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Race Cars 1917 Season
1917 Uniontown, Pennsylvania
Universal Trophy Race
May 1917 - Uniontown, Pennsylvania
Members of Frontenac team survey track before a practice session
(Emedio Guerrieri Collection)
May 1917 - Uniontown, Pennsylvania
Louis Chevrolet is seen at the track
prior to Universal Trophy Race
(Emedio Guerrieri Collection)
May 1917 - Uniontown, Pennsylvania
Louis Chevrolet in the #1 Frontenac
gets acquainted with the big track
(Emedio Guerrieri Collection)
May 1917 - Uniontown, Pennsylvania
Starting Grid on the Boards
#3 Frontenac of Joe Boyer
(Detroit Public Library)
May 1917 - Uniontown, Pennsylvania
Traditional Driver's Line Up Photo,
Louis Chevrolet is on the far left
(Detroit Public Library)
May 1917 - Uniontown, Pennsylvania
#1 Frontenac of Louis Chevrolet
leads cars down main straight away
(Motor Age)
May 1917 - Uniontown, Pennsylvania
#1 Frontenac of Louis Chevrolet leads
pack of cars through the banking
(The Automobile)
1917 Cincinnati, Ohio
Sharonville Sweepstakes
May 1917 - Cincinnati, Ohio
#1 Frontenac with mechanician Harry Paxton and driver Louis Chevrolet
(Paxton Family Collection)
May 1917 - Cincinnati, Ohio
#1 Frontenac with Harry Paxton and driver Louis Chevrolet
(Paxton Family Collection)
May 1917 - Cincinnati, Ohio
Frontenac with driver Gaston Chevrolet and mechanician Salvatore Barbarino
(Motor Age)
May 1917 - Cincinnati, Ohio
Group shot with Harry Paxton in center,
and Arthur Chevrolet on far right
(Paxton Family Collection)
May 1917 - Cincinnati, Ohio
Mechanician Harry Paxton standing next to the #1 Frontenac race car.
(Paxton Family Collection)
May 1917 - Cincinnati, Ohio
#1 Frontenac in the lead, with driver
Louis Chevrolet and Harry Paxton.
(Paxton Family Collection)
May 1917 - Cincinnati, Ohio
#1 Frontenac Race Car
Driver - Louis Chevrolet
(Walter Miller Collection)
May 1917 - Cincinnati, Ohio
#1 Frontenac race car of Chevrolet
leads #14 Hudson of Ira Vail
(Walter Miller Collection)
May 1917 - Cincinnati, Ohio
#1 Frontenac Race Car
Driver - Louis Chevrolet
(Motor Age)
May 1917 - Cincinnati, Ohio
Mechanician Salvatore Barbarino seated with driver Gaston Chevrolet.
(Detroit Public Library)
Mechanician Harry Paxton's
1917 AAA Registration Pin #163
(Paxton Family Collection)
May 1917 - Cincinnati, Ohio
Aviatrix Ruth Law makes an aerial exhibition at the Cincinnati Speedway
(Detroit Public Library)
May 1917 - Cincinnati, Ohio
Harold E. Russell cartoon drawing of
Chevrolet Brothers victory at speedway
(Cincinnati Inquirer)
Today
Original Harold E. Russell Cartoon
(Brannigan Family Collection)
June 1917 - Cincinnati, Ohio
Racing officials change results, and
drop Gaston Chevrolet to 3rd Place
(Cincinnati Inquirer)
1917 Chicago, Illinois
Maywood Board Track
June 1917 - Chicago, Illinois
Starting Grid & Driver Line-up
Louis & Arthur Chevrolet on right
(Marci McGuinness Collection)
June 1917 - Chicago, Illinois
#1 Frontenac gets prepped for race
Louis Chevrolet behind the wheel
(TavaresMotorsport.com)
June 1917 - Chicago, Illinois
#24 Frontenac of Joe Boyer Jr.
on front row with Oldfield & DePalma
(The Automobile)
1917 Omaha, Nebraska
July 1917 - Omaha, Nebraska
#24 Frontenac Race Car
Driver - Louis Chevrolet
(Indianapolis Motor Speedway)
July 1917 - Omaha, Nebraska
Starting Grid for 150 Mile Race
Louis Chevrolet out of the picture
(The Automobile)
Omaha Board Speedway
Track Diagram
(Dick Wallen Collection)
July 1917 - Omaha, Nebraska
#24 Frontenac Race Car
Louis Chevrolet leads race
(Motor Age)
1917 Minneapolis, Minnesota
Twin City Motor Speedway
Twin Cities Motor Speedway
was a 2-mile high banked oval.
