1923 - Speed Freaks · 2014. 10. 1. · 1923 1923 – AAA National Championships Championship Standings 1 Eddie Hearne 1882 pts 2 Jimmy Murphy 1350 3 Bennett Hill 955 4 Harry Hartz

19231923 – AAA National Championships

Championship Standings 1 Eddie Hearne 1882 pts 2 Jimmy Murphy 1350 3 Bennett Hill 955 4 Harry Hartz 820 5 Tom Milton 810 6 Harlan Fengler 750 7 Earl Cooper 310 8 Frank Elliott 301 9 Dave Lewis 23410 Ralph DePalma 19011 Fred Comer 11512 Lora Corum 9013 Cliff Durant 4214 Phil Shafer 3315 Wade Morton 3216 Leon Duray 3017 Max Seiler 2518 Joe Thomas 2019 Joe Boyer 1520 Dario Resta 1321 Al Melcher 1022 Ora Haibe 9

Beverly Hills, CA

25th February 1923 – 1.25 mile board oval

Pos # SP Driver Car Name Chassis Engine Laps Time1 1 4 Jimmy Murphy Durant/Miller Miller Miller 200 2:09:43.61, 115.628 mph2 3 6 Bennett Hill McDonald/Miller Miller Miller 200 2:09:43.673 18 9 Ralph DePalma Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 200 2:11:47.004 4 14 Eddie Hearne Durant/Miller Miller Miller 200 2:11:52.315 9 1 Frank Elliott Leach/Miller Miller Miller 200 2:14:30.216 8 11 Tom Milton Miller Miller Miller 200 2:16:10.817 10 7 Wade Morton Miller Miller Miller 200 2:17:56.008 2 10 Dario Resta Durant/Miller Miller Miller 200 2:19:09.009 7 2 Cliff Durant Durant/Miller Miller Miller 200 2:21:10.2110 24 3 Jerry Wonderlich Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 175 Flagged11 5 12 Earl Cooper Durant/Miller Miller Miller 137 Con-rod12 20 13 Leon Duray Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 117 Out13 14 15 Ralph Snoddy Melcher 88 Out14 12 8 Harry Hartz Duesenberg/Miller Duesenberg Miller 68 Oil pump15 6 5 Art Klein Durant/Miller Miller Miller 32 Engine

Lap Leaders: Earl Cooper 101-137Ralph DePalma 61- 61, 74-76Jimmy Murphy 7- 60, 62-73, 77-100, 138-200Cliff Durant 1- 6

Relief Drivers: 2 Cliff Durant 170-200 7 Art Klein 48-200

AAA sanction 1368.

Morton drove for Thomas when Thomas injured his foot before the start of the race. Mechanicians were as follows:- Ernie Olsen (Murphy), Red Cariens (Hill), Chris Pickup (Hearne), Ernie Ansterberg (DePalma), C.Lindsey (Elliott), G.Stiehl (Milton), Allen Mulford (Morton), Chet Pickup (Resta), Fred Comer (Durant), Terry Curley (Wonderlich), Bob McDonogh (Cooper), Lou Wilson (Klein), Harlan Fengler (Hartz), E.Haskell (Snoddy).

Fresno, CA

26th April 1923 – 150 miles (1.00 mile x 150 laps), Board Oval

Pos # SP Driver Car Name Chassis Engine Laps Time1 1 Jimmy Murphy Durant/Miller Miller Miller 150 1:26:54.61, 103.555 mph2 4 Eddie Hearne Durant/Miller Miller Miller 150 1:27:31.293 3 Bennett Hill Miller Miller Miller 150 1:27:44.234 5 Earl Cooper Durant/Miller Miller Miller 150 1:28:02.315 2 Frank Elliott Durant/Miller Miller Miller 150 1:30:17.566 10 Joe Thomas Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 137 Flagged7 21 Wade Morton Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 89 Piston8 12 Harry Hartz Duesenberg/Miller Duesenberg Duesenberg 78 Cam-shaft9 7 Cliff Durant Durant/Miller Miller Miller 8 Crankshaft10 8 Tom Milton Miller Miller Miller 2 Axle11 9 Peter DePaolo Leach/Miller Miller Miller 2 Accident12 6 Leon Duray Durant/Miller Miller Miller 2 AccidentNQ Jerry Wonderlich Duesenberg Duesenberg DuesenbergNQ Art Klein Durant/Miller Miller MillerNS 8 Ralph Hepburn Miller Miller Miller Car driven by MiltonNQ Tom Milton Miller Miller Miller Car not ready

Lap Leaders: Jimmy Murphy 9-150Bennett Hill 1- 8

AAA sanction 1373.

Ralph Hepburn was originally to drive Milton’s 183ci Miller, with Milton driving a new 122ci car. During the elimination trials Milton felt that his car wasn’t quite right and wasn’t fast enough, so took Hepburn’s car which had already qualified, leaving Hepburn without a drive.

Indianapolis, IN

30th May 1923– 500 miles (2.5 miles x 200 laps), Brick Oval

Pos # SP Driver Car Name Chassis Engine Laps Time Qual mph

1 1 1 Tom Milton HCS/Miller Miller Miller 200 5:29:50.17, 90.955 mph

108.17

2 7 2 Harry Hartz Durant/Miller Miller Miller 200 5:33:05.90 103.703 5 9 Jimmy Murphy Durant/Miller Miller Miller 200 5:40:36.64 104.054 6 14 Eddie Hearne Durant/Miller Miller Miller 200 5:46:14.23 97.305 23 7 Lora Corum Barber-Warnock Frontenac Ford 200 6:03:16.81 86.656 31 16 Frank Elliott Durant/Miller Miller Miller 200 6:04:52.87 93.257 8 10 Cliff Durant Durant/Miller Miller Miller 200 6:05:06.30 102.658 15 20 Max Sailer Mercedes Mercedes Mercedes 200 6:11:49.60 90.559 19 22 Prince de Cystria Bugatti Bugatti Bugatti 200 6:26:24.78 88.9010 34 24 Wade Morton Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 200 6:40:04.98 88.0011 16 15 Christian Werner Mercedes Mercedes Mercedes 200 6:41:50.51 95.2012 18 6 Pierre de Viscaya Bugatti Bugatti Bugatti 166 Con-rod 90.3013 28 21 Leon Duray Durant/Miller Miller Miller 136 Con-rod 89.9014 3 3 Dario Resta Packard Packard Packard 88 Head gasket 98.0215 2 11 Ralph DePalma Packard Packard Packard 69 Head gasket 100.4216 26 19 Harlan Fengler Durant/Miller Miller Miller 69 Fuel tank 90.7517 25 8 Howard Wilcox HCS Miller Miller 60 Clutch 81.0018 4 13 Joe Boyer Packard Packard Packard 59 Differential 98.8019 35 18 Bennett Hill Miller Miller Miller 44 Crankshaft 91.2020 27 5 Louiz Zborowski Bugatti Bugatti Bugatti 41 Con-rod 91.8021 29 12 Earl Cooper Durant/Miller Miller Miller 21 Accident 99.4022 22 23 Raul Riganti Bugatti Bugatti Bugatti 19 Fuel leak 95.3023 14 17 Christian

LautenschlagerMercedes Mercedes Mercedes 14 Accident 93.20

24 21 4 Martin de Alsaga Bugatti Bugatti Bugatti 6 Con-rod 92.90NQ 9 Ira Vail Scheel

FrontenacFrontenac Frontenac DNQ

NQ 10 Dave Lewis Scheel Frontenac

Frontenac Frontenac DNQ

NQ 12 Cornelius van Ranst

Scheel Frontenac

Frontenac Frontenac 7 DNQ

NQ 13 Hubert Scheel Scheel Frontenac

Frontenac Frontenac DNQ

16 Jules Goux Schmidt Withdrew24 Albert Guyot Roland-Pilain Roland-

PilainWithdrew

32 F.Hollis Wells FHW Withdrew33 Wade Morton Duesenberg Withdrew34 Jerry Wonderlich Duesenberg Withdrew

37 Harry Thickstein Clements Frontenac Ford38 Charles Shambaugh Shambaugh Withdrew

Lap Leaders: Tom Milton 3-3, 5-5, 7-15, 21-25, 27-27, 30-37, 41-43, 49-52, 54-62, 64-64,67-73, 75-103, 151-200

Howard Wilcox (#1) 110-150Harry Hartz 104-109Cliff Durant 63-63, 65-66, 74-74Howard Wilcox (#25)26-26, 28-28, 39-40, 44-48, 53-53Jimmy Murphy 1-2, 4-4, 6-6, 16-20, 29-29, 38-38

Relief Drivers: 1 Howard Wilcox 103-149 3 Joe Boyer 81- 88 3 Ernie Ansterberg 71- 80 6 Earl Cooper 88-200 8 Eddie Hearne 98-116, 149-20015 Karl Sailer 73-20016 Max Sailer 84- 87, 112-12626 Lou Wilson 46- 6928 Lou Wilson 133-13629 Tom Alley 2- 2131 Dave Lewis 109-13834 Jerry Wonderlich 30- 53, 88-10034 Phil Shafer 65- 87, 172-20034 Ora Haibe 101-16035 Martin de Alsaga 30- 44

AAA sanction: 1360

Tom Alley, relieving Earl Cooper, crashed into the backstretch fence and hit a group of spectators watching the race through a knothole, killing teenager Bert Shoup, and injuring William Goetz and Charles Elliott. Alley also suffered injuries.

Kansas City, MO

4th July 1923 – 250 miles (1.25 miles x 200 laps), Board Oval

Pos # SP Driver Car Name Chassis Engine Laps Time1 6 Eddie Hearne Durant/Miller Miller Miller 200 2:21:21.15, 106.118 mph2 2 Earl Cooper HCS/Miller Miller Miller 200 2:27:35.833 26 Harlan Fengler Durant/Miller Miller Miller 200 2:44:54.884 21 Dave Lewis Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 200 3:03:24.005 4 Frank Elliott Durant/Miller Miller Miller 172 Flagged6 5 Jimmy Murphy Durant/Miller Miller Miller 144 Fuel line7 7 Harry Hartz Durant/Miller Miller Miller 103 Accident8 12 Ralph DePalma Wade/Miller Miller Miller 61 Con-rod9 1 Tom Milton HCS/Miller Miller Miller 39 Burnt main bearing10 19 Ora Haibe Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 37 Engine11 35 Bennett Hill Miller Miller Miller 20 Oil line12 8 Jerry Wonderlich Durant/Miller Miller Miller 12 ClutchNQ 23 Lora Corum Frontenac Frontenac Frontenac DNS

AAA Sanction 1374.

Altoona, PA

4th September 1923 – 200 miles (1.25 miles x 160 laps), Board oval

Pos # SP Driver Car Name Chassis Engine Laps Time1 6 6 Eddie Hearne Durant/Miller Miller Miller 160 1:47:37.35, 111.493 mph2 8 10 Jerry Wonderlich Durant/Miller Miller Miller 160 1:48:53.283 4 9 Dave Lewis Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 160 1:50:16.494 5 11 Fred Comer Durant/Miller Miller Miller 160 1:55:07.485 3 2 Bennett Hill Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 160 2:00:07.216 14 7 Frank Elliott Durant/Miller Miller Miller 160 2:01:48.637 9 12 Leon Duray Duray/Miller Miller Miller 160 2:25:07.648 1 14 Tom Milton HCS/Miller Miller Miller 160 2:38:27.439 26 4 Ora Haibe Durant/Miller Miller Miller 124 Flagged

10 19 8 Howard Wilcox Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 117 Fatal accident11 10 13 Lora Corum Mercedes Mercedes Mercedes 66 Magneto12 7 5 Harry Hartz Durant/Miller Miller Miller 61 Fire13 2 1 Earl Cooper HCS/Miller Miller Miller 49 Valve14 12 3 Harlan Fengler Wade/Miller Miller Miller 49 Piston

W.F.WhiteRalph De PalmaBob Philburn

Lap Leaders: Eddie Hearne 62-160Tom Milton 48- 61Harlan Fengler 20- 47Tom Milton 6- 19Harry Hartz 3- 5Earl Cooper 1- 2

Pole Position Speed: 121.60 mph

AAA Sanction 1429.

Race delayed a day due to rain. It was reported that on the 31st August during practice for the race, Harry Hartz lapped the 1.24 mile circuit in 36.8s (122.3 mph), reported as being the greatest speed ever made with a racing car of 122 ci displacement.

Fresno, CA

29th September 1923 – 150 miles (1 mile x 150 laps), Board Oval

Pos # SP Driver Car Name Chassis Engine Laps Time1 1 6 Harry Hartz Durant/Miller Miller Miller 150 1:26:50.8, 103.631 mph2 6 8 Eddie Hearne Durant/Miller Miller Miller 150 1:26:56.03 8 2 Jerry Wonderlich Durant/Miller Miller Miller 150 1:27:11.84 15 3 Fred Comer Durant/Miller Miller Miller 150 1:28:45.45 12 1 Harlan Fengler Wade/Miller Miller Miller 1506 4 7 Frank Elliott Eliott/Miller Miller Miller 1507 5 10 Bennett Hill Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 1508 26 4 Al Melcher Durant/Miller Miller Miller 144 Flagged9 2 5 Earl Cooper HCS/Miller Miller Miller 147 Out10 1 6 Tom Milton HCS/Miller Miller Miller 122 Oil line

Lap Leaders: Harry Hartz 140-150Jerry Wonderlich 115-139Earl Cooper 111-114Tom Milton 5-110Jerry Wonderlich 1- 4

Starting positions determined by draw

AAA Sanction 1385.

