American Automobile Racing 1909

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03/27/1909 Ormond-Daytona Beach, Florida David Bruce-Brown 100 miles, Lewis Strang, Buick Motor Age Beach 1 mile .33 Benz 1:34.00 1-5 04/19/1909 P.1 05/31/1909 Giants Despair Hill Climb, Wilkes-Barre, PA David Bruce-Brown Motor Age 1 mile .1.31 3-5 Benz 06/03/1909 P.1 06/12/1909 Dead Horse Hill Climb, Worchester, Mass. L.F. Baldwin Motor Age 1 mile Hill Climb .54 Stanley steam 06/12/1909 P.6 06/12/1909 Wemme Cup Race, Portland, OR. Bert Dingley Sam Christopherson Murray Page Motor Age Road Race 102.2 miles 1:44.18.58 Chalmers-Detroit Stoddard-Dayton Locomobile 06/12/1909 P.28 06/19/1909 Cobe Cup Crown Point, Ind. William Bourque George Robertson Automobile Road Course 395.65 miles 8:01.39 Buick Knox Locomobile 06/24/1909 P.1013 06/19/1909 Louisville Ky. 5 mile Lewis Strang, Buick .5.16 Cycle & Automobile 10 miles free for all .10.50 3-5 National 4-5 07/01/1909 P.64 06/28/1909 Point Breeze, Philadelphia, PA. L. B. Lorimer David Bruce-Brown Archfield Motor Age 1 mil DO 100 miles 2:02.06 4-5 Chalmers-Detriot Autocar Autocar 07/01/1909 P.10 07/05/1909 Denver Road Race, Denver, CO Eaton McMillan Harold Brinker William Knipper Motor Age Road Course 290 miles 7:26.24.38 Colburn Moon Chalmers-Detroit 07/08/1909 P.6 07/10/1909 Santa Monica, CA Harris Hanshue Bruno Siebel Frank Free Motor Age 202 mile Road Race 3:08.03 Apperson Chadwick Stearns 07/10/1909 P.18 07/30/1909 Glidden Tour Trophy 41 start Motor Detroit to Kansas City 2,636 miles 26 finish 08/01/1909 P.33 July 12 – 30, 1909 07/30/1909 Grosse Pointe, Detroit, Mich. William Knipper Joseph Matson 1 mile, Walter Christie Motor World 1 mile DO 50 miles .58.13 Chalmers-Detroit Chalmers-Detroit Christie .54 08/05/1909 P.782 07/30/1909 Waco, Texas Lewis Strang Tobin DeHymel Motor World 1 mile DO 15 miles .15.41 Buick Stoddard-Dayton 08/05/1909 P.782 07/31/1909 Brighton Beach, Long Island, NY Geore Robertson/ Automobile 1 mile DO 24 Hours 1,091 miles Al Poole, Simplex 08/05/1909 P.238 08/05/1909 Galveston Beach, Galveston, Texas Fred Belcher Tobin DeHymel Motor World Beach course 50 miles .51.54 ½ Knox Stoddard-Dayton 08/12/1909 P.831 08/07/1909 Fort Erie Track, Buffalo, NY Louis Chevrolet F.S. Lorimer Motor World 1 mile DO 100 miles 1:44.42 2-5 Buick Chalmers-Detroit 08/12/1909 P.831 08/14/1909 Point Breeze, Philadelphia, PA Willie Haupt Erwin Bergdoll Al Poole Automobile 1 mile DO 50 miles .59.32 Alco Welch Lancia 08/19/1909 P.303

