodge R Os Heyer 30 laps R Red Fetterman Peerless 1 lap/engineThere were six starters.

2 laps – Record Attempt 1 Harry McMahon Ford 16v 0:01:08(track record)

Anamosa Fairgrounds, IA

30th May 1922

5 miles 1 Schultise Essex Special 0:05:30 2 Schrader Nash Special 3 Bob Normand Essex SpecialThe race was stopped after 5 laps due to the number of accidents

Race 1 George Schultise 0:08:49 2 Bob Normand 3 Schrader

Sponsored by the Cedar Rapids Motor Club.

Brockport Fairgrounds, NY

30th May 1922

Grover Ash of Rochester, one of the promoters of the automobile races, was struck by one of the racing cars and instantly killed when he started across the speedway to warn spectators on the opposite side against pressing too close. The car was driven by Horace Shaw of Rochester, a personal friend. He said after the accident that Ash came out upon the track so quickly that it was impossible to avoid striking him. The accident happened during the fifth event, and the rest of the card was run as scheduled.

Buffalo, NY

30th May 1922

Seven people were injured in two accident during races at Buffalo (Keniworth Park?). In one accident a carwent into the infield, and in another accident a mechanician was hospitalised after his car crashed through a fence.

Downing Track, Decatur, IL

30th May 1922

20 miles 1 Earl WarrickFive people were injured when the car of L.Fix went into the crowd – Irvin H.Grubb of Decatur suffered a fractured skull, Ross Hopkins a broken collarbone, S.C.Young a compound fracture of the ankle, Wallace

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Ness a dislocated shoulder, and Donald Moran (aged 8) a number of bruises and a thigh wound. Fix locked wheels with Eugene Gray at the northwest turn – Gray hit an embankment, while Fix went through the crowd and ended up on the highway with a smashed wheel and broken axle. His mechanician was Hopkins, who was thrown out of the car before he could jump out.

Run by the Western Indiana Racing Association, of which Earl Warrick was the manager. Fastest half mile was 35.3s.

Independence Fairgrounds, MO


Charles “Toots” Reynolds (driving a Maxwell) and William Jackals (driving an Essex special) collided afterswerving to avoid a board which had been torn from the fence by a car in front of them on the 6th lap of a12 mile race. Jackals went through the fence and broke three ribs, Reynolds died from his injuries. There were 8 starters in the race.

Saginaw Fairgrounds, MI


Howard Merchant was seriously injured during these races when he crashed through a fence and a splinter pierced his right eye.

Salem Fairgrounds, OR

3rd June 1922 – 1 mile dirt oval

Race R Harry Rhodes accident R Jack Ross accidentRhodes and Ross collided and were badly injured. Crowds swarmed onto the track after the crash, causing the race to be stopped and the other six entries to be flagged off.

Converse Fairgrounds, IN


50 miles – Free-for-all 1 Merrill Chandler Frontenac-Ford 1:08:51 2 William Hunt Ford 8v 3 Ray Williams Ford 4 Doc Roberts Clemons SpecialNine cars started

Fort Miami, Toledo, OH

4th June 1922

100 miles R Ralph Ormsby accident R Sterling Porter 0 laps/fatal accidentPorter’s steering broke and he crashed through the inside fence, overturning.

Oklahoma Fairgrounds, OK

4th June 1922

100 miles – Free-for-all 1 John H.Lee Dodge 2:20

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Centlivre Park, IN

11th June 1922

Entrants:NA Ralph Ormsby Hospitalised after accident at Toledo.

Goshen, IN

11th June 1922

To feature a 50 mile auto race, and a race between an airplane and auto.

San Carlos Speedway, CA

14th June 1922

25 miles – Ford Race 1 Al Magginni 2 Billy Hughson

These races were in addition to the 150 mile national race. Earl Cooper also did a 100 mile record drive with a Paige-Daytona.


17th June 1922

Entrants: Sig Haugdahl Bill Endicott

Fred Horey Zenita Neville

Red Bluff, CA


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25 miles 1 George Miller Chevrolet 0:31:14.75 2 Joe Savateer Essex 3 Red MurrayMiller had a blowout on the 47th lap and lost a lap changing tyres, but still made up time and finished first. His axle broke after crossing the finishing line.

15 miles 1 George Miller Chevrolet 0:18:32.6 2 Joe Savateer Essex

10 miles 1 W.Toulou 0:12:51.4

San Antonio, TX

18th June 1922

Time Trials10 miles – Fastest 8 qualifiers for 40 mile race20 miles – For fastest 8 qualifiers who didn’t qualify for 40 mile race40 miles20 miles – Free-for-all Handicap

Entrants: J.W.Draper Mason Special A.H.Thierson Chevrolet Special Ed H.Eckenroth Southwestern Special Glenn Breed Hudson Special Eugene Greene Buick Special F.J.Harder De Luxe Special L.R.Parker Mercer Special J.Hildebrandt Special American

Sanctioned by the AAA, run by the San Antonio Automobile Racing Association.

Central City Park, Macon, GA

22nd June 1922

10 miles – Southern Automobile Championship race 1 Bob Luton

Three children were seriously hurt when John Locke crashed into a car and motorcycle.

Calhoun County Fairgrounds, Marshall, MI


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Time Trials (flying start) 1 McCale 0:00:35.0 2 Wilcox 0:00:35.75 3 Burman 0:00:36.0 4 Carpenter 0:00:36.2 5 Teachout 0:00:36.2 6 Shindler 0:00:38.0 7 Nichols 0:00:43.8 8 Huebner Blown tyre

5 miles – Ford race 1 McCale 0:06:05.4 2 Wilcox 3 Burman 4 Huebner 5 Carpenter 6 Teachout

3 miles - Heat 1 1 McCale 0:03:42.6 2 Wilcox 3 Burman 4 Nichols

3 miles – Heat 2 1 Teachout 0:03:27.6 2 Huebner 3 Carpenter 4 Shindler

3 miles - Michigan State Automobile Championship Race (Match Race) 1 Bob Wilcox 0:03:32 2 Buddy HuebnerWilcox’s #6 races developed a fault, so McCale leant him his #18 for this race.

25 laps 1 18 Bob McCale 0:14:38 2 Huebner 3 Earl Burman R 26 Carpenter 13 laps/rear axleNS 24 Teachout mechanicalRace had been scheduled for 50 laps but was reduced in length due to dust.

Centlivre Park, IN


Time Trials 1 Ralph Ormsby Frontenac-Ford 0:00:32.5

10 miles 1 Benton Shoaff Overland 0:11:04.6 2 16 Merle Chandler Clemons Special 3 6 Claude Fix Clemons Special Ralph Ormsby Frontenac-Ford tyres

15 miles 1 6 Claude Fix Clemons Special 0:17:32.2 2 Tinsley Speedway Special 3 Bob Shonner Frontenac-Ford R Ralph Ormsby Frontenac-Ford tyres

25 miles

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1 Ralph Ormsby Frontenac-Ford 0:31:58.2 2 6 Claude Fix Clemons Special 3 Tinsley Speedway Special Belt R Bob Shonner Frontenac-Ford mechanical

Other Entrants: Ernie Clemons Clemons Special Frank McClain Frontenac-Ford D.R.Nooman Overland Schultheis Essex Martin Martin-Brett Special Benny Larwill Ruff Special W.M.Hunt Speedway Special George Shumaker Chevrolet

Roby Speedway, IN

25th June 1922

10 miles – Ford race 1 Winniston 0:10:56 2 Nichols 3 Newman 4 Beck5 Brink

10 miles – Big cars 1 Waters Duesenberg 0:10:40.25 2 Baddell Essex 3 Gotoff Miller Katcham Duesenberg Bertram Stutz R Cliff Woodbury Frontenac engine

25 miles – For four fastest in each of preceding races 1 Winniston Ford 0:27:50 2 Newman Ford R Nichols Ford threw wheel R Beck Ford threw wheel R Waters Duesenberg mechanical R Baddell Essex axle keyGotoff and whoever finished fourth in the big car race didn’t start.

San Antonio, TX

25th June 1922 – 2 mile dirt oval

10 miles – For 5 fastest cars not qualifying for 40 mile race 1 A.Tillotson Chevrolet 0:09:29.8 2 J.W.Draper Mason 3 Bill Wallace Ford

20 miles 1 J.Harder De Luxe Special 0:16:45.8 2 Eddie Eckenrodt Southwestern Special 3 Lee Brooks Mercer

40 miles 1 Glenn Breed Hudson Super-Six 0:34:30.2 2 Fred Harder De Luxe Special 0:34:31.2 3 Lee Brooks Mercer 0:36:40.6 Eddie Eckenroth Southwestern Special V.C.Farrant Buick

20 miles – Free-for-all Handicap 1 J.Hildebrandt American 0:18:14.8 4m26 2 Eddie Eckenroth Southwestern Special 3 Harder De Luxe Special Glenn Breed Hudson Super Six

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San Diego-El Centro Economy Run, CA (also known as the Sun Motor Car Dealers Economy Run)

July 1922 (estimated) – 246 miles

Overall 1 Harry Neville Oakland 6-44 40.39 mpg 59.37 ton miles per gallon

Cars were allowed 12 hours to complete the run. For class awards fuel consumption and car weight are takeninto account. For the sweepstakes (overall) award, the oil and water consumption are also factored in, with the weight of the car in tons multiplied by the number of miles driven and then 10 being deducted foreach quart of water and pint of oil used. The result is then divided by the number of gallons of gasoline used.

Snyder, TX

1st July 1922

25 miles 1 Russell Kidd Maxwell

7 miles – Ford raceThere were three entrants

Vinton, IA

3rd-4th July 1922 – ½ mile dirt oval

3rd July: 5 miles – For cars qualifying in 37s or under 1 J.J.McCoy McCoy Special 0:06:27.5 2 George Norman Essex Special 3 Buddy Jones Nash Special 4 Floyd Bobzine Frontenac-FordBobzine threw a tyre on the 8th lap but continued to finish.

3rd July: 6 miles – For cars qualifying in over 37s 1 Joe Guinta Dodge Special 0:08:45 2 L.S.Fenno Ford Special 3 Kruger R Trimbo Ford Special 1 lap/engine

3rd July: 17 miles - Australian Pursuit 1 Emmet Schrader Nash Special 0:15:14 = George Norman Essex Special

4th July: 6 miles 1 George Norman Essex Special 0:09:36 2 L.S.Fenno Ford Special 3 Emmet Schrader Nash Special

4th July: 7 miles 1 George Norman Essex Special 0:09:05.5 2 L.S.Fenno Ford Special 3 Joe Guinta Dodge Special

4th July: 8 miles – Free-for-all 1 George Norman Essex Special 0:11:28 2 L.S.Fenno Ford Special 3 Joe Guinta Dodge Special R Emmet Schrader Nash Special 10 laps/accidentSchrader lost control and went through the fence, throwing up heavy planks of wood which hit Mrs Bess Richard and rendered her unconscious. Some press reports state that she died from her injuries the next day, but on the 28th August she was well enough to file a $10,000 injury suit in the Linn county district court against the Cedar Rapids Motoring Association, the Benton County Agricultural Society, Emmett Schrader, Gus Schrader Jr and the Cedar Valley Nash Company for personal injury damages. She alleged that Schrader was intoxicated at the time he entered the race and that the other defendants knew his condition.

