1926 1926 – AAA National Championships
Championship Standings 1 Harry Hartz 2944 pts 2 Frank Lockhart 1830 3 Peter De Paolo 1500 4 Bennett Hill 1050 5 Frank Elliott 747 6 Fred Comer 659 7 Dave Lewis 645 8 Norman Batten 620 9 Peter Kreis 590 10 Earl DeVore 585 11 Leon Duray 555 12 Earl Cooper 465 13 Bob McDonogh 412 14 Cliff Woodbury 360 15 Eddie Hearne 305 16 William Shattuc 280 17 John Duff 155 18 Ralph Hepburn 148 19 Dave Evans 120 20 Ben Jones 80 21 Phil Shafer 77 22 Wade Morton 67 23 Harlan Fengler 45 24 Zeke Meyer 35 25 Tony Gulotta 15
Miami-Fulford, FL
22nd February 1926 – 300 miles (1.25 miles x 240 laps): Carl G.Fisher Trophy
Pos # SP Driver Car Name Chassis Engine Laps Time 1 1 7 Peter De Paolo Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 240 2:19:12.95, 129.295 mph 2 3 4 Harry Hartz Miller Miller Miller 240 2:20:44.28 3 4 13 Bob McDonogh Miller Miller Miller 240 2:23:37.43 4 6 6 Frank Elliott Miller Miller Miller 240 2:25:11.08 5 16 5 Bennett Hill Miller Miller Miller 240 6 17 12 Earl DeVore Nickel Plate Miller Miller 240 7 35 18 Ben Jones Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 230 Flagged 8 22 11 William Shattuc Miller Miller Miller 220 Flagged 9 23 10 Dave Evans Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 210 Flagged 10 12 2 Leon Duray Miller Miller Miller 180 Magneto 11 15 14 Peter Kreis Miller Miller Miller 90 Out 12 14 9 Jerry Wonderlich Miller Miller Miller 88 Out 13 19 17 Zeke Meyer Miller Miller Miller 78 Out 14 8 8 Fred Comer Miller Miller Miller 52 Engine 15 2 16 Tom Milton Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 42 Engine 16 9 1 Ralph Hepburn Miller Miller Miller 36 Engine 17 7 3 Dave Lewis Miller Miller Miller 35 Engine 18 5 15 Earl Cooper Miller Miller Miller 34 Oil line
Lap Leaders: Ralph Hepburn 1- 3 Dave Lewis 4- 24 Leon Duray 25-149 Earl DeVore 150-200 Peter De Paolo 201-240
AAA sanction 1678
Pole position speed: 141.199 mph
This was the opening meeting of the track, which was destroyed by a hurricane on the 17th September 1926. Race had been scheduled for the 30th January, but was postponed to the 22nd February as congested shipping conditions had prevented steel safety bands for the inside of the track and other materials from being delivered.
Culver City, CA
21st March 1926 – 250 miles (1.25 mile x 200 laps)
Pos # SP Driver Car Name Chassis Engine Laps Time 1 16 4 Bennett Hill Miller Miller Miller 200 1:51:53.8, 130.59 mph 2 1 8 Peter De Paolo Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 200 3 3 6 Harry Hartz Miller Miller Miller 200 4 2 15 Eddie Hearne Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 200 5 6 11 Frank Elliott Miller Miller Miller 200 6 5 10 Ralph Hepburn Locomobile Junior 8 Fengler Locomobile 200 7 28 12 Dave Evans Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 200 8 8 13 Norman Batten Miller Miller Miller 200 9 9 14 Cliff Woodbury Boyle Valve/Miller Miller Miller 200 10 12 5 Leon Duray Miller Miller Miller 200 11 15 2 Peter Kreis Miller Miller Miller 195 Flagged 12 4 1 Bob McDonogh Miller Miller Miller 179 Supercharged 13 7 3 Dave Lewis Miller Miller Miller 93 Out of water 14 14 7 Fred Comer Miller Miller Miller 64 Steering gear 15 17 9 Earl DeVore Miller Miller Miller 34 Motor trouble 16 22 16 William Shattuc
Lap Leaders: Bob McDonogh 1- 1 Bennett Hill 2- 5, 90-96, 99-200 Leon Duray 6- 21 Dave Lewis 22- 89 Peter Kreis 97- 98
Relief Drivers: 14 Jerry Wonderlich 60-64
AAA sanction 1681
Pole position speed: 143.300 mph
Atlantic City, NJ
1st May 1926 – 300 miles (1.5 miles x 200 laps)
Pos # SP Driver Car Name Chassis Engine Laps Time 1 3 2 Harry Hartz Miller Miller Miller 200 2:14:14.18, 134.091 mph 2 1 7 Peter De Paolo Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 200 2:15:38.59 3 4 1 Bob McDonogh Miller Miller Miller 200 2:16:30.45 4 15 4 Peter Kreis Miller Miller Miller 200 2:17:05.09 5 5 5 Ralph Hepburn Miller Miller Miller 200 2:25:15.49 6 2 8 Eddie Hearne Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 200 2:28:44.58 7 14 9 Fred Comer Miller Miller Miller 188 Flagged 8 28 14 Dave Evans Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 146 Flagged 9 22 11 William Shattuc Miller Miller Miller 145 Flagged 10 16 3 Bennett Hill Miller Miller Miller 158 Engine 11 17 12 Earl DeVore Miller Miller Miller 127 Valve 12 35 13 Ben Jones Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 78 Engine 13 9 10 Cliff Woodbury Miller Miller Miller 38 Oil line 14 8 16 Norman Batten Miller Miller Miller 28 Oil pressure 15 27 15 Baron de Rachewesky Bugatti Bugatti Bugatti 11 Engine 16 6 6 Frank Elliott Miller Miller Miller 6 Con-rod NQ 21 Ralph DePalma Miller Miller Miller DNQ – engine NQ 24 Frank Farmer DNQ NQ 26 Count de Marquenat Bugatti Bugatti Bugatti DNQ – engine NQ 41 Zeke Meyer Miller Miller Miller DNQ – wrist pin NA Jerry Wonderlich Driver retired
Lap Leaders: Bob McDonogh 1-165 Peter De Paolo 166-193 Harry Hartz 194-200
AAA sanction 1682
Pole position speed: 142.900 mph
Charlotte, NC
10th May 1926 – 250 miles (1.25 mile x 200 laps)
Pos # SP Driver Car Name Chassis Engine Laps Time 1 17 4 Earl DeVore Nickel Plate Miller Miller Miller 200 2:04:54.60, 120.086 mph 2 3 1 Harry Hartz Miller Miller Miller 200 2:05:32.88 3 14 6 Fred Comer Miller Miller Miller 200 2:07:02.13 4 11 14 Norman Batten Miller Miller Miller 200 2:08:12.27 5 6 11 Frank Elliott Miller Miller Miller 200 2:08:31.73 6 41 16 Zeke Meyer Miller Miller Miller 188 Flagged 7 15 7 Peter Kreis Miller Miller Miller 183 Flagged 8 22 5 William Shattuc Miller Miller Miller 154 Flagged 9 35 13 Ben Jones Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 115 Flagged 10 9 9 Cliff Woodbury Boyle Valve Miller Miller Miller 143 Valve 11 16 2 Bennett Hill Miller Miller Miller 93 Supercharger 12 4 10 Bob McDonogh Miller Miller Miller 61 Supercharger 13 28 8 Dave Evans Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 39 Valve 14 1 3 Peter De Paolo Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 24 Oil leak 15 2 15 Eddie Hearne Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 7 Crankshaft 16 5 12 Ralph Hepburn Locomobile Junior 8 Fengler Locomobile 5 Head gasket
AAA Sanction 1686.
Pole position speed: 137.000 mph
Ralph Hepburn was taken to hospital after qualifying on the 9th when a sparrow collided with his goggles, shattering the lenses and causing glass to get under his left eyelid.
Indianapolis, IN
30th May 1925 – 400 miles (2.5 miles x 160 laps)
Pos # SP Driver Car Name Chassis Engine Laps Time Qual mph 1 15 20 Frank Miller Miller Miller 160 4:10:14.95, 95.783 Lockhart 95.904 mph 2 3 2 Harry Hartz Miller Miller Miller 158 4:10:14.95 109.542 3 36 14 Cliff Boyle Valve Miller Miller 158 4:11:46.55 105.109 Woodbury Miller 4 8 13 Fred Comer Miller Miller Miller 155 4:11:49.99 100.612 5 12 27 Peter De Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 153 4:10:41.90 96.709 Paolo 6 6 8 Frank Miller Miller Miller 152 4:10:46.64 105.873 Elliott 7 14 16 Norman Miller Miller Miller 152 4:10:53.91 101.428 Batten 8 19 15 Ralph Miller Miller Miller 152 4:11:59.68 102.517 Hepburn 9 18 28 John Duff Elcar Miller Miller 147 4:11:51.10 95.546 10 4 5 Phil Shafer Miller Miller Miller 146 4:11:26.66 106.647 11 31 12 Tony Gulotta Miller Miller Miller 142 Flagged 102.789 12 16 7 Bennett Hill Miller Miller Miller 134 Flagged 105.876 13 33 21 Thane Houser Abell Miller Miller 102 Flagged 93.671 14 27 17 W.Douglas Eldridge Eldridge Anzani 91 Cramshaft 94.976 Hawkes 15 1 4 Dave Lewis Miller Miller Miller 91 Valve 107.009 16 5 1 Earl Cooper Miller Miller Miller 73 Transmission 111.735 17 9 11 Cliff Durant Locomobile Fengler Locomobile 60 Fuel tank leak 104.855 Junior 8 18 29 18 Ben Jones Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 54 Accident 92.142 19 26 23 E.A.Eldridge Eldridge Eldridge Anzani 45 Tie-rod 89.777 20 23 24 Lora Corum Schmidt- Schmidt Argyle 44 Shock absorber 88.849 Argyle 21 24 22 Steve Nemish Schmidt- Schmidt Argyle 41 Transmission 92.937 Argyle 22 7 6 Jules Miller Miller Miller 39 Supercharger 106.376 Ellingboe gears 23 10 3 Leon Duray Locomonile Fengler Locomobile 33 Fuel tank leak 109.186 Junior 8 24 17 26 Fred Nickel Plate Miller Miller 24 Burnt piston 100.398 Lecklider 25 28 25 Jack Hamlin Ford Frontenac 23 Con-rod 85.417 McCarver 26 34 9 Bon Miller Miller Miller 19 Water leak 105.180 McDougall 27 22 10 William Miller Miller Miller 15 Valve 104.977 Shattuc 28 39 19 Albert Guyot Guyot Schmidt Argyle 8 Steering 88.580 NQ Charles Shambaugh DNQ Shambaugh NQ 2 Bob McDonogh Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg DNQ NQ 32 Jack Foley Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg DNQ NQ 37 A.Dan Cain K&M K&M DNQ NQ 38 Ralph Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg DNQ Mulford NQ 57 T.W.Pickard Sievers Jr Sievers Sievers DNQ NQ 18 Herbert Elcar Miller Miller Fatal accident Jones
Lap Leaders: Harry Hartz 1- 1, 94-98 Phil Shafer 2- 16, 22-24 Dave Lewis 17- 21, 25-59 Frank Lockhart 60- 93, 99-160
Relief Drivers: 1 Earl Cooper 90- 91 4 Fred Lecklider 52- 54, 113-146 6 Leon Duray 76-104 8 Wade Morton 71-139 9 Eddie Hearne 42- 60 16 Jules Ellingboe 39- 40, 78-113 19 Bob McDonogh 25- 65 26 Herschel McKee 22- 32 27 E.A.Eldridge 57- 73
AAA sanction 1680
Race was stopped at 400 miles due to rain. Race was temporarily halted on lap 71 for 1h05m16s due to rain. Herbert Jones clipped the inner wall at turn four on his second qualifying lap during practice, causing the car to roll over. He was taken to hospital with severe head injuries to which he succumbed – the car was then qualified by John Duff.
Altoona, PA
12th June 1926 – 250 miles (1.25 mile x 200 laps)
Pos # SP Driver Car Name Chassis Engine Laps Time 1 7 12 Dave Lewis Miller Miller Miller 200 2:13:24.61, 112.435 mph 2 14 7 Norman Batten Miller Miller Miller 200 2:13:28.11 3 24 13 John Duff Miller Miller Miller 200 2:16:24.48 4 8 5 Fred Comer Miller Miller Miller 200 2:16:44.45 5 18 6 Eddie Hearne Locomobile Fengler Locomobile 200 2:17:06.45 Junior 8 6 16 3 Bennett Hill Miller Miller Miller 200 2:17:19.42 7 6 10 Frank Elliott Miller Miller Miller 200 2:26:24.16 8 1 1 Peter De Paolo Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 200 2:26:48.00 9 9 4 Ralph Hepburn Miller Miller Miller 196 Flagged 10 33 9 Ben Jones Abell Miller Miller Miller 154 Flagged 11 3 2 Harry Hartz Miller Miller Miller 123 Supercharger 12 36 15 Cliff Woodbury Boyle Valve Miller Miller 121 Fire Miller 13 5 11 Earl Cooper Miller Miller Miller 66 Engine 14 12 8 Harlan Fengler Locomonile Fengler Locomobile 60 Overheated Junior 8 15 17 14 Earl DeVore Altoona Miller Miller Miller 16 Oil line 16 32 16 Jack Foley Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 15 Valve 17 34 17 Dan O’Brien Miller Miller Miller 9 Overheating NQ 4 Bob McDonogh Miller Miller Miller DNQ NA 10 Phil Shafer Miller Miller Miller DNQ NA 12 Leon Duray Miller Miller Miller Went elsewhere NQ 15 Frank Lockhart Miller Miller Miller DNQ NA 15 Peter Kreis Miller Miller Miller Buying a car out west. NQ 22 William Miller Miller Miller DNQ Shattuc NQ 26 E.A.Eldridge Eldridge Eldridge Anzani DNQ NQ 27 W.Douglas Eldridge Eldridge Anzani DNQ Hawkes NA 28 Dave Lewis Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg DNQ NQ 31 Tony Gulotta Miller Miller Miller DNQ
Lap Leaders: Peter De Paolo 1- 38 Harry Hartz 39- 61, 100-124 Frank Elliott 62- 99, 125-161 Norman Batten 162-171 Dave Lewis 172-200
Relief Drivers: 9 Bob McDonogh 111-196
AAA sanction 1687
Salem-Rockingham, NH
5th July 1926
50 miles (1.25 mile x 40 laps) – For fastest 8 qualifiers
Pos # SP Driver Car Name Chassis Engine Laps Time 1 1 1 Peter De Paolo Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 40 0:23:23.52, 128.251 mph 2 3 4 Harry Hartz Miller Miller Miller 40 0:23:57.85 3 9 2 Ralph Hepburn Miller Miller Miller 40 0:25:02.90 4 6 5 Frank Elliott Miller Miller Miller 40 0:25:16.95 5 22 8 William Shattuc Miller Miller Miller 39 Flagged 6 5 3 Earl Cooper Miller Miller Miller 22 Engine 7 10 7 Phil Shafer Miller Miller Miller 15 Stearing 8 17 8 Earl DeVore Miller Miller Miller 12 Con-rod
200 miles (1.25 mile x 160 laps) – For fastest 8 qualifiers
Pos # SP Driver Car Name Chassis Engine Laps Time 1 5 6 Earl Cooper Miller Miller Miller 160 1:42:56.95, 116.562 mph 2 16 3 Bennett Hill Miller Miller Miller 160 1:43:43.08 3 1 1 Peter De Paolo Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 160 1:44:19.85 4 8 4 Fred Comer Miller Miller Miller 160 1:46:27.31 5 6 7 Frank Elliott Miller Miller Miller 160 1:48:14.67 6 14 11 Norman Batten Miller Miller Miller 160 1:54:29.31 7 31 13 Wade Morton Miller Miller Miller 160 1:54:53.28 8 22 14 William Shattuc Miller Miller Miller 156 Flagged 9 10 9 Phil Shafer Miller Miller Miller 146 Flagged 10 4 12 Bob McDonogh Miller Miller Miller 117 Steering 11 29 17 Ben Jones Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 93 Carb float 12 12 10 Harlan Fengler Locomobile Junior Fengler Locomobile 77 Supercharger 8 13 24 15 John Duff Elcar Miller Miller 64 Accident 14 7 2 Dave Lewis Miller Miller Miller 54 Valve 15 18 5 Eddie Hearne Locomobile Junior Fengler Locomobile 37 Oil pump 8 16 28 18 Dave Evans Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 24 Supercharger 17 34 88 Dan O’Brien Miller Miller Miller 22 Supercharger 18 33 16 Thane Houser Miller Miller Miller 13 Black flagged NQ 19 Ralph Hepburn Miller Miller Miller DNQ/engine NQ 17 Earl DeVore Miller Miller Miller DNQ/radiator leak NQ 3 Harry Hartz Miller Miller Miller DNQ/Burnt valve in Practice NQ 10 Leon Duray Locomobile Junior Fengler Locomobile DNQ 8 NQ 15 Frank Lockhart Miller Miller Miller DSQ by AAA contest board NQ 26 E.A.Eldridge Eldridge Eldridge Anzani DNQ/too slow NQ 27 W.Douglas Hawkes Eldridge Eldridge Anzani DNQ/too slow NQ 36 Cliff Woodbury Miller Miller Miller DNQ/cracked block NQ 57 T.W.Pickard Sievers Sievers DNQ/too slow NQ Jack Foley Fatal practice accident
Pole position speed: 131.600 mph
Relief Drivers: 8 Harry Hartz 57-160
AAA sanction 1698
Atlantic City, NJ
17th July 1926 – Sesquicentennial Classic
60 miles (1.5 mile x 40 laps) – For odd numbered qualifiers (1st, 3rd etc)
Pos # SP Driver Car Name Chassis Engine Laps Time 1 3 Harry Hartz Miller Miller Miller 40 0:27:58.85, 128.659 mph 2 16 Bennett Hill Miller Miller Miller 40 0:28:13.13 3 18 Eddie Hearne Locomobile Junior 8 Fengler Locomobile 40 0:28:38.96 4 15 Frank Lockhart Miller Miller Miller 40 0:28:44.18 5 10 Phil Shafer Miller Miller Miller 39 Flagged 6 28 Dave Evans Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 37 Flagged 7 7 Dave Lewis Miller Miller Miller 29 Con-rod 8 22 William Shattuc Miller Miller Miller 22 Camshaft oil leak 9 36 Cliff Woodbury Boyle Valve Miller Miller Miller 15 Fouled spark plugs 10 31 E.A.Eldridge Miller Miller Miller 10 Valve 11 4 Bob McDonogh Miller Miller Miller 4 Valve
60 miles (1.5 mile x 40 laps) – For even numbered qualifiers (2nd, 4th etc)
Pos # SP Driver Car Name Chassis Engine Laps Time 1 14 Norman Batten Miller Miller Miller 40 0:29:48.85, 120.755 mph 2 6 Frank Elliott Miller Miller Miller 40 0:30:53.85 3 35 Ben Jones Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 38 Flagged 4 1 Peter De Paolo Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 18 Valve 5 17 Earl DeVore Nickel Plate Miller Miller Miller 16 Supercharger 6 5 Earl Cooper Miller Miller Miller 8 Oil leak 7 9 Ralph Hepburn Miller Miller Miller 7 Engine 8 12 Harlan Fengler Locomobile Junior 8 Fengler Locomobile 4 Spark plugs 9 8 Fred Comer Miller Miller Miller 4 Spark plugs 10 34 Dan O’Brien Miller Miller Miller 2 Piston/valve
60 miles (1.5 mile x 40 laps) – For cars finishing 7th or worse in first two races
Pos # SP Driver Car Name Chassis Engine Laps Time 1 8 Fred Comer Miller Miller Miller 40 0:28:51.58, 124.742 mph 2 22 William Shattuc Miller Miller Miller 40 0:29:07.60 3 36 Cliff Woodbury Boyle Valve Miller Miller Miller 40 0:29:20.73 4 12 Harlan Fengler Locomobile Junior 8 Fengler Locomobile 40 0:30:49.94 5 5 Earl Cooper Miller Miller Miller 27 Flagged 6 9 Ralph Hepburn Miller Miller Miller 13 Oil line
120 miles (1.5 mile x 80 laps) – For cars finishing 6th or better in first three races
Pos # SP Driver Car Name Chassis Engine Laps Time 1 3 Harry Hartz Miller Miller Miller 80 0:58:20.50, 123.41 mph 2 8 Fred Comer Miller Miller Miller 80 3 14 Norman Batten Miller Miller Miller 80 4 10 Phil Shafer Miller Miller Miller 80 5 36 Cliff Woodbury Boyle Valve Miller Miller Miller 80 6 12 Harlan Fengler Locomonile Junior 8 Fengler Locomobile 80 7 28 Dave Evans Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 80 8 6 Frank Elliott Miller Miller Miller 75 Out 9 35 Ben Jones Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 72 Supercharger 10 15 Frank Lockhart Miller Miller Miller 59 Oil line 11 16 Bennett Hill Miller Miller Miller 19 Supercharger 12 5 Earl Cooper Miller Miller Miller 12 Main bearing 13 22 William Shattuc Miller Miller Miller 4 Valve NA 24 John Duff Elcar Miller Miller Withdrew – accident at Salem NQ 27 W.Douglas Hawkes Eldridge Eldridge Anzani DNQ NQ 37 T.W.Pickard Sievers Sievers DNQ
AAA sanction 1707
Charlotte, NC
23rd August 1926
25 miles (1.5 mile x 20 laps)
Pos # SP Driver Car Name Chassis Engine Laps Time 1 5 Earl Cooper Miller Miller Miller 20 0:11:38.15, 128.930 mph 2 27 Frank Lockhart Miller Miller Miller 20 0:11:38.30 3 4 Bob McDonogh Miller Miller Miller 20 0:11:51.38 4 6 Frank Elliott Miller Miller Miller 20 0:12:26.88 5 14 Norman Batten Miller Miller Miller 19 Flagged 6 1 Peter De Paolo Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 9 Valve 7 8 Fred Comer Miller Miller Miller 5 Supercharger 8 12 Harlan Fengler Locomobile Junior 8 Fengler Locomobile 4 Valve
25 miles (1.5 mile x 20 laps)
Pos # SP Driver Car Name Chassis Engine Laps Time 1 7 Dave Lewis Miller Miller Miller 20 0:11:58.16, 125.320 mph 2 16 Bennett Hill Miller Miller Miller 20 0:12:29.22 3 3 Harry Hartz Miller Miller Miller 20 0:12:34.48 4 22 William Shattuc Miller Miller Miller 20 0:12:34.78 5 36 Cliff Woodbury Boyle Valve Miller Miller Miller 20 0:12:41.78 6 17 Earl DeVore Nickel Plate Miller Miller Miller 6 Lost air pressure 7 18 Eddie Hearne Locomobile Junior 8 Fengler Locomobile 6 Leaking manifold
Lap Leaders: Harry Hartz 1- 1 Bennett Hill 2- 4 Cliff Woodbury 5- 14 Dave Lewis 15- 20
50 miles (1.5 mile x 40 laps)
Pos # SP Driver Car Name Chassis Engine Laps Time 1 27 Frank Lockhart Miller Miller Miller 40 0:24:28.80, 122.549 mph 2 3 Harry Hartz Miller Miller Miller 40 0:25:06.93 3 36 Cliff Woodbury Boyle Valve Miller Miller Miller 40 0:25:16.93 4 6 Frank Elliott Miller Miller Miller 39 Flagged 5 22 William Shattuc Miller Miller Miller 32 Flagged 6 4 Bob McDonogh Miller Miller Miller 24 Valve 7 14 Norman Batten Miller Miller Miller 17 Engine overheated 8 35 Ben Jones Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 6 Supercharger 9 5 Earl Cooper Miller Miller Miller 6 Radiator cap opened NQ 7 Dave Lewis Miller Miller Miller DNQ – burnt valve
Lap Leaders: Earl Cooper 1- 5 Harry Hartz 6- 19 Frank Lockhart 20- 40
150 miles (1.5 mile x 120 laps)
Pos # SP Driver Car Name Chassis Engine Laps Time 1 27 6 Frank Lockhart Miller Miller Miller 120 1:14:27.30, 120.878 mph 2 6 2 Frank Elliott Miller Miller Miller 120 1:17:16.45 3 18 7 Eddie Hearne Locomobile Junior 8 Fengler Locomobile 120 1:17:49.00 4 17 3 Earl DeVore Miller Miller Miller 120 1:20:37.36 5 22 5 William Shattuc Miller Miller Miller 120 1:25:59.91 6 16 8 Bennett Hill Miller Miller Miller 107 Flagged 7 7 1 Dave Lewis Miller Miller Miller 108 Supercharger 8 14 10 Norman Batten Miller Miller Miller 90 Valve 9 36 4 Cliff Woodbury Boyle Valve Miller Miller Miller 72 Supercharger 10 28 11 Dave Evans Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 11 Engine 11 35 9 Ben Jones Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 2 Supercharger NQ 9 Ralph Hepburn Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg Car rebuild incomplete NQ 10 Phil Shafer Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg New car not complete NQ 15 Peter Kreis Miller Miller Miller New car not complete NQ 19 Leon Duray Miller Miller Miller New car not complete NQ 34 Dan O’Brien Miller Miller Miller Driver retired
Lap Leaders: Frank Elliott 1- 1 Dave Lewis 2- 9, 98-106 Bennett Hill 10- 21 Frank Lockhart 22- 97, 107-120
AAA sanction 1697
Pole position speed: 130.800 mph
Altoona Speedway, PA
18th September 1926 – 250 miles (1.25 mile x 200 laps)
Pos # SP Driver Car Name Chassis Engine Laps Time 1 27 5 Frank Lockhart Miller Miller Miller 200 2:08:53.33, 116.379 mph 2 15 15 Peter Kreis Miller Miller Miller 200 2:10:14.83 3 12 6 Leon Duray Miller Miller Miller 200 2:10:42.04 4 3 1 Harry Hartz Miller Miller Miller 200 2:11:59.99 5 4 16 Bob McDonogh Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 200 2:13:09.06 6 8 4 Fred Comer Miller Miller Miller 200 2:15:55.25 7 16 2 Bennett Hill Miller Miller Miller 200 2:16:11.25 8 6 11 Frank Elliott Miller Miller Miller 200 2:20:29.52 9 18 9 Eddie Hearne Locomobile Junior 8 Fengler Locomobile 200 2:21:00.03 10 22 7 William Shattuc Miller Miller Miller 185 Flagged 11 17 8 Earl DeVore Miller Miller Miller 120 Throttle 12 19 10 Harlan Fengler Locomobile Junior 8 Fengler Locomobile 114 Engine 13 34 17 Fred Lecklider Miller Miller Miller 111 Supercharger 14 7 3 Dave Lewis Miller Miller Miller 55 Fuel tank bracket 15 10 13 Tony Gulotta Miller Miller Miller 48 Valve 16 5 14 Earl Cooper Miller Miller Miller 41 Valve 17 36 12 Cliff Woodbury Boyle Valve Miller Miller Miller 34 Oil scavenge pump 18 14 18 Norman Batten Miller Miller Miller 22 Supercharger NQ 1 Peter De Paolo Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg DNQ - Arrived too late NQ 9 Ralph Hepburn Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg DNQ NQ 28 Dave Evans Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg DNQ – Supercharger NQ 37 T.W.Pickard Sievers Sievers DNQ – mechanical in Practice NQ Bon MacDougall Miller
AAA sanction 1736
Pole position speed: 130.100 mph
Race scheduled for the 2nd September but delayed due to rain.