American Automobile Racing 1909

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08/19/1909 Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Indianapolis Louis Schweitzer Carl Wright George DeWitt First American race held on a Motor Age 2.5 mile DO 5 miles .5.13 4-10 Stoddard-Dayton Stoddard-Dayton Buick built for auto racing speedway 08/26/1909 P.1 08/19/1909 Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Indianapolis Bob Burman W.F. Clemens Charles Merz 1 mile, Barney Oldfield, Benz Motor Age 2.5 mile DO 250 miles 4:38.58 2-5 Buick Stoddard-Dayton National .43 1-10 08/26/1909 P.1 08/20/1909 Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Indianapolis Lewis Strang George DeWitt Harry Stillman 1 mile, Barney Oldfield, Benz Motor Age 2.5 mile DO 100 miles 1:32.48 ½ Buick Buick Marmon .43 1-5 08/26/1909 P.1 08/21/1909 Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Indianapolis Leigh Lynch Ralph DePalma Harry Stillman 1 kilometer, Barney Oldfield, Motor Age 2.5 mile DO 235 miles 4:13.31 2-5 Jackson Fiat Marmon Benz .26 1-5 08/26/1909 P.1 08/28/1909 Denver Beach, Galveston, Tex. Fred Belcher Kent Automobile 5 mile Beach Course 50 miles 51.54 1-2 Knox Stearns 09/02/1909 P.413 08/28/1909 Brighton Beach, Long Island, NY Charles Basle/ Motor Age 1 mile DO 24 Hours 1,050 Raffalovitch 09/12/1909 P.8 Renault 09/08/1909 Lowell Road Race, Lowell, Mass. George Robertson Al Poole Edward Parker Automobile Road Course 318 miles 5:52.01 2-5 Simplex Isotta Fiat 09/09/1909 P.421 09/11/1909 St. Paul State Fair Grounds, Minn. Ralph DePalma Indianapolis News 1 mile DO 10 miles .8.49 3-5 Fiat Cyclone 09/11/1909 09/18/1909 New York State Fairgrounds, Syracuse, NY Barney Oldfield C.H. Bowers Arthur See 1 mile, Barney Oldfield, Benz Motor Age 1 mile DO 25 miles .25.40 Knox Peerless Maxwell .53 3-5 09/23/1909 P.10 09/20/1909 West Michigan State Fair, Comstock Park Ralph DePalma Dean Vanberberg 1 mile, Ralpd DePalma, Fiat Motor Age Grand Rapids 1 mile DO 10 miles .10.00 2-5 Fiat Boydon Buick .53 09/23/1909 P.11 09/29/1909 Long Island Stock Chassis Derby, Ralph DePalma Charles Lund Louis Disbrow Herbert Lytle crash Automobile Riverhead, Long Island Fiat Rainer Rainer 09/30/1909 P.546 Road Course 227.5 miles 10/09/1909 Danbury, Conn. George Wagner David Bruce-Brown 1 mile, Ralph DePalma, Fiat Motor World ½ mile DO 5 miles No Time Columbia Fiat Cyclone, .1.14 ¾ DePalma later 10/14/1909 P.109 injured in a crash 10/09/1909 Fairmont Park, Philadelphia, PA George Robertson Bert Dingley Hough Harding Motor Age Founders Day Cup Simplex Chalmers-Detroit Apperson 10/04/1909 P.1 Road Course 202.5 miles 3:38.59 4-5 10/18/1909 Brighton Beach, Long Island, NY Ralph Mulford/ Motor Age 1 mile DO 24 Hours 1,196 Cyrus Patschke 10/18/19098 P.4 Lozier 10/23/1909 Portola Festival, San Francisco, CA Jack Fleming Harris Hanshue Harry Michener Motor Age Road Race 254.16 miles 3:59.18 Pope-Hartford Apperson Lozier 10/28/1909 P.10

Date Race 1st 2nd 3rd Additional Information Reference American Automobile Racing 1909

10/30/1909 Race, Long Island Motor Parkway, Harry Grant Edward Parker William Knipper Motor Age Nassau County, Garden City, Long Island, NY Alco Fiat Chalmers-Detroit 11/04/1909 P.1 Vanderbilt Cup Race 278.08 miles 4:25.42 11/06/1909 Cactus Derby, Los Angeles, CA to Phoenix, AZ Joe Nikrent/ Motor Age 480 miles 19:13 Louis Nikrent 11/08/1909 P.18 Buick 11/09/1909 City of Atlanta Trophy, Atlanta Speedway, Louis Chevrolet Bert Dingley L.B. Lorimer Motor Age GA. 2 mile DO 200 miles 2:46.48.47 Buick Chalmers-Detroit Chalmers-Detroit 11/18/1909 P.1 11/21/1909 New Orleans, LA Ray Harron Charles Basle Tilford Cowell 1 mile, Barney Oldfield, Benz .54 Automobile 1 mile DO 100 miles 1:47.14 Marmon Renault Chalmers-Detroit 11/25/1909 P.909 12/04/1909 Edgewater-Fort Lee, Palisades, NJ George Robertson Automobile Hill Climb .53 2-5 Simplex 12/16/1909 P.1032 12/09/1909 Dallas, Texas Barney Oldfield Motor Age 1 mile DO 1 mile .47.18 1-5 Benz 12/16/1909 P.9 12/18/1909 Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Indianapolis Lewis Strang 1 mile, Lewis Strang, Fiat Motor World 2.5 mile Brick Speedway 5 miles .3.17.70 Fiat .40.0 12/23/1909 P.619 12/25/1909 Ascot Park, Los Angeles, CA Barney Oldfield 15 miles .13.42 1-5, Barney Automobile Topics 1 mile DO 1 mile .52 ¾ Benz Oldfield, Benz 01/08/1910 P.939

By Kenneth J. Parrotte December 15, 2019