Oldfield's Track Victories
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Grosse Point, MI |
Manufacturer’s Cup Challenge |
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12/1/1902 |
Grosse Point, MI |
1 mi. Dirt Track - Track Record |
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999 |
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5/30/1903 |
Yonkers, NY |
Empire City 1 mi. dirt track |
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54.2 |
999 |
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7/18/1903 |
Jackson, MS |
Jackson 1/2 mile dirt track |
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7/25/1903 |
Yonkers, NY |
Empire City 1 mi dirt track - track record |
:55.8 |
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65 |
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11/22/1903 |
Los Angeles, CA |
Los Angeles 1 mi dirt track - track record |
:54.6 |
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65.6 |
Winton Bullet |
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10/29/1904 |
Yonkers, NY |
Empire City 1 mi dirt track - 10 mi standing start record |
:09:12.6 |
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64.9 |
Peerless Green Dragon II |
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12/9/1909 |
Dallas, TX |
Dallas 1 mi dirt track |
:47:18.0 |
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63.5 |
Benz |
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4/8/1910 |
Los Angeles, CA |
Playa del Ray 1 mi Motordrome (inaugural) |
:36.22 |
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99 |
Benz |
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8/8/1910 |
Philadelphia, PA |
Point Breeze 1 mi dirt track (6 hour race) |
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43.5 |
Knox |
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Feb. 1913 |
Playa del Ray |
Banked Board Track |
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Christie |
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Feb. 22, 1913 |
Imperial Valley, Ca. |
Imperial Valley Road Race |
4:41:00 |
203 |
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Fiat |
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10/10/1914 |
Los Angeles to Phoenix |
7th Cactus Derby, 671 mi. Desert Road Race |
01:00.0 |
671 mi. |
29.1 |
Stutz |
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3/17/1915 |
Venice, California |
Venice Grand Prix |
24:09.4 |
300 mi. |
68.5 |
Maxwell |
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3/20/1915 |
Tucson, Arizona |
Tucson Road Race, 2.1 mi course |
31:59.0 |
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67.3 |
Maxwell |
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5/16/1918 |
Uniontown, Pennsylvania 1 1/8 mi. Board Speedway |
5 5/8 mi. Match Race |
:03:18.51 |
5 5/8 |
102 |
Golden Submarine |
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7/18/1918 |
Uniontown, Pennsylvania 1 1/8 mi. Board Speedway |
5 5/8 mi. Match Race |
:03:20.0 |
5 5/8 |
101 |
Golden Submarine |
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5/21/1927 |
Culver City, California 1 1/4 mi. Board Speedway |
1000 mi. Closed Body Stock Car Run |
05:00.0 |
1000 mi. |
76.4 |
Hudson |
Barney Oldfield's Speed Trial Wins
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6/19/1903 |
Indiana Fairgrounds 1 mi. dirt track |
First circular mile under 60 seconds in US |
:59.6 |
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60.4 |
999 |
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7/4/1903 |
Columbus, OH |
5 mi. exhibition |
:05:00.6 |
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60 |
999 |
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1904 World’s Records made in Peerless Green Dragon II |
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1 mi :00:51.2 70 mph |
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5 mi :04:30.0 66.5 mph |
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10 mi :09:12.0 65.0 mph |
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15 mi :14:05.0 63.7 mph |
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20 mi :18:45.4 64 mph |
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25 mi :23:38.6 63.2 mph |
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30 mi :28:38.8 62.9 mph |
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35 mi :33:36.6 62.2 mph |
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40 mi :38:31.6 62.4 mph |
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45 mi :43:29.0 62.4 mph |
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50 mi :48:39.2 62 mph |
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8/19/1909 |
Indianapolis, IN |
Indianapolis 2 1/2 mi Macadam Motor Speedway (Inaugural) - 1 mi speed trial |
:43.0 |
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83.1 |
Benz |
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3/16/1910 |
Daytona-Ormond Beach, FL |
1 mi straightaway record |
:27.33 |
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131.72 |
Blitzen Benz |
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3/16/1910 |
Daytona-Ormond Beach, FL |
5 mi straightaway record |
:27.33 |
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128.88 |
Blitzen Benz |
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12-Sep |
Cleveland, OH |
2 mi. track |
:1:35.8 |
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Christie |
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13-Apr |
Bakersfield, CA |
dirt track |
:46.4 |
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Christie |
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5/28/1916 |
Indianapolis, IN |
Brickyard Record - first over 100mph at Indy |
:1:27.7 |
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102.6 |
Christie |
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8/9/1917 |
St. Louis, Missouri, 1 mi. Dirt Track |
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1 mi: :00:45.00 80 mph |
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2 mi: :01:30.40 79.5 |
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3 mi: :02:17.60 78.5 |
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4 mi: :03:05.60 77.5 |
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5 mi: :03:53.60 77.2 |
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10 mi: :07:56.20 75.5 |
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15 mi: :12:00.80 75.0 |
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20 mi: :15:52.20 75.5 |
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25 mi: :19:57.60 75.4 |
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25 mi: :19:57.60 75.4 |
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50 mi: :40:47.60 73.5 |
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Related document
Walter F. Peterson. "Barney Oldfield Turns a Plowhorse into a Race Horse." Northwest Ohio Quarterly 35, no. 3 (Summer 1963): 122-128. Accessible at Northwest Ohio Quarterly (Summer 1963), vol. 35, no. 3