Salem-Rockingham, NH
12th October 1926
25 miles (1.25 mile x 20 laps)
Pos # SP Driver Car Name Chassis Engine Laps Time 1 16 Bennett Hill Miller Miller Miller 20 0:11:32.43, 130.057 mph 2 3 Harry Haryz Miller Miller Miller 20 0:11:32.58 3 27 Frank Lockhart Miller Miller Miller 20 0:11:32.67 4 36 Cliff Woodbury Boyle Valve Miller Miller Miller 20 0:11:49.40 5 7 Dave Lewis Miller Miller Miller 20 0:11:55.07 6 18 Ralph Hepburn Locomobile Junior 8 Fengler Locomobile 20 0:12:15.51 7 1 Peter De Paolo Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 20 0:12:24.28 8 19 Wade Morton Locomobile Junior 8 Fengler Locomobile 19 Flagged 9 9 Dave Lewis Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 19 Flagged 10 22 William Shattuc Miller Miller Miller 19 Flagged 11 12 Leon Duray Miller Miller Miller 19 Flagged 12 8 Fred Comer Miller Miller Miller 19 Flagged 13 15 Peter Kreis Miller Miller Miller 19 Flagged 14 6 Frank Elliott Miller Miller Miller 19 Flagged 15 5 Bob McDonogh Miller Miller Miller 19 Valve 16 10 Tony Gulotta Miller Miller Miller 10 Magneto 17 17 Earl DeVore Miller Miller Miller 5 Con-rod 18 14 Norman Batten Miller Miller Miller 3 Spark plug
25 miles (1.25 mile x 20 laps)
Pos # SP Driver Car Name Chassis Engine Laps Time 1 12 Leon Duray Miller Miller Miller 20 0:11:20.22, 130.393 mph 2 3 Harry Hartz Miller Miller Miller 20 0:11:30.95 3 27 Frank Lockhart Miller Miller Miller 20 0:11:31.33 4 7 Dave Lewis Miller Miller Miller 20 0:11:38.00 5 16 Bennett Hill Miller Miller Miller 20 0:11:53.28 6 36 Cliff Woodbury Boyle Valve Miller Miller Miller 20 0:12:02.98 7 9 Dave Evans Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 20 0:12:31.30 8 14 Norman Batten Miller Miller Miller 20 0:12:41.99 9 1 Peter De Paolo Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 11 Lost brakes 10 15 Peter Kreis Miller Miller Miller 4 Fouled spark plugs 11 8 Fred Comer Miller Miller Miller 4 Fouled spark plugs 12 6 Frank Elliott Miller Miller Miller 3 Fouled spark plugs 13 18 Ralph Hepburn Locomobile Junior 8 Fengler Locomobile 2 Fouled spark plugs
Lap Leaders: Leon Duray 1- 20
200 miles (1.25 mile x 160 laps)
Pos # SP Driver Car Name Chassis Engine Laps Time 1 3 Harry Hartz Miller Miller Miller 160 1:37:21.24, 123.261 mph 2 15 Peter Kreis Miller Miller Miller 160 1:37:24.91 3 12 Leon Duray Miller Miller Miller 160 1:37:24.94 4 9 Dave Evans Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 160 1:42:07.77 5 6 Frank Elliott Miller Miller Miller 160 1:44:34.16 6 22 William Shattuc Miller Miller Miller 160 1:47:18.35 7 10 Tony Gulotta Miller Miller Miller 158 Flagged 8 16 Bennett Hill Miller Miller Miller 156 Flagged 9 27 Frank Lockhart Miller Miller Miller 142 Con-rod 10 19 Wade Morton Locomobile Junior 8 Fengler Locomobile 140 Con-rod 11 18 Ralph Hepburn` Locomobile Junior 8 Fengler Locomobile 108 Valve 12 36 Cliff Woodbury Boyle Valve Miller Miller Miller 91 Oil line 13 8 Fred Comer Miller Miller Miller 53 Steering gear 14 7 Dave Lewis Miller Miller Miller 53 Piston 15 14 Norman Batten Miller Miller Miller 43 Overheated 16 1 Peter De Paolo Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 35 Gas pressure leak 17 17 Eal DeVore Miller Miller Miller 8 Piston head
Lap Leaders: Frank Lockhart 1- 8, 82-142 Harry Hartz 9- 81, 143-160
AAA sanction 1745
Charlotte, NC
11th November 1926
25 miles (1.25 mile x 20 laps)
Pos # SP Driver Car Name Chassis Engine Laps Time 1 27 3 Frank Lockhart Miller Miller Miller 20 0:11:19.73, 132.405 mph 2 16 1 Bennett Hill Miller Miller Miller 20 0:11:22.07 3 6 5 Frank Elliott Locomobile Junior 8 Miller Locomobile 20 0:11:59.09 4 22 6 William Shattuc Miller Miller Miller 20 0:11:59.38 5 15 4 Peter Kreis Miller Miller Miller 17 Flagged 6 12 2 Leon Duray Miller Miller Miller 7 Ignition
Lap Leaders: Bennett Hill 1- 2 Frank Lockhart 3- 20
Pole Position Speed: 135.500 mph
25 miles (1.25 mile x 20 laps)
Pos # SP Driver Car Name Chassis Engine Laps Time 1 7 2 Dave Lewis Miller Miller Miller 20 0:11:48.56, 127.018 mph 2 3 1 Harry Hartz Miller Miller Miller 20 0:11:49.86 3 36 6 Cliff Woodnury Boyle Valve Miller Miller Miller 20 0:12:00.83 4 8 4 Fred Comer Miller Miller Miller 20 0:12:01.28 5 1 3 Peter De Paolo Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 20 0:12:06.67 6 4 5 Ralph Hepburn Locomobile Junior 8 Fengler Locomobile 20 0:12:07.10
Lap Leaders: Dave Lewis 1- 20
Pole Position Speed: 133.900 mph
50 miles (1.25 mile x 40 laps)
Pos # SP Driver Car Name Chassis Engine Laps Time 1 3 Harry Hartz Miller Miller Miller 40 0:23:11.56, 129.351 mph 2 12 3 Leon Duray Miller Miller Miller 40 0:23:11.94 3 7 4 Dave Lewis Miller Miller Miller 40 0:23:17.58 4 16 1 Bennett Hill Miller Miller Miller 40 0:23:58.52 5 1 Peter De Paolo Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 40 0:24:02.55 6 6 9 Frank Elliott Locomobile Junior 8 Miller Locomobile 40 0:24:34.97 7 22 11 William Shattuc Miller Miller Miller 40 0:24:39.65 8 15 10 Peter Kreis Miller Miller Miller 29 Supercharger 9 4 8 Ralph Hepburn Locomobile Junior 8 Fengler Locomobile 26 Fouled plugs 10 61 12 Louis Meyer Miller Miller Miller 15 Con-rod 11 8 7 Fred Comer Miller Miller Miller 6 Fouled plugs 12 27 5 Frank Lockhart Miller Miller Miller 6 Supercharger
100 miles (1.25 mile x 80 laps)
Pos # SP Driver Car Name Chassis Engine Laps Time 1 12 Leon Duray Miller Miller Miller 80 0:49:09.73, 122.045 mph 2 6 Frank Elliott Locomobile Junior 8 Miller Locomobile 80 0:49:47.51 3 22 William Shattuc Miller Miller Miller 80 0:49:47.52 4 3 Harry Hartz Miller Miller Miller 79 Flagged 5 8 Fred Comer Miller Miller Miller 72 Flagged 6 1 Peter De Paolo Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 51 Flagged 7 16 1 Frank Lockhart Miller Miller Miller 44 Valve 8 7 Dave Lewis Miller Miller Miller 38 Clutch 9 4 Ralph Hepburn Locomobile Junior 8 Fengler Locomobile 1 Supercharger NS 16 Bennett Hill Miller Miller Miller Eye injury in 40 mile race. Lockhart drove car. NQ 5 Earl Cooper Miller Miller Miller Fused piston in practice
AAA sanction 1748
Other US events of 1926
“A news item reports that a Kansas man won the Confederate Memorial Auto Race at some town in Mississippi the other day. In just what way an automobile race could be regarded as a memorial to the cause of the Confederacy, which rose, fought its fight and failed, forty years before the first automobile was invented, is just a bit difficult to understand. That a Kansas man should have had the nerve to enter such a race and should have been-allowed to win it is not altogether clear either.” Iola Register (22nd May)
International Motor Contest Association Championship Standings
1 Fred Horey
Albuquerque, NM
1st January 1926
Time Trials 1 Doyt Atha Chevrolet 0:00:53.5 2 Agnew 0:00:56.0 3 Souders 0:00:57.5 4 William L.Cowan Frontenac 0:00:58.5 5 Harry Milburn Duesenberg 6 Hottinger 7 Biava Smyers Cadillac
10 miles 1 Doyt Atha 0:11:48 2 Harry Milburn 3 William L.Cowan 4 Miller 5 Stevens Agnew Souders Hottinger Biava R Smyers accident
Located half a mile south of East Central Avenue. Due to track conditions, the races were postponed to the 3rd January as snow was making things slippery. However, the promoter offered $100 for a 10 lap race, which was held.
Bankhead Highway (Fort Worth-Cisco-Fort Worth), TX
1st January 1926 – 260 miles
Banning, CA
1st January 1926 – ½ mile dirt oval
Banning American legion to hold auto races.
Phoenix, AZ
1st January 1926
AAA sanction 1676.
Albuquerque, NM
3rd January 1926
Time Trials Australian Pursuit R Bill Agnew rear end 1 Biava 2 George Souders slipping clutch 10 miles 3 Smyers 1 George Souders 0:09:24 No other starters 2 Biava 0:09:25 R Harry Milburn transmission case Biava drove Cowan’s Ford.
50 miles 1 George Souders Chevrolet 0:49:00 2 Harry Milburn Deusenberg 3 Cowan Frontenac 4 Stevens -4 laps 5 Biava -6 laps R Atha R Smyers carburettor R Barnes wheel spokes R Miller Studebaker Special 39 laps/fuel tank R Hottinger Frontenac driver thrown from car R Flanigan right front wheel spindle
Arizona State Fairgrounds, Phoenix, AZ
17th January 1926
50 miles 1 Charles Goldtrap Hudson Special 0:41:42.4 2 Jimmy Thomas Hudson Special 3 F.Miller Studebaker Special R James Randolph thrown wheel/accident
Oscar Levi “Jack” Nunnally was killed during practice for this event on the 15th January – he crashed, suffering injuries from which he succumbed later that day in hospital.
Bakersfield Speedway, Kern County Fairgrounds, CA
14th February 1926
Rained out
Bakersfield Speedway, Kern County Fairgrounds, CA
21st February 1926 – “Cotton Is King” Race
Entrants: 27 Frank Lockhart Miller Special 21 Phil “Red” Shafer Babe Doyle Miller Special 20 Fred Lecklider Fred Lecklider Miller Special 12 Jack Petticord Bill White Cunningham Special 87 Fred Lecklider Junior Special 17 D.Grable Grable Duesenberg Special 99 Mel Kenealy A.B.Miller Hooker Special 100 John Vickers Jackman Special 46 Sid Chambers C.C.Ballinger Rajo Special 13 Bon MacDougall Lind MacDougall Special 123 Jack Logan Mahoney Special 3 Babe Stapp Stapp Special Sam C.Barrier Wingfoot Special 95 Dewey Skipwirth L.D.Smith Foothill Special 116 William Helsler Helsler Frontenac Special 15 George Brunmier Brunmier Laurel Special 10 Harry Howard George Howard Special 4 George Howard Norris Shears Special 5 F.M.Crom Crom Chevrolet Special 1 F.J.Morris Morris Bros Rajo Special 2 George Dryden Morris Bros Dryden Special 222 Haberfelde Special 11 Bert Spencer Pop Evans Ford Special Cliff Wilson Wilson Whippet Special Rowlins Frontenac-Ford
5 miles 2 18 1 Frank Lockhart 0:03:30.6 3 88 2 Fred Lecklider 4 Ben MacDougal 3 Ben MacDougal 5 miles 5 miles 1 Lou Moore 0:03:52.4 1 Bert Spencer 0:03:50.4 2 Jack Logan 3 John Vickers 4 222 5 miles – Consolation 1 Sid Chambers 0:03:58.6 15 miles 2 E.J.Morris 1 Lou Moore 0:11:04.2 4 George Dryden 2 John Vickers 3 Mel Kenealy 25 miles 1 Frank Lockhart 0:18:33.4 10 miles – San Joaquin Valley Sweepstakes 2 Fred Lecklider 1 Billy Spence 0:07:50 3 Lou Mooore 2 F.J.Morris 4 John Vickers 3 George Dryden
George W.Howard was killed on the 20th February when his car overturned during practice. During the races, race official Clyde Roads broke his leg when he was struck by a car. He had been avoiding one car when he stepped in front of another being pushed by a group of mechanics – they were bump-starting it, and the engine caught at the exact same time.
AAA sanction 1683
San Antonio Speedway, TX
21st-22nd February 1926
Entrants: 4 Ed Byer 0:01:30 1 Fred Morris Hiso Special 5 Harry Norris 0:01:30.4 4 Cotton Merchant Frontenac-Ford 6 A.More 0:01:31.6 5 Allen Tillotson Chevrolet Special 7 Pat Hog 0:01:32 6 George Rice Stancliff Speacial 8 Oscar Coleman 0:01:32.4 9 Harry Norris Dodge 9 Doyt Atha 0:01:33 10 A.More Kirby Special 10 C.A.Calthorpe 0:01:33.4 13 W.T.Weathersbee Green Special 11 Grayson Lubbock 0:01:34.2 14 Sam Passur Dodge Special 12 J.W.Draper 0:01:35.4 16 Harry Milburn Duesenberg 13 B.C.Oman 0:01:36 17 Rex Edwards Frontenac-Ford 14 Nera 0:01:36.2 17 W.Tennell Frontenac-Ford 15 Lee Bonnell 0:01:40 18 Herbert Haas Hudson Special 16 Allan Tillotson 0:01:46.6 24 Jimmy Lawrence Frontenac-Ford 26 C.A.Calthorpe Dodge Special 21st February: 6 laps 33 S.E.Fonden Frontenac Ford 1 Pat Hog 0:09:09.8 44 Pat Hog Frontenac 2 B.C.Oman 66 J.W.Draper Ford Special 3 Oscar Coleman 77 Oscar Coleman Frontenac Special R Ed Byer accident 78 N.S.York Chrysler R J.W.Draper rolled 100 Johnny Mais Dodge Special Eddie Byer wrecked after locking wheels with 200 Ed Byer Fortner Special Draper – a strand of wire caught Byer by the neck 401 George Souders Chevrolet Special and jerked him clear of his machine when the car 600 Jonson Dark Horse left the track. His neck was “almost severed”. W.Johnson S.E.Fonden Marmon 22nd February: 8 laps H.Gerrish Chevrolet Special 1 Harry Milburn 0:11:19.4 H.Whiting Ford Special 2 Jimmy Lawrence 0:11:32.6 Lee Bonnell Frontenac-Ford 3 W.Tennell 0:11:53 Reese Green Green Special (Jordan Bros) Frontenac-Ford 22nd February: 4 laps B.C.Oman Chalmers Special 1 E.A.Moore 0:05:49.2 Nera Ford Special 2 H.Norris 0:06:29.4 Doyt Atha Frontenac Ford 3 C.A.Calthorpe 0:06:30 Grayson Lubbock Pageng Special E.A.Moore Kirby Special 22nd February: 15 laps 1 Harry Milburn 0:21:48 21st February: Time Trials 2 G.R.Souders 0:22:00 1 Jimmy Lawrence 0:01:23 3 Jimmy Lawrence 0:22:07 2 Harry Milburn 0:01:23.6 4 E.A.Moore 0:22:35.2 3 W.Tennell 0:01:25.4
AAA sanction 1685, promoted by the San Antonio Automobile Association.
