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Motor enthusiasts who are now in this city are looking forward to the running of the big grand prize automobile race over the local course here
Thanksgiving day with much interest, following the opening of the big road meet Monday when the Vanderbilt, Tiedeman and
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Mulford was retroactively declared the
National Driving Champion for 1911 and 1918. He retired from racing on tracks after 1922, but continued to compete for several more years in hill climbs, and – at one time – held the record for both the
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Indianapolis 500 on May 30, 1911. While contemporary newspaper accounts and substantiated research, including by
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