Sponsored by the Cedar Rapids Motor Club.

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Altoona, PA

4th July 1922

Entrants: 1 Friday Saylor Casey Jones

Boise Fairgrounds, ID


1 mile - Time Trials Jack Murray Ford Special 0:01:03

Heat 1 2 Jack Murray

5 miles – Final R Jack Murray accidentOn the second lap Murray lost control of his car, went through the fence, over a 10 foot embankment, landing near an irrigation ditch. Murray was thrown from the car and was found with one leg crumpled beneath his body. He was taken to hospital conscious, but died on the 11th July after an operation.

Cedar Falls. IA

4th July 1922

Entrants: Fred Horey Frontenac Bob Murray Stutz

King Kelley Bugatti Jack Petticord Essex

Champaign County Fairgrounds, IN


Half-way through the second event, a 10 lap race, the Chanute Special of J.E.Gallivan broke a steering knuckle and crashed through the fence, hitting two cousins, Alfred and Harold Holl. Harold suffered a broken leg and internal injuries and died two days later on the operating table at Mercy Hospital in Urbana. Alfred suffered only from shock and was quickly sent home.

Chattanooga, TN

4th July 1922

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Hazel Lewis, 11 years old, was almost instantly killed, and Anita Branson, aged 10, was probably fatally injured when a wheel was thrown from a car during an automobile race held in a local park. Lillie-Mae Brannon, aged 10, was badly cut and lacerated. The children were standing against the fence when the accident happened.

Cushing Fairgrounds, OK

4th July 1922

Dale Sears was killed when his Dodge rolled over twice during a race.


4th July 1922

Races sanctioned by the AAA.

Funk’s Motor Speedway, Winchester, IN

4th July 1922

Entrants: Merrill Chandler Clemons Special Claude Fix Clemons Special Ralph Ormsby Arthur Chevrolet Frontenac-Ford Clarence Belt Arthur Chevrolet Frontenac-Ford W.D.Murray Murray Special Charley Brown Brown Special Fred Leichlider

Time Trials 1 Ralph Ormsby Arthur Chevrolet Frontenac-Ford 0:00:30

20 miles 1 Fred Chandler Clemons Special

30 miles 1 Fred Chandler Clemons Special

Greenville, TX

4th July 1922

Interstate Fairgrounds, Sioux City Fairgrounds, IA


5 miles – Free-for-all 1 S.W.Steece Steece Special 2 Paul Cabney Hudson 3 Ray Herbert Cole Eight 4 George Schuther Essex R F.E.Manchester Ford accident R Nick Rich Ford accidentF.E.Manchester hit the fence and hurled 20 feet of board into the air, but the car was virtually undamaged. Charles Peterson, mechanician for Manchester, was slightly cut by flying splinters.

10 miles 1 Ray Herbert Cole Eight 0:06:05.1 2 Paul Cabnet Hudson 3 Bert Fechen Chalmers

Two automobile races, two motorcycle races and a stock yard derby were held.

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1 mile – Time Trials 1 Bill Crow Essex 0:01:12.4 2 Bill Bryant Hudson 0:01:13.0 3 17 Watkins Studebaker 0:01:14.5 4 J.J.Higgins Essex 0:01:15.0 5 1 Fred Lentz Essex Special 0:01:16.0 6 7 Merle Warren Essex 0:01:16.0 7 4 Delbert Ging Essex 0:01:17.0

3 miles – Stock Cars 1 Bill Crow Essex 0:04:15.0 2 Charles Crow Essex 3 Keith Zeigler Jordan roadster

5 miles – Heat 1 1 Bill Bryant Hudson 0:06:30.25 2 J.J.Higgins Essex 3 Bill Crow Essex +4 others

5 miles – Heat 2 1 Tommy Rayl Essex 0:06:35.0 2 Frank Pflughoft Dodge 3 Buddy Graves Elgin Special +3 others R Jim Woods

10 miles – Free-for-all 1 1 Fred Lentz Essex Special 0:13:15.0 2 17 Watkins Studebaker 3 7 Merle Warren Essex 4 Buddy Graves Elgin Special Delbert Ging Essex R Bill Bryant Hudson 15 laps/flat tyre R J.J.Higgins Essex 14 laps/flat tyre R Bill Crow Essex 6 laps/flat tyre +5 others

Delbert Ging crashed through the south fence but received only scratches.

Mercer, PA


9 laps - Australian Pursuit 1 William Schaible Chevrolet 490 0:06:30 Jim Brown

10 laps - Intercounty Race 1 Roy Caldwell Ford 0:06:30 2 Jack Storrey 3 William Schaible Chevrolet 490

3 miles – Exhibition 1 Roy Caldwell Ford 0:03:15

25 miles 1 William Schaible Chevrolet 490 R Coleman Clark Franklin burst tyre/rolledClark’s mechanician Harold Donner suffered two broken ribs in the accident, but Clark was unhurt. The car caught fire after rolling.

North Manchester Fairgrounds, IN

4th July 1922

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Entrants: Harry Milton G.F.Anderson W.A.Werber A.D.Pfeffer J.S.Sullivan Homer Blanford Timmie Bettinger

25 miles – Free-for-all 1 Fred Gollry 0:31 2 O’Brien 3 Keith

North Platte, NE

4th July 1922

20 miles – American Legion race 1 Ira Vail 0:23:24 2 John Boling 3 Gus Schrader George Kirchuber Parker Abbott

Osgood Fairgrounds, IN


25 miles 1 1 Guy Davis Banger Brothers Chevrolet 0:34:04 2 8 E.E.Thompson Powell’s Garage Ford Special 0:37:56 3 2 Leon Ball Dan Banks Chevrolet Special 0:40:34 R 5 Steotz E.N.Chaille Chevrolet Special 28 laps/steering/accident R 7 Ernest L.Kestler Kestler Special 10 laps/front spindleKestler hit and killed a dog which broke the front spindle.

Owensboro Fairgrounds, IN

4th July 1922

St Johns, AZ

4th July 1922

50 miles 1 Gordon Parks Simplex 0:50:32 Lloyd Grimes 2 John A.Biava Hudson Super Six 0:50:58 Dewey Oliver 3 C.W.Helm Hudson Coleman Jack Odell Ford Charles Duke Ben Smishers Hudson Arthur Martin A.C.Smyers Cadillac McInnis Jim Ocerson Ford Clyde Overson R Henry Yoshigo Ford Special Frank YedaMechanicians listed in italics.

Ford race 1 Emmet Waite 2 E.L.Waiting 3 Albert Jarvis

Stripped Ford race 1 Dave RogersThere were two other entries

San Luis Obispo Fairgrounds, CA

4th July 1922 – 1 mile dirt oval

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40 miles – Dedication race 1 Fred Leulling 0:34:48, 69.4 mph 2 Whyte Womack 3 A.D.Wallace 4 Edward Meyer Jr

On the 2nd July 1922, Enos Bello took his car out for practice with mechanician Louis Silva. While circulating a colt from a nearby barn wandered onto the circuit and caused Bello to crash. Bello was killed instantly, and Silva was hospitalised in a coma. On the 3rd July during further practice sessions, Harry E.Hooker blew a front tyre and overturned four times, suffering a suspected fractured skull. Hooker’s mechanician, Colk, was also seriously injured.

During the races, two “world records” for mile dirt tracks were established, with Jess Coe covering 15 miles in 11m37.6, and Fred Frame covering 1 mile in 43.4s in a non-competitive event.

West Texas Fairgrounds, Abilene, TX

4th July 1922 – 5/8 mile dirt oval

2 laps - Time Trials 1 Phil “Red” Shafer Sprague-Duesenberg

5 miles 1 11 Tony Fields Ford Special 0:05:40.5 2 10 Henry Sanders Ford Special

5 miles 1 11 Tony Fields Ford Special

50 miles 1 Phil “Red” Shafer Sprague-Duesenberg 0:55:01 2 George Clark Hudson 0:55:48.5 3 Ed H.Eckenroth Southwestern 4 Glenn Breed Hudson -4 laps Harry T.Milburn Eddie Gordon Paige Fred Milburn Cole G.E.Prost Chevrolet Dr Chas.W.Williams Ford Roy Trimmier Chevrolet R.E.Morrison Essex Tony Fields Ford Henry Sanders Ford Jimmie Reeder Chevrolet M.T.Williams Chevrolet E.J.Schalk Oakland Bob Cusick Maxwell

Sanctioned by the AAA.

Winslow Baseball Park, AZ

4th July 1922

25 miles 1 C.W.Helm Hudson 2 R.L.McNelly National R Jack Driver Cole con-rod

Ford race 1 H.L.Armstrong 2 J.J.SutherlandOne Ford was disqualified for not being able to finish the first lap due to engine trouble.

Mendocino City, CA

4th-5th July 1922

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Tri-State Fairgrounds, Aberdeen, SD


7th July: 1 mile 1 Fred Horey 0:01:06.8

7th July: 6 laps 1 Horey 0:04:04.0

7th July: 6 laps – Handicap 1 Murray 0:03:54.8 2 Stone

7th July: 10 laps – Heat 1 1 Craft 0:06:09.2 2 Stone

7th July: 10 laps – Heat 2 1 Horey 0:06:34.2 2 Hoffman

7th July: 40 laps - Final 1 Fred Horey 0:12:44.25 2 Craft

8th July: 1 mile1 Fred Horey 0:01:06.8

8th July: 10 laps1 Fred Horey 0:05:37.02 Brachage3 Cliff Craft4 Hall

Covington Fairgrounds, LA

9th July 1922 – ¼ mile dirt oval

Fernand Clement and Henry Baker were killed when the car driven by Baker (#12 National) threw a wheel and overturned, pinning Baker beneath the car and throwing Clement against a fence. The racing program was conducted by the Crescent City Auto Racing Association.

Marshall Fairgrounds, MI


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25 laps 1 Andrew Dudeck 0:17:15.8 2 Long 3 Canfu R Bob Wilcox 3 laps R Bud McCale 3 laps R Huebner 3 laps R 1 lap R 1 lap R 0 laps/crankshaftThere were 9 starters

Before the meeting it was scheduled to have three events of three miles, one of five miles and one of ten miles, but this was changed to one of 12.5 miles and one of 3 miles. After the 25 lap race the starters demandedtheir $25 start money, but due to the poor crowd the promoter didn’t have enough funds to pay them, so the remaining race was called off.

Mount Clemens Race Track, MI

16th July 1922

Ford Elimination, Heat 1 1 Bob Wilcox R Andrew Dudeck accident

Ford Elimination, Heat 2 1 66 Ruddy Huebner Frontenac-Ford

Ford Final 1 66 Ruddy Huebner Frontenac-Ford

Roby Speedway, IN

16th July 1922

10 miles – Ford race 1 Wenniston Ford 0:10:16.5 2 Newman Ford 3 George Beck Ford

10 miles – Big car race 1 George Beck Essex 0:10:51.5 2 Eddie Clay 3 Earl WarwickThere were 10 starters.