Douglas, AZ
22nd February 1926
50 miles 1 Harold Peterson 0:41:43 2 James Randolph R Baker R Anderson NS Harper con-rod in practice NS Petticord rear axle in practice
AAA sanction 1684
Daytona Beach, FL
25th-26th February 1926
Entrants: Earl Cooper Bennett Hill Tommy Milton Harry Hartz Peter De Paolo Bob McDonogh
Speed record attempts, sanctioned by the AAA (number 1679) - cancelled.
Ascot Speedway, CA
28th February 1926
Ascot Speedway, CA
7th March 1926
Ascot Speedway, CA
14th March 1926
Ventura Fairgrounds, Seaside Park, CA
14th March 1926
Ascot Speedway, CA
28th March 1926
Feature 1 Bennie Hill
Daytona Beach, FL
April 1926
Arizona State Fairgrounds, Phoenix, AZ
11th April 1926
Time Trials 1 Jimmy Randolph Randolph Special 0:00:45.4 2 Harper Overland Special 0:00:46.4 = C.Anderson Globe-Miami Special 0:00:46.4 4 Harold Peterson W&C Special 0:00:47.4 5 J.Thomas Hudson Special 0:00:48.4 6 Manzy Hudson Bluebird 0:00:49.0 7 Goldtrap W&C Special 0:00:50.4 8 Boody Holloway Special 0:00:50.8
20 miles 10 miles – Consolation 1 Jimmy Randolph 0:16:22.4 1 Harold Peterson 0:08:13.2 2 C.Anderson 2 Goldtrap 3 J.Thomas 3 J.Thomas 4 Harper 5 Manzy 5 miles - Consolation 6 Boody 1 Harper 0:04:10.2 2 Boody 10 miles 3 Manzy 1 Jimmy Randolph 0:08:01.6 2 C.Anderson 3 Harold Peterson 4 J.Thomas 5 Manzy
AAA sanction 1692.
Ascot Speedway. CA
11th April 1926
Fresno Speedway, CA
15th April 1926 – 1 mile board oval
25 miles 50 miles 1 Earl Cooper 0:14:25.4 1 Peter De Paolo 0:29:01 2 Bennett Hill 2 Earl Cooper 3 Peter De Paolo 3 Bennett Hill
Raisin Day races. AAA sanction 1696.
Ascot Speedway, CA
18th April 1926
Rained off. The AAA also granted sanction number 1695 to The White Auto Co to hold a trial at this track on the 17th April.
San Antonio Speedway, TX
18th April 1926
Entrants: Jean Green Sunshine Special 5 Allan Tillotson Chevrolet Special H.Norris Dodge Special 9 Moser Dodge Special 14 Sam Passar Dodge Special 14 miles 15 R.E.Whiting 1 Harry Milburn 0:11:27.2 16 Harry Milburn Duesenberg 2 Jimmy Lawrence 0:11:45.2 17 W.Tennil Frontenac-Ford 3 H.Norris 0:12:13.4 21 Jimmy Lawrence Frontenac-Ford 28 H.Haas Hudson Special 10 miles 33 S.E.Fondren Frontenac-Ford 1 Bill Tennil 0:07:50.2 44 Neve Frontenac-Ford 2 George Souders 0:08:19 66 Otha Ellis Multi-Lift Ford 3 Jean Green 0:09:08 77 Oscar Coleman Coleman Special 78 Dr Coleman Chrysler 12 miles 99 F.Barndowsky Oakland Special 1 Bill Neve 0:08:45 200 H.Fortner Fortner Special 2 Dewey Puryear 0:09:09 400 Dewey Puryear Chevrolet Special 3 Jack Jordan 0:09:15.4 401 George Souders Chevrolet Special C.Cross Frontenac-Ford 20 miles E.Grossbenny Green Special 1 Harry Milburn 0:13:54.4 Kirby Special 2 Bill Tennil 0:13:55.8 C.A.Calthrop Dodge Special 3 Jimmy Lawrence 0:14:29.4 Jack Jordan Frontenac-Ford 4 Otha Ellis 0:15:01 McMahon
AAA sanction 1693. During testing for the races on the 15th April, Milo Cummings crashed after his car threw a front wheel and rolled. He suffered lacerations to the face, arms and upper body, and was taken to hospital.
Houston-Galveston Speedway, TX
21st April 1926 – 1.25 mile board oval
From the Port Arthur News, 7th March 1926
This was to have been the opening meeting at this track, sanctioned by the AAA. By the 7th March work was only just about the begin, so the expected opening date was moved back to early summer. It never did open.
San Antonio Speedway, TX
25th April 1926
Entrants: Harry Milburn N.S.York Bill Tennil George Souders
San Antonio Racing Association races – postponed to the 2nd May due to track conditions after rain.
Seaside Park, CA
25th April 1926
Reno, NV
2nd May 1926 – 1.25 mile oval
Entrants: C.Cochrane J.A.Mais Art Haskins Jack Williams Rajo Special George Lott Doyle-Hunsinger Co Frontenac Ford Art Murphy Lang Chevrolet Special Frank Don Carlos Overland Special Ray Halton Green Special Cy Cox Kincaid Stutz Bill Page Frontenac-Ford John Lockeridge Legionnaire Stutz
Time Trials 8 laps 1 George Lott 0:01:03 1 Bill Page 0:09:25.5 2 Kincaid 0:01:04.5 2 Frank Don Carlos 3 Frank Don Carlos 0:01:07 3 John Lockeridge = Bill Page 0:01:07 5 John Lockeridge 0:01:11.1 12 laps 6 Jack Williams 0:01:11.2 1 Kincaid 0:14:03.5 7 Art Murphy 0:01:18.2 2 John Lockeridge No other finishers 8 laps 1 George Lott 0:09:26 30 laps – Main 2 Frank Don Carlos 1 Kincaid 0:37:40 3 John Lockeridge 2 George Lott 3 John Lockeridge 4 Frank Don Carlos No other starters Reno Motor Speedway Association races.
Roby Speedway, IL
2nd May 1926
15 miles Other entrants: 1 Ralph Ormsby Clyde Currey Shorty Cantlon 15 miles Walter Martins 2 Dutch Baumann D.D.Morris Harry Nichols 25 miles – Feature Fred Harder 1 Dutch Baumann 0:21:19.6 Bennie Schoaff
San Antonio Speedway, TX
2nd May 1926 – 2 mile dirt oval
Time Trials 1 C.Cross Frontenac-Ford 0:01:20.3 2 Bill Tennil Frontenac-Ford 0:01:22.0 Lawrence Frontenac-Ford Rex Edmonds Chrysler Special Oman Green Special Gerrish Chevrolet Special Lubbock Multi-Lift Ford Neve Frontenac-Ford
5 laps 5 laps 1 C.Cross 0:06:51.2 1 Gerrish 0:07:25.2 2 Bill Tennil 0:06:51.4 2 Lubbock 0:09:10 3 Harry Milburn 0:07:15.0 3 Neve 0:10:15
5 laps 10 laps 1 Lawrence 0:07:31.4 1 C.Cross 0:13:46.8 2 Rex Edmonds 0:07:43 2 Bill Tennil 0:14:26.2 3 Oman 0:08:11 3 Rex Edmonds 0:15:32.2 R Harry Milburn engine R Lawrence R Harry Milburn engine
Ascot Speedway, CA
9th May 1926
Cliff Wilson suffered a fractured skull after crashing in a curve and being thrown from his car.
Montgomery Fairgrounds, ALL
12th May 1926 – ½ mile dirt oval
Joan LaCosta and other drivers practiced on this oval, tuning up for the meeting at Lakewood on the 15th May.
Lakewood Amusement Park, Southeastern Fairgrounds, GA
15th May 1926
Joan LaCosta and Louis Disbrow were to compete in a match race at this event. There was a spat in the press about this during the run-up – Disbrow supposedly refused to comepete against LaCosta, then LaCosta accepted a challenge from him, and then Disbrow offered to cancel the match race due to LaCosta suffering a slight illness.
Crown Point, IN
16th May 1926
Entrants: Wilbur Shaw Leo Krasek Howard Wilcox Billy Arnold Louis Schneider Walter Martins Dutch Baumann Lize Bolin D.D.Morris
Baumann won three out of four events.
Highland Park, Holbrook, AZ
16th May 1926
Entrants: Slim Harper Albuquerque Special Billy Cowan A&C Special Ralph Miller Studebaker Special White Breece Frontenac-Ford Chuck Anderson Ford Special Tony Yurcie Studebaker Special W.C.Agnew Sellberg Special Roy Miller Albuquerque Auto Exchange Ford
Miller’s car threw a con-rod during practice and was forced to withdraw from the meeting.
Northampton Park, Akron, OH
16th May 1926 – ¾ mile dirt oval
100 miles – Buckeye State Sweepstakes 1 Whiz Sloan Carl Lieber Frontenac 1:37 2 Eddie Dribhold Chrysler 3 “Shorty” W.B.Wolfe Hudson 4 Fred Youst Hal Car owner Carl Lieber rode as Sloan’s mechanician. There were 15 entrants.
Other entrants: Homer Ormsby Ralph Ormbsy
10th Los Angeles (Camp Curry)-Yosemite Economy Run, CA
20th-21st May 1926 – 360 miles
Closed Car Sweepstakes 1 Benton Treeris Stutz 9 16.74 mpg/21.500 gallons/46.59 ton miles
Class 1A – 4 cylinder touring 1 C.L.Hodnett Star 4 29.09 mpg
Class 2A – 6 cylinder touring 1 Ray Rogers Star 6 23.60 mpg
Class 3A – 6 cylinder coach 1 Julius Duesevoir Flint 25.47 mpg
Class 4A – 8 cylinder sedan 1 Charles Carr Franklin 20.00 mpg
Class 5A – 8 cylinder touring 1 Joe Bozzani Duesenberg 8 19.86 mpg/18.125 gallons/50.53 ton miles Bozzani was the overall winner.
AAA sanction 1689.
Arizona State Fairgrounds, Phoenix, AZ
23rd May 1926
10 miles 25 miles – Feature 1 Harold Peterson 1 Jimmy Randolph 2 Jimmy Randolph 2 Harold Peterson 3 Leo Lathan 3 Leo Lathan The other three drivers retired due to engine Australian Pursuit trouble. 1 Jimmy Randolph
Only six cars were entered in the races. AAA sanction 1705.
Jackson, MI
23rd May 1926
AAA sanction 1699. Following an accident at the meeting which resulted in serious injuries to two boy spectators, the Jackson city commission instructed city attorney D.T.McKone to prepare an opinion on the commission’s power to prohibit or regulate races. Three days later, a suit for $20,000 was filed against Chester Howell (trading as Michigan Speedway Association) by Clarence Caldwell of Jackson, who claimed that he was permanently injured while watching races conducted by the association in Jackson on the 14th June 1925.
Roby Speedway, IL
23rd May 1926
Time Trials 1 Sonny Talamont
10 miles 1 Walter Martins 0:08:00 2 Wilbur Shaw 3 Red Parkhurst
20 miles 1 Walter Martins 0:15:53.4 2 Wilbur Shaw 3 Red Parkhurst
30 miles - Feature 1 Wilbur Shaw 0:24:53 2 Walter Martins 3 Red Parkhurst 4 Sonny Talamont R Louis Schneider flat tyre
30 cars were entered
Walter Martins
Apollo Fairgrounds, PA
29th May 1926
25 miles 1 Roy Harman Frontenac Special 2 Max Frederick “Mystery Driver” Hudson Special 22 laps/accident - continued R Samuel Whitacre 1 lap/accident Whitacre overturned on the first lap, and his car then caught fire while he was pinned beneath it. He was rescued by spectators and taken to hospital.
Run under the auspices of the Kiski Valley Agricultural and Driving Association. This was the initial opening of the fairgrounds.
Albuquerque Fairgrounds, NM
30th May 1926
Entrants: 1 Slim Harper Mais Special 2 Chuck Anderson Albuquerque Special 4 Jack Cousins Hudson Special 5 C.C.White Frontenac 6 Johnny Biava Frontenac 10 Roy Miller Ford 13 A.A.Womack Chevrolet 14 George Souders Chevrolet 15 Harry Milburn Duesenberg
Time Trials 1 Chuck Anderson 0:00:46.0 2 Slim Harper 0:00:46.75 Harper’s Mais Special burnt a bearing and took no further part in the meeting.
10 miles 1 George Souders 0:08:39.5 2 Milburn 3 Biava 0:08:59 4 Cousins
15 miles 50 miles 1 George Souders 0:13:18.5 1 George Souders 0:42:11.7 R Johnny Biava accident 2 Milburn 0:42:44 Biava went over the north bank, somersaulted 3 White -11 laps twice, and was thrown from the car, breaking his R Miller 40 laps/loose wheel arm and shoulder R Cousins 27 laps R Harper 12 laps R Womack 1 lap
Lexington, IL
30th May 1926
30 miles 1 Sonny Talamont
Fountain Park, Akron, OH
30th-31st May 1926 – ½ mile dirt oval
30th May: 10 miles – Summit County Championship
31st May: 100 laps 1 Whiz Sloan Lieber Special 0:56:24 2 Ray Campbell Frontenac 3 Paul Bost Stoddard Special 4 Joe Bickle Frontenac
Other entrants: Shorty Cantlon
Altoona Driving Park, PA
31st May 1926 – ½ mile dirt oval
50 miles – Central Pennsylvania Dirt Track Championship. Rained out.
Arden Downs, Washington, PA
31st May 1926 – ½ mile dirt oval
100 miles 1 William Pfeiffer R Charles F.Green Rajo-Ford 7 laps/accident R Curley Grandel accident R W.H.Thomas R H.M.Amsler
AAA sanction 1694.
Bloomington, IN
31st May 1926
Rained out
Butler, PA
31st May 1926
100 miles 1 W.S. “Speed” Gardner Pontiac Special 2:03:54 2 Tony Boyle Foster Special 3 William Dalzell Bailey Brothers Special 4 Red Joy Cuffey Special R Clifford Gills Chevrolet 91 laps/accident
AAA sanction 1690. Only four finished.
Byberry, PA
31st May 1926
AAA sanction 1702 – the event was cancelled.
Funks Motor Speedway, Winchester, IN
31st May 1926 – ½ mile dirt oval
Time Trials 1 Auter Thompson Frontenac 0:00:27.0
5 miles – Match Race 1 Wilbur Shaw Frontenac-Ford 0:04:38 2 Dutch Baumann
10 miles 1 Wilbur Shaw Frontenac-Ford 0:09:52.4 5 Auter Thompson Frontenac
15 miles 1 Wilbur Shaw Frontenac-Ford 0:13:41.2 R Dutch Baumann accident
25 miles 1 Wilbur Shaw Frontenac-Ford 0:23:08.4 Ralph Ormsby
Mississippi Valley Fairgrounds, Davenport, IA
31st May 1926
Entrants: Maynard Clark Duplex Special 5 miles Norman Wilson Rajo Special 1 Bud Stedman Al Fordson Lamont Special Al Fordson Ray Fox Duplex Special R Ray Fox accident Walter Snider Snider Special R McCrellis accident J.Frank Winkley Berlot Fordson hit Fox, and Fox then went through the railing. 2 miles 1 Bud Stedman 7 miles 1 Walter Snider
Monongahela, PA
31st May 1926 – ½ mile dirt oval
100 miles 1 Joe Spatch Salvador Special 2:12 2 Wayne Watson 3 Buck Ramsey R Raymond Scholv lost wheel R Earl Cashdollar 54 laps/through fence NS Barber Morris practice accident
AAA sanction 1691.
New Kensington, PA
31st May 1926
100 miles Shorty Wolf Chrysler Special
Spectator Mrs Margaret Saccakotto was badly injured when Shorty Wolf went through the fence in qualifying – she was knocked unconscious and suffered a fractured skull.
Overland Park, CO
31st May 1926 – 1 mile dirt oval
Run under the auspices of the Overland Park Racing Association Inc. Dorothy Walker was killed in the 5th event of the day, a 5 mile event. Driving as the “Masked Marvel” (her identity was only revealed after the accident), she overturned and suffered fatal injuries.
Rockhill Park, Alliance, OH
31st May 1926
100 laps 1 Whiz Sloan Lieber Special 0:56:40
Suffolk County Fairgrounds, Riverhead, NY
31st May 1926
Rained out
Washington State Fairgrounds, Yakima, WA
31st May 1926
AAA sanction 1704. Ira Cook lost control of his car and went through a barrier on which spectators were sitting,injuring four and killing nine year old Harlan D.Johnson Jr.
Waterloo Speedway, Seneca Falls, NY
31st May 1926 – ½ mile oval
Time Trials 1 Charles Schwab Duesenberg Special 0:00:32 2 H.Shaw Hudson Special 0:00:33 3 H.Slattery Frontenac-Ford 0:00:35 = J.M.Johnson Frontenac-Ford 0:00:35 4 George Emory Frontenac-Ford 0:00:36 = Leo Schwab Duesenberg Special 0:00:36
5 miles – Class D non-stock free-for-all 1 Charles Schwab 0:05:37.4 2 H.Slattery 3 Leo Schwab 4 Raymond Lutz
10 miles – Class D non-stock free-for-all 1 Charles Schwab 0:11:19.8 2 H.Slattery 3 Leo Schwab 4 Joe DePalos Duesenberg Special Raymond Lutz R Benny Serth George Emory Frontenac-Ford accident Serth was attempting to pass Lutz on the last lap when his car left the road, went through the fence and hit a small tree.
5 miles – Handicap 1 Leo Schwab 0:06:08.8 2 Charles Schwab 3 H.Slattery 4 Raymond Lutz
5 miles – Class E non-stock 1 E.Nosburgh Ford Special 0:06:24.2 2 George Emory Frontenac-Ford
Bellevue, OH
2nd June 1926 – ¾ mile oval
100 laps 1 Whiz Sloan Lieber Special 0:56:40
Bloomington, IN
5th June 1926
15 miles 2 Bill McCoy
25 miles - Main 1 Bill McCoy Arnold Johnson “Green Devil”
Other entrants: Noble Krom
There were 14 entrants
Burlington County Fairgrounds, Mount Holly, NJ
5th June 1926 – ½ mile dirt oval
Leslie Morris was killed on the 4th June after he took his car onto the track for practice following heavy rain – he skidded, went through the fence, across the Burlington Pike and into a tree. Meeting was sanctioned by the National Motor Contest Board.
Staten Island, NY
5th June 1926
AAA sanction 1701
Urbana, IL
5th June 1926
5 miles 1 24 T.B.Shoaff Charley Hamilton Special 0:05:31
15 miles 1 24 T.B.Shoaff Charley Hamilton Special 0:17:02
Races had been scheduled for the 31st May, but were postponed.
Fort Miami, Toledo, OH
6th June 1926
Entrants: Lieber Special
Fountain Park, Akron, OH
6th June 1926
50 miles 1 Fred Yutzy Hal Special 0:55:00 2 C.L.Klingensmith Frontenac 3 Virgil Kynett Frontenac 4 Joe Bickle Frontenac R Whiz Sloan Lieber Special tyre blowout/accident 16 starters, 6 finishers
Hamilton Fairgrounds, OH
6th June 1926 – ½ mile dirt oval
25 miles R Louis Gebhardt C&D Special 12 miles/accident Louis Gebhardt swerved into the inner railing and rolled – he was taken to hospital with a severe lung injury.
Other entrants: Auter Thompson Lloyd Early John Krom
Paris, IL
6th June 1926
25 miles 1 24 T.B.Shoaff Charley Hamilton Special 0:27:02 R Bill McCoy Arnold Johnson “Green Devil” hit fence
Fort Miami, OH
13th June 1926
100 miles 1 Shorty Cantlon 1:30:32.4 2 Shorty Wolf 3 Joe Broadbeck R Charles Valinski rolled
Peter Defiletto crashed during practice on the 12th June for the races, fatally injuring himself. He died on the 14th June in Bower’s Hospital, Perrysburg.
Roby Speedway, IL
13th June 1926
Time Trials 50 miles R Marshall Jackson accident 1 Dutch Baumann 0:39:57.0 R 999 Charles Dickman accident 2 Louis Schneider 3 Walter Martins 5 miles - Tyre change race 4 Carl Adams 1 Louis Schneider 0:04:32 Sonny Talamont 2 Sonny Talamont R Wilbur Shaw mechanical 3 Dutch Baumann Other entrants: 5 miles – Consolation Leslie Allen 1 Glen Fites 0:04:28 D.D.Morris 2 Billy Rupp 3 L.Craver
Saginaw, MI
13th June 1926 – ½ mile dirt oval
Time Trials 10 miles R Frank Mallo accident 1 Ralph DePalma 0:10:10.4 R Burt Kartnatz accident 5 miles 3 miles 1 Grace Miller 0:05:10.6 1 Ralph DePalma 0:03:08.2
AAA sanction 1708
Wisconsin State Fair Park, Milwaukee, WI
13th June 1926
50 miles 1 Arthur Brach Clemson Special 0:45:17 R Red Parkhurst 17 laps/accident R Barney Sullivan axle/spin R Ted Rostran thrown tyre/accident Parkhurst was hospitalised and badly injured, suffering a double skull fracture.
