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 & Benz

Barney Oldfield and the Lightning Benz, aka, Blitzen Benz. Oldfield purchased this car in January 1910 with the chief goal of setting a new land speed record on the sands of Daytona-Ormond Beach. This he accomplished in March 1910 when he covered a mile from a flying start in 131.7 MPH.

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