1912 - Indy 500 (Indianapolis)

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@rephil I did not even know a "Collier's" magazine existed. Thanks a lot for your contribution, it is very appreciated!

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Its not finish!

After the Indy 500 I will post the reports for the other races of the 1912 AAA national championship. I think it's not useful to create an other topic.

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About 1912 events I have all the issues by "Motor Age", while, with regard to "Horseless Age", I have got only the issues published within the first six months of that year .

I have noticed that the latter published an article ("Horseless Age", Vol.29, No.15, page 669) containing the proposed calendar of that season. It is written that, despite the races were definitely sanctioned by the Contest Board of the AAA by that time, their respective dates had not been assigned yet. In relation to the "offical calendar", it is curious to draw attention to the fact that almost all the races were going to be held in the west side of the US country but three, namely Salem, Narberth and Old Orchard. On the contrary, neither of them was raced effectively. Many others were cancelled.

April 6, 7, 8–Reliability Run, San Antonio Auto Club.
April 14—Track, San José, Cal., J. Alex Sloan.
May 4–Santa Monica Road Race, A. M. Young,chairman.
May 15, 16, 17, 18—Commercial Vehicle Reliability Run, Chicago Motor Club.
May 30—Speedway (500 Miles Race), Indianapolis Motor Specdway.
May 30—Track, Salem, N. H., Rockingham Park.
June 8—Track, Narberth, Pa., Quaker City Motor Club.
June 20–Algonquin Hill Climb, Chicago Motor Club.
July 4, 5, 6–Beach Races, Old Orchard, Me., Old Orchard Auto Association.
August 8, 9,10—Beach Races, Galveston, Tex., Galveston Auto Club.
August 23-24—Elgin Road Races, Chicago Motor Club.
September 2—Speedway, Indianapolis Motor Speedway
October 7 to 11–Reliability Run, Chicago Motor Club.

Then, there was a list of proposed contests as well:

April from 15 to 20–Track, Birmingham, Ala.,
April 20-21— Oakland Motordrome, Mystic Shriners
April 27—Speedway, Los Angeles Motordrome.
May 12—Track, Salt Lake City.
May 17-18—Track, Denver, Col., Colorado State Auto Association.
June 6—Reliability Run, Washington Post.
June 15–Track, Narberth, Pa., Belmont Motor Club.
June ?- Reliability Run, Auto Club of St. Louis.
June ?– Hill Climb, Portland, Me., Maine Auto Association.
July 4—Track, Petersburg, Ind.
July 4, 5—Track, Taylor, Tex., Taylor Automobile Club.
July 5,6—Road Race, Montamara Festo Auto Com.
July ?—Road Race, Riverhead, Long Island.
July ?—Reliability Run, Maine Auto Association.
July 15—Reliability Tour, Wisconsin State Auto Association.
July ?—Reliability Run, Cleveland News.
September ?—Track, St. Louis, Mo., Universal Exposition Co.
October 5–Fairmount Park Road Race, Quaker City Motor Club.
October 12—Track, Salem, N. H., Rockingham Park,
November  6—Track, Shreveport, La., Shreveport Auto Club.
Date undecided—Road Race, Wichita Falls, Tex.
Date undecided—Track, Milwaukee, Wis., Milwaukee Auto Club

Where I have inserted the "?" I wanted to mean we are facing undefined dates. Among the races of this list, for example, the last was raced as "Wisconsin Challenge Trophy Race" at the begininng of November. While different events took place always in the same city but they were, as we know, called the "American Grand Prize" and the "Vanderbilt Cup". Savannah quit and Milwakee applied for them . And the two-day race meeting at Tacoma was really held (Montamara Festo), even if, originally, a restrained number of races was proposed, three, whose lenght should have been 300 miles, 250 miles and 150 miles.  What happened according the statistics available to us bring us to different conclusions: four races, consisting of 150, 150, 200, and 250 miles, were conducted.

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Del 1912 posseggo tutti i numeri della rivista "Motor Age", mentre per quanto riguarda "Horseless Age" soltanto i numeri pubblicati nei primi sei mesi dell'anno.

Ho notato che Horseless Age, alla pagina 669 contenuta nel Vol. 29, N.15, contiene un articolo in cui è pubblicata la proposta di calendario di quella stagione agonistica. Vi è scritto che nonostante le gare fossero state oggetto di validazione da parte degli organi istituzionali dell'AAA, nulla si sapeva ancora, all'epoca dell'articolo, circa le loro reali date. In relazione a questa sorta di calendario ufficiale, è curioso porre l'attenzione sul fatto che quasi tutte le corse sarebbero state disputate nella zona occidentale degli Stati Uniti, a eccezione di tre occasioni, cioè gli appuntamenti di Salem, Narberth e Old Orchard. Diversamente da quanto previamente stabilito, nessuna fra esse ebbe luogo e stessa sorte occorse a molte altre gare reputate come "confermate ufficialmente".

(Segue il "calendario ufficiale")

C'è poi un'altra lista di gare, la cui effettuazione venne parimenti proposta:

(Segue il "calendario di riserva")

Dove nella lista ho inserito "?" ho voluto mettere in risalto che si sta parlando di date da definire. Limitatandoci a considerare agli appuntamenti di questa lista, per esempio, va detto che l'ultimo fra essi fu disputato con l'intitolazione "Wisconsin Challenge TrophyRace" all'inizio di novembre. Questa corsa non è da confondere con le due gare che si sono tenute sempre a Milwaukee, le quali sono ricordate, come sappiamo, per essere state valevoli per la Vanderbilt Cup e il Grand Prize: Savannah aveva rinunciato e Milwaukee si propose come nuova sede per entrambe. Anche le corse da disputare nelle due giornate di Tacoma ebbero in realtà luogo e, sebbene si pensasse originariamente di gareggiare in tre eventi diversi, rispettivamente di trecento, duecentocinquanta e centocinquanta miglia, in realtà, le notizie a nostra disposizione ci inducono a pensare diversarmente: si gareggiò quattro volte e in due gare da centocinquanta miglia, una da duecento e l'ultima da duecentocinquanta.

Modificato February 17, 2022 at 11:18 da Elio11

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1 05 04 Santa monica

2 05 30 Indy 500

3 07 05 Tacoma

4 08 25 Colombus

5 08 30 Elgin

6 10 02 Milwaukee VANDERBILT

7 10 05 Milwaukee american gp

8 11 05 Brooklyn

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Carl Fisher congratulates Joe Dawson on his Win, 1912

 

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