Elmer Schmidt was killed when his car went through a fence during practice on the 12th June.
Baltimore-Washington Speedway, Laurel, MD
19th June 1926 – Dirt oval
25 miles 1 Tom Reed Peugeot 2 Lou Fink 3 E.E.Penjuke
50 miles 1 Jimmy Gleason Miller 2 Jack Desmond 3 Fred Winnai R Russell Snowberger Miller accident/engine
100 miles 1 Jimmy Gleason Miller 0:57:55 2 Ray Keech Miller 3 Al Aspen Tom Reed R Ben Shaw Frontenac accident
Meeting run by the National Motor Racing Association.
Minnesota State Fairgrounds, St Paul, MN
19th June 1926 – 1 mile dirt oval
10 miles 100 miles - Feature 1 Ray Shaw 0:07:52.5 1 Ray Shaw 2 Barney Sullivan 30 miles 3 Archie Powell R Lawrence Nassey accident
Joan La Costa set the “world record for women automobile drivers” when she lapped the track in 45.8s.
Waterloo Speedway, Seneca Falls, NY
19th June 1926 – ½ mile oval
Charles Schwab was disqualified from the races.
Ascot Speedway, CA
20th June 1926
Crown Point, IN
20th June 1926
Race winners: Dutch Baumann Wilbur Shaw Walter Martins
Kalamazoo, MI
20th June 1926
Time Trials 10 miles 1 Ralph DePalma 2 Ralph DePalma
5 miles 25 miles 1 Ralph DePalma 1 Ralph DePalma
5 miles 1 Ralph DePalma
AAA sanction 1700. Had been postponed from the 6th June.
South West Washington Fairgrounds, WA
20th June 1926
AAA sanction 1713 – event cancelled.
Cedarburg Fairgrounds, WI
27th June 1926 – ½ mile dirt oval
Time Trials 1 Frank Brisco 0:00:32.4
10 miles – Class D 1 Eddie Czapiweski 0:11:45 2 Austin Eisenmann 3 Harold Gildner
10 miles – Class A 1 Frank Brisco 0:11:06.2 2 Barney Sullivan 3 Tudy Marchese
5 miles – Consolation 1 Eddie Czapiewski 0:06:56 2 Austin Eisenmann
3 Harold Gildner
25 miles – Class A 1 Frank Brisco 0:29:01 2 Barney Sullivan 3 Tudy Marchese 4 Austin Eisenmann
Detroit, MI
27th June 1926
100 miles 1 Frank Lockhart 1:25:56.82 2 Cliff Woodbury 3 Elvin Ross 4 Fred Harder 99 laps/engine NC Rollin Miller 92 laps/flagged R Bruce Miller accident R Bruce Miller accident R Eddie Hearne 1 lap/engine NQ Ira Vail DNQ – engine NQ Ralph DePalma DNQ - engine Woodbury finished about 2 minutes behind Lockhart and protested the result on the basis that he thought the engine from Lockhart’s Miller Special exceeded the specified piston displacement of 183 cubic inches. W.D.Edenburn of the AAA contest board measured the displacement and recorded it at 181.5232 cubic inches. And yes, Bruce Miller did retire twice from the race. The first time he had an accident in his own car, then he took over a Hamlin Special as a relief driver and crashed that too, going through a fence.
Sanctioned by the AAA (sanction number 1706).
Highland Park, Holbrook, AZ
27th June 1926
Plymouth, WI
27th June 1926 – ½ mile dirt oval
Time Trials 1 Johnny Sawyer Rajo 0:00:33.8 2 Artie Brach Frontenac 0:00:34.4 3 Russ Trudell Rajo 0:00:35.0 4 George Downs Frontenac-Ford 0:00:35.8 = George Young Rajo 0:00:35.8 6 Cliff Digainer Rajo 0:00:37.8
15 laps – Class A 10 miles – Class A 1 Johnny Sawyer 0:08:44.3 1 Artie Brach 0:12:53.2 2 Artie Brach 2 Russ Trudell 3 Russ Trudell 3 Francis Reinke Reinke drove the Digainer car. 10 miles – Class B 1 Johnny Sawyer 0:12:39.2 Other entrants: 2 George Downs Francis Reinke R George Young Lloyd Graves Orville Eckert Randall Herfort
Thornton Speedway, IL
27th June 1926 – ½ mile dirt oval
Entrants: Leslie Allen Dutch Baumann D.D.Morris Wilbur Shaw
Paris, IL
1st July 1926
Race 30 miles 1 Fred Roberts 1 Dutch Baumann
Castleton, IL
3rd July 1926
Humboldt County Fairgrounds, IA
3rd July 1926
5 miles – Free-for-all 1 Wittmann 2 Ketman
3 miles – County stock car race 1 Wittmann 2 Koob 3 Sawyer
The 5 mile county free-for-all race was not held.
Huron Fairgrounds, SD
3rd July 1926
Entrants: Johnny Watters Frontenac
McKean County Fairgrounds, PA
3rd July 1926
1 mile – Automobile race 1 Stickles Ford Speedster 0:01:22 2 Andy Legge C.L.White Special 3 Engstrom Ford
Ford Stock car race 1 Bowley 0:01:49.5 2 Crowe 3 Parker
Time Trial 1 Carlton Engstrom 2 C.L.White 3 Stromberg R Stickles accident/hit fence R Fielding hit wreckage of Stickles
Perry Race Track, NY
3rd July 1926
Entrants: Tony DeRosa L.Fink Art Bartold Jay Nichols Frank Conley C.Bridge Leo Schwab James Daley Charles Schwab
Sweetwater, TX
3rd July 1926
16 laps 1 McCallough Charleston Chandler Special 0:14:30 2 Robbins Ford 0:16 3 11 Cooper Ford “Pee Wee Sally” 4 77 Toler Mistake 5 Moody Senseless Six No other starters. Starting order was Toler, Cooper, McCallough, Robbins, Moody
Open to any car the owner is willing to sell for up to $50.
Thornton, IL
3rd July 1926
Entrants: Dutch Baumann Wilbur Shaw Walter Martins
Coshocton Fairgrounds, OH
3rd & 5th July 1926
Run by the Coshocton Racing Association.
Reno Motor Speedway, NV
3rd-5th July 1926 – 1.25 mile oval
3rd July: Time Trials 1 Barney Kloepfer Barney Special 0:01:04 Nick Gugliano Frost Special 0:01:08 Lloyd Vieaux Duesenberg 0:01:10 14 entered, 12 qualified
3rd July: 10 miles 1 Bill Paige Frontenac-Ford 0:08:39 2 Nick Gugliano Frost Special 3 Lawrence Woods Chevrolet Special 4 John Lockeridge Overland Special Jim O’Brien Maybach
4th July: Stock cars 1 Fred Shogren Jewett 2 Duesenberg R Rajo-Ford 0 laps
4th July: 10 miles 1 Barney Klopefer Barney Special 2 Bill Paige Frontenac-Ford 3 George Lott Frontenac John Didier Didier Special Sam Woods Chevrolet Special Didier and Woods locked wheels and went off course.
4th July: Antique Race 1 Ford 2 Reo 3 Studebaker (pre-1910)
5th July: Time Trials 1 Nick Gugliano Frost Special 0:01:06.5 2 Bill Paige Frontenac-Ford 0:01:06.6
5th July: 10 miles – Heavy Cars 1 Elliott Duesenberg 0:08:41 2 John Lockeridge Overland Special 3 Lawrence Woods Chevrolet Special R Kimball Frontenac R Didier Didier Special lost wheel/rolled
5th July: 10 miles – Fords 1 Nick Gugliano Frost Special 2 Kimball Frontenac R Page Palmer 7 laps There were seven entrants
5th July: 20 miles – Free-for-all 1 Page Palmer 0:22:21.6 2 Nick Gugliano 3 Williams 10 entrants, 8 starters, 5 finished.
Riverside Park, Rushville, IN
3rd-5th July 1926
Entrants: Jesse Grubbs Leroy Hopkins Bowen Albert McConnell Hittle Cecil Wieser James Brown 3rd July: 25 miles – Ford race Chet Irwin 1 Howard Grubbs William Riley 2 Wilbur Hall P.W.Rutlidge Walt Mallory 5th July: 50 miles – Ford race Roy Weakley 1 Leroy Wilcoxin 1:02:28 Jim Pickrell 2 Bowen Chas Becker 3 Bundy Raymond Lucas 4 Manning George Brockery 5 Rutledge 14 starters
Albuquerque Fairgrounds, NM
4th July 1926
Clinton Fairgrounds, DeWitt, IL
4th July 1926
Entrants: M.Mara Bud Durr Shorty Thatcher J.Frank Winkley Gus Blomberg Rusty Campbell Lloyd Sheldon Fred McChesney Speed Peterson Dean Cunningham Maynard Clark
In one of the races, D.W.Bivens attempted to pass H.M.Rickgauer, and his front wheel climbed the fender of the latter’s car, throwing Bivens from the car, which then went through the fence. Rickgauer’s Ford left the circuit, rolled several times, went through two fences and onto the main road, hitting a passing car, crushing Mrs Idea Mae Reynolds, who was standing by the car, fatally, and injuring others. Race driver Dottie Petro was also injured.
Everett, WA
4th July 1926
AAA sanction 1711.
Kentucky State Fairgrounds, Louisville, KY
4th July 1926 – ½ mile dirt oval
200 laps 1 Dutch Baumann
Kewanee, IL
4th July 1926
Kossuth County Fairgrounds, Algona, IA
4th July 1926
Novelty Auto Race (for cars below a certain price) 1 C.Phillips 2 Sidney Clark 3 Lloyd Bohannon 4 R.Hagg 5 L.Crawford
Exposition Park, Aurora, IL
4th-5th July 1926
100 miles
Entrants: Les Allen Joan La Costa
Mansfield Fairgrounds, OH
4th-5th July 1926
100 miles
San Antonio Speedway, TX
4th-5th July 1926
4th July: Time Trials 1 307 Grayson Lubbock JWF Spl Chrysler 0:01:23 2 21 Jimmy Lawrence Frontenac 0:01:24.3 3 11 Barney Homen Chalmers Special 0:01:25,1 4 1 Bill McMahan Rajo- Ford 0:01:25.2
4th July: 4 miles - Ford stock cars 1 G.R.Anderson 0:05:30 2 B.A.Vineyard 0:05:41 3 Yoehle 0:05:43
4th July: 4 miles – Match Race 1 Star 2 G.R.Anderson Ford
4th July: 20 miles 1 Lubbock 0:14:54 2 McMahan 0:14:56 3 Homen 0:16:17 R Lawrence piston
4th July: 12 miles - Australian Pursuit 1 Lubbock 2 McMahan
5th July: Time Trials 1 307 Grayson Lubbock 0:01:21.3 2 21 Jimmy Lawrence 0:01:21.4
5th July: 10 miles – Match Race 1 21 Jimmy Lawrence 0:07:50.4
2 307 Grayson Lubbock Lubbock snapped a radius rod.
5th July: Match Race 5th July: 20 miles – Free-for-all 1 1 McMahan 0:08:11.1 1 21 Lawrence 0:13:05.2 = 11 Homen 2 307 Lubbock 0:14:08.3 Race was a dead heat. McMahan then won the one 3 1 McMahan lap run-off. R 11 Homen accident damage Lubbock broke another radius rod
Stock car races. An application was made to the AAA to sanction these races, but they declined to do so.
Albert Lea, MN
5th July 1926
Free-for-all 2 George Tukua
Anamosa Fairgrounds, IA
5th July 1926
Banning, CA
5th July 1926 – ½ mile dirt oval
Mel Knealy driving Harry Hooker’s “99” set a lap record of 26.8s.
Bluefield Fairgrounds, WV
5th July 1926 – ½ mile dirt oval
Time Trials– for the Joyce Company Trophy 1 Smoky McClure 0:00:33.0 2 Arthur Short 0:00:34.8 3 Sammy Elliott 0:00:35.8
5 laps 1 16 Smoky McClure Rajo Special 0:03:00 2 7 Whizz Winnindger Oldsmobile Special 3 6 Sammy Elliott Frontenac Special 4 12 Johnny Padlock Essex
5 laps 1 16 Smoky McClure Rajo Special 0:03:02 2 12 Johnny Padlock Essex 3 6 Sammy Elliott Frontenac Special 4 7 Whizz Winnindger Oldsomobile Special 5 9 Arthur Short Dodge Special
10 laps 1 16 Smoky McClure Rajo Special 0:06:06.2 2 9 Arthur Short Dodge Special 3 7 Whizz Winnindger Oldsomobile Special 4 6 Sammy Elliott Frontenac Special 5 12 Johnny Padlock Essex
Australian Pursuit 1 6 Sammy Elliott Frontenac Special 0:06:05.6 2 9 Arthur Short Dodge Special 3 16 Smoky McClure Rajo Special
5 laps- Old Ford Race 1 Ernest Meade 0:04:00 Buck Harris Chester Bratton
Race R Arthur Short Dodge Special accident/through fence The final racing event was called off following Short’s accident. Short had been in second place, with McClure leading and Elliott in third.
Buffalo County Fairgrounds, Kearney, NE
5th July 1926 – ½ mile dirt oval
Spectators Hallie Stiner (age 10) and Florence Banks (age 11) were fatally injured when Otto Rueders crashed through the barrier.
Butler Fairgrounds, PA
5th July 1926
100 miles 1 C.A.Wall 1:59 2 Tony Boyle 3 Claran Harbeth 4 David Lavelle Dodge Special Frank Holman Lavelle crashed into the fence on the 53rd lap, but made it back to the pits, changed his rear tyre and rejoined. Holman lost a wheel on lap 24, the wheel bouncing towards the spectators and fatally hitting flagman Louis Coyner. 10 cars started the race, 6 finished.
AAA sanction 1710.
Cadiz Fairgrounds, OH
5th July 1926 – ½ mile dirt oval
50 miles Curley Crandall Frontenac 1 N.C.Dumbleton 1:02 Earl Bates Baten Special Joe Smith Oldsmobile Special “Spud” McGinnis Laurel Special Entrants: Dick Bros. Chevrolet M.J.Petron Frontenac M.T.Rowe Root Special Mitchell Howell Frontenac “Shorty” Ippolitti Frontenac Joe Hall Frontenac Carnation Special Bill Thomas Frontenac N.C.Dumbleton ReichenbachChevrolet
Charter Oak Park, Hartford, CT
5th July 1926 – Dirt oval
Feature 1 Charles Ganung Ira Vail
AAA sanction 1709. Part of the Sesquicentennial celebrations by the Improved Order of Red Men.
Clarion, PA
5th July 1926
Cottonwood Falls, KS
5th July 1926
Entrants: Dale Trayer Chevrolet Charles Selves Ford Woods Woods Special
Cushing, OK
5th July 1926 – ½ mile dirt oval
1 mile Dick Calhoun 0:00:58.8
Dick Calhoun won three races at this event. AAA sanction 1703.
Decorah, IA
5th July 1926
Greenville, OH
5th July 1926
200 laps 1 Dutch Baumann
Hagerstown Speedway, MD
5th July 1926
Entrants: Shorty Cantlon Joe Catone Red Helm Harry Weigly Frank Ripple Ralph Ormsby Lafe Stahlman Speed Bondy
Rained out
Hammond Park, Wellsville, OH
5th July 1926
Race for cars valued at no more than $25 to be held.
Interstate Fairgrounds, Sioux City, IA
5th July 1926 - ½ mile dirt oval
7 laps – Red Grange Sweepstakes, Heat 1 1 John Watters Hudson Special 2 Swan Peterson Frontenac 3 Arch Powell Yale Special
7 laps – Red Grange Sweepstakes, Heat 2 1 Ray Lampkin Miller Special 0:03:57 2 Arch Powell Yale Special 3 Cleo Sarles
5 laps - Red Grange Sweepstakes, Final 1 Ray Lampkin Miller Special 0:02:59.8 2 Swan Peterson Frontenac
5 laps – Match Race 1 Cleo Sarles 0:02:57.8 2 Arch Powell
Time Trials Joan La Costa Lampkin Miller Special 0:00:34.5 Ray Lampkin Wisconsin Special 0:00:30.8
Australian Pursuit, the Monahan Post Derby 1 Collins Disbrow-Arrow
Sanctioned by IMCA.
Kokomo Motor Speedway, IN
5th July 1926
5 miles 1 C.E.Shockley Essex Special 0:05:57.5 2 J.A.Perry 3 Dan Day
10 miles 1 J.A.Perry RR Special 0:12:57.5 2 L.Torenga Chevrolet 3 C.E.Shockley Essex Special 4 Lambert Dodge
10 miles 1 L.Torenga Chevrolet 0:11:56 2 C.E.Shockley Essex Special 3 J.A.Perry RR Special 4 Lambert Dodge
Lisbon Fairgrounds, OH
5th July 1926 – ½ mile dirt oval
100 miles 1 William Mewha Rajo Special 1:19 2 Charles F.Green Rajo Special 1:29 3 Jack Martin Princess Pat Special 1:44 R Frank Klier Hudson 55 laps/accident R E.Watson Buick 1 lap/accident 8 cars started, only 3 finished
Other entrants: Harry Mewha Haynes Special Joe Grant Roof Special Speed Harris Jordan Special Bud Kinkley Roof Special George Decker Chevrolet Special J.Jones Hudson Special
Lucasville Fairgrounds, OH
5th July 1926
Slow Ford Race 1 Warren Etterling 2 Earl Pyles 3 Earl Bennett
Marshall, MI
5th July 1926
“Fast low speed race”, Heat 1 2 William Bishoff 1 Joseph Siller 2 Richard Lusk “Low high speed race” 1 Tom Nelson “Fast low speed race”, Heat 2 2 T.R.Barningham 1 A.L.Eldred 3 A.L.Eldred
Monongahela Speedway, PA
5th July 1926 – ½ mile dirt oval
Feature Hickson set a 25 mile record of 27m00 during the 1 Louis Schempp meeting. Wayne Watson Joe Baker Other entrants: Mike Hickson Bupp Special Red Joy Joe Spath Salvatore Special
AAA sanction 1712.
New Kensington, PA
5th July 1926
5 miles – For non-qualifiers 1 Virgil Kynett 0:05:52.6 2 Roy Groves
200 laps 1 Whiz Sloan Lieber Special 1:52:32 2 Fred Yountz 3 Sam Graybeck 4 Lafe Stahlman R Marty Cross Chevrolet Special 194 laps/blown tyre NS Jack Hayes Jordan Special practice accident 18 starters, 12 finishers. Hayes’ car blew a front tyre in practice and rolled – the car was too damaged to start.
Osgood, IN
5th July 1926 – ½ mile dirt oval
10 miles 15 miles 1 Noble Krom 0:12:09 1 Noble Krom 2 Russell Lieber R “Hobe” Suitor accident 3 Doc Morris R Roscoe Clingenpeel accident
Krom drove a Blue Bird Special, a Frontenac-Ford formerly known as a Powell Special.
Rochester, IN
5th July 1926 – ½ mile dirt oval
10 miles 1 Hack Edwards 0:12:13 2 George Gilman 50 miles 3 Bill Broadbeck 1 Hack Edwards Frank Hartley 2 Jack Phillips Broadbeck was driving the Florida Special, and on 3 Frank Hartley returning to the pits found a lump of mud in the 4 Carl Foster air intake to the carburettor. Bill Broadbeck R 2 Landis lost wheel/accident
Foster was driving the car in which Clem Sebring during practice on the 4th July – Sebring was lost his life the day before. The steering bolt taken to hospital and died later that night. had broken and the car had gone through the fence
Salem, IN
5th July 1926
Time Trials 1 Bill McCoy Johnson Frontenac-Ford 0:00:29.6 Auter Thompson 0:00:31.2 R Frank Matthew Chevrolet Special rolled
15 miles 1 Doc Oldham 0:16:03 3 Auter Thompson Thompson Special
25 miles 1 Doc Oldham 0:17:13 R Auter Thompson 45 miles/engine
15 miles 1 Doc Oldham no time R Virgil Medlock Payne Special fire
Salem, OR
5th July 1926
AAA sanction 1719
Spencer Park, IN
5th July 1926
Hobo auto races
Sterling Speedbowl, IL
5th July 1926 – ¾ mile dirt oval
6 miles 3 miles – Match Race 1 Billy Arnold 0:05:20.6 1 D.D.Morris 0:02:57.0 2 D.D.Morris 2 Ralph Eckstrom 3 Ralph Eckstrom 4 Fred Larsen
6 miles 1 D.D.Morris 0:05:27.0 2 Ralph Eckstrom 3 Fred Larson 4 Harry Steadman
30 miles – Free-for-all 1 Billy Arnold Frontenac Special 0:27:19 2 Ralph Eckstrom Frontenac 3 Harry Steadman Steadman Special 4 J.F.Mathews Frontenac 5 M.J.Hodge Frontenac R 17 D.D.Morris 17 laps/engine R Barney Wetzel Buick 6 laps NS Fred Larsen Special
Fred Shepard driving a Jack Rose Dodge Special crashed during warm-up, wrecking his car.
