Today, I give you Bob Burman, race car driver. Photo was published by
Bain News Service, circa 1910. Being a race car driver in 1910 must have a pretty glamorous career!
His car wasn’t pictured but the Henry Ford Foundation website has pictures of a 1910 racing car.
I was curious how fast a 1910 race car could go. From thehenryford.org, “Frank Kulick raced this highly modified Model T for Ford Motor Company from 1910 to 1913. On February 17, 1912, Kulick reached 107.8 miles per hour with the car on frozen Lake St. Clair, northeast of Detroit.”
Not bad!
old spirituals 
107 miles an hour on ice?! Today’s drivers got nothing on this guy!
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I’d be more worried about going through the ice than speeding around on it!
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Compare the 1910 race car to those of today is like comparing a horse and buggy to a modern motor vehicle. One significant change took place after the death of Dale Earnhardt in 2001; notably, the addition of equipment and use of gear to prevent driver “whiplash.” The cause of Earnhardt’s death was due to a basal skull fracture, the bones at the base of the skull. Also, as implemented in consumer vehicles, the NASCAR engineers continue to change vehicle frame designs to provide more protection of the driver.
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I’m not sure how fast today’s cars go, but I’m going to guess they wouldn’t be getting all sweaty and nervous just from driving 107 mph! I still would be!
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