« Mr Noded Slaps His Forehead
Main
Tips On The Care And Feeding Of Your Local Blogger »
Photography1912 Mercer
June 12, 2005
1912 Mercer
Algonquin Hill Climb June 11, 2005. This Mercer was built in 1912. The year the Titanic went down.
Early in 1912 disaster hit Mercer when Washington A Roebling died in the sinking of the Titanic. But the year would prove to be one of the Raceabout's most successful in racing. That May in the Indianapolis 500 Hughie Hughes, driving a nearly stock Raceabout with its 298 cubic inch engine, finished a remarkable third behind two behemoth racing machines: Joe "Boy Driver" Dawson's 490 cubic inch National and Charlie Tetzlaff's 590 cubic inch FIAT. Link
Posted by jr at June 12, 2005 08:15 AM | Threads
Comments
...still can't see the photo. Wonder if it's on my end or yours? Thanks again for lunch, Jim!
Frank
Posted by: fp at June 12, 2005 05:15 PM