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Driven to Win: Racing in America explores need for speed Greg Tasker Almost as soon as the first gas-powered vehicles began sputtering down late 19th-century roads, Americans were pushing the pedal, eager for speed, and competing against one another in horseless carriages. The first automobile race in the United States occurred on a snowy Thanksgiving Day in Chicago in 1895. The following decade, Barney Oldfield became the first big racing hero. As the 20th century unfolded, car-crazy Americans began racing up mountains Pikes Peak across Salt Flats Bonneville and around gravel and tar tracks in Indianapolis and beyond. The history of auto racing in the United States, along with the personalities, cars, culture and innovations, is explored in a new, permanent exhibit, “Driven to Win: Racing in America” presented by General Motors, opening this month at the Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation in Dearborn. Believed to be the first comprehens ....
Driven to Win: Racing in America presented by General Motors to Open March 27th inside Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation Share Article Driven to Win: Racing in America presented by General Motors, the first comprehensive exhibition covering various forms of American auto racing, including stock car, sports car, drag racing, Indy car, hill climb and land-speed racing, will open March 26th for members and March 27th for the general public inside Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation. Driven to Win: Racing in America Presented by General Motors opens March 27th at Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation This is the first exhibition of its kind, giving our guests a front row seat to the world of racing ....