1906
From Leslie’s Weekly, this article is written by a woman who rode with a race driver at speed in a race car. A brave act, to be sure, and more importantly this article provides a different perspective in the period’s historical context.

Woman's Ride

This category contains 13 articles I believe are from 1905. There is a biographical profile and several references to his famous Green Dragon race car. Two more articles reference Barney Oldfield’s long time manager, Ernie Moross. Moross later became the director of contests at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 1909.

Oldfield Interviewed

This is an interesting article that is essentially an interview. The newness of the sport is keenly on display as Oldfield handles questions about how difficult it is to breath riding on a car traveling a mile a minute.
Oldfield Dallas Time-Herald Interview

It appears this article was published in February 1905. Oldfield granted an interview with the Dallas Times-Herald shortly after arriving in town from New Orleans. Inevitably, questions turn to the dangers of auto racing and Oldfield describes how best to react when a drivers knows he will crash through a fence.
Vicious Editorial Cartoon

This is an editorial cartoon that comes across as a personal attack on Barney Oldfield. Inspired by his 1904 accident at St. Louis in the Louisiana Purchase Trophy race where the Peerless Green Dragon crashed through a fence to kill two spectators. While it is understandable that some people saw auto racing as unnecessarily dangerous, laying the full responsibility for that at Oldfield's feet reflects ignorance.
Notches for the Green Dragon

This is one of those great articles that provides color to the early days of auto racing and barnstorming tours. This piece describes an Oldfield stop in Reno, Nevada. Cowboys there circled the car because a local promoter had spread rumors about how many men it had killed. They came to see the notches on the Peerless Green Dragon. Not finding any, they warned Oldfield that if he wanted anyone to take him and his program seriously, he had better file a notch for each man the machine had consumed.
Barney Oldfield Insights

This is a strong collection of articles that capture the attitude and persona of Barney Oldfield early in his career. One article discusses his marriage to Bess Gooby Holland. Another article is written by a newspaperman who dared to ride with Oldfield on the Peerless Green Dragon. The final article is a rare treasure that catches up with Oldfield's long time rival, Earl Kiser, who was injured in August 1905 at the Glenville track in Cleveland Ohio.
Man Smashing Devil Machine

These two articles are examples of local coverage newspapers played to citizens when Barney Oldfield's barnstorming troop came to town. The headline, "Man Smashing Devil Machine" refers to Oldfield's Peerless Green Dragon. In this case, the Oldfield team was playing their show before the citizens of Topeka, Kansas.
Near Death Experience

This is a Motor Age article covers a February 1905 race meet in New Orleans. Heavy rain produced a muddy track and a driver Oldfield was supposed to run with in an exhibition refused to run in the mud. Oldfield, ever concerned about playing to the crowd - and never wanting to give them a reason to demand their money back - asked one of his mechanics to run. The mechanic, Albert Bechold, lost control and somersaulted the car. Fortunately, he was thrown clear into the soft mud and not injured.
Ernie Moross, Front Man

This is an interesting article that provides insights to how Oldfield's barnstorming tour worked. His manager, Ernie Moross (who later became the director of contests at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway when it was founded in 1909), was in Dallas to make arrangements for Oldfield and the team when they arrived from New Orleans.
Barney Oldfield and George Fuller

This article is another insight to how Barney Oldfield and Ernie Moross worked together. In work Moross did to prepare for a barnstorming event in San Francisco, he pursued arrangements for Oldfield to meet "local crack" George Fuller. Moross worked every angle to draw a crowd wherever they went. That was his job and he did it well.