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Angelenos and Their Cars
Submitted by larry on Wed, 2006-06-28 15:23
June 28, 1907 Los Angeles Give cars to a bunch of wealthy Los Angeles residents and what do they do? Race them, of course. Not on a track this time, but in an endurance test from Los Angeles to Lakeside. And yes, it's a bit warmish for an endurance race, especially once the drivers get further inland--100 degrees.
So far, all 62 cars that began the race arrived intact at Lake Elsinore. Note that the drivers didn't have the advantage of maps.google.com and went via Upland and Riverside.
For a while, it looked as if the machines were going to be stranded in Lake Elsinore because there was no gasoline, but a freight train arrived in time with two carloads of gas. One driver, George Kowonto, suffered heat prostration, The Times noted.
So far, most of the cars have fared well. Forty received perfect scores, while several had points deducted for problems with the coil or the carburetor. "There were a few complaints of road hogging, but not many," The Times said.
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Barney Oldfield's Green Dragon Blazes Through Los Angeles
Submitted by larry on Sat, 2006-05-06 19:03
What is it about Angelenos that as soon as you put them behind the wheel of a car, they want to see how fast it will go?
But it
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