Kansas City, MO

3rd December 1923 – 250 miles (1.25 mile x 200 laps), Board Oval

Pos # SP Driver Car Name Chassis Engine Laps Time1 12 Harlan Fengler Wade/Miller Miller Miller 200 2:12:27, 113.25 mph2 6 Eddie Hearne Durant/Miller Miller Miller 200 2:13:453 15 Jimmy Murphy Durant/Miller Miller Miller 200 2:15:054 8 Jerry Wonderlich Durant/Miller Miller Miller 2005 8 Bennett Hill Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 2006 14 Dave Lewis Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 2007 4 Frank Elliott Miller Miller Miller 2008 11 Ralph DePalma Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 2009 9 Leon Duray Duray/Miller Miller Miller 20010 1 Tom Milton HCS/Miller Miller Miller 181 Oil11 3 Harry Hartz Durant/Miller Miller Miller 129 Engine12 2 Earl Cooper HCS/Miller Miller Miller 124 Oil13 10 Lora Corum Mercedes Mercedes Mercedes 100 Engine14 7 Ora Haibe Ackerman Frontenac Frontenac 97 Steering knuckle

Lap Leaders: Harlan Fengler 182-200Tom Milton 1-181

Relief Drivers:8 Harry Hartz 143-200

AAA Sanction 1419

Beverly Hills, CA

29th November 1923 – 250 miles (1.25 mile x 200 laps), Board Oval

Pos # SP Driver Car Name Chassis Engine Laps Time1 16 Bennett Hill Miller Miller Miller 200 2:13:25.0, 112.430

mph2 6 Eddie Hearne Durant/Miller Miller Miller 200 2:16:30.03 9 Jimmy Murphy Durant/Miller Miller Miller 200 2:16:49.64 12 Harlan Fengler Wade/Miller Miller Miller 200 2:18:46.05 4 Frank Elliott Elliott/Miller Miller Miller 200 2:18:55.46 7 Ralph DePalma Miller Miller Miller 200 2:20:45.87 14 Phil Shafer Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 196 Flagged8 11 Joe Boyer Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 186 Flagged9 8 Fred Comer Durant/Miller Miller Miller 184 Flagged10 16 Leon Duray Duray/Miller Miller Miller 174 Flagged11 26 Wesley Crawford White/Delage Delage Delage 174 Flagged12 2 Earl Cooper HCS/Miller Miller Miller 178 Valve13 1 Tom Milton HCS/Miller Miller Miller 133 Steering knuckle14 18 Jerry

WonderlichDurant/Miller Miller Miller 128 Engine

15 5 Ernie Ansterberg

Duesenberg Duesenberg Duesenberg 8 Valve

NQ 3 Harry Hartz Durant/Miller Miller Miller WithdrewNQ 26 Wesley Crawford Delage Delage Delage DNSNQ 35 Wally Butler Miller Miller Miller Drive ineligible

10 Miller Special Miller MillerMartin de Alzaga

Miller Special

Antoine Mourre Mourre Special

Lap Leaders: Bennett Hill 134-200Tom Milton 108-133Earl Cooper 45-107Tom Milton 29- 44Earl Cooper 4- 28Tom Milton 1- 3

Relief Drivers:8 Cliff Durant 103-184

AAA Sanction 1381

Car owner George Wade and photographer Bill Hughes were killed when hit by Hartz’s car during practice – they ran onto the track to help extinguish a fire under Boyer’s car. Note that two fires lit on the board oval on the 17th November required overnight work to replace the south turn of the track, and resulted in the posting of guards at night to prevent a repeat. Hartz was absolved of responsibility for the accident at a coroner’s inquest on the 1st December.

Other US events of 1923“It is probable that the great majority of people who went to the automobile race in Kansas City on the Fourth did so with the expectation if not in the hope of getting a great thrill by seeing one or more of the racers killed. Serves them right that more spectators were hurt in the jam of the big crowd than there were drivers injured on the race track.”

Iola Daily Register (7th July)

“An auto race is almost as dangerous as the human race.”Sheboygan Press Telegram (28th November)

International Motor Contest Association Championship Standings

1 Fred Horey

Arizona State Fairgrounds, AZ

1st January 1923

Run under the auspices of the Arizona Speedway Association.

Imperial Valley Country Club, CA

1st January 1923

In the second race of the meeting, Fred George Hackett finished in second place but then lost control of his car and overturned. Hackett died shortly after being taken to a local hospital, and his mechanician A.W.Hale was also seriously injured.

Gulf Coast Speedway, TX

7th January 1923

Race 2 Doc Feulger Marmon R Earl Gray Studebaker fatal accident

Gray was chasing the Marmon when with five laps to go his car swerved into the fence on the back stretch, and although it continued it had a plank of wood wedged in the front running gear, dragging on the ground and interfering with the steering. Two laps later the plank jammed the steering causing the car to then crash and overturn twice. During the first roll Gray ducked under the steering roll, but then the steeringcolumn snapped, and during the second roll Gray’s head was caught between the ground the the back of the bucket seats. Gray died five minutes after reaching the operating table. His mechanician, Rex Edmonds, waspainfully scalded by hot water from the radiator but was otherwise OK.

Roosevelt Park, Longmont, CO

27th January 1923 – Dirt Oval

Known Entrants: Harold Brinker Wills St.Claire Walt Higley Laurel Special George Manley Essex Ray Bradbury Laurel Special Fred Martin Stutz Howard Baker Laurel Special Roby Fiat Floyd Fisher Laurel Special Fred Morzney Sprigg Special Ray Collin Ford R.Arnold Cyclone Special L.H.Parson Chevrolet

The results aren’t known.

Full page advert taken out in the Indianapolis Star, 29th January 1923, against a state bill to prohibitsports events on Memorial Day. On the 27th February, Perry Faulkner, state commander of the American

Legion, stated that he would revoke the charter of the Indianapolis Skidemore-Dean post. His statementfollowed the post’s refusal to surrender its charter after he had ordered it to do so as a penalty for itsopposition to the Memorial Day bill pending in the state legislature. On the 6th March, Governor McCrayvetoed the bill on the grounds that it was class legislation and unconstitutional. The state senate

sustained the veto.

San Diego, CA

22nd February 1923 – 1.2 mile course

Eddie Pullen was disqualified from an old car $50 claiming race when the rear end dropped out of his car “Red Raven”. He attributed the accident to sudden acceleration. The car was one which had been unearthed in the bed of a creek, where it had been buried by a flood. Pullen’s disqualification left 19 entrants. Each owner drove his own car and signed an agreement to sell it for $50 when the race was over. The trophywas a beer stein, and was won by a 1911 Stevens-Duryea called the Sierra Club Special.

Beverley Hills Speedway (Los Angeles Speedway), CA

15th March 1923 – Board oval

5 miles Cliff Durant 0:02:32.40,

118.42 mph (record)

10 miles Cliff Durant 0:05:04.05 (record)







75 miles Cliff Durant 0:38:41.98,

116.5 mph

The track was extremely dry, causing heavy tyre wear. The rear tyre threatened to blow after the 50 mile record was set, so Durant slowed up a little and missed breaking the 75 mile record by 3 seconds.

Speed trials held under the supervision and sanction of the AAA. Durant was driving a special car of 183 ci displacement.

Spencer Park, IN

21st April 1923 – ½ mile dirt oval

Entrants: Fred Goltry Laurel Special Benny Shoaff Overland 90 Jack Curiner Frontenac-Ford Fred Marshall Spark Plug Special Hublinger McLain Bros McLain Special P.L.Hartley Hartley Special

Earl Warrick Chevrolet Special Carlton Cheney Frontenac-Ford Ray Parrish Roy Creviston Frontenac-Ford Woodling Bros Chevrolet Special Herb Mooney Dodge Special Puteraugh Laurel Special

Hagerstown Fairgrounds, MD

28th April 1923 – ½ mile dirt oval

1 Holgar Moller Moller 2 Russell Carter Lexington

Part of the First Automobile Show – race was held at the fairgrounds in the afternoon, although heavy rainresulted in a small crowd. Moller completed one lap in a fastest time of 36s, and had R.H.Richards as mechanician. Carter completed one lap in a fastest time of 46s, and had H.Sussman as mechanician.

Hoosier Motor Speedway, IN

5th May 1923 – ½ mile dirt oval

75 miles 1 Homer Ormsby Frontenac-Ford 1:41:51.4 2 Benton Shoaff Overland 3 Fred Koehler Frontenac-Ford R Claude Fix Powell Special 45 miles/accident damage R Ford Moyer Moyer-Ford accident12 starters

Other Entrants: Ralph Ormsby Frontenac-Ford DNA – Homer drove car Marion Hopping Essex Special F.W.Bobzien Noel Bullock Rajo Ford J.L.McLain McLain Special Marion Miller Chevrolet Doyt Atha Frontenac-Ford Homer Duessing Ford Special M.D.Chaney Chevrolet Ray Butcher Essex Special Arthur Davidson Red Arrow Special Wilbur Shaw Imperial Special Joe Huff Huff Special Chance Kinsley Ansted Special Harry Hendricks Frontenac Ralph Rosenbaum Meteor Special Guy Fidler Fidler Special Robert Roof Roof-Ford Special Elmer Schuck Frontenac-Ford William Hunt Imperial Special

Roby Speedway, IN

5th May 1923

Rained out

South Bend, IN

6th May 1923

50 miles R Glen Hartley Hartley Special broke housing

Tippecanoe Fairgrounds, Lafayette Fairgrounds, IN


15 miles 1 Herb Mooney Dodge Special

10 miles 2 Herb Mooney Dodge Special R Russell Woodling Chevrolet crank-shaft R Homer Ormsby broke ankle

25 miles 2 Fred Goltry 3 Herb Mooney Dodge Special

Other Entrants: Marion Miller Doyt Atha Earl Warrick

Bill Hunt R.L.Whitley

7th Los Angeles-Yosemite Economy Run, CA

18th-19th May 1923 – 360 miles

Car Fuel (Gallons) MPG

Class 1E 1 Joe Bozzani Overland 10.125 35.55

Class 2E 1 Rogers Gardner 12.50 28.80

Class 3E 1 Butch Foulke Templar 12.75 28.15

Class 4E 1 Harry Neville Oakland 9.75 36.92

Class 5E 1 Pillow Stephens 16.50 21.81

Class 6E 1 Shafer Duesenberg 16.00 22.50 Other known entrants A.Bozzani Willys-Knight 25.04 Harry Tarkington Earl Chet Crank Star Jocko Thompson Studebaker Times Press Car

Tarkington arrived in Fresno on the evening of the 18th with a bullet hole in the back of his car. TrafficOfficer Beagle caught him speeding near Lebec, although Tarkington and his three passengers denied this, and proceeded to chase them. Beagle later claimed that he warned Tarkington with four siren calls, before firing three shots to force Tarkington to stop. Tarkington, thinking that he was under attack accelerated away, and upon arrival in Bakersfield he was arrested on seventeen different charges. Foulke, who was following behind Tarkington, was stopped and forced to give a ride to another officer to make sure that the arrest could be made. After depositing a $500 cash bail with Judge Edward V.Jones, Tarkington was allowed to continue his trip. Eight other drivers were also cited to appear for arraignment after the completion of the event.On returning to court on the 21st May, Tarkington pled guilty to three traffic violations, and was sentenced to 10 days in county jail and a fine of $100.

Marshall, MI


1 lap – Time Trials 1 Howard Taylor 0:00:36.6 2 Sam Ross 0:00:37.0 3 A.Stearns 0:00:37.2 = Ernest Throop 0:00:37.2

= Rolland Clay 0:00:37.2 = Ed Greenbaugh 0:00:37.2 7 W.Bargraff 0:00:41.0 8 C.Halliday 0:00:41.4NQ Ed Workman 0:00:43.0

NQ William Sager 0:00:47.0

Other Entrants: Buddy Huebner George Turner Ralph Ormsby M.W.Conrow

Henry HydornThese entrants probably did not appear.

100 laps 1 Howard Taylor Frontenac-Ford 1:11:38 2 Rolland Clay Chevrolet 3 Sam Ross Frontenac-Ford R W.Bargraff 41 laps/engine R Ernest Throop 38 laps/lost wheel R A.Stearns blown tyre

East Texas Speedway, Beaumont, TX

28th May 1923

Race 1 1 Jack Saunders Dodge 0:10:37.4 2 Bradshaw Marmon 3 Bill Melaun Silverstein Frontenac-Ford R E.H.Norris Hudson accident R Jack Carver Ford accident R Roy Huston Dodge accidentJohnny Lee (Dodge Special) broke his collar bone and destroyed his car when hit by Bradshaw’s Marmon, after having sent Jack McCarver crashing into the inner rail following a sideswiping skid as the cars cleared the south curve.

Race 2 1 Jack Saunders Mais Special Dodge 2 Frank Miller Mercer 3 Mike Guseman FordSaunders drove the car which had been driven by Huston in race 1.

24 miles – Free-for-all 1 Bill Melaun Silverstein Frontenac-Ford 0:19:01, 79.7 mph 2 Mike Guseman Ford 3 Jack Saunders Dodge

Opening meeting of the track.

Funk’s Motor Speedway, IN


1 lap – Time Trial 1 Homer Ormsby 0:00:29.0 = Ford Moyer 0:00:29.0 = Benton Shoaff 0:00:29.0

10 miles 1 Claude Fix 0:10:04 (or 0:10:12)

20 miles 1 Claude Fix 0:21:01

30 miles 1 Chance Kinsley Roof Special 0:32 (or 0:33:15) 2 Homer Ormsby Frontenac-Ford 3 Ford Moyer Moyer-Ford R A.J.Davison Red Arrow transmission

Roosevelt Park, Longmont, CO

30th May 1923 – ½ mile oval

3 miles – Elimination race 1 Floyd Fisher 0:03:33 2 Allen

3 miles – Elimination race 1 Bradbury 0:03:33.6 2 Allen

5 miles – Consolation race 1 Floyd Fisher 0:05:54.8 2 Allen 3 Culver

Australian Pursuit 1 Noel Bullock 2 Culver 3 Floyd Fisher

5 miles – Match Race, Heat 1 1 Noel Bullock 0:05:52.4 2 Walter Higley

5 miles – Match Race, Heat 2 1 Noel Bullock 0:05:47.8 2 Walter Higley

5 miles – Sweepstakes 1 Noel Bullock 0:05:48 2 Floyd Fisher 3 Culver

0.5 miles – Record Attempt Noel Bullock 0:00:32.0

Spencer Park, IN


1 lap - Time Trials 1 Ray Creveston 0:00:33 2 Dewey Woodling 0:00:35 = O.W.Robbins 0:00:35 4 Earl Warrick 0:00:36 5 Herb Mooney 0:00:36.5 6 John Watts 0:00:37 7 Walter Baer 0:00:40

Australian Pursuit 1 Herb Mooney Earl Warrick Jack Watts

30 miles 1 Dewey Woodling 0:38:36 2 Herb Mooney 59 laps 3 Earl Warrick 56 laps 4 Walter Baer R Ray Creveston engine R Jack Watts fuel R O.W.Robbins 1 lap/electrics7 starters

Entrants: Goltry Ford Special DNA Herb Mooney Dodge Special Russell Woodling Chevrolet DNA Dewey Woodling Ford Special Ray Creveston Essex Earl Warrick Schuck Special Walter Baer Moroc Special O.W.Robbins Frontenac-Ford Jack Watts Areo Special

San Diego-El Centro Economy Run, CA

June 1923 (estimated) – 247 miles

Overall 1 Harry Neville Oakland 6 33.29 mpg 55.635 ton miles per gallon

Sun Prairie, WI

3rd June 1923

5 miles1 Paul Clancy

10 miles2 Homer Ormsby

50 miles 1 4 Homer Ormsby Frontenac-Ford 1:00:18 2 6 Paul Clancy Duesenberg R Nelson Special axle R Urban Frontenac-Ford engine R Zimmerman Zimmerman Special lost wheelThe Zimmerman Special lost a wheel in the east turn, the wheel flying towards the crowd. An old gentleman seeing it coming his way turned around and ran, the wheel following him. When it got to about a foot behind him the tyre blew out and the gentleman almost fainted.... There were five starters in this race.

