John Wilkinson, who designed an air-cooled engine for Franklin Automobile Company and was their chief engineer, raced against Barney Oldfield in 1902, winning the state championship in the record time of 6: 54: 6 in a Franklin.

* 1878 – Barney Oldfield, American race car driver ( d. 1946 )

* October 4 – Barney Oldfield, American race car driver and automobile pioneer ( b. 1878 )

* Barney Oldfield ( 1878 – 1946 ), race car driver

Oldfield agreed and traveled to Michigan for the trial, but neither car would start.

Oldfield was rumored to have learned how to operate the controls of that car the morning of the event.

Oldfield used the same car in his victory at the Los Angeles to Phoenix off-road race in November 1914.

Oldfield and Miller joined forces to build a race car that incorporated a roll cage inside a streamlined driver's compartment that completely enclosed the driver ( called the " Golden Submarine ").

Oldfield drove a gold car built by Harry Miller that completely enclosed the driver ( called the " Golden Submarine "), and in June 1917 he beat DePalma in a series of 10 to match races.

In his playing days, he was a speedy outfielder — he was nicknamed " Barney " after race car driver Barney Oldfield — who batted left-handed and threw right-handed.

Oldfield agreed to drive against the current champion Alexander Winton.

Oldfield personally liaised with Lord Carrington at the time of the Littlejohn Affair in 1972 and mounted the black propaganda campaign against the Littlejohn Brothers, Kenneth and Keith, in the world media.

Oldfield made his first-class cricket debut in the 1919-20 season, and played his first Test match against England in his hometown of Sydney the next season.

Arthur Gilligan, one of Chapman's predecessors, considered him to be a model for the role, and Bert Oldfield, who played against Chapman as Australia's wicket-keeper, thought that Chapman possessed an " aptitude " for leadership.

* 1976 – Bert Oldfield, Australian cricketer ( b. 1894 )

* Oldfield, S. and McGough, N.

Bert Oldfield is hit in the head after Harold Larwood's delivery deflected off his bat.

This occurred when Oldfield mis-hit a hook, which flew from the top edge off a traditional non-bodyline ball ; Oldfield later admitted it was his fault.

Bert Oldfield staggers away with his skull fractured.

Some artists, among them the multi-instrumentalist Mike Oldfield, have used the sound nutcrackers make in music.

In 1909, automobile race pioneer Barney Oldfield was the first celebrity to endorse Pepsi-Cola, describing it as " A bully drink ... refreshing, invigorating, a fine bracer before a race.

* October 23 – Anne Oldfield, English actress ( b. 1683 )

* June 3 – Barney Oldfield, American automobile racer and pioneer ( d. 1946 )

* Cicuzza, D., Newton, A. and Oldfield, S. 2007.

* Cicuzza, D., Newton, A. and Oldfield, S. 2007.

Oldfield claimed in his Representative History of Great Britain and Ireland that, out of the 514 members representing England and Wales, about 370 were selected by nearly 180 patrons.

In 1976 Amoco ( under the " Standard " name ) sponsored the Barney Oldfield Speedway attraction at Marriott's Great America theme park in Gurnee, Illinois.

Although the sponsorship deal ended when Marriott sold the park to Six Flags in 1985, the Standard logo can still be seen on all of the Barney Oldfield Speedway ( now Great America Raceway ) cars.

He even challenged champion racer Barney Oldfield to a match auto race at the Sheepshead Bay, New York one mile ( 1. 6 km ) dirt track.

Oldfield, far more experienced, easily out-distanced Johnson, ending any thoughts the boxer might have had about becoming a professional driver.

In 1950 Fitch raced his Ford Flathead engined Fiat 1100, which he soon modified into the " Fitch Model B ", and ended the year by driving a Jaguar XK120 in the first 12 Hours of Sebring.

In 1950 Fitch built and raced a Fiat 1100 with the small ( 60 horsepower ) Ford Flathead engine tuned for midget racing, which he soon modified into the " Fitch Model B " by adding a Crosley body.

Dan Gurney often complained about the weight of the Mk IV, since the car was heavier than the Ferraris he raced.

NASCAR also operates the Nationwide Series, a stock car junior league, and the Camping World Truck Series, a junior league where pickup trucks are raced.

A friendly dentist, who is also the owner of the boat Stuart had raced in Central Park, gives him use of a gasoline-powered model car, and Stuart departs to see the country.

In the early days of NASCAR, stock cars were in fact built from production cars, whereas some current touring car series are also raced in silhouette racing cars.

Sports car racing has intermittently been popular in Japan – in the 1960s small-capacity sports racers and even a local version of the Group 7 cars as raced in Can-Am were popular ; a healthy local sports prototype championship ran until the early 1990s and now the Super GT series provides high-budget exposure to manufacturers, with many international drivers appearing.

In Gran Turismo 2 the 406 saloon description sums its racing career up as " a competitive touring car which raced throughout Europe ".

Villeneuve raced the # 27 car ( Volkswagen Passat silhouette ) of the Oro Racing team and finishing the race in the 16th place.

Hill has raced both cars and motorcycles at the Goodwood Festival of Speed and in 2005 he tested the new GP2 Series car.

In this form, the car raced at Le Mans in 1957 and 1958.

Unfortunately, the car missed homologation for the 1965 season and was not raced by the Shelby team.

Although the prototype XJ13 was built in the mid-1960s it was never raced, and the famous race was then left for many years, until in the mid-1980s when Tom Walkinshaw's TWR team started designing and preparing Jaguar V12-engined sports prototypes for European sports car races.

* Lotus 42 ( 1967 ): Indy car — raced with Ford V8

In 1978, Ferrari raced with Carlos Reutemann and Gilles Villeneuve, and while they managed to produce a solid car it, like everyone that year, was outclassed by the ground effect Lotus 79.

The car is now in private hands in Southern California and raced on the Vintage NASCAR club circuit.

He toured Europe and America by car and raced his J4 MG at Brooklands which qualified him to become a member of the prestigious British Racing Drivers ' Club.

Ken Miles drove and raced the FE-powered Mark II at Sebring and pronounced the car virtually undrivable, naming it " The Turd ".

He raced motorcycles in his earlier years ; it was after he entered the prestigious Mille Miglia in a Ferrari sports car that he eventually started racing on four wheels regularly.

The robbers seized the payroll boxes and escaped by climbing into a waiting getaway car, a stolen dark blue Buick, which raced off with the robbers firing wildly at company workers nearby.

Powell had a fascination with fast cars and motorbikes, and raced for Hitachi on the UK saloon car circuit for a few months.

Inspired by the Porsche 356 which was created by Ferry Porsche, and some spyder prototypes built and raced by Walter Glöckler starting in 1951, the factory decided to build a car designed for use in auto racing.

The car raced at Le Mans in 1957 and 1958.

A decision was therefore made for Lotus Components to manufacture a specialist race car based on the Europa to be raced by Team Lotus and sold to private entrants.

The car number raced was # 12 and sponsors included Raybestos Brakes from 1990 – 92 and, in 1993, Meineke.

Mini Marcos cars were raced widely, especially as a budget endurance race car, but also in local championships in many countries including Modsports in the UK.