Car Geek Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 An Acme race car built in Reading, PA takes part in the 1904 Vanderbilt Cup Race. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
89tc Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 Where was the race, Long Island New York? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Car Geek Posted January 22, 2015 Author Share Posted January 22, 2015 That's right 89tc, the races were on Long Island. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob McAnlis Posted January 25, 2015 Share Posted January 25, 2015 Really, this car looks like a 1908/9/10 Lozier in a later race than 1904.Nice photo though. Hopefully the # on the car can be tied to a race directory, but this seems to be a few years newer than 1904.Bob McAnlisChagrin Falls, OH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nzcarnerd Posted January 25, 2015 Share Posted January 25, 2015 There is a fairly comprehensive list of Vanderbilt Cup race starters here - http://www.vanderbiltcupraces.com/blog/article/index_starting_lineups - and this car is not among them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Car Geek Posted January 28, 2015 Author Share Posted January 28, 2015 Yes, here I sit with egg all over my face. That car is indeed a Lozier racing in the first Fairmont Park Motor Race in 1908. I originally found the picture in our Vanderbilt Cup file. The back of the photo reads "Acme Car" and upon close inspection of the handwritten race note it read "Fairmont Park". I then tracked down Michael J. Seneca's book The Fairmont Park Motor Races: 1908-1911 and found the same photograph on page 34 with a caption that reads "Ralph Mulford's No. 17 Lozier kicks up the dust as it speeds along the park course". Acme did have an entrant in the 1908 Fairmont Park race & it was driven to second place by Cyrus Patchke. The Lozier finished 3rd. Attached here is the cover of an original program for the second Fairmont Park race and also a page showing the 1908 winners. Sorry for the screw up & thanks for keeping me honest!!-Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Car Geek Posted January 28, 2015 Author Share Posted January 28, 2015 As a side note, my library did some research for an auction company that was selling the original Founders Week Cup back in 2009. Here is the trophy listed in their catalog. The trophy sold for $110,000+ buyers premium. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
89tc Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 Wow, that's very interesting!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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