25 miles - Final 1 Nichols Ford 20 miles 2 Wenniston Ford 3 Lytle Whitaker Ford NewmanSeven cars collided with each other resulting in a stoppage of one hour while the mess was cleared up. There were 14 starters. Following this the race was cut to 20 miles and restarted, this time with 7 starters.

Watertown, WI

16th July 1922 – ½ mile oval

5 miles

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1 Baumgard 2 Joe Hoffman Marquette-Ford

10 miles 3 Joe Hoffman Marquette-Ford


23rd July 1922

15 miles 1 Raymond Humberger

25 miles 1 Arthur Slady 0:23:25 2 Shliak Essex 3 George Platneur R Raymond Humberger Chevrolet rolledHumberger was attempting to take the lead on the first lap when he overturned. Humberger was pinned beneath the car, and suffered broken ribs and concussion.

Other Entrants: Ralph Ormsby

Lagoon Speedway, UT

24th July 1922 – 1 mile dirt oval

5 miles – Open 1 Claire Sprague R Benny Burrows accident R Charles Herman accidentHerman crashed into the fence, resulting in the death of his mechanician Chris Chioles, and seriousinjury to the driver.

15 miles – Open 1 Claire Sprague

Entrants: Claire Sprague Packard Special J.E.Palagrove Palagrove Special Harold Knight Fiat Special Charles Yetters Benny Burrows Harry Phillips Charles Herman Haynes

Meeting was also to feature a 1.5 mile race for theLagoon Speedway Championship, and H.L.White was to try for the stock car 1 mile dirt track record.

Meade County Fairgrounds, SD

26th-28th July 1922

Time Trials

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1 Gus Schrader 0:00:32

Meade Post Special (heats and a 25-mile final):Cancelled - all seven remaining cars ran in Black Hills Sweepstakes

Black Hills Sweepstakes (heats and a 25-mile final) 1 Gus Schrader 2 John Mais 3 Noel Bullock Frontenac-Ford 4 Bunker

Consolation (15 miles for non-money winners) 1 Wier

Bridgeton Fairgrounds, NJ


Race 1 – Ford Race ?

Race 2 – Match Race 1 Thompson Reed Frontenac R Herbert Banks Dodge fatal accidentBanks hit the retaining bank, shot into the air throwing the driver out, and then landed on top of him. Banks died on the way to hospital.

Two further events were held. All events were hampered by dust.

Carthage Fairgrounds, MO

4th August 1922

3 miles 1 Walter Boling Frontenac-Ford 0:04:00 2 B.T.Barber 3 F.L.Gorman Maxwell

5 miles – Featuring a mid-race wheel change 1 Walter Boling Frontenac-Ford 0:06:20 2 F.L.Gorman Maxwell 3 Erwinn Durr R Ben Butterfield Nash hit fence

10 miles – Free-for-all 1 Walter Boling Frontenac-Ford 0:11:32 2 Len Scherbel Dodge 3 F.L.Gorman Maxwell

Jefferson, IA


John Baker in a Ford Special lapped the track in 36s

Onawa Fairgrounds, IA

5th August 1922

10 miles – Interstate Championship, Entrants: Paul Cabney Hudson Casey Steece Steece Special Ray Herbert Cole 8 Nick Rich Hawkeye Special Ted Vincent Chevrolet Special

Also to feature a three and five mile race. The Steece Special featured an aeroplane engine.

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Cotati, CA

6th August 1922 – 1.25 mile board oval

50 miles – Ford Stock Car race 1 Hughson Ford Special 0:42:11.4 2 Murphy Ford Special 3 Sanderson Ford Special 4 Doherty Ford Special

This race was held in addition to the AAA championship races held the same day.

Recreation Park, Kalamazoo, MI

6th August 1922

100 miles 1 Bud McHale Ford Special 2 Benny Lowell Kenyon Cole Special 3 Louis Epstein Morton R Ralph Ormsby Clemons Special crankshaft

Ormsby did 1 mile in 48s.

Petersburg Fairgrounds, IN

7th August 1922

5 miles – Heat 1 1 18 Clyde Sneden Essex 0:19:00.75 2 Carl Knowles Chevrolet

5 miles – Heat 2 1 John Pittman Chevrolet 0:20 R Carl Knowles Chevrolet accidentCarl Knowles went through a wire fence, suffering cuts and a broken leg.

5 miles – Heat 3 1 John Pittman Chevrolet 0:21 2 Guy Davis Chevrolet 3 Carl Nation

A car (Brown Special) also threw a wheel, which struck Dr Austin Logan, causing internal injuries. Robert Elkins rushed to the crashed cars of Warrick and Sneden in qualifying to help Sneden, who was trapped underneath the car, only to suffer a broken leg as they were hit by a third car. There were 17 entries, 11qualified, 4 finished.

Woodland Park, KS


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3 miles 1 Gus Schrader Dodge 0:03:48.3 2 Lon Scheihill Shi-Bell Special

5 miles 1 Gus Schrader Dodge 0:05:07.0 2 Koepke Dodge

3 miles – Ford stock cars 1 Art Tuttle Ford 0:05:08 2 Robert Pugh Ford

Other Entrants: 7 Joe Paxton Maxwell Ohrazda Ford Special “Peggy” Montrose Montrose Special Vern Ellis Chevrolet Special


11th August 1922

3 miles – Ford stock cars 1 Lloyd Shoemaker 0:05:05 2 Gus Schelldorf 3 Herbert Beck

3 miles – Non-Ford stock cars 1 Albert Thede Hudson 0:05:22.5 2 George Holland Chevrolet 3 R.C.Strait Gardner

3 miles – Auto relay race 1 Albert Thede 0:06:11.25 2 George Holland 3 R.C.StraitDrivers went a mile, stopped and took on three passengers, drove another mile, stopped, unloaded, then drove another mile to the finish.

Maple Heights, OH

12th August 1922

Ed Burget was badly injured when his car crashed into a fence during races.

Gulf Coast Speedway, TX

13th August 1922

12 miles – Open 1 Bradshaw Marmon 0:10:24.2 2 Perkins Revere

12 miles – Small cars 1 M.Ciaccio Ford 0:12:38.2 2 M.J.Guseman Ford

48 miles – Free-for-all 1 Henry Bradshaw Marmon 0:44:46.4 2 L.Peters Studebaker 3 Roy Huston McFarland Jimmy Olenbush Dodge M.J.Guseman Ford R “Choc” Perkins Arthur J Binz Jr Revere fire R Fondon piston head R Doc Fuelner fireFuelner’s car stopped at the top of the embankment and brought out the red flags. Peters’ Studebaker suffered a loose battery connection and he only just came to a halt behind the ambulance attending Fuelnerand his mechanic, although they were unhurt. The battery connection was repaired in time for the restart.

A motorcycle race was also held.

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Jackson, MI

13th August 1922

3 miles 1 16 Ralph Ormsby Clemons Special

5 miles 1 16 Ralph Ormsby Clemons Special 0:05:08 R.J.Huebner Ford accident R Earl Burman rolled/fatal accidentBurman hit the stalled car of Huebner, and rolled – he was taken to hospital unconscious where he died that night. Earl Burman was the brother of famous racer Bob Burman.

25 miles 1 16 Ralph Ormsby Clemons Special

Roby Speedway, IN

13th August 1922

5 miles – Ford race 1 Wenneston 0:05:12 2 Whitaker

5 miles – Heavy Cars 1 Dick Seip 0:06:38.2 2 DomkeSeip drove a Premier.

5 miles – Ford race 1 15 Urban 0:05:33.4 2 Lawell R Ed Brink accident R 33 Nichols accident R 7 Newman accidentUrban overtook Brink on the inside – Brink’s car then skidded and rolled. Nichols went over the bank in avoidance, and Newman, unsighted by the dust, hit the wreckage of Brink’s car, Brink being pinned beneath it. Brink was taken to St Margaret’s Hospital where he died the next morning. There were six starters for this race, and three finishers.

5 miles – Heavy Cars 1 Earl Warrick 0:05:39.5 2 Beck

25 miles 1 Urban 0:27:39 2 Harris 3 Ketchum R Wenneston engineTwo cars left the track just after the start, forcing new start for which there were seven entrants. Wenneston took the early lead and held it for 15 laps until his engine broke.

Other entrants: Vance Olds Harvey Rhedd Stutz

North Iowa Fairgrounds, Mason City, IA

14th August 1922

Larry Stone and Cliff Craft won races at these events. Fred Horey lost a wheel in one of the events, left the circuit and hit a truck on a road a block away, just missing a group of children.

1st Brinkerhoff Hill Hillclimb, Chittenango, NY

19th August 1922 – 1.4 mile hillclimb

10 events to be run – five for members of the auto club, four for automobile dealers, and one free-for-allfor any member of a club affiliated with the AAA. Events to be run according to the engine size:

Class C – Gasolene carsDivision 5 – 161-183 cubic inchesDivision 6 – 184-230 ciDivision 7 – 231-300 ciDivision 8 – 301-450 ci

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Class D – Free-for-all

Goshen Fairgrounds, IN


25 miles 1 Eddie Clay Chevrolet special 0:33:50 2 W.J.Cutter Dodge special 3 Ira Hall Hersel-Spillman 4 Ross Greenawalt Ralph special 5 Walter Wise Monroe Special R Ralph Logan Ford-RajahNS Schindler qualifying accident

During practice Al Downes threw a tyre in the north-east turn and overturned his Ford-Rajah, resulting in a leg fracture and a trip to hospital.

Greene County Speedway, Jefferson, IA

19th August 1922 (estimated)

H.A.Ter Veen won a 5 mile race against five other cars.

Mississippi Valley Fairgrounds, Davenport, IA

19th August 1922

3.5 miles 1 32 Sig Haugdahl Duesenberg 0:04:16.4 2 1 Fred Horey Fiat 3 3 Craft Wisconsin Special 9 Hoffman Comet 28 Petticord Essex 12 Murray Stutz

3.5 miles – Hawkeye Derby, Heat 1 1 3 Craft Wisconsin Special 0:04:16.6 2 1 Horey Fiat 3 9 Hoffman Comet 33 Schultheiss Essex 17 Kelley Bugatti

2.5 miles – Hawkeye Derby, Final 1 1 Horey Fiat 0:03:08 2 22 Haugdahl Duesenberg 3 9 Hoffman Comet R 3 Craft Wisconsin Special engine

3.5 miles – Consolation 1 33 Schultheis Essex 2 12 Murray Stutz 3 28 Petticord Essex 17 Kelley Bugatti

1 mile – Exhibition 28 Miss Zenita Neville Essex 0:01:17.6

5 miles – Pursuit Handicap 1 Stone Bug 0:06:30 2 12 Murray Stutz 3 33 Schultheis Essex R 3 Craft Wisconsin Special engine

Sanctioned by IMCA.

