| Winners of Races for Championship Cars, 1909-1919 |
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Library of Congress
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Dario Resta wins in Chicago, June 26, 1915
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| Bruce Craig Collection |
| Earl Cooper |
| National Champion |
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The race was rained out and run the following Saturday, June 26.
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To read about the Minneapolis 500, click here.
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| Winner of the 1915 Venice (Calif.) Grand Prix: Barney Oldfield |
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Feb. 27, 1915: The start of the American Grand Prize Race, a 400-miler that was part of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco. Identifiable are Earl Cooper, No. 8, Stutz, who finished 30th; Glover Ruckstell, No. 6, Mercer, 18th; Claude Newhouse, No. 15, Delage, 10th; William Taylor, No. 29, Alco, 15th; Caleb Bragg, No. 14, Californian, 26th; Jim Parsons, No. 24, Parsons, 23rd; and Louis Nikrent, No. 10, Mercer, 6th. The race was won by Dario Resta in a Peugeot.
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From The Automobile, March 25, 1915
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Published in The New York Times, June 13, 1915
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The front row at the start of the 1915 Indianapolis 500. No. 1 was Howard Wilcox in a Stutz, No. 2 was the winner, Ralph DePalma in a Mercedes, and No. 3 was Dario Resta, who finished second in his Peugeot. This "photo" has been heavily enhanced by an artist. The car numbers are exaggerated, the Peugeot is out of proportion for its position on the track, the dust clouds are probably fake.
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The races referred to on this souvenir stamp were in San Francisco in February, 1915, and in Chicago, June, 1915.
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Chicago, June 26, 1915. The 500-miler is underway. Starters near the rear included Joe Cooper in a Sebring (23) and Tom Orr in a Maxwell (27). Photo is from the July 1, 1915, issue of Motor Age magazine.
Read the article.
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From "Speedway Photos " by Bob Sheldon
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Dario Resta, winner in Chicago
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International Film Service
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Ceremonial last nail at Chicago Speedway,
June 14, 1915
Photo from
Auburn University Archives
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Eddie Rickenbacher in a Maxwell at Chicago Speedway, June 26, 1915
From the Independent, Oct. 18, 1915
Earl Cooper wins the 300-miler at Elgin,
Ill., Aug. 20, 1915
From the Long Island Automotive Museum and the cover of Automobile Quarterly, 1st Quarter, 1976
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Postcard showing the July 26, 1915, Chicago
race and promoting the 1916 event.
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.Auto racing and the tobacco industry, 1915. Puck magazine.
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