Non-Championship Oval Track Races - 1905

This category contains 12 files documenting oval track race meets that did not count toward the AAA national track racing championship that year. Barney Oldfield, Louis Chevrolet, Webb Jay and Earl Kiser were among the top driving stars of the day. Oldfield drove his Peerless Green Dragon, Chevrolet drove a Fiat, Kiser was on the Winton Bullet II and Jay had the unique “Whistling Billy” steam engine racer manufactured by the White Sewing Machine Company, which still operates today.

Lucas County Fairgrounds

This article from Motor Age reports on a race meet staged at Toledo, Ohio's Lucas County Fairgrounds. The feature event was a best of three match race between rivals Barney Oldfield and Earl Kiser. When Kiser's Winton Bullet II fractured its front suspension, the car was forced to retire handing the contest to Oldfield. The article is another that provides insight to the ways of barnstorming in early American auto racing. Oldfield drove his Peerless Green Dragon.
Milwaukee & Chicago Races - 1905

This content was originally published in the June 7, 1905 edition of the  Horseless Age. The two PDF pages are a digest of various events, the most significant of which are race meets staged at the Milwaukee Mile and Chicago's Harlem horse track. Numerous sprint races were conducted at both. Barney Oldfield appeared at both and won the most significant contest on the Milwaukee race weekend, setting the mile speed record for the track in the process.