Sheboygan Fairgrounds, WI

19th August 1922

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1 mile – Time Trial 1 Edward Best

3 mile – Ford race, flying start 1 3 Howard Helmer Central Garage Ford 0:03:59.25 2 1 H.Halboth Pat Slattery Ford R Edward Best A.Greenwald Ford rolled

8 miles 1 3 Howard Helmer 0:10:22.5 2 1 H.Halboth 0:10:23.0

3 miles – Match Race 1 3 Howard Helmer 0:04:03.0 2 1 H.Halboth 0:04:04.5

Gilmore Langemak (entered by Floyd Gessert) and Al Collins (by John Shaver of Dahl Brothers) also entered the races, but retired early in the program due to burnt out bearings.

Stow Park, NY

19th August 1922

Red Maley was to drive a Duesenberg, Dave Koetzla an Auburn.

Centlivre Park, IN

20th August 1922

Entrants: 16 Ralph Ormsby Clemons Special 8 Merle Chandler Speedway Special Earl Warrick Buick Four 35 Robert Schonner Mart Ewigleben Kliesrath Special 17 Chevrolet 6 Claude Fix Clemons Special 15 William Ward Rajo Special W.J.Cutter Dodge 16v 14 William Suddeth George Shumaker Baby Cyclone16v 25 Merton & Brett 44 Monroe R.Kinsley Essex Carpenter Fox Special

Time Trials 1 Ralph Ormsby

5 miles – Free-for-all 1 Ralph Ormsby 0:05:55.2 2 William Suddeth 3 Claude Fix

10 miles – For fastest cars 1 Ralph Ormsby 0:11:21.5 2 Robert Schonner 3 Claude Fix

15 miles – For fastest cars 1 Ralph Ormsby 0:17:20.2 2 Robert Schonner 3 Claude Fix

25 miles – Feature 1 R.Kinsley 0:30:19.4 2 Claude Fix 3 Carpenter R Ralph Ormsby thrown wheel R Robert Schonner accident R William Suddeth accident

Hawkeye Fair & Exposition, Fort Dodge, IA

21st August 1922

Races were to be run to IMCA rules. The Grant Trophy wass to be awarded to the track champion. Entry blanks were sent to Sig Haugdahl, Fred Horey, Louis Disbrow, Putty Hoffman, Jimmy Craft. H.A.Ter Veen was also to compete.

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Plymouth, WI

21st August 1922

Ed Best was hurt in a race.


25th August 1922

5 miles 1 3 Arnold Lipsett 0:06:31.75 2 65 Floyd Ackerly 3 11 Clarence Ronk 4 7 George Walters lost wheel

5 miles 1 3 Arnold Lipsett 0:06:39.75 2 1 Lee Robertson 3 11 Clarence Ronk ret/hit fence 4 7 Floyd Ackerly ret/mechanical

Iowa State Fairgrounds, IA

25th August 1922

Flemington, NJ

26th August 1922

Louis Frinck was injured driving his Frinck Special, which had a 731 ci engine! Grant Kirchuber broke his arm.

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Hammond, LA

26th or 27th August 1922

This image and text was syndicated across the US press, appearing as far afield as Ohio and Michigan. Cline’s brother and fiancé were killed at Covington in July.

Fort Miami, Toledo, OH

27th August 1922

150 miles - Entrants Ralph Ormsby

Wisconsin State Fair Park, Milwaukee, WI

29th August 1922

5 miles – Manufacturers Sweepstakes, Heat 1 1 G.Toft Case Special 0:04:55 2 Irving Hoffman Comet 3 King Kelley Bugatti

5 miles – Manufacturers Sweepstakes, Heat 2 1 Louis Disbrow Frontenac 0:04:38 2 Fred Horey Fiat 3 C.Baumgart Chevrolet

Time Trials 1 Louis Disbrow Frontenac 0:00:52 = Fred Horey Fiat 0:00:52

5 miles – Ford race 1 H.Johnson Ford 0:04:45 2 Stanley Nowicki Ford 3 A.Markmann Ford

5 miles – Free-for-all 1 Fred Horey Fiat 0:04:18 2 Louis Disbrow Frontenac 3 G.Toft Case Special

1 mile – Time Trials for Milwaukee City Championship (to be held 2nd September) 1 Trudell Briscoe 0:00:55.25 2 Ed Chappie Ferro 0:00:56 3 Stanley Nowicki Dowmetal Marmon 0:00:57

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= Czerwinski Ford 0:00:57 5 C.Baumgart Chevrolet 0:00:58 6 Magnus Duesenberg 0:01:05

10 miles – Manufacturers‘ Sweepstakes 1 Fred Horey Fiat 0:08:51.25 2 Louis Disbrow Frontenac 3 A.Wenneston Ford SpecialFive starters, two retired with engine trouble

Danville Fairgrounds, VA

2nd September 1922

Auto race day of the L&L Fair.

Dutchess County Fairgrounds, Rhinebeck, NY

2nd September 1922

Entrants: Ira Vail Red Shafer14 entrants. Buddy Marr was slightly injured during the meet.

5 mile and 10 mile races were to held.

Hamline, Minnesota State Fairgrounds, MN

2nd September 1922 – 1 mile dirt oval

1 mile Sig Haugdahl Wisconsin Special 0:00:46.4

Iowa State Fairgrounds, IA

2nd September 1922

1 mile Sig Haugdahl 0:01:00.4

3 miles Sig Haugdahl 0:03:07

4 miles Sig Haugdahl 0:04:09.2

5 miles Sig Haugdahl 0:05:13.4

Wisconsin State Fair Park, Milwaukee, WI

2nd September 1922

Five people were injured when the left wheel of a race car flew off and crashed into a spectator box at the edge of the track during practice.

Lakeview, OR

2nd-4th September 1922

An automobile race was to feature as part of the Lakeview Round-up.


3rd-4th September 1922 – 1.5 mile beach circuit

3rd September

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During practice for the following day’s 75 mile race, Harry Grant, driving a McFarland, crashed into the barriers and damaged five cars parked there, occupied by spectators. His mechanician, Lee Wall, was badly injured. Nearby thunderstorms made the sky look ominous although it wasn’t falling at the circuit, but even so the organisers called off the races for the afternoon. 38 cars ran qualifying laps.

4th September: 18 miles – Open 1 Henry Bradshaw Marmon 0:15:21.2 2 Wade Studebaker 0:15:58.2 3 Miller Mercer 0:16:00.0DQ 45 Earl Graham Ford driving on outside of track

4th September: 18 miles – Small cars 1 45 Olin Reeves Ford Special 0:17:53 2 E.C.Brazleton Chevrolet 0:18:36 3 M.H.Runnels Chevrolet -1 lap 4th September: 75 miles 1 Henry Bradshaw W.W.Fuelner Marmon 1:12:33.5 2 Red Fonden Packard 1:15:43.4 3 Stakes Lutcher Moore Mercer -6 laps R 44 Bill Melaun Ford Special R Wade Studebaker Special 14 laps/con-rod R 45 Olin Reeves Ford Special mechanical R Miller Mercer 1 lapBill Fiegle overturned #32 Dodge during practice for the race when his rear wheel collapsed – he broke hisleg and was knocked unconscious.

There were 7 starters for the race. Olin Reeves took the place of Earl Graham, who was disqualified in thefirst race of the day and then barred for the rest of the day for driving on the outside of the track whennot passing a car.

Other known entrants: Carter Studebaker Charles Hallam Essex Ciaccio FordThere were 42 entries

Alliance, OH

4th September 1922

George L.Richardson, 32, of Cleveland OH, died at the wheel of his automobile as he was preparing to participate in an automobile race at Alliance. An overdose of medicine, which he had taken to cure an attack of acute indigestion, caused his death according to Coroner McQuale.

Altoona Driving Park, PA

4th September 1922

10 miles – Ford race 1 6 Albright 0:13:06 2 3 McMahon 3 1 Headen

15 miles – Class B open 1 9 Rose Chevrolet 0:19:13 2 38 McMahon Dodge 3 28 Hayer Dodge

25 miles – Large cars 1 7 Lambilasky Nash 0:32:14 2 34 Rolch Marmon 3 11 O’Brien Hudson

Coshocton Fairgrounds, OH

4th September 1922

25 miles 1 Daniel Boone Chevrolet 490 0:34

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5 miles 1 Daniel Boone Chevrolet 490 0:06:20

A third race was also held.

Funk’s Lake, Winchester, IN

4th September 1922

100 miles 1 Ralph Ormsby Frontenac-Ford 1:52.45 2 Kingsley 3 Homer Ormsby 4 Claude Fix 5 Benton Shoaff Ross Greenawalt Ralph Special R Harry Nichols accident R Merle Chandler Hunt Special accident

Merrill A. “Merle” Chandler locked wheels with Nichols and smashed against a concrete wall. He was fatallyinjured, and died two days later in hospital. Nichols suffered a broken arm and other minor injuries.

Iowa City, IA

4th September 1922

4 miles – Stock Fords 1 Kenneth Harmer 0:06:37.2 2 G.”Scoop” Dolph 3 Cecil Hoffman

10 miles 1 Gus Schrader 0:15:03.6 2 Emmett Schrader 3 Elmer Le Vora

3 miles – Open Professional race 1 Gus Schrader Dodge Special 0:04:22 2 Emmett Schrader Nash Special 3 Mike Haddad Essex Special 4 R.R.Holland Ford Special R John Guinta Dodge Special accident

5 miles – Open Professional race 1 Gus Schrader Dodge Special 0:07:58.6 2 Emmett Schrader Nash Special 3 R.R.Holland Ford Special 4 Mike Haddad Essex Special

Run by the Cedar Rapids Auto Club.

Keokuk, IA

4th September 1922

Floyd Bobzien (Frontenac-Ford) won “everything” at this meeting.

Kewanee, IL

4th September 1922

Joe Johnson, Gus Schrader and Woodbury competed.

Nebraska State Fair, Lincoln, NE


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1 mile Sig Haughdahl Frontenac 0:00:58.6

2 miles 1 Sig Haughdahl Frontenac 0:01:58


4th September 1922

Ps # Driver Car Time 1 24 Noel Bullock Ford 0:19:50.9 2 11 King Rhiley Hudson 0:20:05.0 3 8 Parker Abbott Packard 0:20:07.0 4 1 W.S.Haines Mercer 0:20:31.0 5 3 Glen Schultz Essex 0:20:41.0 6 2 Harold Brinker Willis St Claire 0:20:41.0 7 19 Roy W.Beavers Chevrolet 0:23:03.4 8 8 Art S.Hillis Essex 0:23:05.4 9 5 Harry McMillen Pierce Arrow 0:23:11.210 16 W.L.Chapin Dodge 0:23:25.811 15 Sam Marcos Haynes 0:24:18.812 9 R.G.Dashback Dash Special 0:24:37.413 27 Jerry Chambers Mercer 0:25:29.814 10 Harry E.O’Brien Stephens 0:29:01.415 21 Al Gunther Chevrolet 0:32:14.4 R 18 William Majors Hudson R 16 C.S.Hiopper Revere Special 23 Sherman Grave Ford R 26 George D.Adams Ford Jack Knight Lexington Tom Alley Kelsey Special H.West Lincoln Dave Straub Essex Norman A.Glen Chevrolet Ray L.Bradbury Ford John C.Allen Paige Earl H.O’Ferrell Maxwell



Time Trials 1 15 Dewey Woodling Chevrolet Special 0:00:35.8 2 16 Russell McMillen Frontenac-Ford 0:00:36.0 3 4 Bob Hill Ford Mystery Special 0:00:37.8 13 Joe Uhle Mercer 11 Fred Dorthy Ford Special 9 Douglass 6 Goultry Ford Special 16v 1 House Chevrolet Special 5 Mooney Studebaker Special 7 Money Dodge Special 14 Soulders Ford SpecialDQ Earl Morey FrontenacJust prior to the start of these, Glenn Lake sustained a badly bruised right leg when he was struck by theswerving car of Ray Campbell. The steering knuckle of his Campbell Special broke, causing the car to swerve and strike the fence. Sixteen cars entered the time trials, four were disqualified.

