| Barney Oldfield | |||||||
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 Oldfield, c. 1920 | |||||||
| Born | Berna Eli Oldfield January 29, 1878 near Wauseon, Ohio, U.S. | ||||||
| Died | October 4, 1946 (aged 68) Beverly Hills, California, U.S. | ||||||
| Championship titles | |||||||
| AAA Championship Car (1905) | |||||||
| Champ Car career | |||||||
| 49 races run over 10 years | |||||||
| Best finish | 1st (1905) | ||||||
| First race | 1905 Hartford Race (Charter Oak Park) | ||||||
| Last race | 1918 Liberty Sweepstakes (Uniontown) | ||||||
| First win | 1905 Hartford Race (Charter Oak Park) | ||||||
| Last win | 1915 Tucson Race (Tucson) | ||||||
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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".[1] He was the winner of the inaugural AAA National Championship in 1905.
After success in bicycle racing, Oldfield began auto racing in 1902 and continued until his retirement in 1918. He was the first man to drive a car at 60 miles per hour (96 km/h) on a circular track.[2][3]
- ^ "Barney Oldfield: American race–car driver". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved March 26, 2015.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
nytwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Michael Kernan (May 1998). "Wow! A Mile a Minute!". Smithsonian Magazine.