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Race Cars 1911 to 1915
Practice for the
Inaugural Indianapolis 500
May 1911 - Detroit, Michigan
Marquette Buick Model 100
Driver - Louis Chevrolet
(Indianapolis Motor Speedway)
May 1911 - Detroit, Michigan
Marquette Buick Model 100
3/4 Profile (note license plate on axle)
(Henry Winterhoff Collection)
May 1911 - Detroit, Michigan
Marquette Buick Model 100
Side view with exposed exhaust pipes
(Henry Winterhoff Collection)
May 1911 - Indianapolis, Indiana
Marquette Buick Model 100
Driver - Louis Chevrolet
(Henry Winterhoff Collection)
May 1911 - Indianapolis, Indiana
Marquette Buick Model 100
Driver - Louis Chevrolet
(Detroit Public Library)
May 1911 - Indianapolis, Indiana
Marquette Buick Model 100
Driver - Louis Chevrolet
(Detroit Public Library)
May 1911 - Indianapolis, Indiana
Technical Committee inspects
Marquette Buick Model 100
(Indianapolis Motor Speedway)
Ticket Stub & Rain Check for the
1911 Indianapolis 500
(National Indy 500 Collectors Club)
July 1912 - Detroit, Michigan
Louis Chevrolet's Buick Race Car
is advertised for sale
(Detroit Free Press)
Inaugural Indianapolis 500
May 1911 - Indianapolis, Indiana
Buick Race Car
Driver - Arthur Chevrolet
(Indianapolis Motor Speedway)
May 1911 - Indianapolis, Indiana
Driver - Arthur Chevrolet
(Indianapolis Star)
May 1911 - Indianapolis, IN
Buick Race Car
Driver - Arthur Chevrolet
(Detroit Public Library)
May 1911 - Indy 500 Practice
Buick Race Car
Driver - Arthur Chevrolet
(Indianapolis Star)
May 1911 - Indy 500 Practice Accident
Buick Race Car
Driver - Arthur Chevrolet
(Indianapolis Star)
May 1911 - Indy 500
#16 Buick Race Car
Driver - Arthur Chevrolet
(Indianapolis Motor Speedway)
May 1911 - Indy 50
Arthur Chevrolet on the bricks with the
#16 Buick Race Car
(Photo: Janelle Vreeland)
May 1911 - Indy 500
#16 Buick Race Car on Starting Grid
Driver - Arthur Chevrolet
(Indianapolis Motor Speedway)
May 1911 - Indy 500
#16 Buick Race Car at speed
Driver - Arthur Chevrolet
(Henry Winterhoff Collection)
Official Program for the
1911 Indianapolis 500
(National Indy 500 Collectors Club)
1914 Cactus Derby
Los Angeles to Phoenix
November 1914 - Los Angeles, CA
Cactus Derby Race
Barney Oldfield & Louis Chevrolet
(Revs Institute)
November 1914 - Los Angeles, CA
Cactus Derby Race
Mechanician & Louis Chevrolet
(Revs Institute)
November 1914 - Cactus Derby
Chevrolet Race Car
Driver - Louis Chevrolet
(Revs Institute)
1915 Indianapolis 500
Blood Brothers - Cornelian
May 1915 - Indianapolis, Indiana
Cornelian Race Car
Driver - Louis Chevrolet
(Howard Blood Collection)
May 1915 - Indianapolis, Indiana
Driver - Louis Chevrolet
(Ivan Wheatley Collection)
May 1915 - Indianapolis, Indiana
Cornelian Race Car
Driver - Louis Chevrolet
(The Automobile)
May 1915 - Indianapolis, Indiana
Practice for Indy 500
Driver - Louis Chevrolet
(Indianapolis News)
May 1915 - Indianapolis, Indiana
Practice for Indy 500
Driver - Louis Chevrolet
(Detroit Public Library)
May 1915 - Indianapolis, Indiana
Cornelian Race Car
Driver - Louis Chevrolet
(Howard Blood Collection)
Spring 1915
Sterling Engine used in the Cornelian,
