Barney Oldfield Images

Images from Barney Oldfield's racing career. Many of these are items collected from photocopies of newspapers preserved on microfilm. Many of the original photos have been lost to the ages, so some of these images rescued in this manner may be all that remains. While the quality is inferior by today's standards, they still provide interesting information about Oldfield and the events he participated in.

Oldfield vs. Vanderbilt

Barney Oldfield leads William K. Vanderbilt Jr. in their only head-to-head match-up. The photo was taken January 28, 1904 during the competition mile event at beach races of Ormond-Daytona. Oldfield won the contest and set a new competition mile record at 83.7 MPH.

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