5 miles 1 Goultry 0:06:22.2 R Bob Hill blown tyre11 starters. Goultry broke a con-rod at the end of the race, and had to take a trip into Logansport to source a new one in time for the 25 mile race.

10 miles 1 Russell McMillen 0:12:57.8 2 Money 0:12:58.8 3 Woodling 0:13:02.0Will Thornton, the official starter, was struck by a Ford and was badly bruised a few minutes before the start of this race.

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25 miles 1 Goultry 0:31:55.2 R Bob Hill 30 laps/cracked housing R Fred Dorthy 15 laps/skid/roll R Russell McMillen 15 laps/accidentMcMillen lost control on the east straightaway, crashed through a wire fence and into a nearby orchard – he suffered a lacerated face.

Hill was using aircraft tyres, and having blown one had no spare. In the time between the 5 and 25 mile races, he put in a long distance telephone call to Kokomo Aviation for two new tyres. 15 minutes later an aircraft arrived at the nearby Roselawn, landed, and delivered the tyres in time for the race. Hill then led the race up until his mechanical problem.

Run by the Logansport Racing Association.

Collingsworth County Fairgrounds, TX

6th September 1922

To feature a ladies auto race.

New England Fairgrounds, Worcester, MA

6th September 1922

Entrants: Ray Claypool Delage Floyd Willard Monroe Ray Burr Lampkin Peugeot Sandy McDonald Stutz

Sanctioned by IMCA

Allison-Barber Race Track, Washington, IN

6th September 1922

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Race 1 Claude BennettThere were four entrants, two of whom went out in the trials due to accidents. The second placed finisher drove a Chevrolet.

Auto race day at the Daviess County Fair.

Roosevelt Park, Longmont, CO

7th-8th September 1922 – ½ mile dirt oval


7th SeptemberRan elimination heats for the free-for-all to be run on the 8th. 18 cars contested the heats, among them being Noel Bullock and Harold Brinker.

8th September: 10 miles – Free-for-all 1 Fred Bullock Ford Special 0:11:11 2 Walter Higley Ford Special 3 Albert Higley Ford Special 4 Albert Prefaire Dodge Tom Abbott Packard R Jack Allen Paige accident R Red Majors Ford Special accident R Percy Green Marmon accident

8th September: 10 miles – Boulder County Special 1 Walter Higley Ford Special 0:12:01 2 Carl Frank Wills St Clair 3 Tom Hines Ford Special

8th September: 10 miles – State Special 1 Walter Higley Ford Special 0:11:22.2 2 Harold Brinker Wills St Clair 3 Bert Pendleton Ford Special

8th September: 0.5 miles – Time Trial Fred Bullock Ford Special 0:00:32.0

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Cass County Fairgrounds, IA

8th September 1922

1 mile – Elimination 1 J.L.Baker Ford Special 0:01:09 2 Paul Cabney Hudson Special 0:01:10Rain in the area kept many cars away. Fred Mais was stuck in the mud somewhere in southwest Iowa, and two cars from Sioux City were also delayed due to bad roads.

5 miles – Free-for-all 1 J.L.Baker Dr Pitman Ford Special 0:05:55 2 Paul Cabney A.J.Halbrook Hudson Special 3 E.R.McKippin Chevrolet 4 A.F.Dreager Auburn R Robert Fudge FordNS Gene Parker Ford Special broke crankshaft in practice

The rain came down after the race had finished....

Collingsworth County Fairgrounds, TX

8th September 1922

To feature 3 & 5 mile auto races.

Manson Fairgrounds, IA

8th September 1922

10 miles 1 H.A.TerVeen 0:11:32

10 miles 2 H.A.TerVeen



Charter Oak Park, CT

9th September 1922

Event 1 – Time TrialsEvent 2 – 5 miles, Class E (non-stock 450ci and under)Event 3 – 2 miles, Class D Free-for-allEvent 4 – 5 miles, HandicapEvent 5 – 5 miles, Class E (for non-prize winners)

Entrants: Red Shafer Duesenberg Jim Benedict Meteor Special Milton McBride Frontenac (Ralph Mulford owned) Dan Donahue Harry Beals Frinck Special Buddy Marr Pewsey Special 2 Alfred Lantz Duesenberg (entered Grant Kirchuber)23 Duesenberg

Sanctioned by the AAA. Dario Resta to act as starter.



1 lap – Time Trial 1 Jack Foley 0:00:34

5 miles – Ford race

1 Jack Foley 0:07:43 2 Edward Perkins

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Australian Pursuit 1 James Gordon 4 laps 2 Homer W.Aiken

5 miles – Ford stock cars 1 Homer W.Aiken 0:07:56 2 Chauncy Barry 3 Jack Lavine


9th September 1922 – dirt oval

1 mile 1 Howdy Wilcox 0:00:58.8

5 miles – Heat 1 1 Howdy Wilcox 0:04:27.2 2 Leon Duray

5 miles – Heat 2 1 Howdy Wilcox 0:04:21.6 2 Leon Duray

5 miles - Sweepstakes

1 Leon Corum 0:04:59 2 C.W.Van Ranst

Australian Pursuit 1 C.W.Van Ranst 0:06:25.8, 7 miles

15 miles - Feature 1 Howdy Wilcox 0:12:56 2 C.W.Van Ranst -1 lapEngine troubles caused the three other starters to drop out.

Entrants: Howdy Wilcox Peugeot Leon Duray Frontenac Ralph Mulford Ora Haibe Van Ranst Treyvoux

Sanctioned by the AAA

Paris, IL

9th September 1922

Time Trials 1 Ralph Ormsby

40 miles R Ralph Ormsby accidentOrmsby slowed down following a warning flag after an accident – six other cars close behind him did not and hit him. Of the seven cars in the race, only two took the restart.

Canton, OH


Race 1 Carl Lieber

Date was reported as “this week” on the 13th.

Topeka Fairgrounds, KS



7 laps – Elimination Heat 1, for the Sunflower Sweepstakes 1 Fred Horey Frontenac 0:04:00.4 2 Stone Duesenberg Craft King Special Kelley Bugatti Petticord Essex

7 laps – Elimination Heat 2 1 Louis Disbrow Fiat 0:04:17 2 Craft King Special

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1 mile - Time Trials 1 Fred Horey Frontenac 0:01:06 Louis Disbrow Fiat 0:01:07

5 miles – Handicap 1 Louis Disbrow Fiat 0:06:13 2 Petticord Essex Murray Stutz Kelley Bugatti

5 miles – Free-for-all 1 Louis Disbrow Fiat 0:06:03 2 Craft King Special 3 Fred Horey Frontenac Murray Stutz hit guard rail

Greene County Fairgrounds, IA

15th September 1922

5 miles 1 Dave Pittman 2 H.D.McAfee 3 L.S.Fenno

2 miles 1 Dave Pittman 2 H.D.McAfee 3 L.S.Fenno

3 miles 1 Dave Pittman 2 H.D.McAfee 3 Bernie Baker

Greenville Fairgrounds, TX

15th September 1922

13 year old Ed Paris was killed while trying to cross the race track during morning warm-up for the races.He was hit by Jack Hall, who in turn hit the fence and demolished his car as he tried to avoid the boy.

Osgood Fairgrounds, IN

15th September 1922

25 mile race to be held as part of the Big Fall Festival.

Pittsburg County Free Fair, McAlester, OK

15th September 1922

Arlington Park, VA

16th September 1922

Frank Norris was killed and his mechanician James Hunter seriously injured when Norris went through the fence during a race.

Burlington Fairgrounds, IA

16th September 1922

Time Trials 1 Earl Warrick

15 miles

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1 Joe Johnson Essex 0:30:08.4 2 Earl Warrick 3 Joe Kokonis Kokonis Special Swan

Ford Special Ralph Frick Ford Special R Owen Harwood Maxwell accidentPoor crowds resulted in this race being shortened from 25 miles to 15.

Run by the Central Illinois Racing Association.

Dawson County Raceway, Lexington, NE


Class A – cars which lapped circuit at under 36s

Class B – cars which lapped circuit between 36 and 40s 1 Herman Trauernicht 2 John Shieck12 entries


16th September 1922

There were 13 entries, and starter E.C.Smith refused to send them all off together. Hence there were two elimination heats run with the field split in two over two miles.

2 miles - Heat 1 1 Ira Vail Duesenberg Straight 8 2 R.W.van Ranst Frontenac 3 Bill Albertson Duesenberg Louis Corum Frontenac Horace Shaw Essex Milton McBride Frontenac

2 miles – Heat 2 1 Jim Benedict 2 Red Shafer Duesenberg 3 Tom Alley Frontenac L.Schassiere Ford Louis Hoyt Ford Bo Amos Whalen Special Bill Alvaro Peugeot

10 miles 1 Ira Vail Duesenberg 0:08:04.8 2 Red Shafer Duesenberg 3 R.W.van Ranst Frontenac 4 Tom Alley Frontenac

20 miles 1 Ira Vail Duesenberg 0:15:52.4 2 Tom Alley Frontenac 3 R.W.van Ranst Frontenac 4 Louis Hoyt Duesenberg

50 miles 1 Tom Alley Frontenac 0:38:44.4 2 Bill Albertson Duesenberg 3 R.W.van Ranst Frontenac 4 Louis Hoyt Duesenberg 5 Louis Corum Frontenac R Ira Vail Duesenberg engine

Topeka Fairgrounds, KS



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2.5 miles 1 Kelley Bugatti 0:05:15 2 Petticord Essex 3 Stone Duesenberg 4 Murray Stutz

3 miles – Match Race 1 Fred Horey Frontenac 0:04:01 2 Cliff Craft King Special 3 Louis Disbrow Fiat

2.5 miles – Free-for-all 1 Fred Horey Frontenac 0:03:18 2 Cliff Craft King Special 3 Putty Hoffman 4 Stone Duesenberg

2.5 miles - Sunflower Sweepstakes 1 Fred Horey Frontenac 0:03:09 2 Louis Disbrow Fiat 3 Cliff Craft King Special

2.5 miles - Consolation Race 1 Murray Stutz 0:03:37.5 2 Petticord Essex 3 Putty Hoffman Comet


17th September 1922

Rained off

Lakewood Speedway, GA

17th September 1922

Saginaw Fairgrounds, MI


3 milesCharles Johnson was fourth in a five car field when he skidded on overtaking a car. He crashed through thefence and then hit a barn directly beneath a second-floor window in which a young boy was sitting. The young boy hung on in mid-air and was unhurt, but Johnson suffered a head injury from which he was dead on arrival at St Mary’s Hospital.

