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Racing & Results 1909 to 1910

1909 Season

2/12/09 - New Orleans, Louisiana

Louis Chevrolet joins Buick Team,

but did not compete in Mardi Gras races

(New York Times)

4/22/09 - Chattanooga, Tennessee

Louis Chevrolet & Buick Race Team

compete at Lookout Mountain

(Automobile Topics)

4/29/09 - Nashville, Tennessee

Louis Chevrolet & Buick Race Team,

Louis scores victory

(New York Times)

5/04/09 - Montgomery, Alabama

Louis Chevrolet & Buick Race Team,

Louis wins 100-mile event

(New York Times)

5/31/09 - Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania

Giant's Despair Hill Climb Event,

Louis Chevrolet rolls his Buick racer

(New York Times)

5/31/09 - Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania

Giant's Despair Hill Climb Event,

Louis Chevrolet rolls his Buick racer

(Motor Age)

6/19/09 - Crowne Point, Indiana

Cobe Cup Race

Louis Chevrolet bags major victory

(New York Times)

7/03/09 - Columbus, Ohio

Buick Race Team

Louis Chevrolet cuts a tire

(Wire Report)

7/10/09 - Springfield, Illinois

Illinois State Fair Grounds

Louis Chevrolet wins 5-mile event

(Wire Report)

7/23/09 - Grand Rapids, Michigan

Buick Racing Team

Louis Chevrolet wins 50-mile event

(New York Times)

7/27/09 - Lansing, Michigan

Buick Racing Team

Louis Chevrolet in competition

(The Automobile)

7/31/09 - Brighton Beach, New York

Buick Racing Team

Louis Chevrolet in competition

(New York Sun)

8/07/09 - Buffalo, New York

Fort Erie Race Track

Louis Chevrolet wins 50-mile event

(Pittsburgh Daily Post)

8/18/09 - Indianapolis, Indiana

Louis Chevrolet - Buick Race Car,

nice article about practice session

(Indianapolis Star)

8/19/09 - Indianapolis, Indiana

Louis Chevrolet - Buick Race Car

Louis wins 10-mile event

(Associated Press Wire Report)

8/19/09 - Indianapolis, Indiana

Louis Chevrolet - Buick Race Car

Prestolite Trophy Race (250 Miles)

(Hamilton Telegraph)

9/06/09 - Boston, Mass

Ray Harroun & Arthur Chevrolet

join Buick Racing Team

(Wire Report)

9/07/09 - Lowell, Mass

Louis Chevrolet pilots Buick to

victory in Yorick Cup Race

(Wire Report)

9/29/09 - Long Island, New York

Louis Chevrolet drives Buick to

victory at Riverhead Road Race

(The Automobile)

10/06/09 - New York

Buick Racing Team

W.H. Pickens resigns as Team Manager

(New York Times)

10/09/09 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Fairmount Park Race 

Louis Chevrolet drops a valve

(Wire Report)

10/16/09 - Brighton Beach, New York

24-Hour Race 

Louis dominates first 12 hours of event

(The Automobile)

10/31/09 - Long Island, New York

Vanderbilt Cup

Louis leads early, then drops out

(Washington Post)

11/10/09 - Atlanta, Georgia

Coca-Cola Races

Louis Chevrolet wins 200-mile event

(New York Times)

Louis Chevrolet

Fine Portrait

(Indianapolis Motor Speedway)

11/14/09 - Atlanta, Georgia

Coca-Cola Races

Louis has transmission problems

(New York Times)

Arthur Chevrolet - Buick Racing Team

Circa 1909/1910

Arthur Chevrolet wearing Buick uniform

(Culver Pictures - New York)

1910 Season

1/20/10 - Flint, Michigan

Buick Race Team Banquet

Louis Chevrolet receives bonus

(Wire Report)

4/15/10 - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Louis Chevrolet - Buick Racing Team

is making special parts for future races 

(San Francisco Call)

5/13/10 - Brighton Beach, New York

Buick Racing Team

Louis & Arthur Chevrolet finish 4th

(American Motorist)

5/28/10 - Indianapolis, Indiana

Buick Racing Team

Louis Chevrolet wins 5-mile race

(Motor Age)

5/28/10 - Indianapolis, Indiana

Wheeler-Schebler Trophy Race

Louis burns a piston, Art finishes in 4th

(Indianapolis Star)

5/30/10 - Indianapolis, Indiana

Buick Racing Team

Louis Chevrolet wins 10-mile race

(Motor Age)

6/29/10 - Indianapolis, Indiana

Louis Chevrolet has serious accident

when he rolls Buick Bug in Turn 4

(Indianapolis Star)

7/02/10 - Indianapolis, Indiana

Remy Brassard Trophy Race

Louis Chevrolet leads event briefly

(Indianapolis News)

7/04/10 - Indianapolis, Indiana

10-Mile Preliminary Race

Louis Chevrolet takes checkered flag

(Indianapolis Star)

7/04/10 - Indianapolis, Indiana

Cobe Cup Race

Louis & Arthur are very competative

(Indianapolis Star)

7/23/10 - Buffalo, New York

Fort Erie Race Track

Louis & Arthur dust the competition

(The Motor World)

9/05/10 - Detroit, Michigan

Louis Chevrolet tests his Buick machine

prior to the Vanderbilt Cup race.

(Flint Daily Journal)

10/01/10 - Long Island, New York

Vanderbilt Cup Race

Louis flips Buick, Charles Miller is killed

(Brooklyn Daily Eagle)

11/17/10 - Savannah, Georgia

American Grand Prize Road Race

Arthur Chevrolet in competition

(Associated Press - Wire Report)

Louis Chevrolet

Fine Portrait

(Buick Motor Company)

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