Suffolk County Fairgrounds, Riverhead, NY
5th July 1926 – ½ mile
Entrants: Pete Wells Dodge Special Bill Hale Jewitt Special Fennimore Corwin Frontenac-Ford Norman Jones Essex Bill Baker Baker Special Jimmy Fusaro Hudson Special Ray Mills Stutz Special Paul Fields Davis Special Caruso Dodge Special Chrysler Chrysler George Volz Dodge Special
Stock car Time Trial 10 miles – Stock cars, flying start 1 Norman Jones 0:00:30 1 Pete Wells 0:12:54 2 Pete Wells 2 Norman Jones
Special car Time Trial 10 miles 1 Bill Kayer 1 George Bastin 0:12:40 = George Volz 2 Ray Mills 10 miles – Handicap = Pete Wells R Ray Mills accident Mills rolled and went through the fence, injuring 10 miles - Specials 12 spectators, after being crowded off the 1 George Volz 0:12:49 circuit. 2 Ray Mills
Waterloo Speedway, Seneca Falls, NY
5th July 1926 – ½ mile oval
Rained out after five cars completed the time trials. Harry Slattery lapped in 31.4s, Frank Conley in 32.0s.
West Texas Fairgrounds, Abilene, TX
5th July 1926 – 5/8 mile dirt oval
Entrants: 20 Fred Lecklider Miller Special 7 Frank Lockhart Miller Special 28 Babe Stapp Hamlin Front Drive Special 61 Babe Stapp Duesenberg 18 Herbert Haas Hudson Super Six Special 44 John H.Lee Dodge Special 99 Gene Green Oakland Special 12 Gordon Wardlaw Ford Special DNA Freeman Midyett Ford Special DNA 49 Robert Cusick Dodge Special 66 Huston Stancliff Special H.C.Walker Walker Special DNA 101 R.A.Nelson Chevrolet Special 400 W.C.Gerrish Chevrolet Special 401 George R.Souders Chevrolet Special 77 O.L.Coleman Twin High Special 78 N.S.York Chrysler Special 300 John W.Sapp Dodge Special 2 A.M.DeMuth Kenner Special John A.Mays Duesenberg-Bugatti DNA 3 Frank Hoge Chevrolet Special DNA 7-11 Cross Frontenac Ford Edmonds Chevrolet Anderson Dodge 16 Harry Milburn Duesenberg 4 Norris Frontenac Ford 11 Folsom Chrysler 5 Walker S-X Special Swain Crow Special Reese Green Chevrolet Special Culshaw Frontenac Ford 12 Harper Mais Special
1.125 miles – Time Trials 12 Herbert Haas 0:01:12.8 1 Frank Lockhart 0:01:05.0 13 Harry Milburn 0:01:12.8 2 Fred Lecklider 0:01:08.8 14 N.S.York 0:01:14.4 3 A.M.DeMuth 0:01:10.0 15 Norris 0:01:14.6 4 Cross 0:01:10.8 16 John W.Sapp 0:01:16.2 5 John H.Lee 0:01:11.2 17 Robert Cusick 0:01:17.8 6 Babe Stapp (Hamlin) 0:01:11.2 18 Folsom 0:01:18.4 7 Babe Stapp (Dues.) 0:01:11.8 19 R.A.Nelson 0:01:19.4 8 Huston 0:01:11.8 20 Gene Green 0:01:21.0 9 Edmond 0:01:11.8 21 Walker 0:01:21.6 10 Anderson 0:01:12.6 NQ George Souders engine 11 O.L.Coleman 0:01:12.6 NQ Swain NQ Reese Green 2 Fred Lecklider NQ Culshaw 3 Harper NQ Slim Harper 4 Stapp (Hamlin)
15 miles 1 George Souders 0:14:30.4 2 Slim Harper 3 Harry Milburn 5 miles 1 DeMuth 0:04:59.0 5 miles – Consolation 2 Harper 1 Huston 0:05:00.0 3 Cross 2 Coleman 3 Cusick 5 miles 4 Sapp 1 Milburn 0:05:00.8 2 Haas 30 miles 3 Norris 1 Frank Lockhart 0:28:23.4 2 Fred Lecklider 20 miles 3 George Souders 1 Frank Lockhart 0:18:49.0 4 Harry Milburn
Races sanctioned by the AAA (number 1688).
It had been announced in the press on the 26th June that Frank Lockhart had been notified by the AAA contest board that he had to fulfil a contract to race in this event or face suspension from all AAA meets. The board stated that after victory in Indianapolis, Lockhart wanted to cancel the Abilene agreement made prior to that race. It also asserted that “his first taste of fame made him forget the dirt track contests,” and that with his Indianapolis victory he had been asked to appear in a collar advertisement and “at least four offers to drive new speedway cars were made to him.”
Winchester, IN
5th July 1926
5 miles 15 miles 1 Wilbur Shaw 1 Walter Martin
10 miles 25 miles 1 Wilbur Shaw 1 Louis Schneider
Wisconsin State Fair Park, Milwaukee, WI
5th July 1926
3 miles – Match Race 5 miles 1 Frank Brisco 0:02:32.6 1 Jack Marrus 0:04:16
5 miles – Pursuit Race Rain caused the other three events to be 1 Tony Marchese cancelled 2 Aust Elsemann
Woodsfield, OH
5th July 1926
Junk car race 1 Lawrence Marple
Ascot Speedway, CA
10th July 1926 – 3/8 mile dirt oval
Race 3 1 Nick Guglielmi
15 laps - Race 4 Jack Petticord was completing the first lap when he swerved to the outside and hit another car, a third car hitting both, and all three hitting the fence. Jack Petticord suffered a fractured skull and right leg, and mechanic Eugene Hartmann a broken right ankle. Nick Guglielmi, who was reported at the time to be driving one of the two cars involved in the accident, but later as being a spectator, was killed in the accident, as was Sergeant J.D.Cornwall, who was standing near the pits in the path of the wrecked vehicles.
Hagerstown Fairgrounds, MD
10th July 1926
Time Trials 3 R.Crandall 1 Riley Cumberland 0:00:32.4 Cumberland forced A.F.Campbell throught the fence 2 A.F.Campbell 0:00:33.0 while leading – Campbell finished, but out of the money. 100 laps 1 Riley Cumberland Entrants: 2 Harry Weighly Red Helms Dodge Special Jim Kearney Rajo Wright Harry Weighly Peerless Special Al Mulligan Frontenac R.Crandall Franklin Special Tom Garrison Ford Special Whitmer Rajo Special Riley Cumberland Rajo Watter Wilson Roof Special Speedy Bond Rajo Special Joe Catone Frontenac A.F.Campbell Rajo Ford
Dallas Speedway, TX
11th July 1926
Grand Rapids, MI
11th July 1926
50 miles 1 Sam Ross 0:43:18 2 Roland Mallo NS Ralph DePalma con-rod in time trials Ross led by 10 miles at the finish!
AAA sanction 1715.
Langhorne, PA
11th July 1926
50 miles 1 Ray Keech 0:42:48.6 2 Fred Winnai 3 Benjamin Shaw
Northampton Track, Akron, OH
11th July 1926
100 miles 1 Wilbur Shaw Clemons 2 Louis Schneider Frontenac 3 Fred Youtz Maulford Special 4 Shorty Wolfe Hudson R Whiz Sloan/Louie Burkett Lieber Special fatal accident
Burkett relieved Sloan on the 85th lap, and crashed on his first lap. He was badly injured, and died in hospital on the 16th July following complications after surgery, where his right arm was amputated.
Fargo, ND
12th July 1926
North Dakota state fair, to feature auto races.
Detroit, MI
15th July 1926
George Souders was seriously injured and knocked unconscious when his car went through the inner guard rail in the 100 mile Knights Templar race.
Cumberland, MD
17th July 1926 – ½ mile dirt oval
150 laps
Entrants: Mike Hickson Bupp Special
AAA sanction 1716, run by the Monongahela Auto Race Association.
Waterloo Speedway, Seneca Falls, NY
17th July 1926 – ½ mile oval
Time Trials 1 Harry Slattery Ford 0:00:31.4 2 Frank Conley Duesenberg 3 J.N.Johnson Ford 4 N.Delelys Norwal Special George Emerich Ford Billy Bauer Nash Special A.Gardener Interlaken Super Ford Special
5 miles – Free-for-all 5 miles – Handicap 1 Frank Conley 0:05:34.4 1 J.N.Johnson 0:05:35.2 2 Harry Slattery 2 Frank Conley 3 J.N.Johnson 3 Billy Bauer 4 A.Gardener 10 miles – Free-for-all R Harry Slattery lost wheel/accident 1 Harry Slattery 0:10:21.8 2 Frank Conley 3 N.Delelys 4 George Emerich
Centlivre Park, IN
18th July 1926 – ½ mile dirt oval
10 miles 1 Whiz Sloan Lieber Special
15 miles 1 Whiz Sloan Lieber Special
25 miles 1 Whiz Sloan Lieber Special
John “Jack” Perry was killed during practice when he hit the car of Adolph Leprie Jr, who had swerved to avoid a rut. Perry went through the fence and suffered skull fractures from which he died in hospital later that day.
Crown Point, IL
18th July 1926 – ½ mile dirt oval
5 laps 1 Wilbur Shaw 0:02:38.4 2 Shorty Cantlon 3 Louis Schneider
10 laps 1 Wilbur Shaw 0:03:58.2/4 miles 2 Shorty Cantlon 3 66 Ralph Eckstrom Frontenac-Ford Schneider R 17 Billy Arnold accident R Sonny Talamont fatal accident The initial start was waved off, so Talamont slowed down. The cars behind didn’t realise that the start had been waved off, and Billy Arnold hit the rear of Talamont, causing his car to roll. Talamont was thrown out and hit by other cars, being fatally injured. Arnold himself was hit by the crashing remains of Talamont’s car, and suffered a broken shoulder. Race was stopped at 4 miles.
10 miles 1 Shorty Cantlon 0:09:55.4 2 Wilbur Shaw 3 Dutch Baumann
25 miles 1 Louis Schneider/Jimmy Copple 0:25:09.4 2 Dutch Baumann 3 Fred Harder Sonny Talamont – born Alessandro Talamonti in San 4 Roy Ketcham Benedetto, Iglesias, Italy. Schneider started to suffer from heat exhaustion while battling for the lead, so was flagged down and replaced by Copple.
Other entrants: Dutch Baumann Frontenac-Ford Roy Wallace Bill Cummings Fred Harder Earl Reeves Bennie Shoaff Barney Sullivan Fred Larson practice accident Homer Dean Joe Fecaro
Haskell, TX
18th July 1926
Entrant: Roy Huston
DuBois, PA
24th July 1926
100 miles 1 Buck Ramsay 4 Casey
AAA sanction 1718.
Breckenridge, TX
25th July 1926
Race 1 Feature 1 George Souders 1 Dempsey Wardlow 3 Roy Huston Frontenac-Ford Race 2 Huston lost a wire from a spark plug while 1 Roy Huston leading, but returned to the race after repairs.
Race 3 1 Dick Calhoun
AAA sanction 1720.
Roby Speedway, IL
25th July 1926
Entrants: Ralph Eckstrom W.Mohr Walter Martins J.S.Smith B.Clauss L.Nord Roy Ketcham L.O.Delancey Leo Krasick C.E.Curry Joe Pecaro Joe Lencki Carl Adams H.M.Lewis George Lyons Chuck Crawford Glen LeFites Shorty Cantlon Fred Holm Fred Harder E.Buck Roy Kibler Jean Mendeloff Noble Frendenthal Wilbur Shaw Frank Bricko Dutch Baumann Fred Larson Louis Schneider Fred Jones Ralph Ormsby Goldblatt Special
Rained out
Taylor County Fairgrounds, IA
31st July 1926
Sanctioned by the American Motor Contest Association. Following the meeting, C.O.Willison and John Smith of Clarinda sued the AMCA and the fair association for $300 to cover costs incurred when they were not permitted to race in the meeting. They entered a King Eight.
Alan, ID
1st August 1926
AAA sanction 1728, run by the Oregon-Washington Racing Association.
Elko Speedway, Garcia Rodeo Grounds, NV
1st August 1926 – 5/8 mile dirt oval
Time Trials 1 John Lockridge 0:00:33.1 = Laurence Wood 0:00:33.1 3 Bill Page 0:00:33.4
5 miles 1 George W.Lott Super-Frontenac 2 24 Milt Reid Rajo Special 3 2 Doyle-Hunsinger Frontenac
10 laps 1 7 Bill Page Fronteneac-Ford 0:05:59.6 2 John Lockridge
4 laps 1 24 Waller Rajo-Ford 2 2 Doyle-Hunsinger Frontenac 3 4 John Didier Essex Special
40 laps 1 John Lockridge F.Don Carlos Dodge Special 0:22:40.8 2 Laurence Wood Jack Lang Chevrolet Special 0:22:43 3 7 Bill Page Frontenac-Ford 0:22:50
Hawthorne Track, IL
1st August 1926
Feature (for the Red Grange Trophy)
Entrants: Dutch Baumann Frontenac-Ford Bennie Shoaff Floyd Roberts Joe Pecaro Louis Schneider Gus Schrader Wilbur Shaw D.D.Morris Ralph Ormsby Ralph Eckstrom Shorty Cantlon Les Allen Fred Harder Al Cotey Bruce Miller H.M.Lewis Frank Bricko Roy Ketcham
Sanctioned by IMCA.
Wichita Falls, TX
1st August 1926 – ½ mile dirt oval
15 laps 1 Roy Huston Chevrolet Special 0:07:37.2 R Dick Calhoun Chrysler Special axle
Race 2 1 Dodge Special 2 Harley Wells Frontenac-Ford Bugatti Special Curtis Cross Frontenac-Ford 7-11
10 laps 1 Curtis Cross Frontenac-Ford 7-11 0:05:35.4
6 laps – Consolation 1 61 2 11 Earl Hovendoll Chevrolet fire before start
25 laps – Feature 1 Tennell Frontenac-Ford 0:14:52.4
AAA sanction 1721
Ozark District Fairgrounds, Carthage, MO
6th August 1926
5 miles – Class A 1 John Gerber Chevrolet Special 0:05:21 R Froll Frontenac 2 laps/accident
5 miles – Class B 1 Dad Harrier 0:05:43 2 Buck Carroll 3 Max Ryan
3 miles – Match Race 1 John Gerber 0:03:19 2 Al Koepke 3 Ralph Scott
Australian Pursuit 1 Dad Harrier 2 John Gerber R Dianas 0 laps/accident
5 miles – Southwest Sweepstakes 1 John Gerber Chevrolet Special 0:05:33 2 Al Koepke Chevrolet 3 Bill McMahon 4 Dad Harrier R Ralph Scott 0 laps/accident R Max Ryan hit Scott’s crashing car Race was to have been 10 mile, but was shortened to five after the race was stopped to clear up wreckage from the Scott/Ryan accident.
Blue Ridge Park, Huntington, WV
7th August 1926
AAA sanction 1714 – event cancelled.
Indiana State Fairgrounds, Indianapolis, IN
7th August 1926
100 miles – 3rd Gold and Glory Sweepstakes 1 Charles Wiggins 1:30:13 Hugo Barnes
Langhorne, PA
7th August 1926
National Motor Racing Association races. Louis Fink crashed during the third 10 mile race, overturning and dying from his injuries in hospital.
Monongahela Speedway, PA
7th August 1926
Entrants: Jack Casey Jones Motor Special Buck Ramsey Junior Four Special Louis Schempp Burgwin-Herron special F.C.Hertzog Cyclone Special Herman Kress Coffleder Special Red Joy S-X Special Speed Gardner Pontiac Special Gumie Tramison Petrone Special Joe Spath Salvatore Special Dave Lavell Lavell Special F.J.Cipra Chevrolet Special Ernest Mistlebauer Oldsmobile Special Wayne Watson Chevrolet Special C.A.Wall Chevrolet Special Lawrence Lowstetter Wril Special Glenn Hollywood Holly Special Mike Hickson Bupp Special
AAA sanction 1735.
Philadelphia Speedway, PA
7th August 1926
10 miles 25 miles 1 Fred Winnai 1 Fred Winnai
10 miles 1 Jack Desmond
Winnai set what was reported to be a 1 mile dirt track record of 38.8s.
Pike County Fairgrounds, Petersburg, IN
7th August 1926 – ½ mile dirt oval
5 miles R Noble Krom Frontenac-Ford accident There were two other 5 mile heats.
30 miles 1 15 Bill McCoy Johnson/Frontenac-Ford 0:33:10 2 Doc Oldham Frontenac-Ford 3 80 Auter Thompson Chevrolet 4 13 Gardner Willis Gordon Tucker Tucker Special 12 Jimmy Burgess R Merle Strange Frontenac-Ford accident R Fred Hocker Frontenac accident R 26 William Ryan Frontenac accident R Melvin Kepper 4 laps/thrown wheel
There were 24 entries in the automobile race.
Taylor County Fairgrounds, Bedford, IA
7th August 1926
The Taylor County Fair Association was made a defendant in a suit for $300 filed by C.O.Williamson and John Smith, both of Clarinda. The men allege they were refused permission to enter a free-for-all auto race after arriving with their autos on the Saturday. Fair officials stated the men failed to properly enter their cars.
Caruthersville, MO
8th August 1926
15 miles 1 Red Campbell 0:17:16 2 Harry Hanks
Eddie Erlbacher was injured during practice – the drag link on his steering wheel bar broke and he went through the outside fence.
Hawthorne Track, IL
8th August 1926
50 miles – Red Grange Sweepstakes 1 Wilbur Shaw Clemons 0:42:35 2 Fred Harder Clemons 0:43:42 3 Ralph Ormsby Frontenac 4 H.M.Lewis Elcar 5 Frank Brisko Burback Special R Ray Campbell Goldblatt Special steering knuckle/accident R Dewey Shank Frontenac-Ford accident R Al Cotey 10 miles/accident R Dutch Baumann 10 miles/engine Cotey went through the fence after ten miles and hit a boy in the spectators – the driver was cut about the head. Shank and Campbell collided when the steering knuckle on Shank’s car broke – both cars overturned. The boy was Jerry Picha, who died on the 10th August from his injuries.
Other entrants: Joan La Costa
Lexington Motor Speedway, IL
8th August 1926
5 miles 25 miles 1 Doyt Atha 1 Fred Roberts 0:27:03 2 Jerome Henderson 2 E.Buck 3 E.Buck 3 Jerome Henderson
5 miles 1 C.A.Rhinevault 2 G.H.Thune 3 A.O.Thompson
There were 19 entries.
Mount Clemens, MI
8th August 1926 – ½ mile dirt oval
50 miles 1 Scotty McPherson Ross Special 0:59:30.6 R Nobel Ludenthal Credit George Special accident R Carl Osborn Junior Six Special
Osborn crashed through the fence, hitting a 12 year old boy called George Amez. An ambulance was called to tend to Amez, but it was struck by Ludenthal as it crossed back across the circuit – it was stated in a news report that it was thought Amez died from the injuries sustained in this second accident. Ludenthal was hospitalised with multiple concussions, and Earl Richards, who was standing on the running board of the ambulance was hospitalised with internal injuries.
Northampton Track, OH
8th August 1926
50 miles 1 Fred Youtz 0:51:49.4 R Irvel Danford fatal accident
Irvel “Danny” Danford was injured when his car overturned and pinned him beneath it after going through the outside rail – he died three days later from his injuries.
Speedbowl Park, IL
8th August 1926
Time Trials 1 Stedman Fox Piston Special 0:00:39.8
6 miles 1 66 Eckstrom Frontenac-Ford 0:06:10 2 Stedman Fox Piston Special 3 Bobzien Frontenac-Ford 4 Valinski Frontenac-Ford 10 starters
6 miles 1 17 Morris Woodbury/? 0:06:08 2 Billie Arnold Frontenac-Ford 3 Currey Wel-Ever Special 4 Larson Room Ford
51 mile final was abandoned due to rain.
Hastings, NE
10th August 1926 – ½ mile dirt oval
Feature 1 Ray Lampkin
Ray Burr Lampkin set a “world record” at this event driving a Wisconsin Special, of 1 mile in 58.2s.
Benton Fairgrounds, IL
14th August 1926
Bluefield Fairgrounds, WV
14th August 1926
Time Trials Other entrants: 1 Speed Lockhart Benny Law Chester Crowell 5 miles 1 George Hunter
Rest of program was rained out.
Burlington Fairgrounds, IA
14th August 1926 – ½ mile dirt oval
1 mile - Time Trials 1 Ray Burr Lampkin Miller 0:00:59 2 Swede Anderson Fiat 0:01:00 Johnny Watters Al Cotey DNA Arch Powell Yale Special Peterson Frontenac Green Bugatti Roscoe Sarles Empire Special
1 lap – Time Trials 1 Ray Burr Lampkin Wisconsin Special 0:00:29
5 laps – Heat 1 7 laps – Novelty Race 1 Swede Anderson 0:03:00 1 Peterson 0:04:05 2 Peterson 2 Sarles 3 Arch Powell 3 Powell 4 Green 9 laps – Ajax Trophy 5 laps – Heat 2 1 Ray Burr Lampkin 0:05:03 1 Lampkin 0:03:08.2 (Miller) 2 Anderson 2 Watters 3 Watters 3 Sarles 4 Peterson 5 Powell
Races part of the Tri-State Fair.
Missouri State Fairgrounds, MO
14th August 1926
Auto races were to be held on the first day of the state fair.