Other Entrants:2 Ralph Ormsby Frontenac-Ford E.Winneston Rajo Special

G.J.Shrader Dodge Special

Marengo, IA

9th June 1923

Staged by the Hawkeye Racing Club. Rain started to fall as the main event started, and during the race Floyd Bobzien skidded into another car and was thrown out. He was run over by his car and hospitalised forthree days – the races were called off after the accident.

Michigan State Fairgrounds, Detroit, MI

10th June 1923

100 miles 1 Ralph Ormsby Frontenac Ford/Shawn Special 1:36:55.2 2 B.J.McCale McClain Special 3 Glen Howard Frontenac-Ford

Staged by the Michigan Speedway Association.

Roby Speedway, IN

10th June 1923

Entrants: Billy Harris Dort Special

Betz Special Rance Olds Joseph Herod Special

10 miles 2 Billy Harris

25 miles 3 Billy Harris

Ransom Edward “Rance” Olds was killed during qualifying when his car (powered by a Curtiss aircraft engine) crashed.

Wisconsin State Fair Park, Milwaukee, WI

11th June 1923

3 miles 1 Cully Baumgart Chevrolet Special 0:03:05

5 miles 1 Nowicki Ford Special 0:04:36.8 3 Joe King Hudson

100 miles 1 Artie Brach Chalmers 1:52:18.4 2 Roman Czerwinski Frontenac 2:02:12.2 3 Goecke Packard flagged 5 Ferch Dort Special flagged R Cully Baumgart Chevrolet burnt bearing R Joe King Hudson burnt bearing R Pete Magnuss Duesenberg engine R Walrath Chevrolet engine R Bill Laudon Essex con-rod R Nowicki Ford Special cylinder head

Centlivre Park, IN

17th June 1923

Entrants: A.J.Davidson Red Arrow Ralph Ormsby

Crown Point, IN

17th June 1923

Entrants: E.Wenneston Rajo Ford G.Schrader Dodge R.O.Slessman Frontenac Charles L.D’Arcy Frontenac Billy Murray Rajo C.Vullmann Frontenac J.Clancy Duesenberg

J.Quinta Frontenac Biegel Bros Frontenac Roy Nomensen Frontenac H.H.Soelter Frontenac James Kayle Frontenac J.Steshal Frontenac Young Bros Frontenac


17th June 1923

12 miles – Free-for-all 1 21 Dick Calhoun Johnny Mais Dodge 0:09:11.6 2 Glenn Breed Hudson 0:09:17.6 3 1 Jack Saunders Silverstein Frontenac-Ford 0:09:21.6 Roy Huston Frontenac-Ford Mike Guseman Walker Special Frank Miller Mercer

Stripped stock cars 1 J.Stakes Durant 0:12:33.4 2 Henry Harman Ford 0:13:16.0 3 E.Rivet Chevrolet 0:14:51.4

Time Trials 1 Glenn Breed Hudson 0:01:05 2 Jack Saunders Ford 0:01:07 3 21 Dick Calhoun Dodge 0:01:09

24 miles 1 21 Dick Calhoun Dodge 0:19:06.4 2 Glenn Breed Hudson 0:19:13.6 3 Jack Saunders Ford 0:20:10.6

West Michigan State Fairgrounds, Comstock Park, MI

17th June 1923 – 1.125 mile dirt oval

100 miles 1 Ralph Ormsby 1:52 2 Howard Taylor 3 Sam Ross 4 Thomas

5 Glenn Howard R Arthur Smith accident R Bernard J.McCale fatal accident R Byron Daley tyre/accident damage

McCale, driving a Frontenac, hit the stationary car of Daley, which had stopped due to a blown tyre. McCale’s car overturned, and he was thrown 50 feet from the car and broke his neck. Glenn Howard struck McCale’s car and went through the fence, injuring two spectators (Roy Rich and Guy B.Cole) – he managed torejoin the race, with Driver Shaughan relieving Howard due to two broken ribs. Arthur Smith also went

through the fence and slid backwards, coming to rest with his rear wheels in the Grand river adjacent to the fairgrounds. There were 10 starters.

Roby Speedway, IN

23rd June 1923

10 miles – Ford race 1 Homer Ormsby 0:09:13.6 2 M.Newman 3 Ralph Ormsby 4 R.Ketcham R C.Young

10 miles – Big cars 1 Speed Clancy Miller 0:09:04 2 George Beck Betz 3 A Watters 4 R.Ketcham

25 miles 1 Speed Clancy Miller 0:23:16.2 2 A.Watters 3 Homer Ormsby Ford 4 M.Newman R George Beck Betz 16 laps/stripped gearsBeck span after avoiding another accident and stripped his gears. The Betz had a Hall-Scott aeroplane engine.

There were 23 entries. Wenneston and McKenna’s cars both failed early in the meeting.

Ak-Sar-Ben Speedway, NE

24th June 1923

Entrants: Sig Haugdahl

Sanctioned by IMCA

Tippecanoe County Fairgrounds, Lafayette, IN

24th June 1923

5 miles 3 Dewey Woodling Frontenac-Ford 4 Bud Barnheart Dodge

10 miles1 Dewey Woodling Frontenac-FordRace was stopped early due to rain after the half-way point, so results were declared. There is uncertainty as to who the winner really was though – some sources say that Dewey Woodling (Frontenac Ford)was leading and declared winner, other sources say that Stewart Keith (Sunoco Special) won the race.Perhaps there were two 10 mile races....

Other Entrants: Ralph Ormsby Claude Fix Herb Mooney Dodge

Columbus Junction Fairgrounds, IA

28th June 1923

The Farm Bureau picnic was held, but the sports and auto race were omitted following rain the previous night which made the track too damp.

Williamsburg Fairgrounds, IA

28th June 1923

Lincoln County Raceway, NE

30th June 1923 – ½ mile dirt oval

Race 1 Noel Bullock R Robert Weir fatal accidentWeir made contact with another driver and overturned, his car landing on top of him and pinning him to theground. He was taken to hospital where he died within an hour.

Aberdeen, SD

July 1923

Races were to be held in Aberdeen in July, date unknown.

Lemmon, SD

July 1923

Races were to be held in Lemmon after the races in Aberdeen.

Chehalis (Southwest Washington Fairgrounds), WA

1st July 1923 – ½ mile dirt oval

5 miles 1 Bill Giddings Giddings Special 2 Ira Hayes Hayes Special 3 Jack Ross Ross Special

5 miles 1 Bob Grupp Grenado Special 2 Chester Latta Baby Romano 3 Jim Buttera Buttera Special

8 miles 1 Chester Latta Baby Romano 2 Bill Giddings Giddings Special 3 Bob Grupp Grenado Special 4 Ira Hayes Hayes Special R Jack Ross Ross Special engine R Jim Buttera Buttera Special engine

5 miles (for the winners of the first three events) 1 Chester Latta Baby Romano 2 Bob Grupp Grenado Special 3 Bill Giddings Giddings Special

3 miles – Consolation Race 1 Jim Buttera Buttera Special 2 Bill Giddings Giddings Special 3 Ira Hayes Hayes Special

Run under the auspices of the Western Auto Racing Association.

News-Times Auto Road Race, CO

2nd July 1923 – 60 miles

1 Joe McGregor Wills-St Claire 1:04:31.5 2 Ray Holloway Marmon 1:09:31 3 F.F.Vergen Stephens 1:10:30.5 4 Ray Steels Laurel Special 1:13:22.5 R Al Gunther accident

Opened the Pageant of Progress at Overland Park. It left Denver by the West Plum Creek Road, went towards Castle Rock, turning back just north of the town towards Denver. McGregor’s mechanician was Dan Henderson.There were 23 starters.

Abilene Fair Park, TX

4th July 1923

5 miles 1 Eckenroth 0:05:38 2 Ward 3 Sanders 4 Preslar

10 miles 1 Calhoun Frontenac-Ford 0:10:18 2 Red Shafer Duesenberg

5 miles 1 Eckenroth 0:05:44

15 miles

1 Red Shafer Duesenberg 0:15:21 2 Milburn 3 Eckenroth

5 miles 1 Miller

Graham in a Reid also competed.

Anamosa Fairgrounds, IA

4th July 1923

Anna Fairgrounds, Union County Fairgrounds, IL

4th July 1923

Bloomfield, IN

4th July 1923

Cambridge, OH

4th July 1923 – ½ mile dirt oval

Entrants: Bobby McDonald

Promoted by Harry C.Gibson, to feature a 100 lap race.

Chehalis (Southwest Washington Fairgrounds), WA


5 miles 1 Ira Hayes 0:06:37.4 2 Jim Buttera 3 Harvey Stansbury

5 miles 1 Jim Buttera 0:06:22.4 2 Chester Latta 3 Bill Giddings Giddings Special R Don McKinnon Hispano Special crash

McKinnon crashed in the first running of the event, wrecking his car. The event was called off and run later, with Giddings take McKinnon’s place.

3 miles 1 Ira Hayes 0:03:55 2 Harvey Stansbury

10 miles – Free-for-all 1 Bill Giddings 0:13:50 2 Jim Buttera 3 Ira Hayes

1 mile – Time Trial 1 Chester Latta 0:01:10.4 2 Bill Giddings 0:01:12.0 3 Jim Buttera 0:01:12.0 4 Ira Hayes 0:01:19.4 5 Harvey Stansbury 0:01:20.0 6 Don McKinnon 0:01:22.0

Chester Fairgrounds, PA

4th July 1923

2 miles 1 Barney Bell Hudson 0:03:00.5 2 Charles Kappus 0:03:04.0

Moses Perry won the automobile versus motorcycle event.

Exposition Park, San Luis Obispo, CA

4th July 1923

15 miles 1 Jess Coss 0:11:37.6 2 Winfield 3 John ?nes 4 A.PalmerAl Melcher went out in the fifth lap of a preliminary race with a broken steering knuckle. The winning time was reported as a dirt track world record, together with Fred Frame setting a mile in 43.75s during anon-competitive event.

Qualifying was held on the 3rd July. During qualifying, Frank Rollins was killed when he skidded, hit the guard rail and then tumbled down a 100 foot embankment into a canton – Rollins died while being rescued.

Fallon-Hazen-Fallon, NV

4th July 1923 – 32 miles

1 Andrew Drumm Jr 0:28:45 2 Casey Westwood 0:32 3 Thornton 0:35There were six entries, only three finished – one retired after hitting a telegraph pole.

Fountain Park, Akron, OH

4th July 1923

5 miles 1 Sam Swank 2 Harry Richter

3 Louis ?erog R Ted Dunlap accidentTed Dunlap and his mechanician Joe Becher were hospitalised after their car went through the fence on the east turn.

Funk’s Motor Speedway, Winchester, IN

4th July 1923

40 & 60 mile races

Entrants: Ralph Ormsby Homer Ormsby Arthur Davidson Harold Hancock Joe Huff Carl Summers Glen Davis Chance Kinsley Robert Roof M.Dempsey

Chaney Danna Fidler Claude Fix George Turner Benton Shoaff Gordon Simmons Ray Roberts J.A.Guinta Jack Curtner



Time Trials (held on the 3rd July) 1 Chance Kinsley 0:00:31.2 Charles Moorhead 0:00:35.0 Arthur Davidson 0:00:35.6Three of the 19 cars entered qualified before rain fell and caused the event to be halted. The whole eventwas postponed until the 7th July due to rain.

Entrants: 1 Floyd Kemp Red Arrow 2 Chance Kinsley Frontenac-Ford 3 Fred Koehler Freck’s Special 4 Arthur Davidson Frontenac-Ford 5 Joe Huff Huff Special 6 Homer Dusing D.W.Special 7 Hilton Couch Freck’s Special 8 Charles Moorhead Essex Special 9 Frank Thomas Rajo Special10 D.E.Jaques Essex Special11 Montie Cowherd Partner Special

12 George Souders Schuck Special13 Carl Foster Lightning Bug14 Harry Lindley Chevrolet Special17 C.H.Brown Gardner21 Fred Moyer Moyer-Ford25 Fred Wilson Moore Special27 Howard Hoover Hoover Motors Bennie Schopp Overland Special S.R.Rosenbaum Mason Special Dennie Schopp Ray Butcher Imperial Special

Kansas State Fairgrounds, Hutchinson, KS


1 mile – Time Trial 1 7 James Speer Frontenac 0:01:05.2

5 miles – Heat 1 1 3 Fred Lentz Hudson 0:06:15.2 2 1 Bill Bryant Hudson 6 3 10 L.S.Brown Ford-Mercer R 5 Frank McCallister Ford jammed steering/crash

5 miles – Heat 2 1 3 Fred Lentz Hudson 0:06:50.2 2 8 G.A.Galzier Essex 0:07:00.3 3 4 Tommy Rayl Essex R 5 Frank McCallister Ford

15 miles – Sweepstakes 1 7 James Speer Frontenac 0:19:10.8 2 3 Fred Lentz Hudson 0:19:35.2 3 11 Merle Warren Hudson 0:19:35.4 R 9 F.L.Firebaugh Essex crash R 4 Tommy Rayl Essex 5 laps

Other Entrants: 2 Bill Crow Essex 6 Roy O’Laughlin Ford

Las Cruces, NM

4th July 1923 – 6 mile road circuit

60 miles – Ford stock cars Mechanician 1 1 H.E.Maney 1:16:24 Frank Zastrow 2 6 Tom Shelton 1:19:24 Frank Parker 3 5 Elmer Lohman 1:23:33 F.E.Angel 4 13 Ruben Alvarez Spark Plug 1:28:00 No mechanician. 5 10 Albert Bamert 1:30:52 Kid Walter 6 8 Jim Smith 1:30:52 Emilio Romero R 2 Bryan Jones Jim Barrie R 8 Bishop Saunders Ben Chavez R 4 Dean Hill O.F.Croup R 9 Robert Walter Charles Butler R 11 Alec Hood Sergeant Lyng R 12 Walter Momman

Maney’s fastest lap was 7m30.

Charles “Red” Butler, mechanician for car #9 driven by Robert Walter, died from injuries sustained on the fifth lap of the race when their car collided with car #4 driven by Dean Hill. Hill drove over a bridge and stopped, and Walter, following behind, was unable to pass without driving into a ditch. Both cars collided, with Walter and Butler being thrown clear. Butler suffered internal injuries and a punctured lung, and died several hours later in the Hotel Dieu, El Paso.