Toledo, OH

17th September 1922

100 miles 1 Homer Ormsby 1:32:15 Ralph Ormsby

Ralph Ormsby set a mile track record of 48.4s.

Interstate Fairgrounds, Sioux City, IA


17th September: Free-for-all Handicap 1 Bill Endicott

17th September: Hawkeye Sweepstakes, Heat 1

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1 Anderson Delage

17th September: Hawkeye Sweepstakes, Heat 2 1 Kelly Fiat

17th September: 5 laps - Consolation 1 Murray Mooney Special 0:03:29

17th September: Light car race 1 Fosnaugh Oldsmobile Special 2 Bill Endicott Duesenberg

17th September: Triangular match race 1 Anderson Delage 2 Larson 3 Bill Endicott

18th September: Hawkeye Sweepstakes, Final ?

Other Entrants: Miss Zenita Neville Peerless Fred Horey Ted Rick Duesenberg Eddie Burgett Oldsmobile Special Billy Jackals Essex Sid Rothchild Peerless

Corpus Christi, TX

20th September 1922

Entrants: Eddie Eckenroth Glenn Breed Joe Harder W.Draper


22nd September 1922 – ½ mile dirt ovals


1 mile – Time Trials 1 Fred Horey Frontenac 0:01:05.4

3.5 miles – Heat 1 1 Irwin “Putty” Hoffman Comet 0:04:20.8 2 Jack Petticord Essex 0:04:21.4 3 Larry Stone Duesenberg 4 Clyde Kelly Bugatti

3.5 miles – Heat 2 1 Fred Horey Frontenac 0:04:15.8 2 Allen Fiat 3 Clif Craft King Special4 Bill Bryant

5 miles – Invitational Handicap 1 Larry Stone Duesenberg 0:06:36.4 2 Clyde Kelly Bugatti R Jack Petticord Essex 7 laps R Allen Fiat 4 laps/engine

5 miles – Kansas Sweepstakes 1 Fred Horey Frontenac 0:06:25.4 2 Irwin Hoffman Comet 3 Cliff Craft King Special 4 Larry Stone Duesenberg R Jack Petticord Essex 5 laps/engine

The meeting was sanctioned by IMCA.

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Michigan State Fairgrounds, Grand Rapids, MI

22nd September 1922

5 miles 1 Ralph Ormsby

25 miles 1 Ralph Ormsby

Homer Ormsby had engine trouble and didn’t run in the races.

Springfield, MA

22nd September 1922 – ½ mile dirt oval

1 mile 1 Sig Haugdahl Wisconsin Special 0:00:58.2 Sig Haugdahl Frontenac 0:01:01.2 Ray Lampkin 0:01:06 Ray Claypool 0:01:11.4

2 miles 1 Sig Haugdahl Frontenac 0:01:59.0

Part of the Eastern States Exposition. Haugdahl also did 3 miles in 3m00.0, four miles in 4m00.5, and 5 miles in 5m00.75, and 10 miles in 9m56.

Sanctioned by IMCA.

Allentown Fairgrounds, PA


In the first lap of the five-mile free-for-all, the last event, Walter J.Lozette’s Hispano-Suiza #37 hit the rear of Larry Beals when trying to overtake him for the lead, overturning. Lozette was thrown to the ground, and died later that day in hospital from a punctured lung.

Johnson County Fairgrounds, Tecumseh, NE

23rd September 1922

1 Herman Trauernicht 2 John Lambert Chevrolet R John Schiek Buick Special accident R Spike Kipper Chevrolet accidentKipper interlocked wheels with Schiek, lost a wheel and damaged his radiator as it went through the fence.Schiek broke three ribs after then hitting a tree and crashing into a barn.

Trauernicht set a new track record of 37.6s.

Meyersdale, PA

23rd September 1922

Heavy car Free-for-all R Harry Gibson Hudson accident

Gibson suffered locking steering gear, causing him to go through the fence and overturn. Gibson was thrownfrom the car, landing on a wire fence and knocking out one eye and severely wrenching his back.

Urbana, IL

23rd September 1922

1 Earl Warrick

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24th September 1922 – 1.5 mile dirt oval

12 miles - Cars up to 200 ci 1 Lawrence Robertl Curtis Reid Special 0:11:00.0 2 Warren Mims Ford 0:11:20.8 3 E.C.Brazleton Chevrolet 0:14:21.4

Ford R Red Fonden H.L.Silverstein Ford accident14 entries

Australian Pursuit 1 Bill Melaun Ford 2 Lawrence Robertl Curtis Reid Special

12 miles 1 Jamie Stakes R.A.Moore Mercer 0:09:54.6 2 Hilmer Dodge Special 0:10:05.6 3 C.H.Myers Carter Co Studebaker 0:10:10.4 4 Harder Stephens 5 Marmon R M.K.Nagle John W.Ashcroft Hudson accident

24 miles – Free-for-all 1 Jamie Stakes R.A.Moore Mercer 2 Harder Stephens

Marmon R C.H.Myers Carter Co Studebaker holed radiator

Montpelier, IN

24th September 1922

10 miles 1 Ralph Ormsby Chevrolet Bros Frontenac-Ford 2 Claude Fox Clemons Special

20 miles 1 Ralph Ormsby Chevrolet Bros Frontenac-Ford 2 Claude Fox Clemons Special

Combination Park, MA

24th September 1922

While testing for races to be held that day at Combination Park, the tyre of Joe Mara’s car exploded, causing the car to overturn. Mara was largely unhurt, but his mechanician Alexander Dion suffered severe head injuries from which he died. Racing was cancelled, but the manager of the event absconded with the gate receipts before paying customers could get a refund.

Roby Speedway, IN

24th September 1922

?

Oklahoma State Fairgrounds, OK

24th September, 28th September, 1st October 1922

Entrants: Leon Duray

Sanctioned by IMCA.

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26th September: 5 miles – Ford Race 1 Elery Masterson 0:05:21.2 2 Martin Schow 3 E.Aldrich 4 Georgr Eller R Art Fessender accident

26th September: Free-for-allDue to the numerous entries, the race was run in two heats and it was announced that prize money would be made according to the time made by the driver. After the race it was decided that this wouldn’t be acceptable, so it was agreed to meet later to determine how to handle the result...

28th September: 5 miles – Free-for-all 1 Lee Duesenberg 2 Blood Ford 3 Ernst Marmon

To feature auto races for drivers from Montana. To be on the 26th, 28th and 30th September.

Hillsboro Fairgrounds, TX


3 miles 1 Hackebeil 0:04:20

5 miles 1 Hackebeil 0:07:16

West Texas Fairgrounds, Abilene, TX

29th September 1922

Glenn Breed’s car burnt out during the races.

Lehighton Fairgrounds, Allentown, PA

30th September 1922 – ½ mile oval

Ira Vail set two “world records” of 29.6s for one lap and 59.4s for two laps during the AAA sanctioned meeting.

Manchester Fairgrounds, IN

30th September 1922

5 miles 1 Ralph Ormsby 0:06:02.3 2 H.C.Shaun 3 Claude Fix

10 miles 1 Ralph Ormsby 0:11:53 2 Claude Fix 3 H.C.Shaun

25 miles 1 Claude Fix 0:30:12 2 Ralph Ormsby 3 H.C.ShaunOrmbsy lead but had to stop and change a tyre.

There were eight drivers entered in the races. Ina preliminary event for positions, Russel McMahanoverturned his car but was uninjured.

Pearl Street Track, MA

30th September 1922

Automobile and motorcycle races to be held under the auspices of the Fitchburg Fair Association.

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Lafayette, IN

1st October 1922

25 miles 1 Claude Fix 0:30:12 2 Ormsby 3 Shaun

5 miles 1 Ralph Ormsby 0:06:02.3 2 H.C.Shaun 3 Claude Fix

10 miles 1 Ralph Ormsby 0:11:53 2 Claude Fix 3 H.C.Shaun

Entrants: 6 Claude Fix Frontenac Ford 3 Rudge Wellman Frontenac Ford

Pleasanton Training Park, CA

1st October 1922

Entrants: G.A.Quello Red Murray John Hess Ben Torres

Gene Wilson Jerry Stearns Ottis Raines Delmar Lopez


1st October 1922

Entrants: Goltry Campbell House

McMillen Bob Hill

Oklahoma Free State Fairgrounds, OK

4th October 1922

Entrants: Cliff Craft Wisconsin Special Larry Stone Duesenberg Fred Horey Frontenac Putty Hoffman Wisconsin Special Jack Petticord Essex Louis Disbrow Deusenberg Matthews Mooney Kelly Bugatti

3 miles - Light car race 1 Jack Petticord 0:03:44.2 2 Matthews

Australian Pursuit 1 Larry Stone 2 Jack Petticord R Fred Horey engineHorey was driving Disbrow’s Fiat, as the Frontenac’s engine had already gone bad.

Free State Fair Derby – Heat 1 1 Louis Disbrow

Free State Fair Derby – Heat 2 1 Chris Craft

Free State Fair Derby – Heat 3 1 Chris CraftThe best time made in the derby was 4m16.2 for the 3.5 miles. Craft was the substitute entry forHorey, whose Frontenac was unable to run.

Races were to be held on the 7th October as well, but the results are unknown.


6th October 1922

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Kennebec County Fairgrounds, Readfield, ME


1 mile – Exhibition 1 1 Gil Smart 0:01:29

1 mile 1 2 Roy Odell 0:01:21.25 2 7 Bill SmartEach entrant did two runs, and the fastest time won the event.

2 miles 1 1 Gil Smart 0:03:10 2 5 D.Hinkle

2 miles 1 2 Roy Odell 0:03:07 2 7 Bill Smart

2 miles 1 7 Bill Smart 0:02:46 2 5 D.Hinkle

2.5 miles – Handicap 1 7 Bill Smart 0:02:24 2 1 Gil Smart 3 2 D.Hinkle 4 5 Roy Odell

Races sanctioned by IMCA with drivers from the Eastern Motor Racing Association. There were four entrants in total.


7th October 1922

10 miles – Southwestern Sweepstakes, Heat 1 1 44 Fred Horey Gardner Special 2 87 Licklider Licklider Special 3 19 Glen Howard Frontenac Ford 3 King Mooney Special 35 Rick Essex Special 8 Watters Duesenberg 31 Monteath Richards Special 7 Gotoff Miller Special 5 Clancy Templar 2 Jules Ellingboe Golden Egg

10 miles – Southwestern Sweepstakes, Heat 2 1 2 Jules Ellingboe Golden Egg 2 7 Gotoff Miller Special

Consolation RaceFor non-winners of first two heats of Southern Sweepstakes.