Butler County Fairgrounds, Hamilton Fairgrounds, OH
15th August 1926
Time Trials 10 miles 1 Dempsey Chaney Chaney Special 2 Dempsey Chaney 10 Vivian Fielding There were 29 cars Other entrants: Howdy Wilcox Art Thompson
International Auto Race Promoters’ Association races – rained out after first event
Kalamazoo, MI
15th August 1926
100 miles 1 Red Shafer 1:26:37.4 2 Elvin Ross No other finishers
AAA sanction 1738
New Kensington Fairgrounds, PA
15th August 1926
100 laps
Reno Speedway, NV
15th August 1926
Time Trials Race 6: Reno Classic 1 Bill Page 0:01:04 1 Sam Palmer 0:14:41 R John Didier lost wheel/rolled R Fred Lyons accident/broke jaw
Race 2; 5 laps – For 10 fastest cars Other entrants 1 Bill Page 0:04:37 99 Lou Moore Hooker Spl. (Ford) R Jack Williams rolled Mike Moosie Culp Special Bill Page Ford Special Race 3: 5 laps – For 11th-20th fastest cars Alabama Wallers 1 George Lott 0:04:48 Bob Anderson Barney Kloepfer Race 4: 10 miles – Handicap Bill Kimball 1 Lou Moore 0:10:33 Cliff Wilson Jerry Tabnac Race 5: 10 miles – Consolation George Lott Frontenac Special 1 Sam Palmer 0:05:07 Sam Palmer Stapp Special
Roby Speedway, IL
15th August 1926
Wisconsin State Fair Park, Milwaukee, WI
15th August 1926
20 miles 1 Austin Elseman 0:15:29.5
40 miles 1 Artie Brach Clemens Special 0:32:23 2 Emil Buck Rajo Special
Rome Fairgrounds, NY
17th August 1926
Entrants: Bob Robinson Galliano Harry Davies Doug Wallace Yonally Pat O’Grady Billy Winn Devehaux Campo
Danville, IL
20th August 1926
Entrants: Bill McCoy Arnold Johnson “Green Devil”
Macon County Fairgrounds, IL
21st August 1926
Time Trials 1 Fred Roberts 0:00:32.0
3 miles 1 Bill McCoy 0:03:18
20 miles 1 Bill McCoy Frontenac-Ford 0:32:48 2 Earl Phillips Leo Special 3 24 George Shauger Hamilton Special 4 C.E.Bane Gallivan Special R 1? Howdy Wilcox Chevrolet 31 laps R 4 Frazier 30 laps R 5 Harry Brown accident R 38 Eckstrom Vogue Special 13 laps R 500 Fred Roberts Chevrolet Jimmy Montana Mays Special
Tri-State Auto Racing Association races.
Mississippi Valley Fairgrounds, Davenport, IA
21st August 1926
7 laps – Ajax Trophy, Final Heat 1 John Watters Frontenac 0:04:07.8 2 Ray Burr Lampkin 3 Al Cotey Elcar 4 L.Fox Hall Scott Special 5 Glen Hiett Rock Island Special
8 laps 1 Lampkin 0:05:15.2 2 Peterson R Green engine R Watters engine R Al Cotey engine
5 laps – Local driver race 1 Glenn Hiett Rock Island Special 2 N.K.Wilson Roof Special 3 W.Wales Frontenac
Missouri State Fairgrounds, MO
21st August 1926 – 1 mile dirt oval
Time Trials 1 J.W.Cox Frontenac-Ford 0:00:52.75
5 miles 1 J.W.Cox Frontenac-Ford 0:04:27.8 2 Harley Wells Frontenac 3 S.Prall Chrysler R Nelson Hayden Hudson Special fatal accident Nelson Carlile Hayden was in 2nd place on the fourth lap when he lost control in a turn, went through the fence and overturned down an embankment. Hayden broke his neck, and died on the way to hospital.
5 miles 1 Red Campbell American Sunbeam 0:04:48.6 2 S.Prall Chrysler R P.Kulhe Montrose Special fire R Girard Cohen Nash mechanical No other entrants
50 miles – Free-for-all 1 Harley Wells Frontenac 0:47:28.4 2 J.W.Cox Frontenac-Ford 3 Red Campbell American Sunbeam
Orange County Fairgrounds, Middletown, NY
21st August 1926
Middletown Daily Herald, 23rd August 1926
AAA sanction 1729. Light drizzle on an oiled track made the track surface very slippery, and Ira Vail said that the track was too dangerous. After R.W.Bogart(#21) went through the barrier and into a ditch, race officials decided to postpone the races to the 11th September.
Speedbowl Park, Illinois State Fairgrounds, Springfield, IL
21st August 1926
5 miles – Moseley Motor Co Cup 1 Les Allen Star Special 0:04:08 2 A.Julley Wiggins Special 3 Al Gully Dodge Special 4 Doc Roberts Brown Special R D.D.Morris Woodbury Frontenac thrown tyre Two other entrants retired with engine trouble
5 miles – Franklin Cup 1 Dutch Baumann Chevrolet Frontenac 0:04:10.5 2 Erwin Horstman R Strother Ely engine R Doyt Atha engine
5 miles – Armbruster Cup 1 D.D.Morris Woodbury Frontenac 0:04:03.25 2 Benny Shoaff Brown Special R Wilbur Shaw R Strother Ely
35 miles – Feature, for the Chandler Cup 1 A.Julley Wiggins Special 0:33:36 2 D.D.Morris Woodbury Frontenac 3 Benny Shoaff Brown Special R Erwin Horstman Rajo Special 7 laps/accident Three other starters also retired.
Waterloo Speedway, Seneca Falls, NY
21st August 1926 – ½ mile oval
Entrants: Frank Conley
Rained out
Butler County Fairgrounds, Hamilton Fairgrounds, OH
22nd August 1926
Feature R Frank Sweigart Frontenac-Ford accident R Dan Day accident
Other entrants: Howdy Wilcox
International Auto Race Promoters’ Association races
Loda, IL
22nd August 1926
20 miles 1 46 Eckstrom 0:31:16 2 16 Howdy Wilcox 3 24 Hamilton Special R 10 Doyt Atha crankshaft
Northampton Track, Akron, OH
22nd August 1926
100 miles – Negro race 1 Bill Carson 2 George Palmer Four drivers were injured during various crashes through the fence. The drivers were James Bowman, Marcus Therkill, William Jeffries and George Golden. Bowman died the next day from his injuries.
Roby Speedway, IL
22nd August 1926
75 miles 1 Dutch Baumann 1:01:36 2 Walter Martins 3 Clyde Currey 4 Willie Scheus R Shorty Cantlon/Ralph Ormsby 74 miles/accident R Billy Arnold
Fort Dodge, IA
23rd August 1926
Races part of the Hawkeye Fair and Exposition.
Calhoun County Fairgrounds, Manson, IA
26th August 1926
3 miles 1 Bert Ficken Dodge 0:03:23.2 2 G.Schroeder Dodge 3 F.W.Bobzien Frontenac-Ford
Plant Field, Tampa, FL
26th August 1926
25 miles - Feature Carl Mayfield broke his neck in this race.
Sanctioned by the American Latin Automobile Racing Association.
Carroll County Fairgrounds, IA
27th August 1926
10 miles F.W.Bobzien Jack Baker M.C.Hay O.Gewinne H.Adams Dave Pittman accident damage John Bagley R Edward Rayon accident George West J.L.Harris Other entrants: John Maise George Ludwig Stanley Fuller W.H.Pingrey Gene Parker J.A.Kinney
Iowa State Fairgrounds, Des Moines, IA
27th August 1926 – ½ mile dirt oval
5 miles 1 Ray Lampkin Miller 0:05:49
Joan La Costa drove 1 mile in 1m00.2, which was said to be 3/10s faster than the existing world record for women.
Flemington, NJ
27th-28th August 1926
AAA sanction 1730.
Bangor Fairgrounds, ME
28th August 1926
Auto race day at the Bangor Fair.
Beatrice Fairgrounds, NE
28th August 1926
5 miles 1 Driver Hughes 2 John Shlek 3 Pigg R Jess Munyan accident
Lewiston Fairgrounds, PA
28th August 1926
Entrants: Shorty Cantlon Miller Frank Ripple Joe Catone Ralph Ormsby Red Helm Lafe Stahlman Harry Weigley
Sanctioned by the Midwest Motor Contest Association.
Mount Pleasant, MI
28th August 1926
AAA sanction 1741.
Speedbowl Park, Illinois State Fairgrounds, Springfield, IL
28th August 1926
5 miles 1 Dutch Baumann
25 miles 1 Howdy Wilcox EAR Special 0:38:20.5 2 Dutch Baumann Frontenac Ford R Doyt Atha 18 laps/threw tyre/accident
Waynesburg Fairgrounds, PA
28th August 1926
50 miles Jack Martin was seriously injured when his car hit the fence and rebounded into the middle of the track, and was then hit by two other cars.
Albuquerque Fairgrounds, NM
29th August 1926 – 1 mile 143 feet dirt oval
Time Trials 1 Dick Calhoun Calhoun Special 0:00:44.4 = Cliff Bergere Miller Special 0:00:44.4 3 John Lee Mais Special 0:00:45.6 4 Slim Harper Dodge Special 0:00:46.5 5 C.Gardner Rajo-Ford 0:00:47.0 6 Chuck Anderson Ford Special 0:00:48.0 = Harry Milburn Duesenberg 0:00:48.0 8 Miller Breece Special 0:00:48.6 9 James Randolph Randolph Special 0:00:50.0 10 Davidson Taylor Special 0:00:51.4
10 miles 1 Dick Calhoun 0:08:00.6 2 Cliff Bergere 0:08:15.8 3 Slim Harper 0:08:26.4 4 C.Gardner 5 Miller
10 miles 1 C.Gardner 0:08:06.8 2 Chuck Anderson 0:08:31.8 3 Harry Milburn 0:08:32.4
10 miles 1 John Lee 0:08:34 2 Miller 0:08:48 3 Davidson 0:09:02
30 miles 1 Cliff Bergere 0:25:25.2 2 Harry Milburn 0:25:26.4 3 Slim Harper 0:25:26.6 4 C.Gardner R Dick Calhoun 19 laps/con-rod
AAA sanction 1727.
Hawthorne Track, IL
29th August 1926
1 mile – Time Trials 1 Ralph De Palma 0:01:14.22
5 miles – Heat 1 1 Ralph DePalma Miller 2 Tom Alley Hamlin FWD
5 miles – Final 1 Ralph DePalma 0:04:50 2 Cliff Woodbury
20 miles 1 Ralph DePalma Miller 0:16:36.4 2 Cliff Woodbury Miller 3 Peter De Paolo Miller
AAA sanction 1743. DePalma tool $1700 of the $2400 prize money.
Wisconsin State Fair Park, Milwaukee, WI
31st August 1926
10 miles - Great Lakes Sweepstakes 1 Frank Brisko
Brown County Speedway, Aberdeen, SD
1st September 1926 – ½ mile dirt oval
5 miles 1 G.O.West
15 miles R George West 0 laps/accident West went over a fence and crashed – he never regained consciousness, and died in hospital later that day.
Humboldt County Fairgrounds, IA
3rd September 1926
3 miles – County Stock Car race
Iowa State Fairgrounds, Des Moines, IA
3rd September 1926
Auto races to be held as part of the fair.
North Central Kansas Fairgrounds, Belleville, KS
3rd September 1926
5 miles – Class A 5 miles – Class B 10 miles – Class C 5 miles – Free for all stock cars 5 miles – Ford, Chevrolet, Star, Little Overland stock car race
New York State Fairgrounds, Syracuse, NY
4th September 1926
10 miles Entrants: 1 Ralph DePalma 0:07:24.4 Ralph DePalma Miller Special 2 Ira Vail 21 Red Shafer Miller Special 3 Charles Genung 4B Charlie Genung Miller Special R Red Shafer engine 12 Bill Albertson Duesenberg Special 2 Buddie Marr Bugatti Special 5 miles 10 Henry Turgeon Turgeon Special 1 Ralph DePalma 0:04:03.61 Ira Vail Miller Special 2 Ira Vail 71 Allen Van Hagen Ladew Special 3 Charles Genung 3 Tom Alldy Hamlin Special 61 Charles Cyr Cyr Special 50 miles 91 Sam Greco Scranton Special 1 Ralph DePalma 0:38:02.34 51 Jim Burton Frontenac Special 2 Ira Vail 3 Red Shafer
AAA sanction 1732
Ohio State Fairgrounds, Columbus, OH
4th September 1926 – ½ mile dirt oval
1 lap – Time Trials 50 miles 1 Shorty Wolfe 0:00:34 1 Ralph Ormsby 0:58:11.5 2 Bill Chittum 5 miles 3 Sam Heller 1 Shorty Wolfe 0:05:58
5 miles 1 Bill Chittum 0:06:00
Speedbowl Park, Sterling, IL
5th September 1926
Rained out. Harry Stedman, drivng the #117 Fox Piston Special, broke a right front wheel spindle at speed during some practice which took place, crashing badly.
Akron-Cleveland Speedway, OH
6th September 1926 – ½ mile wood oval
150 miles – Buckeye Classic 1 Whiz Sloan Leiber Special 2:18:13.4 2 Shorty Cantlon FAS Special 3 Clemons/Shaw Clemons C1 4 Fred Youtz Hal H1 5 Joe Bechtel Frontenac 6 C.L.Klingensmith Hal H2 Clemons drove the last 40 laps of the race as Shaw was taken sick at the wheel after leading for 200 laps. 15 cars started.
Other entrants: Fred Harder J.L.Holmes Chandler Special Jack Martin Martin Special Ernie Jones Frontenac
Opening meeting for the track.
Arden Downs, Washington, PA
6th September 1926
Rained out
Banning, CA
6th September 1926
Event 1 R Mel Kenealy Race 1 Mel Kenealy Race 1 Mel Kenealy Race 1 Herman Schurch Feature Schurch also took a second and a third during the 1 Johnny Vickers days’ racing. 2 Bill Munday
Butler, PA
6th September 1926
100 miles 1 Hermann Cross 2:0? 2 William Boranaro
Cook County Fairgrounds, Palatine, IL
6th September 1926
Entrants: C.E.Curry Wel-Ever Special E.Buck Frontenac Ralph Eckstrom Vogue Special Ray Miller Skelly Special Phil Douglas Rajo R.Allison Frontenac E.Pierson Pullman Special Joe Tincki Rajo Carl Adams Dodge
Cushing, OK
6th September 1926
Feature Other entrants: 1 Dick Calhoun Roy Huston 2 George Souders
AAA sanction 1726.
Frontier Park, Cedar Rapids, IA
6th September 1926 – ½ mile dirt oval
Entrants: Charles Vostry Laurel Special Lou Scheibell Scheibell Special M.E.Clark Frontenac-Ford 7 Leslie “Bugs” Allen Chrysler Special Frank Schenk Schenk Special H.R.Clymer Hay/Frontenac-Ford D.D.Morris 15 miles – Frontier Park Sweepstakes Billy Arnold Frontenac-Ford 1 Dutch Baumann John Bagley R Lou Scheibell 11 laps/fatal M.Z.Peterson Chalmers accident S.A.Hoffmann Frontenac-Ford R Bugs Allen 11 laps/accident Albert Koepke Special R M.V.Peterson 10 laps/accident Johnnie Gerbert Gerbert Special Allen lapped Peterson on the 11th lap, but locked Ray Hebert Kruck Special wheels. Allen hit the outside fence and took down Ralph Eckstrom Frontenac-Ford 20 feet of fencing, Peterson span into the Bert Ficken infield. Scheibell was following, swerved, and Glen Long hit a post, becoming airborne and overturning. He Wilson Pingrey D&D Special died from his injuries on the way to hospital. Woodbury/Frontenac
Harrisburg Fairgrounds, PA
6th September 1926
Highland Park, Holbrook, AZ
6th September 1926
15 miles 1 Harry Milburn Duesenberg 0:13:03.4 2 John Lee Dodge 3 Jimmy Randolph Randolph Special R Slim Harper Dodge 0 laps/accident R W.C.Agnew Rajo Special 0 laps/accident R Sammy Davis Ford Special 0 laps/accident
10 miles - Consolation 1 Ralph Miller Studebaker Special 0:09:38.4 2 Roy Miller Rajo Special 3 W.C.Agnew Rajo Special
25 miles – Free-for-all 1 Harry Milburn Duesenberg 0:22:33.6 2 John Lee Dodge 3 Jimmy Randolph Randolph Special
5 miles – Match Race 1 Fred Frame Miller Special 0:04:23.4 2 Harry Milburn Duesenberg 3 Ralph Miller Studebaker Special
AAA sanction 1739
Leadfield-Tonopah, NV
6th September 1926
A road race for stock cars was planned for this date.
Louisville, KY
6th September 1926
100 miles 1 Bob Carey H&Z Special 2:05:42 2 A.J.Preston 3 Ralph Ormsby 4 Frank Stone
Other entrants: Doc Morris Frontenac-Ford
Macon County Fairgrounds, IL
6th September 1926
Entrants: Zook Gallivan Special Bain Gallivan Special Wilson Dodge Special Leo Rajo Johnson Hamilton Special Fisher Frontenac Ford Campbell Gardner Duerst Rajo Kelnner Frontenac-Ford Wilcox Frontenac Ford Mays Rajo Special Murphy Frontenac Ford Roberts W&R Special
Tri-State Racing Association races.
Monongahela Speedway, PA
6th September 1926
100 miles 1 Louis Schemp 2:12 2 Ernest Mistleboxner
AAA sanction 1749
Nebraska State Fairgrounds, Lincoln, NE
6th September 1926 – ½ mile dirt oval
7 laps - Race 1 1 Powell Yale Special 0:04:35 R Oscar Anderson Wisconsin Special accident
7 laps - Race 2 1 Oscar Anderson Fiat 0:04:09.5 R Red Maley accident
7 laps – Race 3 1 Oscar Anderson Fiat 0:04:13.5
5 laps – Consolation 1 Powell Yale Special 0:03:51.75
1 mile - Demonstration Joan La Costa Frontenac 0:01:09.2 Ray Lampkin Wisconsin Special 0:01:01.0
New Kensington Fairgrounds, PA
6th September 1926
50 miles 1 A.B.Litz 1:08:17 2 Frank Lockinger 3 Roy Graves
Race originally scheduled for 100 miles, but shortened due to rain.
Pikes Peak Hillclimb, CO
6th September 1926
Ps # Driver Car Time 1 Glen Shultz Stutz 0:18:19.4 2 Joe Unser Lexington 0:19:01.8 3 Humphrey Bollman Oakland 0:21:38.8 4 Harry McMillan Pierce Arrow 0:21:43.0 5 William Trammel Packard 0:23:54.3 6 Claude Wright Packard Special 0:25:28.6 7 Ott Davis Studebaker 0:26:18.2 8 Fred A.Bollman Chevrolet 0:28:45.8 NS R.Anderson Oldsmobile R Louis Unser Studebaker G.F.Graves Ford A.F.Altenread Laurel Special
AAA sanction 1717.
Pottstown, PA
6th September 1926 – 1 mile oval
Richmond Fairgrounds, VA
6th September 1926 – ½ mile dirt oval
10 laps – Handicap R Frank Berry Frontenac rolled/fatal accident
Charles Holly also suffered bruising from a practice accident.
Saginaw, MI
6th September 1926
AAA sanction 1742
Salem, IN
6th September 1926
15 miles R Auter Thompson Chevrolet Special engine
Shelbyville, IN
6th September 1926
50 miles – Ford race 1 Frank Nichols
Waterloo Speedway, Seneca Falls, NY
6th September 1926
Winnebago County Fairgrounds, IA
8th-9th September 1926
Anamosa Fairgrounds, IA
9th September 1926 – ½ mile dirt oval
Time trials 1 Wilson Pingrey Dodge Special 0:00:31.1 = Gus Schrader Dodge Special D.D.Morris 0:00:31.3 Guy Deulin 0:00:31.4 Clifford Hober Chevrolet Special 0:00:32.0 McFadden 0:00:33.0 M.V.Patterson Chalmers Special 0:00:33.1 Howard Adams Chevrolet Special 0:00:34.2
5 miles 25 laps - Feature 1 Wilson Pingrey 0:05:30 1 Wilson Pingrey 2 Clifford Hober 2 McFadden 3 M.V.Patterson 3 Patterson R D.D.Morris hit fence/wheel R D.D.Morris Con-rod/fire
5 miles 1 Deulin 0:05:37 2 McFadden 3 Adams
Charter Oak, CT
9th September 1926
Race Race 1 Bob Price 1 Bill Rupp
Hamline, St Paul, MN
9th September 1926
Heat 3 Other entrants: R Sig Haugdahl broken fuel line Wilbur Shaw Events were eventually cancelled due to rain.
Part of the Minnesota State Fair, sanctioned by IMCA. Haugdahl had officially retired from racing in 1925 at the Minnesota State Fair meeting, and hadn’t raced since then until the same meeting in 1926.
Clinton County Fairgrounds, DeWitt, IA
10th September 1926
Kossuth County Fairgrounds, Algona, IA
10th September 1926
Entrants: George Schroeder Dodge Mackery Laurel Special F.Bobzien Frontenac Floyd LaMont Special Lou Scheibel Shy Bell Special Cox LaMont Special Montrose Montrose Special Hansen Essex Special Pingre Chrysler 90 Johnson Packard Fenno Kinsey Special Haddan Chevrolet Schenk Schenk Special Smith Frontenac Maxfield Frontenac Special Clymer Frontenac Miller Frontenac Runge Ford Special Webber Pierce Clarke Chevrolet McCrellius Zenith Special Reynolds Rajo Jacobsen Rajo Special Steadman Fox Special
Nebraska State Fairgrounds, NE
10th September 1926 – 1.2 mile dirt oval
3 miles – Match race, Heat 1 1 Johnny Waters Frontenac R Morris Tavlinsky Frontenac-Ford broken wheel
3 miles – Match race, Heat 2 R Johnny Waters Frontenac R Morris Tavlinsky Frontenac-Ford Both cars hit each other in the west turn on lap 3. Tavelinsky was leading but hit the fence, Waters hit the skidding car. Tavlinsky broke his arm and demolished his car.