displacement was a mere 115 CID
(Carette Magazine)
Water Color & Ink
Cutaway Drawing
#27 Cornelian Race Car
(Artist - Brian Hatton)
Circa 1915
Drive Train for Cornelian Race Car,
Note rear axle half shafts
(Howard Blood Collection)
May 1915 - Indianapolis, Indiana
Cornelian in practice for Indy 500
Driver - Louis Chevrolet
(Indianapolis Motor Speedway)
May 1915 - Indianapolis, Indiana
Cornelian parked in Gasoline Alley
Louis, Arthur, & Gaston Chevrolet
(Indianapolis Motor Speedway)
May 1915 - Indianapolis, Indiana
Different angle of the famous photo showing the Cornelian in Gasoline Alley
(Billy Dunbar Collection)
May 1915 - Indianapolis, Indiana
Traditional Pre-Race Drivers Photo,
Louis Chevrolet is on the left hand side
(Museum of American Speed)
May 1915 - Indianapolis, Indiana
Traditional Pre-Race Drivers Photo,
Louis Chevrolet standing in center
(Museum of American Speed)
May 1915 - Indianapolis, Indiana
Starting Grid - Row 6
Driver - Louis Chevrolet
(Motor Age)
May 1915 - Indianapolis, Indiana Louis Chevrolet just before the start,
note the large crowd in the background
(Billy Dunbar Collection)
May 1915 - Indianapolis, Indiana
Louis Chevrolet flashes past main grandstand in the Cornelian race car
(Billy Dunbar Collection)
May 1915 - Indianapolis, Indiana
Pit Stop for #27 Cornelian,
Louis Chevrolet is seen out of the car
(Ivan Wheatley Collection)
1915 Maywood Board Track
Chicago, Illinois
Delage Race Car
June 1915 - Chicago, Illinois
Traditional Drivers Line Up Photo
Louis & Arthur Chevrolet
(Museum of American Speed)
June 1915 - Chicago, Illinois
Louis & Arthur Chevrolet on grid
standing next to #12 Delage race car
(Billy Dunbar collection)
June 1915 - Chicago, Illinois
Louis Chevrolet & his mechanic at the
wheel of the big Delage racing machine
(Motor Age)
June 1915 - Chicago, Illinois
Louis Chevrolet seated in the Delage,
this same car won the 1914 Indy 500
(Billy Dunbar collection)
June 1915 - Chicago, Illinois
Starting Grid - 3rd Row
#12 Delage - Louis Chevrolet
(The Horseless Age)
June 1915 - Chicago, Illinois
#12 Delage on the banking
Driver - Louis Chevrolet
(Chicago History Museum)
June 1915 - Chicago, Illinois
Louis Chevrolet seen in side by side
action with the #12 Delage machine
(Billy Dunbar collection)
June 1915 - Chicago, Illinois
Race Action
#12 Delage - Louis Chevrolet
(Motor Age)
June 1915 - Chicago, Illinois
Rare event poster
(xxxxx)
June 1915 - Chicago, Illinois
Maywood Park Speedway
(Library of Congress)
Chicago Speedway Park Association
Rare Celluloid Badge
(Smithsonian Institute)
1915 Frontenac Prototype
Detroit, Michigan
November 1915 - Detroit, Michigan
Frontenac Race Car Prototype
Driver - Louis Chevrolet
(The Automobile)
November 1915 - Detroit, Michigan
Frontenac Race Car Prototype
300 CID Aluminum Engine
(The Automobile)
November 1915 - Detroit, Michigan
Frontenac Prototype
Aluminum Engine Block Casting
(The Automobile)
Frontenac Coat of Arms
1915 Mulford Special with Ira Vail.
The Frame & Coach Work are very
similar to the Frontenac Prototype.
Ralph Mulford visited with Louis in Detroit during August & Sept 1915.
(Jim O'Keefe Collection)
