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| Winners of Races for Championship Cars, 1909-1919 |
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Ralph DePalma, winner of the 300-miler at Santa Monica, Calif., Feb. 26, 1914.
There is no date on this photo, but it is either the race on Feb. 26, or the one on Feb. 28, 1914, a 400-miler in which DePalma finished fourth.
Below, the scene today, Ocean Avenue at Idaho Avenue (photo courtesy of Patrick Early).
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Santa Monica, Calif., Feb. 28, 1914. Marquis and his riding mechanic were hospitalized for months, but they survived.
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From The New York Herald, Dec. 13, 1914. Car No. 4 is the race winner, Eddie Pullen, and No. 9 is Harry Grant, who placed 13th.
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Advertising placard distributed by Dixon's Graphite Automobile Lubricants, 1914.
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Photo by Thomas Burnside from the Fall 1963 issue of Automobile Quarterly
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The Duesenberg driven to victory by Eddie Rickenbacher in the 300-mile race at Sioux City, Iowa, on July 4, 1914. Photographed at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum.
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Photo from "Rickenbacher: An Autobiography"
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Santa Monica, Feb. 26, 1914. Eddie Pullen crashes during the 300-mile race. Two days later, he won the 400 miler at Santa Monica driving the same car.
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