Author Archives: Steve
HARRY S. HARKNESS AUTO RACING
HARRY S. HARKNESS AUTO RACING H.S. Harkness in His Mercedes-Simplex,“Winning Five-Miles Event in 6:1 3-5, Grosse Pointe Track, Detroit.” Detroit Publishing Company, copyright 1902. Touring Turn-of-the-Century America: Photographs from the Detroit Publishing Company, 1880-1920, American Memory collections, Library of Congress. … Continue reading
Harry Harkness in a Mercedes Simplex, at the Detroit Driving Club’s 1 Mile Track in Grosse Pointe.
Exhibition Run, Grosse Pointe, MI, 1903. Henry Ford driving the “999” in an Exhibition Run against Harry Harkness in a Mercedes Simplex, at the Detroit Driving Club’s 1 Mile Track in Grosse Pointe. Henry Ford and racing 1901 to 1913 … Continue reading
1904 Movie of Harry Harkness in the official First Race up Mt. Washington “Climb to the Clouds” and modern version of Travis Pastrana with camera onboard 6 min 20.47sec
http://whitemountainhistory.org/Early_Movies.html Harry Harkness in 1904 first official race of one of the earliest races in the USA. See Harry coming down the hill on video minutes 1:46 – 1:54 in the famous Climb to the Clouds race he won in … Continue reading
San Diego: the Birthplace of Naval Aviation Part One Harry starts San Diego Aero Club
San Diego: the Birthplace of Naval Aviation Part One Special Presentation Commemorating the Centennial of Naval Aviation, focusing exclusively on San Diego’s contributions. On November 14, 1910 Aviation pioneer and inventor Glenn Curtiss sent a letter to Secretary … Continue reading
History of “Climb to the Clouds” and “Taming a Mountain Road with Horses and Cars”
http://www.climbtotheclouds.com/history/ http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/19/automobiles/19MOUNTAIN.html
Harkness on list of Early National Champions 1902
http://www.champcarstats.com/records/otherchampions.htm