Lucasville Fairgrounds, Scioto County Fairgrounds, OH

4th July 1923

To feature an automobile race

Marshall Fairgrounds, MI

4th July 1923

Ford race 1 Harold ? 2 Walter Rimmer 3 W.Briegel

Menomenie, WI

4th July 1923

Auto race for Dunn County machines was to be held.

North Shore Polo Field, IL

4th July 1923 – dirt oval

Entrants: George Beck Betz Special

Spencer Park, Logansport Fairgrounds, IN

4th July 1923

Time Trials T.Ward Marshall Dewey Woodling Russell Woodling Fred Goltry8 cars attempted to qualify, three withdrew due to engine problems.

20 miles - Australian Pursuit

1 Russell Woodling = Dewey Woodling

40 miles 1 Dewey Woodling 0:50:00 2 Russell Woodling 3 T.Ward R Fred Goltry engine R Marshall 2 laps/accident

Entrants: Fred Goltry Ford Special Earl Warrick Chevrolet Ladote Atha Chevrolet F.L.Chuck Blue Devil J.L.Gordon Frontenac-Ford Carlton Chaney Red Devil Clemons Special Ray Crevestib Essex Special P.L.Hartley Frontenac-Ford

Benton Shoaff Overland Special Herb Mooney Dodge Special Russell Woodling Chevrolet Special Dewey Woodling Frontenac-Ford Charles Watts Laurel Special Fred Mooney Studebaker Special T.Ward Morack Special Frank Puterbaugh Morack Special Marshall Laurel Special

Osgood Fairgrounds, Versailles, IN

4th July 1923

25 miles 1 Auter E.Thompson Frontenac-Ford 0:33:21 2 Lotus Casey Jones Buick Special 0:33:35 3 Gilmore Reynolds Chevrolet 0:34:05 R John Hutter Ford Special 34 laps/tyres R Floyd Early Ford 34 laps/engine

Owensboro Fairgrounds, KY

4th July 1923

50 miles 1 Dort Special 4 Bill Powell Sho-MeNS William McCoy Essex burst gas tank

St Johns, AZ

4th July 1923

50 miles 1 Jimmie Allen Paige 0:48 2 John Biava Hudson 3 Symer Cadillac

Ford8 starters

Australian Pursuit 1 Jimmie Allen 2 Symer

Tri-State Fairgrounds, Huntington, WV


10 miles – Stock cars 1 Harry Lewis 0:11:47.2 R Ray Lehman Nash fatal accidentLehman’s Nash was originally to have been driven by C.V.”Doc” Rader. Lehman crashed through the guard-railand died from his injuries, although his mechanician Earl Stoll survived.

3 miles 1 Don Moore 0:03:27.2

5 miles – Handicap1 Eddie Case 0:05:11.4

5 miles - Race 4: Final Heat 1 Don Moore Kline Duesenberg 0:04:58.0 R Ralph Hall Essex blown tyre/accident

Wellington Fairgrounds, TX

4th July 1923

To feature a 7 mile auto race for stock cars under $1350, a 10 mile unlimited stock car race and a 15 milefree-for-all. Races did take place, but the results are unknown.

Wickenburg, AZ

4th July 1923

To feature an auto race for local Fords from Wickenburg to Congress Junction and return.


4th July 1923

Time Trials 2 Speedy Ferch

5 miles 2 Speedy Ferch

50 miles R Speedy Ferch fatal accidentFerch blew a tyre and skidded to a halt in the south-east turn, where it was hit by Rube Young, who could not see the car through the dust. Ferch was removed with difficulty from the wreckage, and died later in the County Hospital.

San Jose Fairgrounds, CA

5th July 1923

25 miles 1 Red Murphy 0:16:00

H.P.Coleman and his mechanician A.N.Redden were severely injured when the crashed through a fence. T.J.Ellis was also slightly injured when he went through the guard fence.

Silver Speedway, Erie Exposition Grounds, PA

5th July 1923

3 miles – Ford Stock cars 1 Harold van Corn 2 H.Campbell

5 miles – Overhead Valve event 1 Charles Rhodes 3 H.Brown

3 miles – Challenge race 1 Charles Rhodes 2 T.Davis

Erie Policemen’s field day races – also featured motorcycle races


7th July 1923

Entrants: Carl Foster Lightning Bug Withdrawn Chance Kinsley Frontenac Ford Arthur Davidson Frontenac Ford Charles Moorhead Essex Floyd Kemp Red Arrow Fred Koehler Frontenac Joe Huff Huff Special Homer Dusing DW Special Hilton Couch Freck Special Frank Thomas Rajo Special D.Jacques Essex Special Montie Cowherd Partner Special George Souders Schuck Special Harry Lindley Chevrolet Special C.H.Brown Gardner Moyer Moyer-Ford Fred Wilson Moore Special Howard Hoover Hoover Motor

Rained out

Overland Park, CO

7th July 1923

Race 1 R Ned Peterson Rajo Special

Race 2 R Irwin Bratley Peerless accident R John Raimey Essex accident

Bratley and Raimey collided on the second turn of the track and crashed through the inside fence. Bratley was crushed beneath his car and a huge splinter from the fence was driven through his jaw and into his mouth. Raimey was scratched and bruised.These races were part of the Colorado Pageant of Progress. Sig Haughdahl and Floyd Willard were also advertised as being due to race here – there were also races planned for the 8th, 14th and 15th July, but the results of these are not known.

Springbrook Motor Speedway, South Bend, IN

8th July 1923

100 miles 3 Red McWilliams25 starters

Boise, ID

14th July 1923 (approx)

Entrants: Charles Brink Ed Price Al Seeds

Morton Brink Gene Rains


14th July 1923

Track guard Joseph Betley was fatally injured when he was struck by a car driven by Ray Butcher as he wenton track to warn other drivers of an accident. He died in hospital the next day.

Indianapolis Motor Speedway, IN

14th July 1923

25 miles – Exhibition Race 1 Howdy Wilcox Duesenberg 86 mph 2 Ray Barbin Monroe Special

The race was run in honour of General Gouraud and General Pershing. Barbin’s mechanician was William Alexander. Barbin blew a tyre on the last lap.

Columbus Driving Park, OH

15th July 1923

100 milesPhilip Daniel Boone was killed and five others (Arthur E.Castle, Chester Hammack, R.Clother, Ormington Riegel, C.C.Runkle) hurt when five cars piled up in a curve during races. There were 17 cars entered in the race. After the accident the race was restarted, but was stopped on the 77th lap due to rain.

Jefferson County Fairgrounds, WI

15th July 1923

Races to be held in aid of the wife and children of “Speedy” Ferch.

Roby Speedway, IN

15th July 1923

Entrants: Clancey Al Watters

Santa Ana, CA

15th July 1923

25 milesFrank Lowry was severely injured in an accident, as were four spectators. Suffering severe injuries to hislegs and head, Lowry had both legs amputated but died the next day in hospital.

Twin Lakes Park, Edgar County Fairgrounds, Paris, IL

15th July 1923

20 miles 1 Joe Johnson Essex 0:23:47 2 Doc Roberts Spark Plug 3 Benton Shoaff Overland

30 miles 1 Joe Johnson Essex 0:37:18 2 Claude Fix Frontenac-Ford 3 Earl Warrick Chevrolet R Charles Rousch Rousch Special 6 lapsCharles Rousch lost control, crashed through the fence and broke two ribs. Chester Ike and Abbot Moss, spectators, were also slightly injured.

Other entrants: Harold Hummell McCoy Special Bill Powell Sho-Me


21st July 1923

75 miles

New Salem Hill, Albany, NY

21st July 1923 – Hillclimb

Class 1 1 Jewett

Class 2 1 Jewett 0:01:19.4 2 Jewett 3 Jewett

Class 3 1 Jewett

Free-for-all (Class 4) 1 Paige 0:01:18.4 2 Jewett = Jewett 3 Maxwell

Second annual hillclimb run under the auspices of the Times-Union Albany evening newspaper. There were 87 entries, grouped by price. Jewett’s won all classes except the free-for-all. Miss Trumbell set a time of 1m34.6 driving a Jewett. The climb started at Kupke’s garage at the foot of the hill.

Gulf Coast Speedway, TX

21st-25th July 1923

R.E.Settle won the automobile driving marathon contest when at 01:10am he had been at the wheel for 101 hours and 10 minutes – he won when the only remaining competitor of the 13 who started, Mrs Mabel Lowe, fainted at 01:02 am. It was estimated that Settle had driven 1800 miles. Speed was not the object of the competition, the only rule being than a minimum speed of 15mph was allowed. Each driver was allowed five minutes rest every seven hours.

Other known entrants:J.W.RobertsL.F.Evans

B.F.GrableKidd Ball

Central States Fairgrounds, Aurora, IL

22nd July 1923

Promoted by Alex Sloan. Auto races to be held on final day of five day meeting. On Saturday 21st, Miss Lillian Boyer was to leap from a racing auto onto an airplane flying above, and two games of auto-polo were to be held.

Crown Point, IN

22nd July 1923

Auto races were held.

Meade County Fairgrounds, SD

25th-27th July 1923 – ½ mile dirt oval

Time Trials 1 King Rhiley Hudson 0:00:32.0 2 Noel Bullock Frontenac-Ford 0:00:32.2 3 Lyle "Fuzzy" Bodenner Rajo Special 0:00:33.2

Black Hills Sweepstakes (run in six 10-mile heats over two days): 1 King Rhiley 2 Noel Bullock 3 Gus Schrader Dodge Special 4 Lyle Bodenner 5 R.E.Lambert Ford Special

Meade Post Special (run in six heats over two days): 1 Guy Deulen Frontenac-Ford 2 Bert Ficken Cadillac V8 3 Al.L.Pace Dodge

Consolation (for non-money winners): 1 R.E.Lambert 2 Roy Weis Ford 3 Cruthorf Studebaker

Thomas Leroy Garrett Jr of Franklin, NE, was injured in the second heat of the Sweepstakes on Friday, July26, when his Ford Model T crashed due to either a broken wheel or steering gear failure – he died the nextday.

2nd Brinkerhoff Hill Hillclimb, Chittenango, NY

28th July 1923 – 1.4 mile hillclimb

Event 2 1 Fred Thomas Essex

Event 3 1 W.J.Mandeville Hudson

Event 7 1 W.J.Mandeville Hudson

Free-for-all 1 Eddie Bachler Jewett Six 0:01:31.6 2 Dave Lewis Hudson 0:01:31.8 3 E.P.Robinson 0:01:33.6

Class ? 1 P.C.Schwartz 1913 Hupmobile 0:02:05

Dade Park, Evansville, IN

29th July 1923 - 1.125 mile dirt oval

50 miles 1 Joe Johnson R E.K.Tabscott 38 laps/rolled R M.Schloeman rolledSchloeman was driving a car owned by Art Chevrolet – he turned over twice in front of the grandstand, and was taken to Evansville hospital suffering from concussion.

Danville, IL

29th July 1923

Illinois & Indiana Fair Association to stages races sanctioned by the AAA.

Jackson, MI

29th July 1923

Warren, PA

28th July 1923

Entries: Sig Haugdahl Wisconsin Special

Sanctioned by IMCA.


4th August 1923 – ½ mile dirt oval

100 laps 1 Earl Warrick 0:56:15 2 Chance Kinsley 3 Claude Fix Homer Ormsby Ford Moyer Benton Shoaff Dempsey Chaney11 starters

Entrants: C.Baumann Red Arrow Chance Kinsley Frontenac-Ford Fred Koehler Freck’s Frontenac Special Earl Warrick Warrick’s Special Joe Huff Huff Special Arthur Davidson Frontenac-Ford Hilton Couch Freck’s Special Dempsey Chaney Chaney Special

Joe Kinsey Roof Ford Benton Shoaff Overland Special Montie Cowherd Partner Special George Souders Schuck Special Sam Swank Swank Special Doc Roberts Belt Frontenac Claude Fix Powell Special Charles Brown Gardner Special Ray Butcher Imperial Special Fred Roberts Chevrolet Special Frank Thomas Rajo Special Ford Moyer Moyer-Ford Joe Johnson Essex Special Homer Dusing D.W.Special A.E.Thompson Frontenac-Ford Claude Riley Moore Special Merrill Guenther Howard Hoover Hoover Special Stuart Keith Sunoco Special

Petersburg, IN

4th August 1923

Race 1 1 Charles Nation Chevrolet 0:19:32 2 Sedwick Simes 3 Myers

Race 2 1 Charles Nation Chevrolet 0:19:55

Race 3 1 George Soders Buick Special 0:20:32 2 Charles Nation Chevrolet

Narragansett Park Speedway, CT

4th August 1923

Entrants: Milt McBride Barbarino Steve Nemish Barbarino Jimmy BenedictPetersburg, IN4th August 1923

Race 11 Charles Nation Chevrolet 0:19:322 Sedwick Simes3 Myers

Race 21 Charles Nation Chevrolet 0:19:55

Race 31 George Soders Buick Special 0:20:322 Charles Nation Chevrolet

Fountain Park, Akron, OH

4th-5th August 1923

Entrants: Sig Haugdahl Wisconsin Special Sig Haugdahl Fiat Jules Ellingboe Duesenberg Graft

Larson Sarles

PeugeotBugatti

Fond du Lac, WI

5th August 1923

Races were held.

Roby Speedway, IN

5th August 1923

Time Trials 1 Cliff Woodbury 0:00:51

15 miles – Ford cars 1 Wenneston 0:16:37.6 2 Nichols 3 Nonneman R Lorens rolled

15 miles – Heavy cars 1 Clancy 0:13:00 2 Woodbury 3 Warwick

20 miles – Feature (Four Fords and Four Heavy Cars) 1 Clancy 0:17:51.4 2 Woodbury 3 Wenneston

Other Entrants: Al Watters Duesenberg Barny McKenna Templar Harry Nichols Zimmerman Special

Beck overturned during one of the races, twistinghis knee.

Williamsburg, IA

8th August 1923

3 miles – Stock cars 1 George Long 0:04:38 2 Elmer Young R A.B.Byatt Stephens accidentFour spectators (Dave O.Roberts, Morley Banard, Edwin Gill and Henry Tittle) were injured when A.B.Byatt lost control of his car on the second lap and went through the fence at the south turn.

