This category contains articles that I believe are from 1906. One piece is a good biographical profile. The folder also contains an editorial cartoon and a piece on Oldfield and his dog Hypo being accosted on a New York Street. This article also references his participation in the Broadway play, “The Vanderbilt Cup.”

Within a Hair's Breadth of Death

In this interesting article, Barney Oldfield is quoted as he reflects on his auto racing career and his prospects for the future. With candor, he flatly states that his motivation is money. On the other perhaps he is not so candid. He dismisses the appeal of cheering crowds. From what I can glean of the real Barney Oldfield, that was hugely important to him as well.
Oldfield Editorial Cartoon

A Cleveland Press cartoonist sketches his impressions of spending the day with Barney Oldfield at the ballpark.
Living in a Fast Age

In this package of articles Barney Oldfield philosophizes on human behavior, risk and motivation. He talks about "living in a fast age," and the kind of decisions that requires of people. A sidebar lists a chronology of Oldfield's significant accidents from 1902 through 1906.
Barney Oldfield Mugged

This is an incomplete article that reports on how Oldfield and his wife were accosted when walking their dog, Hypo. Not much to it, but it is referenced in William Nolan's biography on Barney Oldfield, the Life and Times of America's Speed King.
Reporter's POV; the Secrets of Barney's Cigar

This is an interesting set of articles from 1906. One article provides a reporter's point of view as he takes a ride around a track at speed with Oldfield in the Peerless Green Dragon. Another is a side bar where Oldfield explains the utilitarian purpose of his trademark cigar. Finally, there is promotional ad that communicates the program for a barnstorming event, complete with the "illuminated parade" through town the night before.
 

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 Marries Bess Holland

For a view to Barney Oldfield's personal life, this article reports on his marriage to Mrs. Bess Holland. He met her in the St. Louis hospital he stayed in briefly to recuperate from injuries suffered in the Louisiana Purchase Trophy from August 1904.
Oldfield's Team

This is a combination of two articles that paint a pretty good picture of Barney Oldfield's race team operation. His attire is described in detail: a new suit, black derby and even a large diamond ring. His relationship with Ernie Moross, Will Pickens and team driver Charles Burman are highlighted as well.

A series of articles that ran in the Saturday Evening Post in 1925. They are an autobiographical overview Oldfield wrote with the assistance of William Strum. I judge some of this material to be inaccurate, not because Oldfield embellished, but because I think he simply forgot things. I have only come to this conclusion by cross referencing facts by reading a variety of sources through the years. The main point is that while this material is interesting and useful, it is not definitive.

Oldfield Autobiography

This is a two-part series of articles that ran in the Saturday Evening Post in 1925. They are an autobiographical overview Oldfield wrote with the assistance of William Sturm. I judge some of this material to be inaccurate, not because Oldfield embellished (not that I put it past him), but because I think he simply forgot things.

1905
This is a rare article about the auto race on the Isle of Man in 1905.

Isle of Man Arrol Johnston

This article from Motor Age discusses one of the early runnings of the classic auto race on the Isle of Man in the United Kingdom.

Few people know it, but the first national championship awarded by a points system occurred in 1905. The AAA sanctioned a national championship for track racing and announced it in May. The prime contenders were Barney Oldfield, Louis Chevrolet and Webb Jay. The schedule included tracks at Empire City (New York), Charter Oak (Hartford, Connecticut), Brunots Island (Pennsylvania), Morris Park (New Jersey), Glenville (Ohio), Kennilworth (Buffalo, NY), Readville (Boston, MA), Providence (Rhode Island) and Poughkeepsie (New York). Oldfield, Jay and Winton Bullet II driver Earl Kiser were injured in spectacular accidents. Kiser and Jay were hurt badly enough that their careers were curtailed. Oldfield recovered to win the championship after Chevrolet inexplicably dropped out. The 1905 racing season provided one of the most interesting years of early American auto racing. Legendary names like Chevrolet and Oldfield played huge roles, the first points awarded championship played out and serious accidents to three of the sport's biggest stars threatened the cancellation of auto racing in general.

First Championship Race

This June 15, 1905 article from The Automobile reports on the first ever AAA national championship points race at Morris Park in New York. The star of the day - and the day was June 10 - was Fiat driver Louis Chevrolet, who won the national championship race with Dan Wurgis in the REO (Ransom E. Olds) Bird finishing second. The card included several other events to provide entertainment for a crowd of several thousand spectators.