R Walling Posted January 12, 2014 Share Posted January 12, 2014 January 12[TABLE=width: 0]<tbody>[TR][TD][/TD][TD][/TD][TD][/TD][TD][/TD][TD][/TD][TD][/TD][/TR]</tbody>[/TABLE]On this day in 1904, Henry Ford set a land-speed record of 91.37 mph on the frozen surface of Michigan's Lake St. Clair. He was driving a four-wheel vehicle, dubbed the "999," with a wooden chassis but no body or hood. Ford's record was broken within a month at Ormond Beach, Florida, by a driver named William K. Vanderbilt; even so, the publicity surrounding Ford's achievement was valuable to the auto pioneer, who in June of the previous year had incorporated the Ford Motor Company, which would eventually go on to become one of America's Big Three automakers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusty_OToole Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 No body, no hood and no oil pan. Was this the first dry sump race car? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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