3 miles – Ford race 1 K.C.Harmer 0:05:10 2 John Blythe 3 Tom Hones

10 miles 1 W.H.Pingrey 0:13:55 2 F.W.Bobzien 3 George C.Norman

5 miles 1 George C.Norman Essex 0:06:30 2 W.H.Pingrey 3 F.B.Imhoff R Floyd Bobzien Chevrolet lost wheel

Avoca Fairgrounds, IA

11th August 1923

5 miles – Ford stock cars 1 Emil Nelson 0:08:14 2 Jacob Jensen 3 O.R.Faust

5 miles – Free-for-all 1 J.Mais Cadillac 0:06:05 2 Bert Foicken Dodge 3 Harper Croft International R Gene Parker Ford engine

2 miles – Stock cars 1 Wendell Leeman Buick Six 2 Frede Stude Buick Six

2 miles – Novelty Race 1 C.H.Jensen Ford 2 George Wilder Ford 3 George Pendergast Ford 4 Ben Kuhn Ford

10 miles – Free-for-all 1 J.Mais Cadillac 0:12:17 2 Bert Fickens Dodge 3 Harper Croft International

Dunkirk Fairgrounds, NY

11th August 1923

Gordon Lee was killed when he went through the fence.

Mississippi Valley Fair and Exposition, Davenport, IA

11th August 1923

1 mile – Time Trial Sig Haughdahl Frontenac 0:01:03.6 Les Allen Golden Submarine 0:01:09.6

8 laps 1 Johnny Raimey Essex 0:04:01.4 2 LaPlant Duesenberg 3 George Schultheis

15 laps 1 Sig Haughdahl Frontenac 0:11:04.5 2 Les Allen Golden Submarine 3 Hoffmann Comet

Event 3 1 Hoffmann Comet 0:06:15.2 2 Bo Murray Delage Special 3 Les Allen Golden Submarine

11 laps 1 Sig Haugdahl Frontenac 0:07:16.4 2 LaPlant Duesenberg 3 Waters Maxwell Special

5 laps 1 Glen Hiett Stephens 0:03:27.5 2 A.Strong Rajo Special

Southwest Missouri Fairgrounds, Carthage, MO

11th August 1923

3 miles – Fully equipped four cylinder stock cars 1 Calhoun Ford 0:03:54.8 2 Gorman Maxwell

5 miles – Fast cars under 25 hp (4 cylinder of 3.75 inch bore or under) 1 Calhoun Ford 0:06:45.8 2 M.Mudgett Chevrolet 3 Kehlman Nash

15 miles – Ozark Playgrounds Championship, free-for-all 1 Calhoun Ford 0:19:34.2 2 ChevroletCalhoun lapped everyone except the Chevrolet at least three times.

Following events were announced in advance but did not take place:3 miles – Fully equipped six or eight cylinder stock cars3 miles – Australian pursuit for fast cars under 25 hp¼ mile – Getaway race for fully equipped stock cars (effectively what would now be a drag race)3 miles – Consolation (for those who finished in other races outside of the money)

Winchester Fairgrounds, VA

11th August 1923

To hold the Virginia State Dirt Track Championship. Harry Lee to drive an exhibition race at the event to set a new Virginia state record. Race date was originally the 10th August, but was changed to the 11th so that people could observe the day of mourning for US President Warren Harding.


12th August 1923

Races to be held.

Hawthorne Track, IL

12th August 1923

5 miles 1 Ralph DePalma 0:04:19.4

5 miles 1 Joe Boyer

10 miles 1 Leon Duray 0:09:18

15 miles 1 Ralph DePalma 0:18:07.2

25 miles 1 Howdy Wilcox 0:23:44.4Ralph DePalma went through the fence after being hit by Louis Chevrolet when he was trying to avoid locking wheels with another car. DePalma was slightly injured, and a dozen men sitting on the fence were bruised when they fell off....

Recreation Park, Kalamazoo, MI

12th August 1923

Races to be held.

Portsmouth, OH

16th August 1923

Race - 4 cylinder autos 1 Luster Lykens 2 Sidney Call

An unofficial race was held before the race above and before the rain between a Ford, a Stephens and two Chevrolets – the Stephens won.

Retail Grocers’ Association Grocers’ Picnic.

Pulaski Fairgrounds, PA

17th August 1923

There were two accidents during the events. One car left the track at the first turn and went over the bank on the outside of the track, and one car went through the fence on the inside. Neither driver was badly injured.

Harry Clay Oval, Orange County Fairgrounds, NY

18th August 1923

Entrants: Milt McBride Barbarino Phil “Red” Shafer Duesenberg Buddy Mar Buchanan Essex Odell Smart Special

Otto Schnable Duesenberg Louis Jackson Ford Special Ganung Dodge Special James Southworth Duesenberg Special Mike Darragh Mercer Ira Vail Duesenberg Special

Norman Batten Duesenberg Special Tom Smart14 entrants

Time Trials 1 Ira Vail 0:00:31.8 2 Milt McBride 0:00:33.8 = Phil Shafer 0:00:33.8 4 Ganung 0:00:34.2 = Batten 0:00:34.2

2 miles – Heat 1 1 Phil Shafer 2 Buddie Mar

2 miles – Heat 2 1 Milt McBride 0:02:20.2 2 Norman Batten

2 miles – Heat 3 1 Ira Vail 2 Otto Schnable

5 miles – Open Final 1 Ira Vail 2 Milt McBride 3 Phil Shafer oil pump 4 Norman Batten

Heat 1 1 Otto Schnable

Heat 2 1 Milt McBride

Heat 3 1 Ira Vail

8 miles – Open Final 1 Ira Vail 0:08:39.8 2 Milt McBride Otto Schnable Norman Batten

5 miles – Handicap 1 Milt McBride 18s handicap 2 Ira Vail 25s handicap 3 Tom Smart 4 Buddie Mar 5 Otto Schnable R James Southworth R Norman Batten

5 miles – Consolation 1 Mike Darragh 0:06:09.8 2 James Southworth 3 Buchanan 4 Odell

Sanctioned by the AAA.

Janesville Fairgrounds, WI


3 miles – Match between fastest Ford and fastest Chevrolet 1 Cully Baumgart Walrath Chevrolet Special 0:05:04.4 2 L.Roots Ford Special

5 miles – Slow cars 1 Stanley Nowicki Ford Special 0:07:58.0 2 J.J.Newton Hudson 3 Barnechou Barnechou Special 4 R.Young Jewett

5 miles – Fast cars 1 Cully Baumgart Walrath Chevrolet Special 0:06:20.4 2 Artie Brach Chalmers 3 W.Laudon Essex 4 L.Roots Ford Special

15 miles – Free-for-all 1 Cully Baumgart Walrath Chevrolet Special 0:20:28.2 2 Stanley Nowicki Ford Special 3 W.Laudon Essex Special Barnechou Barnechou Special J.J.Newton Hudson V.Campbell Duesenberg L.Roots Ford Special R Artie Brach Chalmers accident

Mississippi Valley Fair and Exposition, Davenport, IA


5 laps - Match Race 1 Watters Maxwell 0:02:38.2 2 Hoffman Comet

3 Anderson Delage

9 laps – Light Cars 1 Walters Essex 0:05:38.4 2 Kelley Peerless 3 LaPlant Duesenberg Raimsey Essex

7 laps – Consolation 1 Anderson Delage 0:05:28.4 2 Schultheis Hawkeye Special 3 Kelley Peerless

5 laps - Mississippi Valley Sweepstakes, Heat 1 1 Allen Durant Special 2 Hoffman Comet

5 laps - Mississippi Valley Sweepstakes, Heat 2 1 Fred Horey Frontenac 2 LaPlant Duesenberg

5 laps - Mississippi Valley Sweepstakes, Final 1 Fred Horey Frontenac 0:02:52 2 Allen Durant Special 3 LaPlant Duesenberg


19th August 1923

Roby Speedway, IN

19th August 1923

$50 Junk cars 1 Billy Harris 1916 Maxwell 0:06:578 starters

10 miles – Ford race 1 Harry Nichols 0:09:24.8 2 Sam Davis 3 J.Bunge

10 miles – Big cars 1 Paul Clancey 0:09:36.75 2 Ben Gotoff 3 Billy Harris

20 miles – Final 1 Paul Clancey 0:26:20.2 2 Harry Nichols 3 Ben Gotoff 4 J.Bunge

Carroll County Fairgrounds, IA

24th August 1923

3 miles – Ford race 1 Ed Juhl 2 Herbert Beck 3 Mrs Fortune5 starters

3 miles – Stock auto race (excluding Ford’s) 1 Henry Jargenson Hudson 2 Emil Wilson Buick 3 Albert Thede Hudson7 starters

3 miles – Ladies race 1 Mrs W.Narnstaff Hudson 2 Mrs Fortune Ford 3 Mrs Fred McNabb Lexington4 starters

3 miles – Relay Auto Race 1 Henry Jargenson Hudson 2 Hans Jargenson Buick 3 Bert Jewell Ford

Iowa State Fairgrounds, Des Moines, IA

24th August 1923

1 mile - Time Trials 1 Les Allen Durant Special 0:01:05.0 2 Fred Horey Frontenac 0:01:05.4 3 Paul Clancy Oldfield 0:01:08.0

5 miles – Free-for-all 1 Fred Horey Frontenac 0:05:24.4 2 Paul Clancy Oldfield

Australian Pursuit 1 Ben Gotoff Miller 2 Claude Monteith Templar 3 Fred Tomatus Duesenberg 4 Bud Putman Richards

7 laps - State Fair Derby, Heat 1 1 Irving Hoffman Jewel 6 0:04:28.8

7 laps – State Fair Derby, Heat 2 1 Ben Gotoff Miller 0:04:33.4

7 laps - State Fair Derby - Final 1 George Schrader 0:03:59 2 Irving Hoffman Jewel

25 laps - Hawkeye Sweepstakes 1 Paul Clancy Oldfield 0:13:52.4 2 George Schrader Dodge Special 3 Les Allen Durant Special Fred Horey Frontenac R Ben Gotoff Miller 7 laps R Fred Tomatus Duesenberg 3 laps R Red Maley Essex 1 lap

Other Entrants: Jules Ellingboe Oldfield Al Watters Duesenberg Spike Kelley Essex Red Maley Essex Swede Anderson Maxwell Speedy Wolters Delage Charles Adams Frontenac Paul Clancy Clancy Special Ray LePlant Deusenberg

Frederick Fairgrounds, MD


Entrants: Bill Strickler Chevrolet Elwood Wolfe F&J Special Camden Ramsburg Laurel Special Ray Smith Ford Special Chas Devese Wright Special Red Helms Chevrolet Jack Campbell Laurel Special Russel Snowberger Bosch Special Ralph Johnson Duesenberg Buddy Patterson Dodge Dick Smith Hupmobile Bill Sauerhoff Cadillac Jimmy Gleason Duesenberg

1 lap – Time Trial 1 Elwood Wolfe 0:00:34.0 2 Bill Strickler 0:00:35.6 3 Jimmy Gleason 0:00:35.8

5 miles 1 Russel Snowberger 0:06:03.8 2 Ralph Johnson 3 Bill Strickler

5 miles 1 Bill Sauerhoff 0:06:40 2 Dick Smith 3 Elwood Wolfe

5 miles – Maryland State Championship 1 Buddy Patterson 0:06:21 2 Charles Devese 3 Red Helms

7.5 miles 1 Dick Smith 0:10:16 2 Jimmy Gleason 3 Russel Snowberger

5 miles – Special race 1 Elwood Wolfe 0:06:02 2 Bill Strickler tyre blow outNS Charles Devese rear axle

Crown Point, IN


10 miles 1 Earl Warrick 0:10:20After finishing another car ran into Warrick’s car, wrecking it.

An advert highlighting the Chevrolet win,but also highlighting a lack of proof-reading....


28th August 1923

1 mile – Time Trials 1 Sig Haugdahl Wisconsin Special 0:00:44.0

10 miles – Free-for-all 1 Sig Haugdahl

5 miles 1 Sig Haugdahl

Loveland, CO

31st August 1923

Part of the Larimer County Fair. Auto races were held on the 31st August, but the results aren’t known.

Belleville, KS

31st August 1923

3 miles – Ford race 1 Fred Holtz 0:03:48.5

5 miles – Stock cars 1 Chas Blosser 0:07:04.5 2 Martin Blosser Buick R McCool Durant 7 laps/thrown wheel R Charley ShephardStudebaker 3 laps

5 miles – Free-for-all 1 J.A.Mais Dodge 0:05:51.5 2 Richardson Ford 16v 3 Sheets Chevrolet 4 Chevrolet 5 Ford

Danville Fairgrounds, VA

1st September 1923

Part of the I&I Fair. There were 19 starters, but rain caused the event to be postponed to the 30th September.

Bedford Speedway, IN

3rd September 1923 – ½ mile dirt oval

Entrants: E.V.Colbert Lincoln

50 miles - Greystone Hotel SweepstakesDonald Lovall was expected to die following injuries sustained in this race. Cyrus Cyger also suffered concussion, and Irving Koetter a broken collarbone.

Opening meeting for the track, located on the DixieHighway between Oolitic and Bedford. Run by the Lawrence County Speedway Association.

Bellmont Park, IN

3rd September 1923

50 miles 1 Ralph Ormsby 2 Matthews Special

25 miles 1 Matthews Special

10 miles – Amateur race 1 Peck Werling Ford Special R Bill Sudduth Baby Cyclone engine

Chester Fairgrounds, PA

3rd September 1923

1 mile - Time Trials 1 Stewart Laurel 0:01:20

3 miles 1 Burgess Simplex 0:04:31.5 2 Beylon Mercedes

3 miles 1 Stewart Laurel Special 0:04:49.2 2 Harrison Mercedes

4 miles 1 Burgess Simplex 0:05:53 2 Reading Mercedes 3 Bigelow Mercedes

2 miles – Free-for-all 1 Hispano Simplex 0:03:01.2 2 Bigelow Marmon 3 Stewart Laurel Special

Cook County Fairgrounds, Palatine, IL

3rd September 1923

3 miles – Ford race 1 John H.Reher7 starters

15 miles – Free-for-all 2 John H.Reger

Dade Park, Evansville, IN

3rd September 1923

50 miles 1 Bill McCoy Essex 0:47:55

Exposition Park, San Luis Obispo, CA

3rd September 1923

60 miles 1 Fred Luelting 0:47:58 2 H.Frederickson 3 Fred Lyon

During practice on the 2nd, Johnny Holmes was seriously injured when his car overturned and he was thrown out. It was thought he suffered a broken steering knuckle.

In a preliminary race, Louis Wilson lost control of his car and went into the crowd, severely injuring thedriver and slightly injuring five spectators.


