This category contains four articles cover a range of miscellaneous topics appearing in the industry newspaper, Horseless Age, during May and June 1905.

Auto Patents & Exports, 1905

This content is a digest of short items from the May 31, 1905 issue of Horseless Age. In it you find a calendar of auto racing events for the following two months as well as a list of patents and some interesting statistics for American automobile exports for April 1905 and the previous 10 months. A year-over-year comparison on automotive exports is provided as well.
 
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This category contains 12 files documenting oval track race meets that did not count toward the AAA national track racing championship that year. Barney Oldfield, Louis Chevrolet, Webb Jay and Earl Kiser were among the top driving stars of the day. Oldfield drove his Peerless Green Dragon, Chevrolet drove a Fiat, Kiser was on the Winton Bullet II and Jay had the unique “Whistling Billy” steam engine racer manufactured by the White Sewing Machine Company, which still operates today.

Milwaukee & Chicago Races - 1905

This content was originally published in the June 7, 1905 edition of the  Horseless Age. The two PDF pages are a digest of various events, the most significant of which are race meets staged at the Milwaukee Mile and Chicago's Harlem horse track. Numerous sprint races were conducted at both. Barney Oldfield appeared at both and won the most significant contest on the Milwaukee race weekend, setting the mile speed record for the track in the process.

This is a large collection of articles concerning the 1911 Indianapolis 500. This content covers practice and preparation for the event, many featuring the star drivers such as eventual winner Ray Harroun, Ralph Mulford, Bob Burman and Ralph DePlama. Barney Oldfield, who was banned by the AAA during this period and missed the first Indianapolis 500, wrote a racing column and several of his contributions are contained in this folder. Complete race day coverage is yet to be added, but will be included them in the future.

Lewis Strang Brings Case Team

Hot shoe Lewis Strang, still stinging from his heartbreaking divorce from stage actress Louise Alexander, had been approached by the Case Company in 1910 to prepare a race team for the 1911 season.
Speedway Announces Time Trials

This articles shares plans and preparations of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway for practice, time trials and the first Indianapolis 500. It discusses how officials, after breaking from a conference, announced that time trials would be held Friday, May 26. The article was published May 12, 1911.
Entries and Barney Oldfield Column

This package contains two articles. The first is an overview of the men and machines entered up to that point (May 7, 1911) and the second is a regularly appearing column written by the top showman of all drivers, Barney Oldfield. Oldfield was suspended from the AAA in 1910 for organizing racing events outside AAA sanction. Specifically, he staged a race with then heavyweight boxing champion of the world, Jack Johnson. One of the big problems was that Johnson was black. In a racist society the pugilist was villified simply for being successful.
First Indianapolis 500 Entry List

This package includes an article and table revealing 44 entries for the first Indianapolis 500 as of May 8, 1911. Great reference.
National Pilots Practice

This brief article focuses on the National Motor Vehicle Company team and their work during practice for the first Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
Harry Endicott Entered

This article focuses on the entry of Harry Endicott (brother of Bill Endicott) in the Muncie Company's Inter-State racer. The article was published May 23, 1911.
Oldfield Column, Preview

This package includes another of Barney Oldfield's columns and a preview story on Indianapolis Motor Speedway preparations for the first Indianapolis 500. In the preview story there is substantive discussion of Ray Harroun and the Marmon Wasp. His rear view mirror is jokingly referred to as a "dumb mechanic always looking backward and always on the job." A sidebar story talks about Harroun's plans to become an instructor at the country's first aviation school. Oldfield's column discusses how activities in America spurred European manufacturers to return to a focus on auto racing.
1A Indianapolis 500 1911