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Barney Oldfield

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Noun1.Barney Oldfield - United States race driver who was the first to drive faster than a mile a minute (1878-1946)
Berna Eli Oldfield, Oldfield


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In 1911 Barney Oldfield, at the time one of the nation's most famous race car drivers, argued that cars were plenty fast enough and that further development for speed was unnecessary.
They said it couldn't be done ... Over and over experts in industry ... by Behreandt, Dennis / The New American
Barney Oldfield was the most famous racecar driver of the era, and as a personal friend of Jeffries, was a logical choice for such a race.
The Jack Johnson v. Barney Oldfield match race of 1910; What it says ... by Knott, Rick / Afro-Americans in New York Life and History
4) An early star of auto racing, cigar-chomping Barney Oldfield drove in many early Southern California races, retiring to Beverly Hills a wealthy man in the 1920s.
TRACING ROOTS OF AREA RACING; FONTANA TRACK LATEST IN LONG LINE by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
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