| Winners of Races for Championship Cars, 1909-1919 |
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| Earl Cooper |
| National Champion |
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The 1913 Stutz team at Indianapolis. Charles Merz, left, finished 3d; Gil Anderson, center, 12th, and Don Herr, right, 26th.
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Indianapolis, May 30, 1913. Charles Merz in a Stutz leads Spencer Wishart in a Mercer. Wishart finished second, Merz third. The colors are those imagined by the postcard artist (the Stutz was actually white, with red numbers).
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A Corona map from around 1900. The race course was the circular Grand Boulevard. The map is oriented so that north is at the bottom. Below, a Google Earth view of Corona today. The road at the bottom is the Riverside Freeway, California 91.
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Corona, Calif., Sept. 9, 1913.
Above, the cars line up, and below, the pace lap. The front-row cars were driven by Barney Oldfield (No. 1), Felix Magone (No. 2) and Tony Jannette (No. 3).
The race was won by Earl Cooper in a Stutz (No. 8).
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