3rd September 1923

Entrants: E.B.Brown Monroe Special R.J.Barbin Monroe Special Ralph Ormsby Roof Flyer Benton Shoaff Overland Special

Chev. Frontenac-Ford C.W.Belt Belt Frontenac D.Chaney Chaney Special Ed Turner Turner Special A.Miller Miller Special

Earl Warrick Chevrolet E.Stipps E&B Special Chance Kinsley Frontenac-Ford K.Kieth Sunoco Special Claude Fix Powell Special E.Wenniston Rajo Special S.Fielding Essex S.G.Davis Essex

Rained out


3rd September 1923

100 miles 1 Arthur Davidson 1:55:10

Entrants: 1 Walter Wilkinson Red Arrow 2 C.A.Baker Miller Special 3 Fred Koehler Koehler Special 4 Arthur Davidson Frontenac Ford 5 Joe Huff Huff Special 6 D.W.Belt Belt Frontenac 7 Cecil Conway Freck’s Roof 8 Dempsey Chaney Chaney Special 9 Ray Harlan Harlan Special10 Paul Pardieu Roof Ford12 F.C.Shawhan Dodge Special

14 Cecil Houghton Chevrolet Special16 Jess Gladdis Ford Special17 Charles Brown Gardner Special18 Ray Butcher R&B Special19 Carl Rogers R&B Special20 Alfred Teall R&B Special21 Ford Moyer Moyer Ford25 Fred Wilson Moore Special26 Harry Thixton Clemons Special27 Ray Creviston Hoover Motors33 Bob Wallace Frontenac Ford

Pablo Beach, Jacksonville, FL

3rd September 1923 – 1.5 mile beach oval

Race 1 2 Jimmy Hurst

Race ? – Light cars 2 Joe Bant

Race ?: 30 miles – Free-for-allIn the last race of the day, Jimmy Hurst (mechanician was Walter Jones) took over the Dodge owned by and driven earlier by Joe Bant. On the first lap one of the tyres came off and wrapped around the axle, and despite Jones yelling for them to stop, Hurst continued on at full speed. On the seventh lap the car skidded in a turn and overturned. Jones was thrown clear, suffering a fractured leg and crushed chest, butHurst was killed from a broken neck as he was trapped in the vehicle.

Pikes Peak Hillclimb, CO

3rd September 1923 – 12 mile 200 yards

Ps # Driver Car Time Class 1 3 Glen Schultz Essex 0:18:47.0 1 2 15 C.H.Myers Studebaker 0:19:21.4 2 3 7 Otto Loesche Lexington 0:19:29.8 2 4 18 J.C.Allen Paige 0:20:22.4 3 5 2 Joe MacGregor Willis St Claire 0:20:22.6 3 6 8 Jack Knight Lexington 0:21:48.4 2 7 23 Angelo Juliano Allen Special 0:21:50.8 2 8 24 W.P.Bentrup Stephens 0:21:58.8 9 16 R.Anderson Oldsmobile 0:22:25.2 210 22 D.W.Day Chevrolet 0:26:15.411 19 Al L.Gunther Chevrolet (Skeezix 88) 0:26:38.8 1 R 6 H.L.Chapin Dodge 2 R 4 Harold Brinker Marcus 3NS 14 George E.Weller Chevrolet 1NS 17 E.S.Hopper Duesenberg 3 22 John Keloff Chevrolet 1NS 12 A.Aiken Hudson 2 R 10 Bob Butler Hudson 2 9 Noel E.Bullock Bullock Special 1 11 King Rhiley Hudson 2 20 T.A.Mathews Ford 1 21 Norman Glen Ford 1 W.S.Haines Mercer 3 Homer McMillan Broadmoor Yellow Devil 3 F.E.Vergen Stephens 2

Class 1 – Under 183 ci and 1600 lbs minimum weightClass 2 – 183-300 ci, minimum 1800 lbs weightClass 3 – Over 300 ci, minimum 2000 lbs weight

Plymouth Fairgrounds, WI


1 mile – Time Trial (flying start) 1 13 A.R.Locken Ford Special 0:01:13.75 2 2 Floyd Gessert Rajo Special 3 1 Hugo Spiker Laurel Special 4 4 Ed Rinke Dixie Special 5 3 Helmer Ford Special

3 miles (standing start) 1 13 A.R.Locken Ford Special 0:03:39 2 2 Floyd Gessert 3 1 Hugo Spiker R 3 Helmer Ford Special

5 miles 1 1 Hugo Spiker Laurel Special 0:06:28 2 2 Floyd Gessert 3 4 Ed Rinke R 13 A.R.Locken Ford Special lost tyre

10 miles 1 13 A.R.Locken Ford Special 0:12:45 2 1 Hugo Spiker 3 4 Ed Rinke R 2 Floyd Gessert axle

Australian Pursuit 1 13 A.R.Locken Ford Special

Salina, KS

3rd September 1923

25 miles – Free-for-all

3 Scott Van Ordstrand



Entrants: Earl Warrick Fred Goltry Laurel Special Ray Creveston Essex Dewey Woodling Frontenac-Ford Russell Woodling Chevrolet Charles Watts Laurel Special P.L.Hartley Hartley Special P.J.Boyle Rajo Ray Zollman Baby Cyclone H.H.Chuck Chevrolet H.G.House Chevrolet Fred Marshall Frontenac-Fod Doyt Atha Chevrolet J.C.Funston Monroe Fred Watts Morack Special Virgil FisherFisher crashed during qualifying, going through the fence and overturning three times. He was hospitalised, but was not seriously injured.

Australian Pursuit 1 Fred Goltry 2 Russell Woodling8 starters

10 miles 1 Russell Woodling 0:11:12.25

25 miles 1 Russell Woodling R Fred Watts mechanical R Fred Goltry engine R Dewey Woodling crankshaft

Winslow, AZ

3rd September 1923 – 1 mile dirt oval

Entrants: Enoch Selberg Old Trails Garage Ford Special Flannigan Navajo Garage Jennings Jennnings Auto Co Ford Special Charles Helm Hudson Tony Yurcic Hudson

West End Service Station National Special

Races postponed to the 9th due to rain.

Laporte, IN

4th September 1923

Race 1 Harry Nichols Frontenac-Ford

Ralph Dunkelbarger, 5, was killed when a tyre of a racing car came off at a turn, striking the boy in the face.

Longmont Fairgrounds, CO

4th September 1923

Ned Peterson overturned at the west curve when he attempted to pass two other drivers, sliding wide and digging in to the heavy dust. Peterson was knocked unconscious, but was otherwise unhurt.

Hamline, MN

5th September 1923

1 mile Sig Haugdahl 0:00:42.02

5 miles Sig Haugdahl 0:03:48.2

10 miles – Great Northern 10 mile Derby R Roy La Plant 0 laps/accident

5 miles – Consolation Race R Markmann threw wheel

Owen B.Van Drake was killed when his rebuilt Ford careened off the inside rail to the outer edge – Van Drake was hurled from his car into the concrete retaining wall, shattering his skull. Joseph Lehman was burned severely when his car crashed through the inner rail on the back stretch and exploded into flames as the car impaled itself on the heavy timber of the railing.

Races were also to be held on the 1st and 8th September, but no further details about these races have beenfound.

Lorain County Fairgrounds, Elyria. OH

5th September 1923

5 laps – Lorain County Sweepstakes 1 Floyd Willard Monroe 0:03:19.8 2 Dewey Kiewel Kiewel Special

5 laps 1 Johnny Raimey Dodge Special 0:02:59.6 2 Bob Dashback Fiat

5 laps 1 Jimmie Craft Wisconsin Special 0:02:49.2 2 Jules Ellingboe Earl Special

5 laps – For drivers that did not finish first in preceding events 1 Bob Dashback Fiat 0:03:07.8 2 Larson Biazatti

7 laps – For cars that finished first 1 Jimmie Craft Wisconsin Special 0:03:14.0 2 Johnny Raimey Dodge Special

9 laps 1 Johnny Raimey Dodge Special 0:04:42.5 2 Bob Dashback Fiat

Sanctioned by IMCA.

Tyrone, PA

6th September 1923

Park Association arranged automobile race at this date in “the park”.

Brown County Speedway, Aberdeen, SD

7th September 1923 – ½ mile dirt oval

Starling Walter Steece was killed when the steering broke on the main straightaway, causing the car to crash into the inner wooden rails. One of the eight foot long 2x4 rails went through the car, tearing off the radiator hood, knocking the carburettor off its mounting and impaling the driver. Steece died 15 minutes after arriving at the local hospital.

Charter Oak, CT

8th September 1923

1 Ralph De Palma Ira Vail

De Palma did a mile in 51.6s.

Hawthorne Track, Chicago, IL

8th September 1923 (might be 9th)

1 mile - Time Trial 1 Cliff Woodbury 0:00:51

Race 1 Cliff Woodbury 0:22:46

Paris, IL

8th September 1923

1 Art Davison

Perry County Fairgrounds, IL

8th September 1923

Entrants:C.H.Ingham Ford

To feature an auto race.

Rochester Fairgrounds, NY


10 miles – Free-for-all Bill Alperson R Eddie Huss 16 laps/fatal accidentHuss skidded on the 16th lap and went through the fence, rolling twice. Huss died at the scene from a fractured skull, and 13 year old Angelo Bivona was taken to hospital having been hit by the debris.

Winslow, AZ

9th September 1923 – 1 mile dirt oval

Rescheduled from the 3rd September.

Allison-Barber Track, IN

11th September 1923

Entrants: E.V.Colbert Lincoln

Pontoc County Free Fairgrounds, Ada, OK

12th-15th September 1923

Fallon, NV

13th September 1923 – 47.5 miles

1 James Gould Dodge 0:48 2 Drum Ford

Race was around Rattle Snake Hill.

Lunenburg Fairgrounds, MA

15th September 1923

1 Winthrop Harley 2 David Harley

3 Louis Damon Fred Curtis

Arthur Graves William Rolfe Edith Johnson

Otis Elliott Walter Lilegren

Held as part of Fair. Cars had to squeeze between barrels which were just a cars width apart, each barrel being knocked down incurring a three second penalty.

New York State Fairgrounds, NY

15th September 1923

100 miles 1 Tommy Milton HCS Special 1:15.33, 79.99 mph 2 Harry Hartz 3 Ira Vail Durant 4 Ralph DePalma 5 Eddie Hearne

Milton set a record lap time of 42.28s.

Covington, IN

16th September 1923

John Wicker suffered a broken wrist when he went through the fence during races here. Melvin Bowles wrecked his car during practice – he then crashed his road car on the way home too.


16th September 1923

Postponed



100 miles 1 Ralph Ormsby 1:46:08 2 Claude Fix

Entrants: Ezra Brown Monroe Special Ray Barbin Monroe Special Art Davidson Chance Kinsley Bill Hicks Benton Shoaff Joe Johnson Robert Roof

F.L.Clemons Wilbur Shaw J.V.Special Brandenberg A.Swenson Wenneston Tom Mulligan McLain

Hawthorn Track, IL

16th September 1923

40 miles - Feature 1 Ethan Wenneston Nelson Special 0:35:23.6 2 Roy Noneman Frontenac Ford

3 Stanley Nowicki Rajo Ford 4 Curley Young Rajo Ford12 starters

Janesville Fairgrounds, WI

16th September 1923 – 1 mile dirt oval

100 miles 1 Leslie “Red” Parkhurst Dodge Special 1:58:44 2 Frank Briscoe Ford Special 3 Verne Campbell Duesenberg R J.R.Mattes Ford Special fatal accident R Ruby Young Ford 57 miles/axle R Frank Cheverton Chevrolet 40 miles/bearings R OttoWobig Ford 16 miles/rolled R Ed Czapiewski Marmon 10 miles/axle R Cully Baumgarten Chevrolet 10 miles/threw wheel/axle

Robert Gillespie and Clark Ackley dashed across the circuit to get to the infield mid-race. Jack Mattes didn’t see them until the last minute due to dust while in fourth, swerved to avoid the, and hit Gillespiewho had by this time stopped and was attempting to run back. The car dragged Gillespie for 100 feet beforecrashing into the judges stand and rolling over. Gillespie was killed, and Mattes suffered a broken nose. It was reported that people had been crossing back and forth across the track frequently during the race.

Following this event, Wisconsin State Championship points were: 1 Leslie Parkhurst 125 pts 2 Roman Czerwinski 103 3 Art Brach 100 4 Frank Briscoe 75Rounds had been held at Milwaukee, Sun Prairie and Jefferson.



3 miles – Mud Automobile Derby 1 Al Watters Duesenberg 0:06:25.0 2 Bud Putman Richards Special 3 Lou Craver Rajo Ford 4 Fred Lentz Lentz Special

This meeting was sanctioned by IMCA. The track was filled with deep mud.

Greene County Fairgrounds, Jefferson, IA

21st September 1923

To feature: 5 mile auto race10 mile auto race Stock car race

Races didn’t happen, but on the 23rd Dave Pittmann was doing speed demonstrations on the fairgrounds when a wheel came off and went through the side of a barn, tearing two boards off the other side. Pittman was asked to pay costs.


21st September 1923 – ½ mile dirt oval

4 miles - Sweepstakes 1 Fred Lentz Lentz Special 0:05:15.0 2 Ben Gotoff Richards Special

Bloomington Speedway, IN

22nd September 1923

20 miles 1 Ray Butcher R&B Special 2 Harry Walker Ford Special 3 Joe Huff Huff Special

30 miles 1 Ray Butcher R&B Special 2 Joe Huff Huff Special 3 Jimmy O’Donnell Peffer Special

Deming, NM

22nd September 1923

50 miles 1 Ackerman Chevrolet 1:07:20 2 Luke Terry Studebaker 1:14:30 3 J.D.O’Connel Maxwell R Dean Hill Ford R Hendricks Ford

10 miles – Ford race 1 Dell Middleton Sam Skidmore Ford 0:17:40.5 2 Elmer Smith 0:18:01.5 3 R.Dowdy 0:19:20.5 R Dick Kendrick Hickey Ford R Bruce Cox Cox Ford

5 miles 1 Skidmore Skidmore Ford 0:10:12 2 Hickey Hickey Ford

Interstate Fairgrounds, Sioux City, IA

22nd September 1923

1 mile – Exhibition Sig Haugdahl Wisconsin Special 0:00:57.0

2 miles – Exhibition Sig Haugdahl Fiat abandoned-engine trouble Sig Haugdahl Fiat 0:01:59.4

Interstate Sweepstakes 1 Sig Haugdahl Fiat 2 Ray LePlant Fiat 3 Larry Stone Simplex

Childress, TX

23rd September 1923

10 miles 1 Mattl Ward Essex 0:13:00 2 C.Preslar Dodge 0:13:05 3 Bob Cussick Chevrolet special 0:14:20 R H.F.Williams accidentThere were 5 entries

15 miles 1 Dick Calhoun Frontenac-Ford 0:17:28.3 2 Jack Calkins Chevrolet special 0:17:53.0 3 Harry T.Milburn Duesenberg 0:18:27.0There were 5 entries

5 miles – For cars failing to qualify for 15 mile race 1 Henry Sanders Chevrolet 0:06:17.4 2 Red Fitzgerald Saxon special 0:06:23.6 3 C.Preslar Dodge 0:06:27.0

Sanctioned by the AAA.


