Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 146, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 June 1915 — Oldfield Sets New Record. [ARTICLE]

Oldfield Sets New Record.

Barney Oldfield set a new American automobile speed record at Speedway park in Chicago Sunday, when he negotiated a lap in 1:04 2-6 an average of 111 A miles an hour. Oldfield drove a 300 horse-power car of special construction. The mark is said to be within 4 2-5 seconds of the world's record.