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Race Cars 1909 Season
Buick Racing Team
Louis Chevrolet & The Buick Team
(Kettering University Archives)
Custom Rail Car for Buick Race Team
(Flint Daily Journal)
Louis Chevrolet & The Buick Team
(Kettering University Archives)
Lookout Mountain - Chattanooga, TN
April 1909 - Lookout Mountain, TN
Buick Race Car
Driver - Louis Chevrolet
(Indianapolis Motor Speedway)
April 1909 - Lookout Mountain, TN
Buick Race Car
Driver - Louis Chevrolet
(Indianapolis Motor Speedway)
April 1909 - Lookout Mountain, TN
Buick Race Car
Driver - Louis Chevrolet
(Indianapolis Motor Speedway)
April 1909 - Lookout Mountain, TN
Buick Race Car
Driver - Louis Chevrolet
(Indianapolis Motor Speedway)
April 1909 - Lookout Mountain, TN
Buick Race Car
Driver - Louis Chevrolet
(Indianapolis Motor Speedway)
April 1909 - Lookout Mountain, TN
Buick Race Car
Driver - Louis Chevrolet
(Detroit Public Library)
April 1909 - Lookout Mountain, TN
Buick race team members gather with
local event organizers
(Indianapolis Motor Speedway)
Giants Despair Hillclimb
Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
May 1909 - Giants Despair Hill Climb
Large crowd gathers around wrecked
Buick machine of Louis Chevrolet (Luzerne County Historical Society)
May 1909 - Giants Despair Hill Climb
Official Race Program
(ProgCovers.com)
May 1909 - Giants Despair Hill Climb
Large crowd gathers around wrecked
Buick machine of Louis Chevrolet
(Indianapolis Motor Speedway)
Cobe Cup
Crowne Point, Indiana
June 1909 - Cobe Cup
Buick Race Car
Driver - Louis Chevrolet
(Detroit Public Library)
June 1909 - Cobe Cup
Buick Race Car
Driver - Louis Chevrolet
(Chicago History Museum)
June 1909 - Cobe Cup
Buick Race Car
Driver - Louis Chevrolet
(Chicago History Museum)
June 1909 - Cobe Cup
Buick Race Car
Driver - Louis Chevrolet
(Indianapolis Motor Speedway)
June 1909 - Cobe Cup
#10 Buick Race Car
Driver - Louis Chevrolet
(Pat Hathaway Archives)
June 1909 - Cobe Cup
#10 Buick Race Car
Driver - Louis Chevrolet
(Indianapolis Motor Speedway)
June 1909 - Cobe Cup
#10 Buick Race Car
Driver - Louis Chevrolet
(Chicago History Museum)
June 1909 - Cobe Cup
#10 Buick Race Car
Driver - Louis Chevrolet
(Chicago History Museum)
June 1909 - Cobe Cup
#10 Buick Race Car
Driver - Louis Chevrolet
(Indianapolis Motor Speedway)
June 1909 - Cobe Cup
#10 Buick Race Car
Driver - Louis Chevrolet
(Chicago History Museum)
June 1909 - Cobe Cup
#10 Buick Race Car
Driver - Louis Chevrolet
(Postcard Image)
June 1909 - Cobe Cup
#10 Buick Race Car
Driver - Louis Chevrolet
(Indianapolis Motor Speedway)
June 1909 - Cobe Cup
Race winner Louis Chevrolet is seen
with William Pickens, and Ira M. Cobe
(Detroit Public Library)
June 1909 - Cobe Cup
Race Winner
Louis Chevrolet
(Detroit Public Library)
June 1909 - Cobe Cup
(Lowell Public Library)
Brighton Beach, New York
July 1909 - Brighton Beach, NY
Louis Chevrolet at speed in
stripped down stock chassis Buick
(Indianapolis Motor Speedway)
July 1909 - Brighton Beach, NY
Louis Chevrolet racing Buick machine
wins 50-mile event
(Newspaper Clipping)
Circa 1909 - Brighton Beach, NY
Club House Grandstands
(Detroit Public Library)
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
#34 Buick Model 16A with 298.5 CID Engine
