File:1922 Tacoma Speedway Howdy Wilcox Marvin D Boland Collection G521050.jpg
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Howard "Howdy" Samuel Wilcox 1922
Howard "Howdy" Samuel Wilcox 1922
Howard "Howdy" Samuel Wilcox 1922
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English: This is Howard Samuel Wilcox, better known to racing fans as "Howdy" Wilcox. Winner of the Indy 500 in 1919, he was a newcomer to Tacoma racing. He came to the Tacoma Speedway for the Fourth of July race in 1922, bringing with him an English Peugeot instead of Louis Chevrolet's Frontenac. Racers at the Tacoma Speedway in 1922 shattered speed records with nine of them averaging 103 mph in qualifying, the fastest ever. Unfortunately, Mr. Wilcox was not one of them as his car qualified at 97 mph. It was a highly touted field which included Jimmy Murphy, Tommy Milton, Ralph Mulford, Harry Hartz, Roscoe Sarles, Eddie Hearne and Cliff Durant. The 250-mile race, the last run at the Speedway, was won by Jimmy Murphy with a time of 2:33:55 and average speed of 97.6 mph. Howdy Wilcox finished fifth at 2:45:34, averaging 90.8 mph. Mr. Wilcox passed away a year later in a wreck at the Altoona Speedway in Pennsylvania. (Tacoma Sunday Ledger, 6-25-22, C-1-article; 7-2-22, C-1; 7-3-22, p. 1-qualifying; 7-5-22, p. 1-results) |
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Depicted people | Howdy Wilcox | |||||||||||||||||||
Depicted place | Tacoma Speedway | |||||||||||||||||||
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1922 date QS:P571,+1922-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 |
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Medium | black and white photograph | |||||||||||||||||||
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height: 8 in (20.3 cm); width: 10 in (25.4 cm) dimensions QS:P2048,8U218593 dimensions QS:P2049,10U218593 |
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institution QS:P195,Q7674007 |
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71\39077.jpg |
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Source | http://cdm17061.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p17061coll21/id/26936 |
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