"Jap" Clemens' Trouble With Traffic Laws

Attached are a pair of attachments containing articles reporting on the reckless driving of racer Fred "Jap" Clemens while in everyday traffic on the public streets of Indianapolis. An interesting point here is that we begin to establish a behavioral pattern as the articles cover two separate accidents spanning two years.
 
Early Indy Dealerships - 1907

The attached document provides several pages of advertisements featuring Indianapolis automobile dealerships in editions of the Indianapolis Star during 1907.
Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt

Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt clippings. For information on his much publicized divorce check out information elsewhere on First Super Speedway. More to follow.
Wheeler, Moore and Fisher Automobile Co.

This is a tiny item but I think it is important. It is an example of a weekly Sunday morning news digest printed in the Indianapolis Star that summarized developments in the local automotive market for the week.
Luther Smelser

Here are a couple of items concerning the death of little-known Luther Smelser, an Indianapolis man who drove race cars in the early 20th Century. These articles appeared in the Indianapolis Star in October 1907. Smelser's accident was one of several that contributed to the view of many to stop track racing.
Stop Track Racing!

An article (attachment trackracing102007) from the October 20, 1907 Indianapolis Star represents the view that racing on oval horse tracks was simply too dangerous to continue to permit. Such appeals had been going on for at least two years. The American Automobile Association (AAA) ruled on track racing just a few weeks later as shared in another Star article published November 10 of the same year.
Brooklands' Second Race Meet

The Brooklands race track in Weybridge, England was a point of fascination in the American racing community during the first decade of the 20th Century. This track was closer to an oval than a road course and was paved with concrete. The facility was purpose-built not just for racing but pure speed.
Oldfield in Indiana

This is a new digest column that was published in the August 9, 1907 edition of the Indianapolis Star. At the bottom of the left column starts a small item I found worthy of note about Barney Oldfield racing in Indiana during the previous week or so. This is significant if you are trying to account for Mr. Oldfield's time during his career.
Apperson Enters Briarcliff

With the ups and downs of the Vanderbilt Cup International Road Race, other regions of the country developed an interest in developing large road races of their own - all with the hope of an economic boon to their communities. Among them was Briarcliff, New York which in 1908 staged a rough and tumble event featuring the top American drivers using a mix of domestic and foreign marques in competition.

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.

Ormond Beach Plans - 1908

This article discusses plans for the Ormond Beach speed tournament of 1908. Note the predictions of the tide and how much time the beach would be available to run cars each day.