August 1909 - Indianapolis, Indiana
#34 Buick Model 16A - 298.5 CID engine
Driver - Louis Chevrolet
(Detroit Public Library)
August 1909 - Indianapolis, Indiana
#34 Buick Race Car at the starting line
Driver - Louis Chevrolet
(Detroit Public Library)
August 1909 - Indianapolis, Indiana
#34 Buick belches castor oil fumes
Driver - Louis Chevrolet
(Indianapolis Motor Speedway)
Today - IMS Museum at Indianapolis
Surviving 1909 Buick Race Car which was campaigned by Louis Chevrolet
(Billy Dunbar Photo)
Today - IMS Museum in Indianapolis
Buick Valve-in-Head Engine
298.5 CID Inline 4-Cylinder
(Billy Dunbar Photo)
May 1954 - Beloit, Kansas
1909 Buick is revealed to the public,
click photo for detailed history of car
(Trevon Richard Collection)
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
#37 Buick Model 16B with 318 CID Engine
August 1909 - Indianapolis, Indiana
#37 Buick Race Car seen on pit road
Driver - Louis Chevrolet
(Indianapolis Motor Speedway)
August 1909 - Indianapolis, Indiana
#37 Buick Race Car at the starting line
Driver - Louis Chevrolet
(Indianapolis Motor Speedway)
August 1909 - Indianapolis, Indiana
#37 Buick Race Car in competition
Driver - Louis Chevrolet
(Indianapolis Motor Speedway)
August 1909 - Indianapolis
#37 Buick Race Car makes a pit stop
Driver - Louis Chevrolet
(Detroit Public Library)
August 1909 - Indianapolis
#37 Buick Race Car
Driver - Louis Chevrolet
(ebay Auction)
August 1909 - Indianapolis
#37 Buick taking the checkered flag
Driver - Louis Chevrolet
(Indianapolis Motor Speedway)
August 1909 - Indianapolis, Indiana
#37 Buick Race Car
Driver - Louis Chevrolet
(Indianapolis Motor Speedway)
1909 - Location Unknown
Rare photo of Louis Larsonneur who was Chevrolet's riding mechanic
(Larsonneur Family Collection)
August 1909 - Indianapolis, Indiana
Rare Ticket Stub for Race
(National Indy 500 Collectors Club)
Merrimack Park
Lowell, Massachusettes
September 1909 - Lowell, Mass
Buick Race Team is all smiles,
note Ray Harroun on bottom left
(Detroit Public Library)
September 1909 - Lowell, Mass
Buick Race Car with faint numbers on
hood, Louis Chevrolet is at the wheel
(Lowell Sun)
September 1909 - Lowell, Mass
#31 Buick with 298.5 CID 4-cylinder
Driver - Louis Chevrolet
(Motor Magazine)
September 1909 - Lowell, Mass
#31 Buick Racer kicking up dust
Driver - Louis Chevrolet
(Indianapolis Motor Speedway)
September 1909 - Lowell, Mass
#31 Buick Race Car - Model 16A
Driver - Louis Chevrolet
(Indianapolis Motor Speedway)
September 1909 - Lowell, Mass
#31 Buick races by group of spectators
Driver - Louis Chevrolet
(Motor Age)
September 1909 - Lowell, Mass
Louis Chevrolet wins the Yorick Cup
in the 298.5 CID Model 16A Buick
(American Motorist)
September 1909 - Lowell, Mass
Race Medal
(eBay Auction)
September 1909 - Lowell, Mass
Buick Race Team with Ray Harroun,
#31 Buick of Chevrolet featured
(Herald Republican - Salt Lake City)
September 1909 - Lowell, Mass
#17 Buick Model 16B with 318 CID mill,
Louis Chevrolet in time trial event
(Motor Age)
September 1909 - Lowell, Mass
Close up photo of Louis Chevrolet
(Motor Magazine)
September 1909 - Lowell, Mass
#17 Buick flashes by main grand stand,
Driver - Louis Chevrolet
(Motor Age)
Riverhead Road Race
Long Island, NY