23rd September 1923

12 miles 1 Roy Huston Durant 0:10:51 2 H.G.Brand Ford 0:11:06 3 Henry Pond Packard

12 miles 1 Jack Saunders Ford 0:09:59.4 2 Bill Wade Studebaker 0:10:13.5 3 Red Edmonds Ford 0:11:08.25

6 miles 1 Fay Groves Ford 0:05:43.5 2 Ray Slocum Durant 0:05:49.2

18 miles 1 Bill Wade Studebaker 0:14:41.0 2 Jack Saunders Frontenac-Ford 0:15:54.75 3 Roy Huston Durant 0:18:28

Wisconsin State Fair Park, WI

23rd September 1923

Entrants: Stanley Nowicki

Run by the Badger Motor Club.

Holt County Fairgrounds, O’Neill, NE

26th September 1923

5 miles 1 Tom Marion 0:09:40

Part of the County Fair and Rodeo.

West Texas Fairgrounds, Abilene, TX

26th September 1923

5 miles 1 J.F.Miller 0:05:45 2 Henry Sanders 3 Ralph Dunkle

10 miles 1 Dick Calhoun 0:10:18 2 Red Shafer 3 Herbert Haas

5 miles 1 J.F.Miller 0:05:47.6 2 Henry Sanders 3 Ralph Dunkle R Herbert Haas accidentHass hit another car – both cars burst into flames, and Haas sustained bruises about the headand hands.

15 miles 1 Red Shafer 0:15:57 R Dick Calhoun accidentCalhoun was leading the last race when a spindle broke and his car crashed into the fence.

Roby Speedway, IN

28th September 1923

10 miles – Fords 1 Ethan Wenneston 0:09:11.6 2 Davis 3 Curry

10 miles – Big cars 1 Cliff Woodbury Frontenac 0:08:58.8 2 Boiling 3 Bech

25 miles – Open 1 Cliff Woodbury Frontenac 0:22:51.2 2 Ethan Wenneston 3 Boiling

Wellington, Collingsworth County Fairgrounds, TX

28th September 1923

8 miles 1 Jack Calkings 0:08:05 2 Ward 0:08:10 3 Booth Alexander 0:08:12

Part of the Collingsworth County Fair.

West Texas Fairgrounds, Abilene, TX

28th September 1923

10 miles 1 Red Shafer 0:10:19 2 Harry Milburne 3 C.O.Mauzy R Dick Calhoun Frontenac-Ford accidentCalhoun was taken to hospital with serious injuries. A purse was made up from the crowd in the grandstand to defray his hospital expenses.

15 miles – Handicap 1 Red Shafer 0:15:38 2 Harry Milburne 3 C.O.Mauzy

5 miles 1 H.Preslar Oaklana Special 0:05:39 2 Henry Sanders 3 Ralph Dunkle

5 miles 1 H.Preslar 0:05:45 2 Henry Sanders 3 T.W.Stillwell


29th September 1923

10 miles 1 Ralph Ormsby 0:09:54

Columbus Driving Park, OH

30th September 1923

100 miles

Danville Fairgrounds, VA


100 laps - Entrants: Doc Roberts Joe Johnson Fred Roberts Earl Warrick Wenneston

Gallivan Simpson Benton Shoaff Baker

Part of the I&I Fair. The races were a re-run of those postponed on the 1st due to rain.

Elkhart County Fairgrounds, Goshen, IN

30th September 1923

100 miles 1 Sam Ross Frontenac-Ford 2:16 2 Duke O’Hara Frontenac-Ford 2:16:33 R Wooding Chevrolet accident R Ralph Ormsby Roof Special pinion gear R Roland Clay Johnstone Special R Kenyon Rajo engine13 cars attempted to qualify, 10 started, 2 finished.

Other Entrants: Van Buren Smith Betz Daily Clancy

Ralph Schlesmar Roof Special Homer Ormsby Frontenac Bill Sudduth Baby Cyclone Walt Wise Frontenac Ross Greenwal Elcar

Run under the auspices of the South Bend Racing Association.



20 laps - Women’s race 1 Mrs Erma Hirth 0:12:55

20 laps – Heavy cars 1 Cliff Woodbury 2 P.W.Urban 3 George Beck

50 laps 1 Cliff Woodbury 2 C.E.Currey 3 C.Z.Pavlick

20 laps – Light cars 1 George Beck Betz Special 0:12:04.25 2 C.E.Currey 3 E.W.Wenneston

Run under the auspices of the Illinois Automobile Club and the North Shore Speedway Association.

Barton County Fairgrounds, Great Bend, IA

3rd October 1923

Rained out

Sac City Fairgrounds, IA

3rd-4th October 1923

Sac City Firemen to hold their second annual automobile race. John Baker crashed through the fence during the meeting. The 20 mile race was won in 24m50, the 15 mile race in 18m45, and the 5 mile race in 6m37.

Fort Dodge, IA

5th October 1923

Barton County Fairgrounds, Great Bend, IA

6th October 1923

?

Danbury Fairgrounds, CT

6th October 1923

Louis Jackson was attempting to pass George Odell on the north-turn in a self-built car when his right front wheel locked with the left rear of Odell, causing the cars to crash together into the fence. Jacksonwas thrown from his car and died on the way to hospital. Ira Vail and Jack Foley were close behind but managed to stop in time before hitting the wreckage.

Utah State Fairgrounds, UT

6th October 1923

5 miles 1 Jewett 2 Paige 66

Centlivre Park, IN

7th October 1923

20 miles 1 Ralph Ormsby

40 miles 1 Louis Schneider E.N.Bailey/R.F.Clay Johnstone Special R Glen Wolfcall accidentBailey hit the fence and rolled twice in mid-air, landing upright. Bailey pushed the car back onto the track, and relief driver R.F.Clay took over.

Chilton, WI

7th October 1923

Entrants: Hugo Spieker Laurel Special

Promoted by Oswald Halboth.

Spencer Park, IN

7th October 1923

Australian Pursuit 1 Russell Woodling 2 Russell Wise R Fred Goltry valve

10 miles - Match Race 1 Dewey Woodling 0:12:30 2 Russell Woodling 3 Osceolla Phillips

25 miles – Free-for-all

1 5 Robinson Frontenac-Ford 2 7 Ted Hartley Hartley Special R 4 Russell Wise Frontenac-Ford accident R 34 Dewey Woodling Chevrolet Special accident R 11 Osceolla Phillips Laurel Special accident R 9 Cavith Chevrolet Special accident R 3 Earl Warrick Chevrolet Special accident R 35 Paul Solder accident8 starters. Wise’s car went dead on lap 48 – he parked it at the side of the track, but was then collectedby Woodling and four other cars.

Wichita Falls, TX

7th October 1923

Races were to be held as part of the 2nd Annual Texas-Oklahoma Fair.

All-West Texas Exposition, San Angelo, TX

11th October 1923 – 1 mile dirt oval

1 mile – Time Trial 1 Red Shafer Duesenberg 0:00:51

5 miles 1 Joseph F.Miller Hudson

5 miles 1 Joseph F.Miller Hudson

10 miles 1 Harry T.Milburne Duesenberg R Clebert Preslar Dodge 3 laps/threw a tyre R Harry Sanders Sanders Special accident R H.B.Jorney Packard Twin Six accident

15 miles 1 Red Shafer Duesenberg

Anamosa Fairgrounds, IA

11th October 1923

Part of the American Legion of Anamosa celebrations.

Charter Oak Park, CT


Entrants: Ira Vail Duesenberg Milton McBride Buddie Lemarr Red Shafer Jack Foley Ford Special

Time Trials 1 Ira Vail 0:00:51

5 miles 1 Ira Vail 2 Jack Foley

20 miles 1 Ira Vail 0:18:08 2 Jack Foley 0:18:18 3 Hoyt

10 miles – Handicap 1 Ira Vail 2 Batten 3 Hoyt 4 Wells R Foley engine overheating

Green County Fairgrounds, Jefferson, IA

12th-13th October 1923

12th October: 5 laps 1 Schroeder 2 Terveen 3 Bobzien 4 Baker

12th October: 5 laps 1 Turner 0:03:12 2 Norman 3 Helgard

12th October: 6 laps – Australian Pursuit 1 Jack Baker 0:03:55

12th October: 5 laps – Stock cars 1 Kenneth Harbaugh 2 Jack BakerThere were no other starters

12th October: 20 laps – Free-for-all 1 Norman 0:12:44 2 Baker 3 Turner

13th October: 1 lap – Time Trials 1 Schroeder 0:00:34.0 2 Bobzien 3 Pittman 4 Norman 5 Turner 6 Baker 7 Helgard

13th October: 10 laps 1 Schroeder 0:06:54.75 2 Bobzien 3 Pittman 4 Turner 5 Norman 6 Baker

13th October: 7.5 laps 1 Pittman 0:08:30 2 Norman

13th October: Stock cars 1 Baker 2 HallThere were two starters

13th October: 15 laps – Free-for-all 1 Bobzien 0:09:28 2 Pittman 3 Norman 4 Turner

Entrants: Straight Ford Special Bobzien Frontenac Ford Schroeder Dodge Special Turner Chevrolet Pittsley Chevrolet Fenno Rajo Fisher Cadillac McAfee Curtis Special Terveen Dodge Special Parker Ford Special Baker Pittman Frontenac Ford Pittman Pittman Frontenac Ford Hett Stephens Special Lee Frontenac Ford Lee Reo Special Helgard Ford Special Norman Essex Maize Dodge Special

Entrants - Stock cars: Baker Shriver Hudson speedster Harbaugh Hudson Hall Hupmobile

Bellmont Park, IN

13th October 1923 – ½ mile dirt oval

Time Trials 1 Dutch Bowman 0:00:33.4

25 miles1 Dutch Bowman Frontenac-Ford 0:31:13, 48.38 mph2 Rus Byers Werling Frontenac-Ford3 Stewart Keith Robbins Special4 Shaw Essex5 Bennie Shoaff Roof Flyer Schneider Frontenac Ted Hartley Rajo R Burkett Matthews Special accident Marshall Rajo Special Clay Johnstone Special Carl Foster Rajo Special Walker Clemons Special Roberts Frontenac-Ford Brodbeck Chevrolet Special14 starters, 6 finishers. Bowman skidded and rolled overonto the cars’ side during the race while leading, but got out, righted the car, and continued without losing the lead. A little later he blew a tyre, which he changed and continued on still in the lead.

40 miles1 Dutch Bowman Frontenac-Ford 0:47:14, 51.28 mph2 Walker Clemons Special3 Clay Johnstone SpecialR Stewart Keith Robbins Special mechanical Shaw Essex9 starters

10 milesCalled off due to darkness

Other Entrants: Ralph Ormsby Roof Special DNA Bill Sudduth Baby Cyclone DNA C.C.Kinsley DNA Claude Fix DNA Joe Huff DNA

Hagerstown Fairgrounds, PA

13th October 1923

Pottstown, PA

13th October 1923

Detroit, MI

14th October 1923

Entrants: Ralph Ormsby

Ormsby was also entered in the Bellmont Park races on the 13th October, but on that day he instead took his car to Detroit for this race.



Ladies Race R Numa Wesson Mercer fatal accidentNuma Wesson rolled her car in the south turn, going over an embankment and into a ditch. Her riding mechanic W.L.Adams was thrown clear and only lightly injured – Mrs Wesson died in the ambulance taking herto hospital.

Southwest Washington Fairgrounds, WA


Entrants: Jack Ross Buttera Dodge Special Bill Giddings Maxwell Special Matt Coons Coons Special Denny Dobson Ford Buck Robbins Ford Frank Ruman Auburn Special Ira Hayes Hayes Special Barney Barnett Barney’s Special Maurice Reed Portland Special

1 mile 1 Jack Ross 0:01:10.2

3 miles 1 Jack Ross 0:03:33.4 2 Matt Coons 3 Dennis Dobson Chris KnutsonKnutson and Coons both went through the fence.

Run by the Western Auto Racing Association. The 5 and 25 mile events were abandoned due to rain.

Mississippi State Fairgrounds, Jackson, MS


Entrants: Sig Haugdahl Wisconsin Special Ray Burr Lampkin Peugeot Ray Claypool Premier Cleo Sarles Frontenac

Eddie Daley HCS Special Fred Leickeider Wisconsin Jack Petticord Petticord Special Frank Collins Essex

Haugdahl did 1 mile in 59s.

All-West Texas Exposition, San Angelo, TX


5 miles – For slower cars as determined by time trials on 11th October 1 Horace Folson Dodge 0:05:13.4 2 H.F.Williams Chevrolet 3 Joseph F.Miller Hudson 4 Matt L.Ward Essex

15 miles – Faster cars (as determined in Time Trials on the 11th Oct) 1 Red Shafer Duesenberg 0:14:01 2 H.T.Milburne Duesenberg 3 Horace Folson Dodge

10 miles 1 Red Shafer Duesenberg 0:09:22 2 Harry T.Milburne Duesenberg 3 Herbert Hass Hudson R Horace Folson Dodge accident

5 miles – Consolation Race 1 C.O.Mauzy Buick 0:06:13 2 Harry Sanders Sanders Special 3 Ivan Sanders Special

3 miles – Novelty race, cars offered for sale after race for not over $99 1 Ben Merrill Overland 2 Robert Perry Hupmobile

Races had been originally scheduled for the 13th October, but were first postponed to the 15th due to rain,then postponed again to the 20th.

Cotton Palace, TX

21st October 1923

Races were held – results unknown.

Elkhart Driving Park, IN

21st October 1923

Entrant: Ralph Ormsby

Run under the auspices of the Indiana Speedway Association, formerly the South Bend Racing Association.

Hawthorne Track, IL

21st October 1923

20 miles - National Dirt-track Automobile Championship 1 Ray Lampkin 0:17:45.8 2 Ralph Ormsby 3 George Seck R Fuzzy Davidson 19 laps/accident R Lloyd Graves 4 laps/accident

15 miles – Heavy cars 1 Ray Lampkin 0:12:52.6

15 miles – Light cars 1 Fuzzy Davidson 0:13:04

Joseph Kroll, 12, was killed just after the races finished when he walked on the track and was struck by acar driven by John Martinez, a mechanic, who was trying out the car. Martinez was threatened by the crowdsand was rescued by the police.


