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Berna Eli "Barney" Oldfield (January 29, 1878 – October 4, 1946) was a pioneer American racing driver. His name was "synonymous with speed in the first two decades of the 20th century". He was the winner of the inaugural AAA National Championship in 1905.
Barney Oldfield, American automobile-racing driver whose name was synonymous with speed in the first two decades of the 20th century. In 1903 he accomplished the first mile-a-minute performance in an automobile, and in 1910 he set a world speed record of 131.724 miles per hour.
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Mar 29, 2022 · These boxy, carriage-like vehicles appealed to Americans’ desire for new, loud, audacious, and fast entertainment. During the winter of 1899, Oldfield reconnected with an old bicycle racing companion, Tom Cooper, who had just returned from England with a motorized two-wheeler (an early motorcycle).
Barney Oldfield, the pioneering early 20th century race car driver. Tracing Oldfield's journey from his origins as a gritty bicyclist to becoming a household name synonymous with death-defying speed behind the wheel.
BARNEY OLDFIELD began the work that eventually made his name synonymous with automobile racing as early as 1902, becoming one of the most famous and colorful figures of the pioneer era with such cars as Ford’s “999,” the Winton Bullet, the Peerless Green Dragon, the Blitzen Benz, and the front-wheel-drive Christie.
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Jan 13, 2020 · America’s first true motor racing star, Barney Oldfield was a cowboy in an age of steel horses. He raced hard, lived fast and rewrote the rulebook. Paul Fearnley reveals his remarkable story. Oldfield in action during Santa Monica road race in California, November, 1914.
Barney Oldfield, billed as "America's Premier Driver," has just become the first man in America to drive a gas-powered automobile around a dirt track at — think of it — a mile a minute!
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