September 1909 - Long Island, NY
#11 Buick Race Car - Model 16A
Driver - Louis Chevrolet
(Motor Age)
September 1909 - Long Island, NY
Louis Chevrolet is pictured with his
trademark headgear and racing goggles
(Motor Age)
September 1909 - Long Island, NY
#11 Buick Race Car rounds corner
Driver - Louis Chevrolet
(Motor Age)
September 1909 - Long Island, NY
#11 Buick Race Car kicks up dust
Driver - Louis Chevrolet
(The Automobile)
September 1909 - Long Island, NY
#11 Buick Race Car near the finish line
Driver - Louis Chevrolet
(The Automobile)
September 1909 - Long Island, NY
#11 Buick Race Car with 298.5 CID mill
Driver - Louis Chevrolet
(Motor Age)
Fairmount Park
Philadelphia, PA
October 1909 - Philadelphia, PA
#13 Buick Race Car
Driver - Louis Chevrolet
(Indianapolis Motor Speedway)
October 1909 - Philadelphia, PA
#13 Buick Race Car
Driver - Louis Chevrolet
(Motor Magazine)
October 1909 - Philadelphia, PA
#13 Buick Race Car
Driver -Louis Chevrolet
(Detroit Public Library)
Brighton Beach, New York
24 Hour Race
October 1909 - Brighton Beach, NY
#6 Buick with Louis at the wheel, brother Art is standing in background
(Detroit Public Library)
October 1909 - Brighton Beach, NY
#6 Buick of the Chevrolet brothers races
#5 Buick of Bob Burman
(Motor Age)
October 1909 - Brighton Beach, NY
Official Scoreboard for the
24-Hour Race
(Detroit Public Library)
Vanderbilt Cup Race Long Island, NY
October 1909 - Vanderbilt Cup Race
#15 Buick Race Car
Driver - Louis Chevrolet
(Peter Helck Collection)
October 1909 - Vanderbilt Cup Race
#15 Buick Race Car
Driver - Louis Chevrolet
(Peter Helck Collection)
October 1909 - Vanderbilt Cup Rae
Rare Race Program
(VanderbiltCupRaces.com)
Coca-Cola Cup
Atlanta, Georgia
November 1909 - Atlanta, Georgia
Buick Race Car
Driver - Louis Chevrolet
(Detroit Public Library)
November 1909 - Atlanta, Georgia
Buick Race Car
Driver - Louis Chevrolet
(Atlanta Journal Constitution)
November 1909 - Atlanta, Georgia
#31 Buick Race Car
Driver - Louis Chevrolet
(Buick Motor Company)
November 1909 - Atlanta, Georgia
#31 Buick Race Car
Driver - Louis Chevrolet
(Indianapolis Motor Speedway)
November 1909 - Atlanta, Georgia
Buick Race Car
Driver - Louis Chevrolet
(Library of Congress)
November 1909 - Atlanta, Georgia
#31 Buick Race Car
Driver - Louis Chevrolet
(Delco-Remy Postcard)
November 1909 - Atlanta, Georgia
Louis Chevrolet standing with
Coca-Cola President Asa Chandler
(Atlanta Journal Constitution)
November 1909 - Atlanta, Georgia
Race Medal
(eBay Auction)
November 1909 - Atlanta, Georgia
Louis Chevrolet standing with
Lewis Strang & George Robertson
(Detroit Public Library)
November 1909 - Atlanta, Georgia
Buick Race Car
Driver - Arthur Chevrolet
(Indianapolis Motor Speedway)
November 1909 - Atlanta, Georgia
Buick Team Photo
(Atlanta Journal Constitution)
November 1909 - Atlanta, Georgia
#29 Buick Race Car
Arthur at the wheel, Louis standing
(Georgia Historical Society)
November 1909 - Atlanta, Georgia
#31 Buick Race Car
Driver - Louis Chevrolet
(Indianapolis Motor Speedway)
November 1909 - Atlanta, Georgia
#31 Buick Race Car
Driver - Louis Chevrolet
(Indianapolis Motor Speedway)
November 1909 - Atlanta, Georgia
Louis Chevrolet is seen watching a race
from the Buick pit box
(Detroit Public Library)