21st October 1923

75 miles 1 Dutch Baumann Frontenac-Ford 1:27:30 2 2 Claude Fix Powell Special 3 4 Wallace Bautler Clemons Special 4 12 Joe Huff Huff Special 1 Crouch Belt Frontenac 3 A.E.Toad R&B Special 5 Louis Schneider Louy Frontenac 6 Fred Koehler Froogs Frontenac 7 George Souerd Fidler Special 8 A.A.Moore Gunion Special 9 C.C.Johnson Turner Special 10 Howard Hoover Hoover Motors 11 Dempsey Chaney Chaney Special 13 Carl Rogers R&B Special 14 Earl Warrick Warrick Special 15 Ray Butcher R&B Special15 starters

Time trials were held on the 20th.

Kansas City, MO

21st October 1923

250 miles – National championship race 1 Harlan Fengler 113.2 mph 2 Eddie Hearne 3 Jimmy Murphy 4 Harry Hartz/Jerry Wonderlich 5 Bennett Hill 6 Frank Elliott 7 Dave Lewis 8 Ralph De Palma 9 Leon Duray R Tommy Milton lubrication R Earl Cooper lubrication14 entries, 9 finishers – all others out with engine trouble.

Hartz drove the last 50 miles, Wonderlich having been forced out due to illness.

Louisiana State Fairgrounds, Shreveport, LA

21st October 1923

Irvin Thomas Adams Jr, 12, was killed and 11 others injured when a car went through the fence during the final lap of a five mile race. The car was driven by Max Markmann, who was substituting for Barney McKenna. Paul Clancy encountered bearing trouble during the meeting. Roy Huston and Al Watson also competed.

Rochester Fairgrounds, IN

21st October 1923

1 P.L.Hartley Hartley Special 2 Fred Goltry R Russell Woodling Chevrolet Special rear hub

Punk Phillips Laurel Special

San Antonio Speedway, TX

21st October 1923

6 miles - Stock cars 1 Marmon 0:05:18 2 E.Neva Wills Sainte Claire 0:05:24.8 3 Jim Lawrence Wills Sainte Claire 0:05:32

Cotton Palace, Waco, TX

23rd October 1923

Sig Haugdahl and Fred Horey were to compete.

Gibson County Fairgrounds, Princeton, IN

25th October 1923

25 miles 1 Bill McCoy Essex 2 Pierson Chevrolet 3 Hill Hudson R Charles Nation 0 laps/fatal accidentCharles Nation, 40, went through the fence on the first lap and was killed instantly. A few moments later,a wheel thrown from another racing car struck Michael Schumacher, 40, and his sister-in-law, Mrs Tina A.Shephard, 50, and Miss Thelmer Spoer, 18, spectators. Mrs Shephard died on the 28th October from her injuries.On the 30th October, Riley Nation, father of Charles E.Nation, was arrested in Worthington on a charge of assault and battery with intent to kill Earl Johnson, half owner of the car Nation was driving at the timeof his death. Johnson claimed that Riley Nation attempted to kill him with a hammer on Thursday 25th, after learning of his son's death. The father was claimed to think that Johnson was responsible for his son's participation in the race at Princeton. The race was a feature event of a Ku Klux Klan picnic. Johnson said that while he was calling Princeton over the telephone Thursday, to get the details of the accident and giving directions to the undertaker, Riley Nation sneaked upon him from behind and would havekilled him if he had not been stopped by bystanders. When Johnson became aware of what was happening, he ran, and Nation threw the hammer at him. He ducked in time. Nation has been released under a $1,000 bond signed by J.E.Hubbell.

Bloomington Speedway, IN


50 miles 1 Wally Butler Clemens Special 0:46:50 2 Hilton Crouch Belt Frontenac 3 L.F.Schneider 4 Joe Huff Huff Special 5 M.L.Crouch Gunion Special 6 Harry Walker Ford Special 7 R.Richards Durant 8 Claude Fix Powell Special15 starters

Cotton Palace, Waco, TX

28th October 1923

1 mile – Exhibition Sig Haugdahl Wisconsin Special 0:00:55

2 miles – Exhibition Sig Haugdahl Fiat 0:01:56.4

Cotton Palace Sweepstakes, Final 1 Jules Ellingboe Duesenberg 0:04:06.2 2 Lacklider 3 Stone 4 Claypool

2.5 miles – Invitation 1 Eddie Dailey Duesenberg Special 0:02:56.8 2 Petticord 3 Jules Ellingboe

3.5 miles 1 Sig Haugdahl Fiat 0:04:06.8 2 Fred Horey 3 Lacklider 4 Stone

2.5 miles – Ajax Trophy 1 Sig Haugdahl Fiat 0:02:56.8 2 Lecklider 3 Dailey

Elkhart County Fairgrounds, Goshen Fairgrounds, IN


95 miles 1 John Woodworth Sprinkle Bros Chevrolet 2:01:42 R Ralph Schlessman Dodge Special 140 laps/acid. R Robins Frontenac-Ford 50 laps/accident12 entries, 9 starters

Other entrants: Ralph Ormsby Sam Ross

Ormsby seems to have been entered here and Spencer Park, with both eventshappening at the same time.

Hawthorne Track, IL

28th October 1923 (estimated)

1 Cliff Woodbury Frontenac

Spencer Park, IN

28th October 1923

15 miles 1 Fred Goltry 0:18:00 2 G.C.Hartley 3 G.R.Sanders R Benton Shoaff thrown tyre R Punk Phillips engine

30 miles

1 G.C.Hartley 0:34:46 2 Ray Crevenson R Fred Goltry rear axle/spin

Entrants: 1 Fred Goltry Frontenac-Ford Ben Shoaff Overland Special Robbins Frontenac Ford

Marshall Laurel Special Hartley Bros Hartley Special Punk Phillips Laurel Special Russell Woodling Chevrolet Special Chuck Chevrolet Special Warrick Chevrolet Special Dott Atha Chevrolet Special Clemens Bros Clemons Special McLain Bros McLain Special

Ralph Ormsby Laurel Special L.J.Fitze Overland Special 4 G.C.Hartley Frontenac-Ford 9 Ray Crevenson Essex Special 3 Ed Switzer Frontenac-Ford10 M.Munhal Chevrolet Special 3 O.D.Phillips Monroe Special G.R.Sanders Ruff Special

Roby Speedway, IN

2nd November 1923

6 miles – Wheel change event 1 Cliff Woodbury Frontenac 0:05:49.2 2 Davidson 3 Guinta 4 starters

5 miles – Consolation 1 George Kraft 0:04:49 2 Guinta 3 Clarence Athea

50 miles – Roby Gold Cup 1 Cliff Woodbury Frontenac 0:45:05.6 2 Gus Schroeder 3 Ed Wenneston 4 Clarence Young R George Beck accident16 starters, 6 finishers


4th November 1923

Entrants: Ray Huston Al Watson Duesenberg Paul Clancy Miller Special “Golden Egg” Red Fonden Marmon Aleck Alexander Dodge Special Glenn Breed Hudson Jimmy Stakes Mercer Jack Saunders Frontenac-Ford Mike Guseman Frontenac-Ford Bill Wade Studebaker Special

Rained out


4th November 1923

1 Arthur Davidson

Young County Fairgrounds, Graham, TX

9th November 1923 – ½ mile dirt ival

16 cars were entered.

Event 4 – 12 miles. Five cars crashed before the finish.


11th November 1923

15 laps - Feature 1 Bill Wade 0:19:27 2 Gus Schrader 0:19:31 3 Johnny Lee 0:20:12

12 miles – Cars 300ci or under 1 Gus Schrader 0:09:07 3 Bill Wade 0:10:03.4

Entrants: Ray Huston Al Watson Duesenberg Paul Clancy Miller Special “Golden Egg” Red Fonden Marmon Aleck Alexander Dodge Special Glenn Breed Hudson Jimmy Stakes Mercer Jack Saunders Frontenac-Ford Mike Guseman Frontenac-Ford Bill Wade Studebaker Special Johnny Lee Mais Special Gus Schrader Chalmers


11th November 1923 – ½ mile dirt oval

100 miles – Central States Championship race (for the J.V.Lines Trophy) 1 Theodore Hartley Hartley Special 1:56:19 Q5 6 Claude Fix Powell Special Q6 Ralph Ormsby Roof-Ford Q1 Arthur Davidson Frontenac-Ford Q2 Wilkinson Wilkinson Special Q3 Cronch Belt Frontenac Q4 Dutch Baumann Frontenac-Ford Q7 George Neahland Ford Special Q8 Moore Gunison Special Q9 R Lyons Essex Special 25 miles/axle Q10 Joe Huff Huff Special Q11 Thomas Frontenac-Ford Q12 Cantlon Shinder Special Q13 Wise Frontenac-Ford Q14 Chaney Chaney Special Q15 Ray Butcher RJB Special Q16

Other Entrants: Wenneston Bert Thomas L.M.Sprinkle Wallace Buller Chance Kinsley

Homer Ormsby Charles Brown Earl Warrick Louis Schneider

San Jose Speedway, CA

11th November 1923 – 5/8 mile dirt oval

Paul Arrighi was killed during the first race when his car rolled, pinning him underneath. His riding mechanic, Dick Rogers, escaped without injury.

Fernbrook Speedway, Thomasville, GA

12th November 1923 – ½ mile dirt oval

Race 1 1 Wall Chevrolet

Race 2 1 Taylor Ford

Race 3 1 Vann Dodge

Race 4 1 Powers Buick

10 miles – Free-for-all 1 Pfister CadillacSix events were held

Auto drivers secured the rights to build a track on Judge H.W.Hopkins’s farm south of Thomasville on the Dixie Highway.

Wapsie Valley Fairgrounds, Central City, IA

12th November 1923

5 mile Stock car race to be held as part of the armistice day celebrations

Lubbock, TX

15th-16th November 1923 – 5/8 mile dirt oval

Rules:1) Only cars that are for sale during both days of racing for $100 cash are eligible.2) Only drivers who never participated in any kind of automobile racing for prize money are eligible.3) Cars may be stripped down, but everything on the car must be the same as original equipment, or of samesize and capacity.

Elimination races to be held on the 15th, finals on the 16th, top 20 to qualify.


25th November 1923

Entrants: W.L.Wise Frontenac -Ford Stanley Fitzgerald Chevrolet Special Munhall Chevrolet Special Carlton Chaney Frontenac-Ford Doyt Atha Chevrolet Special John May Frontenac Ford Al Downs Chevrolet Special Ted Hartley Hartley Special J.Rodger Butcher R&B Special R.F.Clay Johnstone Special Fred Marshal Roof Special Robbins Robbins Special Foster Chevrolet Special

Monroe

Earl Warrick Chevrolet Special W.Brodbeck Chevrolet Russell Woodling Chevrolet Special Punk Phillips Chevrolet

100 miles 1 Ted Hartley 2:00 2 J.Rodger Butcher 3 W.Brodbeck Doyt Atha Fred Marshall Walt Wise R.F.Clay Munhall R Punk Phillips 78 miles/back axle

R Warrick 60 miles/con-rod R Robbins 60 miles/con-rod

R Woodling 53 miles/con-rodThere were 13 starters.

Other Matters of the Year

On the 18th February, Louis Disbrow won the feature 1650 class speedboat race on Lake Pontchartrain, New Orleans, LA, in Century Tire, owned by Charles J.Venn, covering the 15 mile course in 17m17s, defeating the world champion boat Miss Chicago. The races were run by the Mississippi Valley Power Boat Association. He was also to race Baby Bauer in the Mississippi Valley Power Boat Association regatta in Burlington on the 2nd-4th July.

On the 27th February, Dario Resta was arrested in downtown Indianapolis for vagrancy. A man named D.Russ Wirth used the name when registering at the hotel as he thought that the driver’s name might give him more prestige in obtaining employment.

Driver Ralph Ormsby of Bluffton, IN, was attacked in Indianapolis on the 27th February. Ormsby was found at a local hospital suffering from knife wounds following a report to police by a person whorefused to reveal his identity. Police were unable to learn who had taken the race driver to the hospital and Ormsby refused to make any statement regarding the affair.

On the 23rd March, speedway promoter William Pickens named the American Automobile Association as adefendant in a suit for $75,000 files in superior court in Los Angeles. Pickens based the action on the allegation that he was barred from the Fresno Speedway on the 7th November after being charged with sending out false publicity regarding tests of a racing car. According to the complaint. H.E.Patterson, manager of the Fresno speedway, sent a telegram to the association's contest board, saying that Pickens was disqualified for false publicity. This telegram, Pickens charged, caused the AAA to refuse any further dealings with him and led to heavy losses in his promotion of proposed speedways in Pennsylvania, and Cleveland. In addition, he declared that Louis Chevrolet, race driver, and an automobile company of Indianapolis were also influenced to decline further contracts with him. Pickens asserted he did not issue any false publicity. Patterson denied the charges, stating that there had been no speedway events in Fresno since 30th September 1922, and that no promoter had applied for use of the track on the 7th November. Patterson said that he had received notice from the AAA of the barring of Pickens, but that it wasnot on account of the speedway.

Plans were discussed in a meeting of the Chamber of Commerce of Deming, NM, on the 24th April to hold an auto race on the 4th July. The idea was to construct a 1 mile track on a tract of land owned by the city, moving a part of the golf links inside the circuit, together with a horse circuit and a ball diamond. It is not known if this happened.

It was announced that the 4th July celebrations in Humboldt, IA, were to feature a half-mile reverse race for Ford’s and a five mile race, but reports of the days’ activities make no mention of any auto races having taken place.

On the 29th August in Richmond, VA, a corporation headed by A.M.Fisher of Indianapolis was granted a charter under a plan to construct a motor speedway rivalling the famous racing oval at Indianapolis. The corporation was known as the Richmond Motor Speedway Incorporated, and had a maximum stock of $1,000,000. Construction of a general amusement park and airplane landing were authorized in the charter in addition to the automobile race track. It is not known what happened to this venture.

On the 15th September, Louis Chevrolet was arrested for speeding after a squad of sheriff’s deputies chased him on the national road west of Indianapolis. Chevrolet said that he failed to recognise his pursuers as officers, and outdistanced them, but they later found him at the Indianapolis Gun Club. Before a justice of the peace the next day, Chevrolet, charged with drivingat 40 mph, entered a plea of guilty and was fined $40.

On the 26th October, in Fort Wayne, IN, Ralph Ormsby was fined $100 and sentenced to serve 30 days in jail by Judge Sol A.Wood, of the circuit court, for driving at a high rate of speed through thecity streets while intoxicated. Ormsby, who had been fined $50 and given 30 days in police court on the charge, took an appeal only to get $50 added to his fine.

1923 - Speed Freaks · 2014. 10. 1. · 1923 1923 – AAA National Championships Championship Standings 1 Eddie Hearne 1882 pts 2 Jimmy Murphy 1350 3 Bennett Hill 955 4 Harry Hartz

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