Barney Oldfield
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Berna Eli "Barney" Oldfield was a pioneer American racing driver. His name was "synonymous with speed in the first two decades of the 20th century". He was the winner of the inaugural AAA National Championship in 1905.
Oldfield, c. 1920
Henry Ford standing next to Oldfield's first car in 1902
Oldfield driving the Peerless "Green Dragon" at Lakeside Track in San Diego, California, in April 1907
Barney Oldfield sitting in his Blitzen Benz at Daytona (undated)
Henry Ford
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Henry Ford was an American industrialist and business magnate. As the founder of the Ford Motor Company he is credited as a pioneer in making automobiles affordable for middle-class Americans through the system that came to be known as Fordism. In 1911 he was awarded a patent for the transmission mechanism that would be used in the Model T and other automobiles.
Portrait by Fred Hartsook, c. 1919
Henry Ford in 1888 (aged 25)
Henry Ford with Thomas Edison and Harvey S. Firestone. Fort Myers, Florida, February 11, 1929.
Ford assembly line, 1913