Unlike the board tracks of the day, this facility was paved with concrete
July 1917 - Minneapolis, Minnesota
#54 Frontenac Race Car
Driver - Louis Chevrolet
(Billy Dunbar Collection)
July 1917 - Minneapolis, Minnesota
Ira Vail and Louis Chevrolet
posing for photo in the Hudson pits
(Indianapolis Motor Speedway)
1917 Coney Island - Brooklyn, NY
Sheepshead Bay Speedway
August 1917 - Brooklyn, New York
#54 Frontenac Race Car
Driver - Louis Chevrolet
(Library of Congress)
August 1917 - Brooklyn, New York
#54 Frontenac Race Car
Driver - Louis Chevrolet
(Library of Congress)
August 1917 - Brooklyn, New York
#54 Frontenac Race Car
Driver - Louis Chevrolet
(The Automobile Journal)
August 1917 - Brooklyn, New York
#54 Frontenac Race Car
Driver - Louis Chevrolet
(Automobile Topics)
August 1917 - Brooklyn, New York
Frontenac Race Car
Salvatore Barbarino & Louis Chevrolet
(General Motors)
August 1917 - Brooklyn, New York
#54 Frontenac Race Car
Driver - Louis Chevrolet
(New York Herald)
1917 Chicago, Illinois
Maywood Board Track
Sept 1917 - Chicago, Illinois
Frontenac Race Car
Driver - Gaston Chevrolet
(Motor Age)
Sept 1917 - Chicago, Illinois
Official Race Program with
Frontenac Race Cars gracing cover
(ProgCovers.com)
Sept 1917 - Chicago, Illinois
#54 Frontenac Race Car
Driver - Louis Chevrolet
(ebay Auction)
Sept 1917 - Chicago, Illinois
Rare glimpse of Chevrolet pit box,
note speedway banking in background
(Billy Dunbar Collection)
Maywood Track Diagram
(Dick Wallen Collection)
Sept 1917 - Chicago, Illinois
#54 Frontenac Race Car
Driver - Louis Chevrolet
(Motor Age)
Stock Certificate for the
Speedway Park Association
(Scripophily.com)
1917 Providence, Rhode Island Narragansett Park Race Track
Sept 1917 - Narragansett Park
Providence, Rhode Island
Frontenac race cars on starting grid
(The Automotive Journal)
Sept 1917 - Narragansett Park
Providence, Rhode Island
Louis Chevrolet eating ice cream cone
(The Automotive Journal)
Narragansett Racing Association
Stock Certificate
(ClintonCollins.com)
1917 Coney Island - Brooklyn, NY
Sheepshead Bay Speedway
Sept 1917 - Harkness Trophy Race
Capacity crowd in the grand stands
watches race cars in side by side action
(Motor Travel)
Sept 1917 - Harkness Trophy Race
Rare glimpse of backstretch, Louis is
seen leading a large group of cars
(Motor World)
Sept 1917 - Harkness Trophy Race
#4 Packard of Ralph De Palma
#54 Frontenac of Louis Chevrolet
(Wayne Herstad Collection)
Sept 1917 - Harkness Trophy Race
Louis Chevrolet receives checkered flag
from Harry Harkness
(New York Herald)
Sept 1917 - Harkness Trophy Race
Louis Chevrolet accepts trophy from
Harry Harkness after victory
(Motor Travel)
Sept 1917 - Harkness Trophy Race
Ray Bigby & Louis Chevrolet
accept trophy from Harry Harkness
(Kettering University)
Sept 1917 - Harkness Trophy Race
#54 Frontenac makes headlines
Driver - Louis Chevrolet
(New York Herald)
1917 Dayton, Ohio
Montgomery County Fairgrounds
Sept 1917 - Dayton, Ohio
Newspaper Announcement for Match
Race between Oldfield & Chevrolet.
(Dayton Herald )
Sept 1917 - Dayton, Ohio
Side by Side Race Action! National Cash Register Factory is seen in the distance.
(Charles Test Collection)
Today - Dayton, Ohio
Montgomery County Fairgrounds Track,
NCR Factory is no longer there.
(NOAA Satellite Image)
1917 Birmingham, Alabama
Alabama State Fair
1917 New Orleans, Louisiana
Fairgrounds Race Track
Oct 1917 - New Orleans, Louisiana #1 Frontenac
Louis Chevrolet & Vera Morel
(Indianapolis Motor Speedway)
Oct 1917 - New Orleans, Louisiana
Match Race with Barney Oldfield
Sketch by local reporter Vera Morel
(New Orleans Item)
Oct 1917 - New Orleans, Louisiana
Fair Grounds Race Track
Louis Chevrolet
(New Orleans Times Picayune)
Oct 1917 - New Orleans, Louisiana
Fair Grounds Race Track
Match Race with Oldfield & Chevrolet
(New Orleans Daily State)
Summer & Fall 1917
Official Race Program for the
Oldfield / Chevrolet match races
(xxxxx)
Oct 1917 - New Orleans, Louisiana
Frontenac race car on display
at local Buick dealership
(New Orleans Daily State)
1917 Uniontown, Pennsylvania
Autumn Classic
Oct 1917 - Uniontown, Pennsylvania
Autumn Classic
Wrecked Frontenac of Gaston Chevrolet
(Desnoyers Family Collection)
Oct 1917 - Uiontown, Pennsylvania
Gaston Chevrolet seriously injured
in racing accident
(Wire Report)
Oct 1917 - Uniontown, Pennsylvania
Gaston Chevrolet has bad accident following contact with outside fence
(Emedio Guerrieri Collection)
1917 Los Angeles, California
Ascot Speedway
Nov 1917 - Ascot Speedway
#1 Frontenac
Driver - Louis Chevrolet
(Los Angeles Herald Examiner)
Nov 1917 - Ascot Speedway
#1 Frontenac on the starting grid
Driver - Louis Chevrolet
(Revs Institute)
Nov 1917 - Ascot Speedway
#1 Frontenac
Driver - Louis Chevrolet
(Revs Institute)
Nov 1917 - Ascot Speedway
#1 Frontenac on the race track
Driver - Louis Chevrolet
(Revs Institute)
Nov 1917 - Ascot Speedway
Louis Chevrolet & Friends
(Revs Institute)
Nov 1917 - Ascot Speedway
#1 Frontenac
Driver - Louis Chevrolet
(Indianapolis Motor Speedway)
Nov 1917 - Ascot Speedway
#1 Frontenac rounding the corner
Driver - Louis Chevrolet
(Revs Institute)
Nov 1917 - Ascot Speedway
Louis Chevrolet & Friends
(Oakland Tribune)
Nov 1917 - Ascot Speedway
Louis Chevrolet in #1 Frontenac
throttles machine through the corner
(Newsreel Film Still)