3 laps 1 Oscar Anderson Fiat 0:01:46 2 Joan LaCosta
7 laps – Invitation Handicap 1 Arch Powell Yale Special 0:04:25.25
5 laps – Cornhusker Dash 1 Swan Peterson Frontenac 0:03:13.5
7 laps – Free-for-all 1 Oscar Anderson Fiat 0:04:15.5
1 mile - Time Trial Ray Lampkin Wisconsin Special 0:01:00.0
Sanction by IMCA
Beckley Fairgrounds, WV
11th September 1926
10 miles – Stock car race 1 Talmadze Calfee Dodge 2 Paige R Charley Cawley Jewett accident R R.C.Stewart Chevrolet accident
Cass County Fairgrounds, IA
11th September 1926
Time Trials 1 W.H.Pingrey Dodge 0:00:33 L.O.Hughes Hughes Special 0:00:33.5 W.Kinney 0:00:33.5 J.Bagley Frontenac Ford 0:00:33.5 M.Larson Nebraska Special 0:00:35.0 Stanley G.Fuller Paramount Special 0:00:35.0 Earl White White Special 0:00:35.5 V.Nutt Ford 0:00:38.5
5 miles 4 W.Kinney 1 J.Bagley 0:05:36.5 5 Stanley G.Fuller 2 L.O.Hughes 3 W.H.Pingrey 10 miles 1 J.Bagley 0:11:25 4 W.Kinney 2 W.H.Pingrey 3 Stanley Fuller
Charter Oak, CT
11th September 1926
Bill Rupp won four of the six races held.
Kewanee, IL
11th September 1926
20 miles Claude Currey was in third place on the 15th lap when eh hit the edge of the track and rolled. Currey was thrown clear, but was run over by the following car of Floud Bobzien, suffering fatal injuries.
Miami, OK
11th September 1926
Entrants: Roy Huston
AAA sanction 1746. Rained out.
Michigan State Fairgrounds, Detroit, MI
11th September 1926
100 miles 1 Frank Lockhart 1:21:30.62 2 Leon Duray 3 Norman Baten 4 Cliff Woodbury 5 Earl DeVore 6 Sam Green R Ralph DePalma 7 laps/steering/accident R Earl Miller 7 laps/hit DePalma
AAA sanction 1740
Riverside Park, IN
11th September 1926
50 miles – Ford race 1 Frank Nichols 1:05 2 Bert Bowen 3 McConnell 9 starters
Victory Speedway, Orange County Fairgrounds, NY
11th September 1926
Entrants: 5 miles – Heat 1 2 Buddie Marr Bugatti Special 1 Henry Turgeon 0:05:04.6 4 Ira Vail Miller Special 2 Bill Albertson 4B Charley Ganung Miller Special 6 Victor Jackson Frontenac Ford 5 miles – Heat 2 7 Sam Wohl Peugeot Special 1 Charley Ganung 0:05:01.2 10 Henry Turgeon Turgeon Special 2 Ira Vail 12 Bill Albertson Duesenberg Special 21 B.W.Bogart Bogart Special 5 miles – Final 22 Roland Ward Ward Special 1 Charley Ganung 0:05:19 33 William Tuttle Duesenberg Special 2 Ira Vail 40 Jay Tallardy Tallardy Special 3 Henry Turgeon 44 Paul Dumracer Dumracer Special 4 Bill Albertson 52 Harry Ross Ford Special 61 Charles Cyr Cyr Special 10 miles 71 Claude Barton Frontenac Ford 1 Ira Vail 0:10:56 77 Walkton True Ford Special 2 Charley Ganung 81 Allen Van Hagen Ladew Special 3 Henry Turgeon 91 Sam Green Scranton Special 4 Bill Albertson Shields Barbarino Special Otto Packard Special 5 miles - Handicap 1 Ira Vail 0:05:38.6 2 Henry Turgeon 3 Bill Albertson 4 Charley Ganung 1 lap – Time Trials 1 Charley Ganung 0:00:29 5 miles – Consolation 2 Ira Vail 0:00:30.2 1 Claude Barton 0:06:01.6 3 Henry Turgeon 0:00:30.6 2 Sam Wohl 4 Bill Albertson 0:00:31.4 3 Shields
Races rescheduled from the 21st August.
West Side Park, Linton, IN
11th September 1926
25 miles 1 Bennie Shoaf 2 Parker 3 Hannum R Bill McCoy 2 laps/crankshaft 10 starters
Noble Krom broke the crankshaft of his Blue Bird Special during practice on the 10th, and didn’t compete.
Kansas Free Fairgrounds, Topeka, KS
14th September 1926
Fair to last for one week (starting 14th), to feature automobile races
Childress, TX
15th September 1926 – ½ mile dirt oval
5 miles 7 miles 1 Dick Calhoun 1 Roy Gardner 0:08:56 2 Roy Meacham 2 C.W.Tinnil R Dempsey Wardlow accident There were four retirements There were three retirements 10 miles 5 miles 1 Dick Calhoun 0:08:31 1 Roy Gardner 0:06:20.5 2 Roy Gardner 2 Chester Gardner 3 Chester Gardner 3 C.W.Tinnil 4 C.W.Tinnil 4 J.M.Hall Two cars retired. There were two retirements Other entrants: Roy Huston
AAA sanction 1737
Kiowa County Fairgrounds, Eads, CO
17th September 1926
An auto race was held as part of the Kiowa Free Fair. Floyd Anerson went through the fence on the north side of the track on the first lap, hitting a post and badly damaging the car. The race was won by Dutton.
Albany-Schenectady County Fairgrounds, Altamont, NY
17th-18th September 1926
Races part of fair.
Bakersfield Speedway, CA
18th September 1926
Entrants: Ed Winfield Winfield Ford 5 Speed Gregory Jerry Tabnac Sherman Special 3 Elmer Spatz J.W.Norton Ford Frank Crom Crom Chevrolet Special 21 D.D.Clem Clem Ford 9 U.S.Davis Davis Special 96 Gravy DeWitt Jimmie Evans Chevrolet Special 10 M.C.Mackey Mackey Ford 8 Jimmie Miles L.Hacquard Roof Special 64 P.R.Barrett L.S. Smith Special 7 Roy St.Clair St Clair Special 40 Emmett Larson Frontenac Special 55 R.A.Metherey Metherey Special 12 Johnny Vickers Rajo Special 32 Al Hopp Irving Wick El Monte Special 6 Lou Moore Moore Frontenac Ford 47 Albert Miller Albert Miller Ford 88 William Mosley Mosley Rajo Special 4 E.S.Davis E.S.Davis Shear Special 100 Henry Jacques Dick Jackman Jackson Special 99 Mel Kenealy Nancy Hooker Hooker Special 123 Bundy Bachtel T.F.Mahoney Mahoney Special 16 William Helsler Helsler Frontenac Ford 21 J.B.Pearson Frontenac Ford 6 William Spence J.B.Pearson Rajo Special 31 Kenny Stoddard George Burgess Burgess Special 7 Carl Mikklesen Mikklesen Special 15 Mike Moosie Paul Culp Culp Special 16 Herman Schurch Johnnie Theile Ford Special 33 Barney Kloepfer Barney Special 13 Bill Stapp Stapp Special 13 Otto Lind Lind Special 46 Speed Hinkley C.C.Ballinger Rajo Special 6 Dale Pence Eddie Meyer Redlands Special 11 Bill Bundy Pop Evans Special 37 Cliff Wilson Community Motors Lockhart Special 222 Boullominy C.L.Bass H.B.Special 19 Robert Ferrell Ferrell Kant Score Special 57 J.D.Morris Rajo Special 57 McCune W.E.Payne Payne Special 18 Fred Lyon Lyon Chevrolet
10 miles – Heat 1 5 miles – Consolation 1 Barney Kloepfer 0:08:07.6 1 Bill Bundy 2 William Spence 2 Mel Kenealy 3 Gravy DeWitt 3 E.S.Davis 4 Frank Crom 4 McCune 5 Johnny Vickers 10 miles – Heat 2 1 Speed Hinkley 0:08:01.2 5 miles – Consolation 2 Henry Jacques 1 J.B.Pearson 3 William Helsler 2 Bundy Bechtel 4 Otto Lind 3 Elmer Spatz 4 Lou Moore 10 miles – Heat 3 5 H.S.Davis 1 Al Hopp 0:08:34.4 R Mike Moosie accident 2 M.C.Mackey 3 Kenny Stoddard 25 miles – Feature 4 Cliff Wilson 1 Barney Kloepfer 5 Bill Stapp 2 Speed Hinkley 3 J.B.Pearson 4 Henry Jacques 5 Bill Stapp
Caledonia, NY
18th September 1926
Races were held.
Dawson Driving Park, PA
18th September 1926 – ½ mile dirt oval
Time Trials Sam Swank 0:00:32.5 Speed Scott 0:00:34.25 Ken Crispin 0:00:32.75 Bill Lindau 0:00:35.75 Jimmy Altman 0:00:33.0 Alfred Hess 0:00:36.0 Curley Grandell 0:00:33.75 Ira Nickeson 0:00:36.25 Ivan Mikan 0:00:34.25 John Donko 0:00:37.0
100 miles 1 Curley Grandell Frontenac 1:53:29 2 13 Sam Swank 3 Bill Lindau 4 Sammy Grablak/Jimmy Altman R Dick Fourtney Rajo Special thrown wheel/accident R Red Redmond Frontenac accident
Other entrants: J.A.Hogl Leonard Gaetano Bill Thomas Bill Pfeiffer
Mineola, Long Island, NY
18th September 1926
AAA sanction 1731
Fort Miami, Toledo, OH
19th September 1926 – 1 mile oval
150 miles
Event had been postponed due to rain
Interstate Fairgrounds, IA
19th September 1926
Entrants: 81 Barney Sullivan Chrysler 5 laps – Straw Hat Derby 55 Bert Fikken Dodge 1 Tom Murphy 0:04:05 20 L.Hoffman Frontenac 42 Aaron Strong Mitzi 5 laps – Consolation 44 Chuck Collins Hudson 1 L.Hoffman 0:03:31 43 Brewer Ermer Detroit 2 Barney Sullivan 18 Tom Murphy Stutz 87 Ted Rick Jordan 5 laps - Interstate Fair Trophy, Final Heat 300 Glen Hiett Chrysler 1 Chuck Collins 0:03:40 67 Wallie Amundson Duesenberg 2 Aaron Strong R Bert Fikken engine 5 laps - Interstate Fair Trophy, Heat 1 1 Chuck Collins 5 laps - Ajax Trophy 1 Chuck Collins 0:03:10 5 laps - Interstate Fair Trophy, Heat 2 2 L.Hoffman 1 Bert Fikken 0:03:56
Morris Fairgrounds, NY
21st September 1926
Auto races to be held on the first day of the fair.
Roby Speedway, IL
19th September 1926
100 miles
Entrants: Frank Brisko George Loveline Jimmy Copple Clemons Wilbur Shaw Clemons Dutch Baumann Chevrolet
10th West Texas Fair, Abilene, TX
22nd & 24th September 1926
22nd September: Entrants 22nd September: 16 laps – Speedway and Special Roy Huston Racing Cars 401 George Souders Souders Special 1 Chester Gardner 0:09:52 26 Dick Calhoun Calhoun Special 2 Babe Stapp 0:10:03 22 Fred Frame Miller 3 Peter DePaolo 0:11:01 16 Harry Milburn Duesenberg 4 A.M.DeMuth 0:11:01.6 111 Freeman Midyett Ford Special R George Souders fuel tank connector 600 J.M.Hall Hall & Mitchell Spl R Dick Calhoun 10 laps/spindle 11 Bob Stilwell McCathren Front.-Frd R Fred Frame 10 laps/accident Slim Harper Dodge Special 3 A.M.DeMuth CC Kennner Special 22nd September: 8 laps – Consolation 500 Roy Meacham Chevrolet 1 John Lee 0:05:02.2 88 Dug Harrison Rajah Ford 2 Rex Edmonds 7 Roy Gardner Gardner Special 3 Roy Gardner 8 Chester Gardner Gardner Special 4 Will Hawk Dodge 22nd September: 20 miles – Feature 70 Babe Stapp Chrysler Special 1 Chester Gardner 0:19:48.4 44 John H.Lee Dodge 2 Peter DePaolo 0:19:49.4 101 R.A.Nelson Chevrolet 3 John Lee 0:20:10 21 Peter DePaolo Ward Miller Special 4 Roy Gardner 0:10:23.4 1 John Lindsey Mais Special R Babe Stapp rear axle 503 Earl Warwick Warwick Special 502 Robertson Warwick 2 John A.Mais Mais 24th September: 8 laps Rex Edmonds Dodge 1 Dick Calhoun 0:04:41.4 Coleman Frontenac 2 Fondren 0:04:45.4 3 Babe Stapp 0:04:46 22nd September: Time Trials 4 Chester Gardner 0:04:49.4 1 Fred Frame 0:01:06.6 2 Dick Calhoun 0:01:08.2 24th September: 8 laps 3 George Souders 0:01:11.4 1 Harry Milburn 0:04:48.4 = Babe Stapp 0:01:11.4 2 John Lee 0:04:50.2 5 Gardner 0:01:11.6 3 Roberts 0:04:50.4 = Roy Meacham 0:01:11.6 4 A.M.DeMuth 0:04:56.4 = A.M.DeMuth 0:01:11.6 8 Peter DePaolo 0:01:11.8 24th September: 24 laps 9 Harry Milburn 0:01:12.4 1 Dick Calhoun 0:14:36.4 10 John Lee 0:01:13.0 2 Fondren 0:14:38.6 11 John Lindsey 0:01:14.4 3 Babe Stapp 0:14:39 12 Freeman Midyett 0:01:15.4 4 Chester Gardner 0:15:28 = Rex Edmonds 0:01:15.4 R Fred Frame 14 Gardner 0:01:16.6 R George Souders 16 laps/lubrication 15 Harry Milburn 0:01:16.6 Souders was driving the Bill Ward Miller driven 16 Coleman 0:01:18.8 by DePaolo on the 22nd races. 17 Bob Stilwell 0:01:19.0 24th September: 12 laps – Consolation 22nd September: 8 laps - Heat 1 1 Dug Harrison 0:07:24 1 Dick Calhoun 0:04:45 2 A.M.DeMuth 0:07:24.4 2 George Souders 0:04:45.4 3 Bob Stilwell 0:07:33.8 3 Roy Meacham 0:04:50.2 4 Roy Gardner 0:07:42 4 Babe Stapp 0:04:50.8 Coleman R Harry Milburn 4 laps R A.M.DeMuth 1 lap 24th September: 25 miles – Feature R John H.Lee 1 lap 1 Harry Milburn 0:25:14.4 2 Roberts 0:25:17 22nd September: 8 laps – Heat 2 3 Fred Frame 0:25:23 1 Harry Milburn 0:04:52.4 4 Chester Gardner 0:26:00 2 Chester Gardner 0:04:53 R Babe Stapp 29 laps/axle 3 A.M.DeMuth 0:04:56 R Dick Calhoun wheel collapsed 4 John Lee 0:04:58 R George Souders lubrication R George Souders 7 laps R Freeman Midyett fatal accident 24th September: 24 laps Souders was driving Milburn’s #61 car – his #401 1 John Lee broke a con-rod. Midyett crashed on the first 2 Roberts corner after a flying start – he went over an 3 Fondren embankment and was thrown from his car. He never 4 Coleman regained consciousness. R Dick Calhoun 15 laps/hit railings Race was stopped after Calhoun’s accident
AAA sanction 1722.
Kardin County Fairgrounds, Kenton, OH
22nd September 1926
5 miles – Ford race
10 miles R Bryan Heilman accident/rolled
Kiowa County Fairgrounds, CO
23rd September 1926
Race 1 Dutton R Floyd Anderson accident
Meyersdale, PA
24th September 1926
50 miles 1 Hermann Kress
Other entrants: Mike Hickson L.Englehart Buck Ramsey Jack Casey William Morris Fred Bianchi William Roche Joe Spath Gumie Tramison
AAA sanction 1751, run by the Monongahela Speedway Inc.
Kansas State Fairgrounds, Hutchinson, KS
24th-25th September 1926 – ½ mile dirt oval
24th September: Time Trial 1 L.E.Kerbs Kerbs Special 0:00:31.0 = Charles Lebsack Kerbs Special 0:00:31.0 3 Vic Felt Frontenac 0:00:31.5 4 J.B.Gerber Gerber Special 0:00:31.6
24th September: 4 miles – Class A 1 L.E.Kerbs Kerbs Special 0:05:33 2 L.O.Hughes Hughes Special 3 J.B.Gerber Gerber Special 4 Charles Lebsack Kerbs Special
24th September: 4 miles – Class B 1 Fred Lentz Lentz Special 0:05:39.6 2 Joe Hutchinson Frontenac Special 3 Al Koepke Frontenac Ford 4 W.M.Bryant Hudson Special R James White White Special hit fence
24th September: 4 miles – Class C 1 Charles Lebsack Kerbs Special 0:05:31.6 2 Al Koepke Frontenac-Ford 3 Joe Hutchinson Frontenac Special 4 Fred Lentz Lentz Special R O.A.Koenitzer OK Special accident
24th September: 10 miles – Free-for-all 1 Charles Lebsack Kerbs Special 0:11:08.5 2 J.B.Gerber Gerber Special 3 Vic Felt Frontenac 4 L.O.Hughes Hughes Special
25th September: 5 miles – Class A 1 Vic Felt Frontenac 0:05:38.8 2 L.O.Hughes Hughes Special 3 L.E.Kerbs Kerbs Special R Clyde Gilbert Fisher Special hit fence
25th September: 5 miles – Class B 1 O.A.Koenitzer OK Special 0:05:40.2 2 James White White Special 3 Fred Lentz Lentz Special
25th September: 5 miles – Free-for-all 1 Vic Felt Frontenac 0:05:58 2 Clyde Gilbert Fisher Special 3 Charles Lebsack Kerbs Special 4 Walter Higley Baker Special
25th September: 4 miles 1 Vic Felt Frontenac 0:04:30 2 O.A.Koenitzer OK Special 3 L.O.Hughes Hughes Special R Clyde Gilbert Fisher Special rolled R Charles Lebsack Kerbs Special hit fence
Baltimore-Washington Speedway, MD
25th September 1926
Time Trials R Al Aspen accident
25 miles 1 Jimmy Gleason 0:12:15.2 2 Russell Snowberger 3 Fred Winnai
25 miles 1 Niles Gray 0:14:56 2 Ray Keech Miller 3 Jack Desmond Mercedes
100 miles 1 Jimmy Gleason Miller 0:57:03.8 2 Russell Snowberger Miller 3 Frank Farmer Mercedes R Fred Winnai Duesenberg accident
National Motor Racing Association races
Greene County Fairgrounds, Jefferson, IA
25th September 1926
Auto races to be held as part of fair. They did take place.
Powning Park, Reno, NV
25th September 1926
Race 1 Jack Varnum
Race staged as part of the Orvis Ring Pet Show.
Suffolk County Fairgrounds, Riverhead, NY
25th September 1926 – ½ mile dirt oval
1 lap – Time Trials 1 Roy Ketcham Hudson 0:00:33.2 2 Jacques Tournour Overland 0:00:34.0 3 Bob Price Dodge Special 0:00:35.0
3 miles – Match Race, Heat 1 1 Jack Jonson Essex Special 0:03:45.2 2 Roy Ketcham Hudson Special 0:03:48.6
3 miles – Match Race, Final 1 Jack Johnson Essex Special 0:03:30 2 Roy Ketcham Hudson Special 3 Bob Price Dodge Special
5 miles – Light Cars 1 George LeMonte Rajo Special 0:05:11.4 2 Jacques Tournour Overland 3 James Ewers
10 miles – Long Island Sweepstakes 1 Bill Rupp Auburn Special 0:09:59.2 2 Roy Ketcham Hudson Special 3 Jacques Tournour Overland R Carl Goodson Rajo Special crash/thrown from car Goodson was driving George LeMonte’s car after he was taken ill.
Memphis, MO
25th September 1926
Sanctioned by IMCA, part of the Memphis Tri-State Fair.
