These epic speed trials occurred on the sands of Ormond and Daytona Beach from 1904 through 1910 and established the Daytona area as a speed center.

Oldfield - DePalma Daytona Match Plan

Attached is an articles concerning planning for the 1910 Daytona-Ormond speed tournament. It was published in the March 3, 1910 Indianapolis Star.
Racers Hie to Daytona - 1910

This article was originally published in the Sunday, March 20, 1910 Indianapolis Star. It was part of  a special supplemental section about the upcoming March 28 Indianapolis Automobile Show presented by the Indianapolis Automobile Trade Association (IATA).
First Days at Daytona - 1910

Attached are a pair of articles covering events at the 1910 Daytona-Ormond speed tournament. The first initially appeared in the March 23, 1910 Indianapolis Star, the second was in the March 25 edition.
 

Fifteen articles in this collection document significant events in Carl Fisher’s life. His “palimony” suit with Gertrude Hassler is an interesting example. Another important point is the Zanesville, Ohio county fair horse track accident in September 1903 that involved his teammate Earl Kiser and resulted in the death of several spectators. Also, there is Carl’s wonderful first hand account of his balloon ride when he competed in the Speedway’s first competition – the national balloon championships of June 1909.

A Ticket for Carl Fisher

This small item concerning Indianapolis Motor Speedway Founder and President Carl Fisher and a speeding ticket he received was published in the Indianapolis Star on March 8, 1910. The citing officer was a man referred to as Patrolman Stone.

This little known automobile show was staged in Indianapolis and involved the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in March 1910. The Speedway founders were very in tune with the automobile industry and especially the many companies (Marmon, Marion, Premier, etc.) based in Indianapolis. The environment in Indianapolis at this time was electric and not unlike Silicon Valley in its formative years. An extensive network of excited, energetic entrepreneurs full of optimism were constantly interacting with one another exploring opportunities to advance their businesses and make barrels full of money. This auto show was another great promotion these bright, visionary men believed would advance their cause.

Mrs. Benjamin Harrison, Mrs. English

This article originallly appeared in the March 25, 1910 Indianapolis Star. It concerns the nomination of the chair of that year's Indianapolis Auto Show's panel of judges for the associated floral parade, Mrs.
Merchants Want Floral Parade

The attached article first appeared in the March 26, 1910 Indianapolis Star.

Los Angeles - 1910
The Playa Del Rey board track was the first of the great wood plank automobile speedways. For years bicycle and motorcycle races were conducted on wooden velodromes, but Playa Del Rey brought the concept to events for race cars. This speedway was designed by Jack Prince, the most renowned designer of board track facilities. Board tracks rose in popularity through the 1920’s largely due to their relatively inexpensive start-up costs, but proved excessively expensive to maintain. Blindingly fast, their appeal was self evident. The opening of Playa Del Rey came in the spring of 1910. Caleb Bragg made a big statement in his breakthrough victory over Barney Oldfield and the Lightning Benz in a best of three match race. Ralph De Palma also appeared at the track. This folder contains 10 files on the topic from the Barney Oldfield scrapbook.

Entries For Playa Del Rey Grow

This article was originally published in the Sunday, March 20, 1910 Indianapolis Star. It was part of several articles in a special supplemental section about the upcoming March 28 Indianapolis Automobile Show presented by the Indianapolis Automobile Trade Association (IATA).
Call For Claiming Rules

This article originally appeared in the March 13, 1910 Indianapolis Star. It is another interesting example of the ongoing debate about stock cars versus purpose-built or "freak" racers.
Stock vs. Purpose-Built Race Cars

This article was originally published in the Sunday, March 20, 1910 Indianapolis Star. It was part of  a special supplemental section about the upcoming March 28 Indianapolis Automobile Show presented by the Indianapolis Automobile Trade Association (IATA).
Harry Grant @ Cyclonic Clip

Originally published in the Sunday, March 20, 1910 Indianapolis Star, this article about racing super star driver Harry Grant was part of  a special supplemental section about the upcoming March 28 Indianapolis Automobile Show presented by the Indianapolis Automobile Trade Associatio