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300 CID Frontenacs
2/21/17 - Los Angeles, California
Roscoe Sarles at the Ascot Race Track
showing his aluminum Frontenac mill
(LA Herald Examiner)
3/04/17 - Los Angeles, California
Joe Boyer Jr. brakes a crankshaft
during race at Ascot
(Detroit Public Library)
7/04/17 - Uniontown, Pennsylvania
Joe Boyer Jr. leads group of cars
down main straightaway
(Detroit Public Library)
Circa 1917/18 - Location Unknown
#5 Frontenac race car in competition,
with Louis Chevrolet behind the wheel
(Sloan Museum)
3/16/18 - Los Angeles, California
Ascot Race Track
#45 Frontenac with driver Eddie Hearne
(Jim O'Keefe Collection)
7/18/18 - Uniontown, PA
#2 Frontenac of Arthur Duray,
note special camouflage paint job
(Emedio Guerrieri Collection)
9/02/18 - Uniontown, Pennsylvania
#2 Frontenac with driver Arthur Duray,
special WW1 paint job is wearing off
(Indianapolis Motor Speedway)
7/04/19 - Tacoma, Washington
"Smiling" Ralph Mulford on the boards
with his Frontenac machine
(Tacoma Public Library)
9/28/19 - Sheepshead Bay, New York
Frontenacs in action on the high banks
in front of packed grandstand crowd
(New York Herald)
Nov 1919 - Los Angeles, California
Ascot Park Race Track
Kenneth Goodson in #39 Frontenac
(Revs Institute)
Nov 1919 - Los Angeles, California
Racer Joe Thomas adds castor oil
to his 300 CID Frontenac machine
(Revs Institute)
February 1920 - Beverly Hills, California
Joe Boyer Jr. in the #7 Frontenac,
note the torpedo style coachwork
(Revs Institute)
2/14/20 - Beverly Hills, Calilfornia
Roscoe Sarles & Joe Boyer Jr.
in side by side action on the high banks
(LA Herald Examiner)
Circa early 1920's - Unknown Venue
Racer Sig Haugdahl behind the wheel
of a 300 CID Frontenac race car
(Jim O'Keefe Collection)
1921 - Daytona Beach, Florida
Racer Sig Haugdahl poses with Aviatrix
Mabel Cody (Niece of Buffalo Bill Cody)
(Florida State Archives)
Circa 1920/1921 Unknown Track in Georgia
Racer Otterbein T. Barr kicking up cloud of dirt in a 300 CID Frontenac.
(Kem Robertson Collection)
1921 - Daytona Beach, Florida
Racer Sig Haugdahl in Frontenac
performs stunt with Aviatrix Mabel Cody
(Florida State Archives)
1921 - Daytona Beach, Florida
Stunt man transfers from Frontenac to
biplane piloted by Mabel Cody
(Florida State Archives)
1921 - Daytona Beach, Florida
Sig Haugdahl in action on the beach with Aviatrix Mabel Cody
(Florida State Archives)
Jan 1924 - Los Angeles, California
Fred Horey in 300 CID Frontenac
racing at Ascot Speedway
(RMY Archives)
Early 1920's - Unknown Venue
Fred Horey pictured in #11 Frontenac and Fuzzy Davidson in Fronty dirt car
(eBay Auction)
Early 1920's - Unknown Venue
#7 Frontenac of Fred Horey taking checkered flag at dirt track event.
