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Manufacturers Advertise July 1910 Speedway Success

By: Mark Dill

This is a nice collection of advertisements from automobile manufacturers and suppliers that ran the day after the first day of the July 1910 race meet at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Not only are they interesting, but they are great quick references for the results of the races. Worth the time.
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H.G. Day in 1913

The original source reports that this is a photo of H.G. Day in a Talbot at the Caerphilly Hillclimb in 1913.

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12/12/2009

In the early days of the automobile events called reliability runs played an important role in gathering data to improve technology, promote products and underscore the need for development of public roads. The most famous of these events was created by a telecommunications magnate, Charles J. Glidden. Called the Glidden Tours, these events ran from 1905 to 1913.

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