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Alexander Winton (June 20, 1860 – June 21, 1932) was a Scottish-American bicycle, automobile, and diesel engine designer and inventor, as well as a businessman and racecar driver. Winton founded the Winton Motor Carriage Company in 1897 in Cleveland, Ohio
- Inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame
- June 20, 1860, Grangemouth, Scotland
- Winton Motor Carriage Company
Jul 29, 2020 · The Bullet No. 1 had lost to Henry Ford’s famous 999 in sheer speed in a race over a frozen Michigan lake, so Winton sought to recapture the world’s attention by winning the 1903 Gordon Bennett road race, described by the contemporary press as the automotive equivalent of yachting’s America’s Cup.
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Source. Western Reserve Historical Society. "Winton Vs. Ford" appears in: Winton Motor Carriage Co. This 1901 photograph shows Henry Ford (on the left) about to pass Alexander Winton in their first race on a track outside of Detroit, Michigan.
Oct 30, 2001 · It was that race, in which Mr. Ford upset Alexander Winton, the country's foremost racer, that allowed him to attract the publicity and investors to start the Ford Motor Company less than two...
Feb 13, 2008 · On Oct. 10, 1901, Alexander Winton, an accomplished driver and experienced automobile builder from Cleveland, Ohio, challenged a 38-year-old unknown man from Detroit, Mich. It was 10 laps around...
Apr 13, 2020 · Five years later, in 1901, Ford won his first race by beating Alexander Winton in a 10-lap race at the Detroit Driving Club. You can see that exact car, known as the Sweepstakes, at The Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Michigan. By 1903, his race cars were topping 60 mph.
2005 Automotive Hall of Fame inductee Alexander Winton’s Winton Six Motor Carriage – introduced in Cleveland Ohio in 1898 – had earned a reputation as stout, reliable early motorcar, leading Sewall Crocker, Jackson’s mechanic to recommend its purchase for the trip.