(Christine Horey Logan Collection)
300 CID Frontenacs
that were converted to Dirt Cars
Circa Early 1920's - Location Unknown
Les Allen in single seat
300 Frontenac dirt car
(Mark Herdman Collection)
Frontenac Emblem
Coat of Arms with Checkered Flags
"Semper Plus"
(Frontenac Brochure)
Circa 1924 - Roby Speedway, Chicago
Cliff Woodbury in single seat
300 Frontenac dirt car
(Jim O'Keefe Collection)
183 CID Frontenacs
May 1920 - Indianapolis, Indiana
#7 Frontenac of Bennett Hill is pictured
on Pit Row in practice session
(Blockley Tyre Co. LTD - Julian Majzub)
May 1920 - Indianapolis, Indiana
#8 Frontenac of Art Klein in the pits,
#6 Frontenac of Joe Boyer is also seen
(Blockey Tyre Co. LTD - Julian Majzub)
May 1920 - Indianapolis, Indiana
Rear view of the #7 Frontenac,
Bennett Hill gets ready for practice
(Blockley Tyre Co. LTD - Julian Majzub)
5/31/20 - Indianapolis 500
#6 Frontenac of Joe Boyer suffers
broken steering knuckle
(Indianapolis Motor Speedway)
5/31/20 - Indianapolis 500
#5 Frontenac of Roscoe Sarles suffers
broken steering knuckle
(Indianapolis Motor Speedway)
5/31/20 - Indianapolis 500
#8 Frontenac of Art Klein suffers
broken steering knuckle
(Indianapolis Motor Speedway)
7/05/20 - Tacoma, Washington
#28 Frontenac machine with
Joe Thomas & Marcel Treyvoux
(Treyvoux Family Collection)
10/01/21 - Fresno, California
#12 Frontenac of Alton Soules crashes,
and plunges outside of the track (fatal)
(Kem Robertson Collection)
1922 Indianapolis 500
Art Klein & mechanic James McAllister
#6 Frontenac race car
(Indianapolis Motor Speedway)
May 1922 - Cotati, California
Peter DePaolo in a Straight 8 Frontenac
with solid Disteel wheels
(Dick Wallen Collection)
May 1922 - Indianapolis, Indiana
Wilbur D'Alene at the wheel of the
restored race car of Gaston Chevrolet
(Minnesota Historical Society)
9/17/22 - Kansas City, Missouri
#6 Frontenac of Riley Brett,
note twin carb set-up & intake runners
(Indianapolis Motor Speedway)
Single Seat Dirt Cars with
183 Frontenac Engines
Circa Early 1920's - Location Unknown
Dutch Baumann in single seat
183 Frontenac dirt car
(Kem Robertson Collection)
1924 - Los Angeles, California
Chance Kinsley at the Ascot Speedway
183 Frontenac dirt car
(Revs Institute)
July 1926 - Indianapolis, Indiana
Bill Jeffries (African American Driver)
183 Frontenac
(Indianapolis News)
July 1927 - Winchester, Indiana
Wilbur Shaw behind the wheel of a
re-bodied 183 Frontenac
(Winchester Old Timers Association)
Fall 1927 - Hammond, Indiana
Driver Wilbur Shaw in a Miller Chassis
powered by a 183 Frontenac engine
(Jerry Murawski Collection)
February 1928 - Daytona Beach, FLA
Wilbur Shaw kicking up sand with his
183 Frontenac powered Miller race car
(Indianapolis Motor Speedway)
Circa Late 1920's
Emory Collins (Dirt Track Specialist)
183 Frontenac
(Kem Robertson Collection)
Summer 1931
Driver - Art Foley
183 Frontenac
(Kem Robertson Collection)
August 1933
Elfrieda Mais (Female Stunt Driver)
183 Frontenac
(Chicago Tribune)
Re-Purposed Scheel Frontenacs
Circa 1923 - Mt. Clemens, Michigan
Scheel Frontenac in bare aluminum,
exhaust similar to straight 8 Frontenac
(Kem Robertson Collection)
Circa 1923 - Mt. Clemens, Michigan
Frontal view of Scheel Frontenac,
unidentified men standing next to car
(Kem Robertson Collection)
Circa 1924 - Somewhere in Indiana
Master engine builder and engineer
Robert Roof seen in Scheel Frontenac
(Kem Robertson Collection)
Circa 1924 - Somewhere in Indiana
Unidentified man seated behind the wheel of a Scheel Frontenac
(Kem Robertson Collection)
May 1924 - Indianapolis, Indiana
Jimmy Rossi failed to qualify this car
which had a Model T block & Roof head
(Indianapolis Motor Speedway)
May 1925 - Indianapolis, Indiana
Tom Alley did not qualify this car, which reportedly had a Frontenac engine
(Indianapolis Motor Speedway)