5 laps – Light Car Race 1 George Tidrick Richards Special 2 8 Watters Richards Special 3 25 Lentz Lentz Special 31 Monteath Richards Special 5 Putman Templar 19 Howard Frontenac Ford 3 King Mooney Special 35 Rick Essex Special

3 miles – Match Race 1 Paul Clancy Duesenberg 2 7 Gotoff Miller Special accident 3 George Tidrick Richards SpecialGotoff lost control trying to slow down after crossing the finishing line – he went through a fence and was hospitalised.

Local Championship Race – Free-for-all

5 miles – Southwestern Sweepstakes, Final 1 2 Jules Ellingboe Golden Egg 0:03:53 2 44 Fred Horey Gardner Special 3 19 Glen Howard Frontenac Ford

Overland Park, CO

7th October 1922 – 1 mile dirt oval

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William “Red” Majors was killed on the first lap of a 3 mile race – he lost control of his car and was then hit by the car of Sam Marquis, who both hit the fence. Majors suffered severe head and body injuries and died on the way to hospital.


8th October 1922

12 miles - Small cars 1 Laurence Roberti Ernest T Reid Special 0:12:13.2 2 Edgerton Nrazleton Chevrolet 3 Smoky Guseman

12 miles – Large cars 1 Bradshaw W.W.Feulner Marmon 0:11:45.8 2 Stakes Mercer 0:11:56.6 3 Miller Mercer 0:12:00.8 R Oscar Holt Dodge accidentOscar Holt was critically injured when his car left the track, turned end over end, ripped out a section of fence, leapt into the air and hit a touring car occupied by spectators. He was taken to St Josephs Infirmary, where he was found to have a fractured skull, concussion, a broken arm and shoulder and other internal injuries – he was not expected to live. Holt was driving Dodge #32.

24 miles - Free-for-all 1 Bill Melaun Frontenac Ford 0:19:16 2 Stakes Mercer 3 Red Fonden Packard


10th October 1922

Event 1 – Warm-up Louis Disbrow Fiat Jules Ellingboe Golden Egg Fred Horey Gardner Larry Stone Duesenberg King Kelly Bugatti Jack Petticord Essex Bo Murray Stutz Special Ted Rick Essex Special Joe Sandifer Mooney Clyde Kelley Wisconsin Special Les Allen Mercer Putty Hoffman Comet Red Maley Maxwell Al Watters Duesenberg J.Lecklider Lecklider Special Paul Clancy Duesenberg James Casey Templar Glen Howard Frontenac Claude Putman Richards Special Fred Lentz Lentz SpecialEllingboe developed engine trouble in the warm-up, so did not race for the rest of the day.

Event 2 – 5 miles 1 Al Watters Duesenberg 2 Paul Clancy Templar 3 Glen Howard Frontenac Fred Lentz Lentz Special Claude Putman Richards Special

Event 3 – 7 miles - Oil Field Sweepstakes for the Jerry B.Frey Trophy, Heat 1 1 J.Lecklider Lecklider Special 0:05:56 2 Glen Howard Frontenac 3 Al Watters Duesenberg Jules Ellingboe Golden Egg Paul Clancy Duesenberg James Casey Templar Claude Putman Richards Special

Event 4 – 7 miles - Oil Field Sweepstakes for the Jerry B.Frey Trophy, Heat 2

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1 Louis Disbrow Fiat 0:06:08 2 Fred Horey Gardner 3 King Kelly Bugatti Putty Hoffman Comet Larry Stone Duesenberg Bo Murray Stutz Special Ted Rick Essex Special

Event 5 – 3 miles – Consolation Race 1 Ted Rick Essex Special 0:02:41 2 King Kelly Bugatti 3 Putty Hoffman Comet

Event 7 - 3 miles – Championship Match Race 1 J.Lecklider Lecklider Special 0:02:36 2 Paul Clancy Duesenberg 3 Al Watters Duesenberg

Event 8 – 7 miles – Oil Field Sweepstakes for the Jerry B.Frey Trophy, Final 1 Fred Horey Gardner 0:05:59 2 King Kelly Bugatti 3 Ted Rick Essex SpecialFor the winners of the first two heats


14th October 1922

Bob Moore, mechanic for King Kelly, crashed through the fence in Kelly’s Bugatti, destroying the car before the races started. Ellingboe’s Golden Egg developed engine trouble again before the races, and was towed back to town for repair. It did not race for the rest of the day.

5 miles 1 Petticord Essex 0:04:35 2 Rick 3 Stone

Event 2 - ? miles 1 Clancy 2 Watters 3 Casey Howard

7 miles - Light Car Sweepstakes 1 Howard 0:05:12 2 Petticord Essex

3 miles - 3 cornered Match Race 1 Fred Horey Gardner 0:02:33 Disbrow Fiat Kelly Wisconsin Special

5 miles 1 Sig Haugdahl 0:04:01 2 Fred Horey

Interstate Driving Park, Attleboro, MA

14th October 1922

Entrants: 4 Fred Peterson Ford Special 9 Walter Nichols Nichols Special 10 Myron Gale Gale Special 11 Ambrose Lynsky Ford Special 12 Charles Tuey Pewsey Special 15 Ralph Pewsey Pewsey Special 16 Buddy Marr Pewsey Special 17 James Rossi JVR Special 18 Caesar Gitterio Gitterio Special 22 Ralph Kinder Pewsey Special 24 Russell Crawford R.C.Special 27 Moses Watson Watson Special

5 miles 1 Henry Turgeon 0:13:15 2 C.Gitterio 3 J.Rossi

10 miles 1 Henry Turgeon 0:18:45 2 Hershey

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3 J.Rossi

2 miles – Match Race 1 Buddy Marr 0:02:49.6 2 James Rossi

3 Henry Turgeon

2 miles – Consolation 1 Fred Peterson 0:03:06.2 2 William Blaski

Roby Speedway, IL

14th October 1922

Entrants: Joe Guinta

Cotati, CA

15th October 1922

To hold 2x10 mile and 1x50 mile stock car race subject to getting AAA sanction.


15th October 1922

5 miles 1 Rick 0:04:30 2 Howard Frontenac R Petticord engine

5 miles - Australian Pursuit 1 Louis Disbrow 0:04:24 2 Petticord

5 miles - Midcontinent Derby 1 Fred Horey Gardner 0:04:34 2 Paul Clancy Deuseberg 3 Kelly Wisconsin Special

5 miles – Ajax Trophy 1 Sig Haugdahl 0:03:44.6 2 Jules Ellingboe Golden Egg 3 Fred Horey Gardner 4 Paul Clancy Deusenberg

Sanctioned by IMCA

Lake County Fairgrounds, IN

15th October 1922

Entrants: Wenneston Harris Whitaker Woodbury Earl Warrick

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Russell, IL

15th October 1922

Entrants: Joe Guinta Frontenac-Ford

Springbrook Park, MI

15th October 1922

Iowa City, IA

18th October 1922

Entrants: 7 James D.Hazlett Gardner Bullet 10 Gus Schrader Dodge 33 Joe Johnson 1 Joe Guinta Frontenac-Ford 5 Glen E.Hiatt Kensey Special 6 W.H.Pingrey Chevrolet 9 George E.Norman Essex Joseph Yarkonis Studebaker 2 Floyd Bobzien Frontenac-Ford

Time Trials 1 Gus Schrader 0:00:33.6 2 Joe Guinta 0:00:34.6 3 George Norman 0:00:35.0 Fitzgerald 0:00:41.0Fitzgerald was slowest in the time trials.

5 miles 1 Gus Schrader 0:06:13 2 Floyd Bobzien 3 Mike Haddad R Joe Giunta threw tyre R Joseph Yarkonis hit by GiuntaGiunta threw a tyre and then hit Yarkonis, putting both cars out of action.

8 miles 1 Gus Schrader 0:09:55.5 2 Floyd Bobzien 3 Holland

10 miles 1 George Norman 0:10:27.6 2 Gus Schrader 3 Holland R Mike Haddad fatal accident R Floyd Bobzien accident R Fitzgerald accidentBobzien’s car hit that of Fitzgerald’s after his car had stopped for repairs. Nine-year-old Sylvester Hoffey started to cross the track towards the accident and was hit and instantly killed by Mike Haddad.

Promoted by the Cedar Rapids Motor Club, held as part of the Odd Fellows convention.

Frederick, MD

21st October 1922 – ½ mile dirt oval

Entrants:

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Ray Burr Lampkin Peugeot Ray Claypool Premier Speedway Special E.King Briscoe 90 Floyd Willard Monroe 1 Ray Burr Lampkin Essex Cleo Sarles Mooney Ford

5 laps – Light cars 1 Cleo Sarles Mooney Ford 0:03:13 2 Floyd Willard Monroe Special 3 P.R.McDonald Essex

6 laps – Heavy cars 1 Ray Burr Lampkin Peugeot 0:03:43 2 Ray Claypool Delage 3 E.King Briscoe 90

1 mile – Time Trial 1 Ray Burr Lampkin Peugeot 0:01:08 = Ray Claypool Delage 0:01:08

1 mile – Time Trial 1 Ray Burr Lampkin Peugeot 0:01:06 2 Ray Claypool Delage 0:01:06.25 3 E.King Briscoe 90 0:01:11.25

5 laps – Handicap 1 Ray Claypool Delage scratch 2 Cleo Sarles Mooney Ford 10 10s 3 P.R.McDonald Essex 14s Floyd Willard Monroe 12s

4 laps – Consolation 1 Floyd Willard Monroe 0:02:35.5 2 E.King Briscoe 3 P.R.McDonald Essex

10 laps – Free-for-all 1 Ray Burr Lampkin Peugeot 0:06:06 2 Ray Claypool Delage 3 Cleo Sarles Mooney FordWinner of the event collected 10 points towards the American dirt track championship.

Sanctioned by IMCA. Races run by the Eastern Motor Racing Association.

Interstate Driving Park, Attleboro, MA

21st October 1922

½ mile 1 John Foley 0:00:36.0

5 miles 1 John Foley 0:06:30.2 2 Henry Turgeon 3 Caesar Litterio

2 miles – Consolation 1 James Rossi 0:03:10 2 James Boyd

10 miles 1 John Foley 0:14:59.6 2 Ralph Kinder 3 T.E.Harrington

McFerren Park, Hoopeston, IL

21st October 1922

William Webster’s car broke a steering knuckle, throwing it against the car of Marion Barton running alongside. Both cars left the track and turned over, Webster’s car hitting a tree and causing fatal injuries.

Meyersdale, PA

21st October 1922

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Red Fetterman sustained burns during a race and was hospitalised. Harry E.Weigley crashed and sustained injuries.

