Pioneers of Speed Exploring the Birth of the First Race Car in 1903

... 1903, the original Ford Model A was actually the first car ... (1903 - 1904) Price Range Check out Ford's first DIRT TRACK RACING CAR ... Without much lead time, the turnout for that first race series was small. On March 26, 1903, the first time trials were held. Entrants were Alexander Winton ... Barney Oldfield became the first man to drive a gasoline-powered race car around a one mile dirt oval in less than a minute at the Indiana State Fairgrounds in ... This photo originally appeared in Horseless Age in the autumn of 1903. The race meet was held in Southern California and featured among several cars this ... The first Winton car was sold on March 24, 1898. Winton saw racing not only as a way to attract investors and customers but also as essential to developing and ... The 1903 Winton Bullet No. 2 was Alexander Winton's ultimate race car ... first car in their second-story shop—the Winton Bullet No. 2 was ... 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 ... Then the first order came: $850 for a Model A with tonneau from Dr. E. Fenning, a Chicago dentist. With its 72-inch wheelbase, two-cylinder ... 1900. Auburn Automobile Company Founded ; 1903. First Public Automobile ; 1912. First Closed Automobile ; 1913. First Indy 500 Racecar ; 1915. Frank and Morris Take ... The very successful early European rally races ended in 1903, when Marcel ... "Electric car wins the first auto race in the United States". History ...