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- Program for "One Mile World's Record Automobile Races," Brooklyn, New York, November 16, 1901 - Andrew Riker made headlines in November 1901 when his battery-powered "Torpedo" racer hit 57.1 miles per hour in a race at Coney Island, New York. It was a world speed record for electric automobiles. Despite his success, Riker soon determined that the automobile's future lay with a different fuel. In 1902, he joined Locomobile and started designing gasoline-powered cars.
- November 16, 1901
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Program for "One Mile World's Record Automobile Races," Brooklyn, New York, November 16, 1901
Andrew Riker made headlines in November 1901 when his battery-powered "Torpedo" racer hit 57.1 miles per hour in a race at Coney Island, New York. It was a world speed record for electric automobiles. Despite his success, Riker soon determined that the automobile's future lay with a different fuel. In 1902, he joined Locomobile and started designing gasoline-powered cars.
- Sales Brochure, "Moteur a Petrole, Panhard & Levassor, Constructeurs, August 1891 - The French company Panhard and Levassor licensed Daimler engines. The company used the engines for a variety of purposes, but cars were the focus of this brochure. Starting with four identical cars built in 1891, Panhard and Levassor became the world's first automobile company in continual production.
- August 01, 1891
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Sales Brochure, "Moteur a Petrole, Panhard & Levassor, Constructeurs, August 1891
The French company Panhard and Levassor licensed Daimler engines. The company used the engines for a variety of purposes, but cars were the focus of this brochure. Starting with four identical cars built in 1891, Panhard and Levassor became the world's first automobile company in continual production.
- "Start of the 90 H.P. Panhard Driven by Tart in the Vanderbilt Cup Race," October 8, 1904 - The Vanderbilt Cup, held on New York's Long Island from 1904 to 1910, was America's first internationally prominent automobile race. The 1904 course followed 30.24 miles of public roads and was a ten-lap contest. Eighteen cars entered, including the #14 French-built Panhard piloted by French driver Henri Tart. American George Heath won in an identical Panhard, while Tart finished sixth.
- October 08, 1904
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"Start of the 90 H.P. Panhard Driven by Tart in the Vanderbilt Cup Race," October 8, 1904
The Vanderbilt Cup, held on New York's Long Island from 1904 to 1910, was America's first internationally prominent automobile race. The 1904 course followed 30.24 miles of public roads and was a ten-lap contest. Eighteen cars entered, including the #14 French-built Panhard piloted by French driver Henri Tart. American George Heath won in an identical Panhard, while Tart finished sixth.