Thomas Flyer Team Hauling German Protos Out of the Mud in Russia, New York to Paris Automobile Race, 1908

The 1908 New York to Paris race was a 22,000-mile automobile endurance contest. Teams would have to drive their cars through cold, snow and rain and usually on poor roads. Outside of Vladivostok, Russia, the German team's car became mired in the Siberian mud. The lagging American team came upon the stuck Germans, offered a hand, and pulled them out.