. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. WINTON GASOLINE RACING AUTOMOBILE, 1902 Gift of the Winton Engine Co. in 1929 (USNM 309602) This 4-cylinder racing car, built by Alexander Winton and known as the "Bullet No. 1," was Winton's second racing machine. He had previously built a 1-cylinder racing car for the first Gordon Bennett road race, held in France in 1900. On September 16, 1902, at Cleveland, Ohio, Winton drove this car on a horse track (fig. 64) a distance of 10 miles in 10 minutes 50 seconds. This was an average speed of miles an hour, a very creditable s
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. WINTON GASOLINE RACING AUTOMOBILE, 1902 Gift of the Winton Engine Co. in 1929 (USNM 309602) This 4-cylinder racing car, built by Alexander Winton and known as the "Bullet No. 1," was Winton's second racing machine. He had previously built a 1-cylinder racing car for the first Gordon Bennett road race, held in France in 1900. On September 16, 1902, at Cleveland, Ohio, Winton drove this car on a horse track (fig. 64) a distance of 10 miles in 10 minutes 50 seconds. This was an average speed of miles an hour, a very creditable showing for that time. Again, on March 28, 1903, at Daytona Beach, Fla., Winton covered a mile in seconds, an average speed of miles an hour. Figures 65 through 67 show Winton with the car at that Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original United States National Museum; Smithsonian Institution; United States. Dept. of the Interior. Washington : Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc. ]; for sale by the Supt. of Docs. , U. S. Govt Print. Off.
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