Carl Graham Fisher

These are photos of Carl Fisher in the years he spent racing cars. Limited by poor eyesight, Carl never rose to the heights of some of his contemporaries such as Barney Oldfield and Earl Kiser, he did have his moments, such as his world track record for lightweight machines.

Fisher, Comet

Carl Fisher's crumpled  Premier Comet racer he drove at the Harlem Race Track (Chicago) to set a new world's record for two miles with a lightweight car on a dirt track sits in a heap of twisted metal after crashing into a fence.

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