Paris Fairgrounds, IL
26th September 1926
20 miles 1 Benny Shoaff Brown Special 2 Chas Crawford Kenneth Hannum Special Durham Rickenbacher R Bill McCoy Johnson Special accident damage
20 miles 1 Chas Crawford Kenneth Hannum Special 0:22:39.5
Wisconsin State Fair Park, Milwaukee, WI
26th September 1926
150 miles
Entrants: Louis Schneider
Breckenridge, TX
28th-30th September 1926 – 5/8 mile dirt oval
29th September: Time Trials 1 George Souders William S.White Miller Spl. 0:01:14.4
29th September: 7.5 miles 1 Fred Frame Miller 0:07:29.5 2 George Souders Miller 3 Chester Gardner Gardner 4 John Lindsey Chevrolet Special
29th September: 7.5 miles 1 John Lindsey Chevrolet Special 0:07:40 2 Chester Gardner Gardner Special 0:07:40.2 3 John Lee Dodge Special 4 F.E.Fondren Frontenac Ford
29th September: 5 miles – Consolation 1 Roy Gardner Gardner Special 0:05:14 2 C.K.McFadden Frontenac Ford 3 Rex Edmonds Frontenac Ford 4 John Lee Dodge Special
29th September: 5 miles 1 Harry Milburn Duesenberg 0:05:11.2 2 John Lee Dodge 3 R.A.Nelson Chevrolet 4 Rex Edmonds Frontenac Ford
29th September: 15 miles 1 Fred Frame Miller 20 laps 2 George Souders Miller 3 Chester Gardner Gardner 4 John Lee Dodge Race stopped four laps short of total due to rain
Other entrants: Roy Huston
AAA sanction 1723. Part of the Oil Belt Fair.
Limestone County Fairgrounds, Groesbeck, TX
30th September-2nd October 1926 - 5/8 mile dirt oval
30th September 1926: 18 laps 1 Bill McMahon 2 Dad Harrier
Other entrants: Lou Scheibell driver dead George West driver dead Weather conditions delayed the arrival of all drivers but McMahon and Harrier for the first day of racing.
This was the opening of the new Limestone County Fair Park for the 1st Annual Limestone County Fair. It was to feature three days of auto races.
Kalispell, MT
1st October 1926
1st October: Ford Free-for-all 1 Bert Calbick 2 Dan Rising 3 Donald Rice
Ford races held as part of the All-Flathead County Fair. Novelty and bucking races were also held for Fords.
Clay County Fairgrounds, IA
2nd October 1926
Final day of Clay County Fair.
Fresno, CA
2nd October 1926
AAA sanction 1744. Part of Fresno District Fair.
Hanover Fairgrounds, PA
2nd October 1926 – ½ mile dirt oval
National Motor Contest Board sanction 1273.
Haskell, TX
2nd October 1926
Race 3 R Ray Meacham Chevrolet Special 2 laps/fatal accident Meacham he went through the barrier, went over a high embankment and overturned, causing fatal injuries. His mechanician blamed the accident upon defective steering gear.
Other entrants: Roy Huston
Part of the 3rd Annual Haskell County Fair. AAA sanction 1724.
New Castle, PA
2nd October 1926 – ½ mile dirt ova
Time Trials 100 laps (50 miles – race distance was reduced) 1 Sam Swank 0:00:32.75 1 Sam Swank 0:57:08 A.B.Litz 0:00:33.5 2 A.B.Litz Kenneth Crispen 0:00:35.75 3 Kenneth Crispen Red Kynett 0:00:33.75 4 Herbert Fetcher Marty Klaus 0:00:34.0 NS Hughes William C.Brown 0:00:34.5 NS Redmond Frank P.Lockinger 0:00:35.0 23 entries, 15 qualifiers, 13 starters Samuel Grablak 0:00:35.0 Herbert Fechter 0:00:35.0 Jack Polk 0:00:35.0 Hollack 0:00:35.25 Stoner 0:00:35.25 H.Patterson 0:00:35.25
Wichita Falls, TX
3rd, 7th and 10th October 1926
7th October: 5 miles 1 Fred Frame Miller Special 0:05:17.6 2 Fred Roberts Chevrolet Special 3 Chester Gardner Gardner Special 4 Babe Stapp Chrysler Special
7th October: 6 miles 1 J.A.Mais Dodge Special 0:06:34.2 2 Roy Gardner Gardner Special 3 John Lindsey Chevrolet Special 4 Rex Edwards Frontenac Special
7th October: 7 miles 1 George Souders Miller Special 0:07:46.6 2 Rex Edwards Frontenac Special 3 J.K.NcFadden Rajo Ford 4 Bill Tennill Ford Special
7th October: 10 miles - Feature 1 Fred Frame Miller Special 0:10:34.4 2 Rex Edwards Frontenac-Ford 3 Fred Robarts Chevrolet Special 4 J.A.Mais Dodge Special Edwards led into the last lap, but threw a tyre.
10th October: 10 miles 1 Fred Frame Miller Special 0:10:34.8 2 Rex Edwards Frontenac Special 3 George Souders Miller Special 4 Chester Gardner Gardner Special
10th October: 7 miles 1 John Lindsey Chevrolet Special 0:07:22.4 2 Johnny Mais Dodge Special 3 Bill Tennill Ford Special 4 Roy Gardner Gardner Special
10th October: 5 miles 1 Red Edmonds Dodge Special 0:05:25.4 2 Fred Robarts Chevrolet Special 3 Babe Stapp Chrysler Special R Chester Gardner Gardner Special accident
10th October: 15 miles - Feature 1 Johnny Lee Dodge Special 0:15:52.6 2 Ray Gardner Gardner Special 0:15:55.0 3 Fred Robarts Chevrolet Special 0:16:00.0 4 John Lindsey Chevrolet Special 0:16:03.0 Just before the race, Robert Cussick, who was deputising for Rex Edwards, skidded and overturned when warming up his car, receiving injuries and a severed finger.
Other entrants: Roy Huston
AAA sanction 1725. Part of the Texas-Oklahoma Fair.
Riverside Park, IN
7th October 1926
50 miles 1 Archibald 0:53 2 Nichols 3 Fair R Wilcox engine R Hall engine 10 starters
Races held during the Free Fair and Fall Festival.
Barnesville, OH
9th October 1926
Race 1 Thomas 7 entries
Races had been rescheduled from the 6th October due to rain.
Bloomsburg, PA
9th October 1926
AAA sanction 1734
Douglas, AZ
9th October 1926
AAA sanction 1750
Lakewood, GA
9th October 1926
Races were held as part of a fair. Joan La Costa wrecked her car during a practice spin on the 7th October, but competed in a Duesenberg on the day.
Langhorne, PA
9th October 1926
100 miles 1 Russell Snowberger 1:20
Pennsboro Speedway, WV
9th October 1926 – ½ mile dirt oval
Herman Hyde was fatally injured when his car overturned and he was trapped beneath it – he died in hospital later that evening.
Pottstown, PA
9th October 1926
100 miles – The Ray Curran Trophy
Sanctioned by the Eastern States Motor Racing Association. The Philadelphia Record Trophy was to be awarded for the fastest lap during the race, and The Café LaRiviere Trophy was to be awarded for “the most proficient performance of the day”.
Riverside Park, IN
9th October 1926
50 miles
Held as part of the First Annual Rush County Free Fair.
Cedar Rapids, IA
10th October 1926
Time Trials 1 Floyd Bobzien Frontenac 0:00:28.7 2 Gus Schrader Dodge Special 0:00:29.1 3 Wilson Pingrey Dodge Special 0:00:29.3 4 John Bagley Frost Special 0:00:29.6 5 Frank Schenk Schenk Special 0:00:29.9 6 Howard Wills Frontenac Ford 0:00:29.9 7 Guy Deulin Deulin Special 0:00:30.0 8 Bert Ficken 0:00:30.1 9 Harry Steadman Fox Piston Special 0:00:30.4 10 Ray Hebert Chevrolet 0:00:30.6 11 Howard Adams Essex Special 0:00:31.0 12 Glen Hiett Kinsey Special 0:00:31.4 13 S.W.Hoffman Chrysler 0:00:31.6 14 W.V.Peterson Baby Chalmers 0:00:31.7 15 Charles Vostry Laurel Special 0:00:32.6
5 laps – Dash 5 Steadman 1 Wills 0:02:31.6 6 Hebert 2 Bagley 7 Schenk 3 Pingrey 4 Bobzien 5 miles – Heat 5 Deulin 1 Schenk 0:05:09.0 6 Schenk 2 Steadman 7 Ficken 3 Hiett 8 Schrader spin 4 Vostry 5 Hoffman 5 miles – Heat 6 Adams 1 Schrader 0:05:05.0 2 Bagley 5 miles – Heat 3 Wils 1 Ficken 0:05:14.8 4 Deulin 2 Adams 3 Hoffman 7 Ficken 4 Peterson 5 Long R Pingrey engine
10 miles – Final 1 Wills 0:10:27 2 Schrader 3 Bagley 4 Hiett 5 Schenk 6 Hoffman
Fitzall Park, Sheboygan, WI
10th October 1926
Entrants: Austin Eisenmann Rajo Harold Gildner Carl Marchese Tudy Marchese Rajo Special George Young Frontenac Jack Byerley Harvey Stark Cy Spindler Johnny John Ward Downs John Sawyer D’Anto Francis Reinke Rajo
Run by the Lakeshore Racing Association, promoted by M.L.Popp.
5 miles 10 miles 1 George Young 0:05:25 1 George Young 0:10:41 2 Tudy Marchese 2 Tudy Marchese 3 Ward Downs 3 Ward Downs R Austin Eisenmann engine 4 John Sawyer 5 Harold Gildner 5 miles R Austin Eisenmann 1 John Sawyer 0:05:45 2 Harold Gildner 3 Harvey Stark R Francis Reinke 8 laps
Roby Speedway, IL
10th October 1926
150 miles 1 Leslie Allen Frontenac-Ford 2:04:24 2 21 D.D.Morris 3 Bruce Miller 4 Shorty Cantlon/Wilbur Shaw R Dutch Baumann R Louis Schneider Fastest Lap: Schneider Cantlon suffered a stuck valve and pitted – Shaw replaced him at the wheel, and finished spouting flame from the exhaust valve at every stroke of the engine.
Other entrants: Gus Schrader Frank Brisko
Sunflower Park, Brazil, IN
10th October 1926
Hobo automobile race 1 Paul Biddle R Robert Muncie short circuit/fire 21 entries. Drivers had to agree to sell their car for $100 to enter, Two motorcycle races and a five mile auto race were also held.
Entrants: Robert Muncie Ford Edward Grass Overland Lester Crabb Ford Robinson’s Commision House Ford J.A.Turner Garage Warhog Special Cole Auto Co Buick Lewis McNutt Jr Ford J.D.Pollom & Sons Chevrolet Kenneth Bucklin Ford
Clarksburg, WV
12th October 1926
100 miles 1 Ernie Cleavenger Willys-Knight Special 2 Speed Scott Green Engineering Ford R Ken Crispi axle 10 starters, four finishers
Craven County Fairgrounds, NC
12th October 1926
Meyersdale Fairgrounds, PA
13th October 1926 – ½ mile dirt oval
Entrants: Mike Hickson Bupp Special Joe Spaeth Slavatore Buck Ramsey Junior Four Jack Casey Frontenac Herman Kress Coffelder Ernest Mistlebauer Oldsmobile Eight Race Morris Barber-Warnick Fred Bianchi Bianchi Special Ed Exler Exler Special L.Englehart Brentwood Special Speed Gardner Pontiac Special J.Godkins SX Special Tony Boyle Chrysler Special Frank Rohlman Coleman Special Dave Lavell Paniard Special
AAA sanction 1752, run by the Monongahela Speedway Inc. A 50 mile race was to be run, but was rained out.
North Carolina State Fairgrounds, Raleigh, NC
14th-19th October 1926
Auto races to be part of the state fair.
Arkansas State Fairgrounds, Little Rock, AK
15th-16th October 1926 – ½ mile dirt oval
15th October: 1 mile Ray Lampkin Wisconsin Special 0:00:54.8 This was claimed as a world record for 1 mile on a half-mile track, breaking the existing “record” of 55.1s. The track record was previously 1m01s.
Auto races held as part of the fair.
Hagerstown, MD
16th October 1926 – ½ mile dirt oval
50 miles - Entrants Harold Weigley Peerless Red Helms Floyd Campbell Speedy Witmer Rajo Floyd Crandall Franklin Chet Ducke Jack Bray 15 entrants
Promoted by Austin C.Wilson.
Amarillo, TX
16th-17th October 1926
17th October: 5 miles – Free-for-all 17th October: 5 miles 1 Fred Frame 0:04:53.2 1 Rex Edmonds 0:04:57.2 2 Chester Gardner 2 Ray Gardner 3 John Lee 3 Chester Gardner
17th October: 5 miles 17th October: 15 miles – Sweepstakes 1 Chester Gardner 0:05:03.2 1 Fred Frame 0:14:47.6 2 Ray Gardner 2 Ray Gardner 0:14:53.4 3 Rex Edmonds 3 Bill Tennil 0:14:57.4 4 Rex Edmonds 0:15:00.2 17th October: 5 miles 1 Rex Edmonds 0:04:56.2 17th October: 2.5 miles – Consolation 2 Chester Gardner 1 Rex Edmonds 0:02:22.4 3 B.Tennil 2 Ben Wetzler 3 Fred Roberts
Entrants: 16 George Souders Miller Special 500 Fred Roberts Warrick Special Slim Harper Dodge Special 12 Harry Milburn Duesenberg Special Roy Meacham Souders Special Doug Harrison Rajo Ford 400 Babe Stapp Chrysler Special 22 Fred Frame Miller Special 401 John Lindsey Chevrolet Special Bill Tennil Frontenac Ford 7 Ray Gardner Gardner Special 8 Chester Gardner Gardner Special John Mais Mais Special Bob Stillwell McCatheron Special 2 John Lee Dodge Special Dick Calhoun Calhoun Special DNA – Driver injured 33 Rex Edmonds Frontenac-Ford 9 Rex Edmonds Dodge Special
AAA sanction 1747. Event was postponed due to rain – was originally scheduled for the 9th-10th October.
Akron-Cleveland Speedway, OH
17th October 1926 – ½ mile wood oval
100 miles – Rubber City Sweepstakes 1 Shorty Cantlon F.A.S. Special 1:19:00.75 2 Dutch Baumann Frontenac 3 Bruce Miller Frontenac 4 Fred Harder Frontenac 5 Sammy Swank Frontenac Whiz Sloan Ray Campbell Leslie Allen 15 starters
Other entrants: C1 Wilbur Shaw Clemons Frank Ripple C2 Jimmy Copple Clemons Wally Sober Ross Page Fred Youtz Jack Casey C.L.Klingensmith Bob Morris Joe Bechtel Speed Gardner Ernie Jones Joe Catone
Cedarburg Fairgrounds, WI
17th October 1926
50 miles 1 Tudy Marchese 0:56:33.4 2 Carl Marchese 3 Jack Mattes 4 Eddie Toepl R John Sawyer accident R Elmer Gildner 42 laps/accident 14 starters, 7 finished
Frederick Fairgrounds, MD
23rd October 1926
Entrants: Red Helms Frontenac Bud Schriver Rajo Jim Kearney Dodge Al Mulligan Frontenac Jack Bray Roof Fuller Campbell Essex Bill Chapman Frontenac Gus Grock Frontenac Windy Meary Walter Special Ray Crandall Franklin
Promoted by Austin C.Wilson.
Detroit, MI
24th October 1926
Rained out
Sunflower Track, Brazil, IN
24th October 1926
Meeting rained out and abandoned.
Cotton Palace, Waco, TX
26th & 28th October 1926
28th October: 1.5 miles – Match Race 1 Anderson 0:01:42.4 2 Miss Joan Lacosta
28th October: 3.5 miles – Cotton Palace Free-for-all 1 Lampkin Miller Special 0:04:01.5 2 Collins Yale Special 3 Watters Frontenac 4 Peterson Frontenac 5 Powell Wisconsin
28th October: 2.5 miles – Light Car Handicap 1 Lampkin Miller Special 0:03>12.2 2 Peterson Frontenac 3 Maley Mitzi Special 4 Green Florida Special
28th October: 2.5 miles – Three-cornered Invitation 1 Watters 2 Collins 3 Powell
Charleroi Hillclimb, PA
30th October 1926
1 Robert W.Hoehl Ford Special 0:00:18.0 2 Joe Shoaf Frontenac-Ford 0:00:19.5 3 Glenn Hollowoood Chevrolet Special 0:00:21.0 Lewstater Dodge Special 0:00:21.75 Charles Hans Durant 0:00:23.0 Jack Barnett Ford (stripped) 0:00:26.0 B.J.Taylor Vertical 4 0:00:26.0 Joe Hart Chevrolet 0:00:27.5 Sam Simcox Oldsmobile 4 0:00:30 Harold Remato Raub special 0:00:35 Lester Rotheram Chevrolet touring 0:00:35.0 Pete Schug Ford (stripped) 0:00:37.25 James P.Hileman Nash (sedan) 0:00:45.0
Part of the Charleroi Merchants’ and Firemen’s Gala Week. It was announced that there would be no classification of cars due to the variety of models entered. The course was on Fifth Street. The start line was in the centre of McKean Avenue and Fifth, the “dead start” point at the foot of Fifth Street, 125 feet from the actual starting line (and from where the starter’s gun was fired), and the finish line was at the alley between Meadow and Crest Avenues.
Beckley, WV
30th-31st October 1926 – ½ mile dirt oval
30th October: 20 laps 1 Talmadge Calfee Dodge Special 0:10:10 2 Taylor Taylor Special 3 Branham Benson Special NS Marshall mechanical NA Farley mechanical
Races on the 31st October were rained out.
Detroit, MI
31st October 1926
100 miles 1 Sam Ross 1:24 2 Cliff Woodbury 3 Norman Batten
AAA sanction 1754 – postponed from the 24th October.
Hawthorne Track, Chicago, IL
31st October 1926
AAA sanction 1756.
Linton, IN
31st October 1926
25 miles 1 13 Bill McCoy 0:31 2 27 Charley Crawford 3 1 J.D.Burgess 4 12 R.J.Cardwell
5 miles – Match Race 1 Bill McCoy 0:05:48 2 Howdy Wilcox
25 miles 1 27 Charley Crawford 0:35 2 1 J.D.Burgess 3 12 R.J.Cardwell R Ira Hall Ira Hall left the circuit and hit a car which 8 year old Johnny Kimmel was standing in front of, killing him instantly. His mother suffered multiple fractures and was taken to hospital.
Promoted by Kenneth Hannum.
Zanesville Fairgrounds, OH
7th November 1926
100 miles
Arizona State Fairgrounds, Phoenix, AZ
13th November 1926
Time Trials Australian Pursuit 1 Harold Peterson 1 Harold Peterson
5 miles 25 miles 1 Harold Peterson 1 Harold Peterson 2 Jimmy Randolph 2 Ralph Miller 3 Jimmy Randolph 5 miles - Free-for-all Charley Goldtrap 1 Harold Peterson Jimmy Thomas 2 Ralph Miller
Los Angeles Hillclimb, CA
18th November 1926
AAA sanction 1757, sponsored by the Los Angeles Evening Express.
Beaumont, TX
20th November 1926
Sweepstakes H.F.Williams R 5 Mike Koenitzer Chevrolet Special accident
Ascot Speedway, Los Angeles, CA
25th November 1926 – 1.25 mile oval
Postponed to the 28th November due to rain.
Dongan Hills Fairgrounds, Staten Island, NY
25th November 1926 – ½ mile dirt oval
Charles Lawlor (there is some confusion over the name – it may have been Benjamin Lauder) was killed when his car overturned. His fuel tank fell off, the car overturned, and he suffered severe head injuries from which he succumbed on arrival in hospital.
Ascot Speedway, Los Angeles, CA
28th November 1926 – 1.25 mile oval
100 miles 1 Earl Moody 1:21:06 2 Lou Moore 3 Harry Jacques 4 Fred Lyons
Harlingen, TX
1st-2nd December 1926
Entrants: Mike Koenitzer Chevrolet Special S.E.Granger Chrysler Special H.F.Williams John Lee Dodge Bill McMahon Rajo Special Jimmie Lawrence Frontenac-Ford John Gerber Chevrolet Special Roy Houston 66 Special
Part of the Valley Mid-Winter Fair.
Mount Grant Hillclimb, NV
4th December 1926
Plant Field, Tampa, FL
4th December 1926
Entrants: Carl Mayfield Marmon
American Latin Automobile Racing Association races
Ascot Speedway, Los Angeles, CA
26th December 1926 – 1.25 mile oval
Six races were held, Winfield won four.
Douglas, AZ
26th December 1926
AAA sanction 1759
Other Matters of the Year
On the 11th April, race driver Charles Bogart was arrested in Garden City, KS, for killing F.Archer, who was reported at the time as being a transient workman. The men had quarrelled several days before, and Bogart told the police that he had short Archer four times, believing that he was reaching for a revolver. In court in Hutchinson on the 30th September, Bogart was tried for murder, it being alleged that he shot and then beat to death “Mexican dope fiend” Archur.
Atlanta, GA, 15th April: Plans for a league of automobile race track owners in the southeast that would bring the 13 of the principal cities of the section into a circuit during the five months spring and summer season were announced by Oscar Mills, secretary of the southeastern fair association. The cities to embrace the league were announced by Mr Mills as: Atlanta and Savannah, GA; Montgomery and Birmingham, AL; Memphis, Chattanooga, Nashville and Knoxville, TN; Raleigh and Pinehurst, NC; Columbia, SC; Louisville, KY; Richmond, VA. Mr Mills declared the organization would enable the southeast to attract the best automobile drivers in America.
A 200 mile automobile race through the streets of the Pennsylvania Sesquicentennial Exposition Grounds in Philadelphia was approved for late October by the exposition directors, but no evidence has been found of the race actually taking place.
The Sun Oil Co was to hold an AAA sanctioned test (number 1755) in Philadelphia on the 22nd October.
Willys-Overland Inc was granted AAA sanction 1758 for a Trans-Contintental Test to start on the 3rd November. No further details are known.