Tracing the Evolution of Racing The First Race Car of 1903

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 ... 1903 Olds Pirate Race Car replica that was driven by none other than Steve Moskowitz! Powered by a one cylinder 95 cu-in engine, 7hp @ 500rpm. But the city's famous connection with racing began in 1903 when the ... Stanley from Massachusetts built their first steam car. By the turn of the ... This first Ford car, the Quadricycle, was completed in June 1896. Image of Henry Ford on a quadricycle. On August 19, 1899, he resigned from ... It was Goodyear provided special tires for the racecar that Henry Ford produced and drove himself in 1901. ... Holley Performance Products began ... The Mercedes-Simplex 90 hp was created in 1903 as a pure-bred racing car in parallel with the Mercedes-Simplex 60 hp touring and sports car. In the spring of 1903, on a whim and a fifty-dollar bet, Dr. Horatio Nelson Jackson set off from San Francisco in a 20-horsepower Winton touring car hoping ... Ford Motor Cars - Ford: The Universal Car - First Edition, November 1912 1913. Models: Model T 5-Passenger 4-cylinder 20 H.P. Touring Car [$600]; Model T 2 ... In 1903, Alexander Winton built his Winton Bullet race car (above: bottom right) to stimulate sales of his passenger cars. Very successful in its day, it was ... On the 24th of May,1903, as the sun rose, the streets of Paris saw the start of an ill-fated experiment in motor racing, organized by the ...