Centlivre Park, IN

22nd October 1922

Time Trials 1 Ralph Ormsby Frontenac-Ford 0:00:32.2 2 Ben Shoaff Overland 0:00:33.2 3 Shawn Dodge 0:00:33.4 4 R.Slussman Chevrolet Special 0:00:34.2 5 J.Johnson Clemons Special 0:00:34.3 6 W.J.Cutter Dodge Special 0:00:35.3 7 Glen Hartly Hartly Special 0:00:35.3 8 C.Winters Roof Special 0:00:35.4 9 Homer Ormsby Frontenac-Ford 0:00:36.010 E.Lowell Johnson Special 0:00:37.411 F.H.Marshall Roof Special accident12 William Suddith Baby Cyclone arrived too late

10 miles 1 Ben Shoaff 0:13:02 2 Hartly 3 Shawn

15 miles 1 Ralph Ormsby 0:19:21 2 Ray Winters 3 G.Hartly R Ralph Slussman accident

25 miles 1 Ben Shoaff 0:31:09 2 Homer Ormsby 3 W.Suddith


22nd-24th October 1922

22nd OctoberRaces happened – results unknown.

23rd OctoberRaces happened – results unknown.

24th October: 1 mile – Time Trial Sig Haugdahl 0:00:58.45

24th October: 3 miles – Championship Match Race 1 Fred Horey Gardner 2 Disbrow Fiat 3 Sig Haugdahl 4 Kelly Wisconsin SpecialHorey got 100 points by the IMCA for the 1922 dirt track championship

24th October: 3.5 miles – Light Car Race 1 Hoffman Comet 0:04:10 2 Stone Duesenberg 3 Petticord Essex 4 Murray Stutz

24th October: 4 miles – Australian Pursuit 1 Sig Haugdahl Frontenac 0:02:08.8 2 Disbrow Essex Special 3 Hoffman Comet

24th October: 3 miles – Consolation Race 1 Disbrow Essex Special 0:03:31.4 2 Petticord Essex 3 Murray Stutz

24th October: 2.5 miles - Open Race – Heat 2 1 Petticord Essex 2 Disbrow Fiat 3 Kelly Wisconsin Special

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4 Hoffman CometHeat 1 was run on Sunday.

24th October: 5 miles – Free-for-all 1 Sig Haugdahl Frontenac 0:05:34 2 Fred Horey Gardner 3 Disbrow Essex Special 4 Hoffman Comet

Roby Speedway, IN

22nd October 1922

50 miles 1 Sonny Talamont 0:50:40.8 2 G.E.Benter 3 S.Wenneston 4 Lytle Whitaker R Warrwick accident

Irvin Searles went off during practice and was badly scratched. During the race, school boy Frank Favel had a lucky escape when a tyre thrown by one of the cars went through the barrier, across an open stretch of ground and hit the fence just behind where he was standing.

St Louis, MO


Richard M. “Dick” Jennings Jr set an unofficial track record of 43s – a lack of electrical timing equipment meant that the AAA wouldn’t recognise any records set at distances under 10 miles. A broken valve in the 24th mile stopped the record attempt.

Cotati, CA

29th October 1922

100 miles 1 Bennett Hill 0:52:38 2 Frank Elliott 3 Jimmy Murphy Durant 4 Harry Hartz R Tommy MiltonMilton was hit by a flying splinter which broke a lens in his goggles and lodged glass in his eye. Race was limited to drivers who had won at least one speedway event this year – there were only fivestarters.


29th October 1922

3 miles – Light Cars 1 Sandifer Mooney 0:03:35.4 2 Petticord Essex 3 Murray Stutz 4 Stone Duesenberg

3.5 miles – Three cornered Match Race 1 Kelly Wisconsin Special 0:04:07.8

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2 Hoffman Comet R Disbrow con-rod

4.5 miles - Australian Pursuit Handicap 1 Disbrow Fiat 0:05:39.6 2 Petticord Essex

1 mile - Time Trial Sig Haugdahl 0:01:01

3.5 miles – Ajax Trophy, Final Heat 1 Sig Haugdahl Frontenac 0:03:55.0 2 Fred Horey Gardner 3 Louis Disbrow Fiat

2.5 miles – Consolation Race 1 Hoffman Comet 0:02:55.5 2 Petticord Essex 3 Murray Stutz

3.5 miles – Free-for-all 1 Disbrow Fiat 0:03:44.2 2 Haugdahl Frontenac 3 Fred Horey Gardner

Golden Cove, MA


1 lap – Exhibition 1 7 Frank Barlow Ford Special 0:00:32

5 miles – Open 1 Francis Fossa 0:07:36

5 miles 1 “Dixie Flyer” 0:06:10

5 miles – Open to autos and motorcycles 1 Francis Fossa 0:06:10

A combined motorcycle and automobile race meeting.



Entrants: Glenn Breed Hudson Special L.A.Parker Mercer Special Joe Harder Stevens J.F.Lawrence Dodge F.J.Jordan Ford ohv

Ford 16v J.E.M.Robertson Robertson Special Allen Tillotson Chevrolet Bill Campbell Mesener Special Eddie Eckenroth Southwestern Special Jock Saunders Frontenac-Ford Henry Bradshaw Marmon Bill Coffen Paige 14 Dick Calhoun Calhoun Special Miamen Mercer J.W.Draper Mason Joe Maurer Chevrolet

1 lap – Time Trial 1 Dick Calhoun 0:01:30.0 2 Henry Bradshaw 0:01:31.6 3 Miamen 0:01:34.4 4 Eckenroth 0:01:36.4 5 Saunders 0:01:37.6 6 Campbell 0:01:42.0 7 J.F.Lawrence 0:01:44.8 8 Tillotson 0:01:45.4 9 J.W.Draper 0:01:48.2

10 Maurer 0:01:50.2NQ CoffenThe engines of Bradshaw and Coffen’s cars both broke during the meeting, requiring their withdrawal from proceedings. As there were no other entries in the time trial, it is assumed that the other entries did not appear.

10 miles – Handicap (based on time trial times) 1 J.W.Draper 0:09:45 2 Tillotson 3 Calhoun 4 Maurer R Saunders magneto

10 miles – For four slowest cars in time-trials 1 J.W.Draper 0:08:54.2 2 J.F.Lawrence 0:09:07.2 3 Allen Tillotson 0:09:14.4 4 Joe Maurer 0:10:30.0

30 miles – Feature 1 Dick Calhoun 2 Miamen R Henry Bradshaw R Bill Campbell engine R Jock Saunders 8 laps/magneto R Eddie Eckenroth camshaft

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Saunders had to be push-started, which the AAA declared illegal, but the car broke down, so Saunders didn’t have to suffer the indignity of

his finishing money being withheld. There were six starters.

Meeting was sanctioned by the AAA, run by the San Antonio Automobile Association.

Douglas-Phoenix Road Race, AZ

30th October 1922

On the 28th October, Howard T.Dillman and his mechanician Joe Diaz were taking a test run preparing for the race. As they neared Benson they collided with a touring car, causing it to overturn. Dillman was killed instantly, Diaz suffered cuts and bruises.

Shreveport, LA

30th October 1922

Al Walters crashed through the fence on a turn, wrecking his car but escaping serious injury.

Arizona State Fairgrounds, AZ

4th November 1922

50 miles – Free-for-all 1 Jimmy Thomas 0:46:44 2 John Carminatti 3 Carl Ogle 4 Dick Locke 5 ClarkThere were 13 starters, 8 retirements.

Gulf Coast Speedway, Houston, TX

5th November 1922

Time Trials 1 Glenn Breed Hudson Super Six

12 miles – Cars 208 ci 1 Red Shafer Duesenberg 0:09:23.2 2 Carl Graham Ried Oakland 0:09:26 3 J.Lee J.A.Mais Dodge Special 0:09:35.4

12 miles – Free-for-all for non-winners 1 J.Lee J.A.Mais Dodge Special 0:10:17 2 Henline Gus Purmesein Hudson 0:10:31.2 3 S.H.Cruse Oldsmobile

24 miles – Free-for-all 1 Glenn Breed Hudson Super Six 0:18:31 2 Bob Davis Ried Davis Oakland Special 0:18:57 3 J.Lee J.A.Mais Dodge Special 0:18:59

Deming, NM

10th November 1922

50 miles.8 entrants

Hoosier Motor Speedway, IN

11th November 1922 – ½ mile dirt oval

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75 miles 1 Ralph Ormsby 1:36:54 2 Homer Ormsby 3 Joe Guinta 1:4115 starters, 5 finishers

Gulf Coast Speedway, Houston, TX

30th November 1922

12 miles 1 Palmerson Hudson 0:10:02

18 miles 1 Glenn Breed Hudson 0:13:07

24 miles 1 Glenn Breed Hudson 0:17:20


The North Dakota Good Roads Association announced that it was to hold a road race from Williston to Tioga and back in order to test the federal aid highway between the two towns. The race was to be held in May or June, or even on the 4th July – the event data wasn’t set when this was reported on the 20th April. No further details of this event have been found.

Race driver Fred Melaun died at home on the 27th May from an injury received in his garage while repairing an automobile.

On the 26th July, the directors of the Tri-State Fair Association, believing that they were voicing the sentiments of the fair stockholders and patrons, voted to reject the offer of $359 forthe use of the fairgrounds for automobile races on Sunday, September 10th. “We believed that the stockholders and patrons would be opposed to the use of the fairgrounds for a Sunday amusement”, said Frank C.Norton, secretary of the association, “and for that reason turned the offer down, however liberal it was.”

Edward Schillo, described as a widely known automobile race driver, and Roy J.Keller, former service and automobile man, were killed on the 10th August when an airplane piloted by Keller plunged into the street of Naperville, about 30 miles from Chicago.

On the 18th October, Ralph DePalma was sentenced to 10 days in jail and fined $100 by a justice in Chochilla, Madora County, CA, when DePalma pleaded guilty to a charge of speeding. Officers declared De Palma was travelling 70 mph.

On the 18th October, N.P.Broussard of Houston announced that he was to build a 1.5 mile dirt track six miles from Beaumont on the Port Arthur Road. He secured an eight year lease on the land, and stated that he wanted to hold races that winter. The project does not seem to have been completed.

On the 7th November, Charles DuWan, through Attorney Frank M.Hogan, filed a complaint supplementaryto execution against Ralph and Homer Ormsby in the circuit court at Fort Wayne, IN, asking that the defendants be required to appear and answer as to his property. A judgement was returned in favour of the plaintiff in C.F.Flatter’s court.

On the 29th November, Mrs Louis Disbrow filed for divorce, charging her husband with living “too fast a life”. At the time of their marriage in 1916, Mrs Disbrow announced that “she told him he would have to quit racing to become her husband.” Only he didn’t stop for long.

On the 6th November, it was announced that various drivers were planning to create a national organisation to protect their interests, known as the Association of Auto Aces. On the 3rd January 1923, a charter was applied for what was now sometimes also called the Association of Auto Racers,with the first meeting and appointment of permanent officers to happen at the motor show in Madison Square Garden, New York, that month. Acceptances were handled by mail, and were received from Tommy Milton, Jimmy Murphy, Ralph DePalma and others. However, no further references to this organisation have been found, and it isn’t currently known what happened to it.

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