The Cuban international road races were, among other things, a promotional strategy to build tourist trade between the United States and the island nation. If anyone has more information on these contests or content they would care to share for publishing on First Super Speedway, please use our contact form in the navigation bar.

1906 Cuban International Road Race

Check out this great article on the 1906 Cuban international road race.
1906 Cuba Race Wrap-Up

This article from a 1906 issue of the Automobile Magazine reflects on the Cuban International Road Race held earlier that year. A Cuban road race was first held in 1905.

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 Speed Trials 1906

The two attachments below provide articles from the March 1906 edition of The Automobile Magazine covering the Ormond Beach speed tournament for that year. This tournament was an annual festival that occurred between 1904 and 1910.
Ormond Beach Speed Trials 1907

This is a collection of articles describing the Ormond Beach Speed Trials of 1907. Automobile Magazine provides the best and most comprehensive account, but other articles from the Indianapolis Star are useful as well. The 1907 speed trials were something of a disappointment as the entries of both cars and drivers were less spectacular than in previous years.

Information about the operations of the AAA as the primary sanctioning body of auto racing in the United States, especially in the earliest days of the sport.

1906 AAA Officers

These articles reveal the names of the key officers of the American Automobile Association for 1906. They appeared in the January 1906 issue of Automobile Magazine.
San Antonio Track Race 1908

From September 1908 issue of Motor Age Magazine a report on a track race at San Antonio. Mentioned is a very interesting figure in early American auto racing, Tobin De Hymel.
Fairmount Park 1908

One of the great road course races of the early 20th Century was held at Fairmount Park in Philadelphia. These articles discuss its first running in 1908. The first two articles are from Motor Age and are pretty extensive. They deserve more analysis than I have given to date. I intend to fix that soon. Don't let the brevity of this analysis lead you to believe there is not much here. Also, check out my analysis and primary reasearch for the 1909 Fairmount race.
 
Brighton Beach - September 1908

This is Motor Age coverage of the September 1908 24 hour contest at the Brighton Beach dirt oval. The event was won by Ralph Mulford and Harry Cobe in a Lozier - both drivers later competed in the 1911 Indianapolis 500.
1908 Coppa Florio

This article is from a 1908 issue of Motor Age magazine and reports on the Coppa Florio Italian road race of that year won by the great Felice Nazzarro in a Fiat. Nazzarro and his driving record stands up well against any major driver talent in history.
Algonquin Hill Climb - 1908

Hill Climb races were very popular in the early days of auto racing. This is a report from Motor Age Magazine on the Algonquin Hill Climb in 1908. The Stearns and Knox marques were the class of the field.