1903 The Year the First Race Car Ignited the Racing Revolution

The race was won by Camille Jenatzy driving a Mercedes and representing Germany, in a time of six hours and 39 minutes, at an average speed of 79.2 km/h (49.2 ... The first known car dealer was Harry Ray who became the agent for several ... , July 31, 1903. 3 The Winchester Star, May 26, 1905 and June 8, 1906 ... Premier built this special race car to compete in the 1905 American Elimination Trial and Vanderbilt Cup Race. The four-cylinder car had a huge ... Ford built a car quite unlike any he designed later, which he called the 999 Arrow. He drove it on a frozen Michigan lake to be timed at 91.37 mph. The Pirate became the first car to make a timed run during Florida's first unofficial speed trials. In March 1903, Olds brought the Pirate back for the first ... He paid $850 for the car, which he and his family kept for over a half-century. McNary may never have known it, but his $170 deposit on the car— ... The new company's first product, the Model A, was conventional by the standards of the day. It featured a two-cylinder engine mounted under the seat and rear ... ... car mechanics. That race in 1903 made her the first British woman racing driver. She didn't win, but the experience gave her the hunger and incentive to ... In 1895 the first true race was held, from Paris to Bordeaux, Fr., and back, a distance of 1,178 km. The winner made an average speed of 24.15 ... A third Ford racer, nearly identical to 999 and named Arrow, crashed in a race in 1903, killing its driver, Frank Day. ... Ford 999 race car ...