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	Lakeside Racetrack
		Oldfield learned the intricacies of automobile racing and having driven only one car in his life, he raced it at the Old Grosse Point Blue Ribbon Track, and completed the five miles in a world's record time of five minutes and twenty-eight seconds.
		Oldfield later drove a Peerless automobile which became known as the "Green Dragon." This was a successful race car which he purchased and used to barnstorm his way across the country, racing and giving exhibitions when he could.
		Barney Oldfield in his "Green Dragon" was to be featured in a match against Bruno Seibel in the "Red Devil" on Saturday, April 20 and Sunday, April 21, 1907.
	www.lakesidehistory.org /Racetrack/racetrack.htm (642 words)

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		Barney Oldfield started his career as a racer on a bicycle, but everything changed in 1902 when he was hired to drive automobiles for a little known automaker out of Detroit.
		Barney Oldfield relished the fame that racing brought him, and soon he was moving from the race track onto the big screen and the Broadway stage.
		Oldfield himself and his huge celebrity status is indicative of a culture fascinated with automobiles and with pushing the limits of their potential.
	xroads.virginia.edu /~CLASS/am485_98/sarratt/barney.html (959 words)

	Barney Oldfield (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Barney Oldfield (June 3, 1878 – October 4, 1946) was an automobile racer and pioneer.
		Oldfield became famous after agreeing to race a race car made by a Detroit automaker named Henry Ford.
		Barney Oldfield helped fellow racer Carl G. Fisher found the Fisher Automobile Company in Indianapolis, Indiana, which is believed to be the first automobile dealership in the United States.
	www.kiwipedia.com /en/barney-oldfield.html (168 words)

	Motorsports Hall of Fame (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Although Barney Oldfield retired from active competition while motorsports was still in its infancy, his achievements and his colorful style combined to make him the spiritual father of American racing.
		Oldfield went on to attack the mile-a-minute barrier, eventually whittling it down to 0:55.8 seconds, which was good enough to land a job with Winton, and his career as a barnstorming race driver was established.
		Oldfield attracted national attention with his national match racing against all comers in the fabled Peerless Green Dragon.
	www.mshf.com /hof/oldfield_barney.htm (238 words)

	Barney Oldfield's Race for a Life (1913) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Barney Oldfield, America's first really famous car racer makes what appears to be and 'extended cameo'.
		More or less Oldfield at the time happened to be in the Glendale area where this picture was shot and Sennett incorporated him into the story.
		Oldfield with Sennett aboard simply drives one of his racing cars to the rescue of 'poor' Mabel.
	imdb.com /title/tt0002663 (758 words)

	Barney Oldfield (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Barney Oldfield was a notorious name-dropper, and the only one I think I've ever met who was an honest one.
		Barney really lit up during the Foreman speech on tape and wanted to show it again to the nurses the next day to prove he was sombody.
		Todd also told that Barney was upset the hospital did not have a heated pool into which he could jump and swim every morning as he has done all his life.
	www.rtnda.org /news/2003/oldfield2.shtml (1585 words)

	Welcome to Col. Barney & Vada Oldfield's Website
		Barney Oldfield, with his roots firmly in Nebraska topsoil, made it big in Hollywood, and paved the way for many young dreamers.
		Both the Oldfields were important communicators for the military during World War II, Vada as teletype operator and Barney as a parachuting press relations man who among other things started the infamous Berlin Press Club.
		The Oldfields' lives after the war took them to 81 countries and every continent, and friendships with movie stars, Presidents and Heavyweight Champs, but they never lost track of their Nebraska roots.
	www.oldfields.org /home.html (368 words)

	Col Barney Oldfield
		Oldfield (not to be confused with his great race car progen after whom this Barney was named) earned his fame and money as press agent to the stars: Among his clients were Ronald Reagan, Errol Flynn and a 12-year-old Elizabeth Taylor.
		Oldfield, who was born in Nebraska, moved to Hollywood after the war and became a publicist for Warner Bros. He joined Litton Industries in 1963 and traveled the world as the defense contractor's publicist.
		Oldfield never forgot Nebraska, giving scholarships and donating to programs valued at more than $3 million through the University of Nebraska Foundation, In fact, Oldfield made his first pitch when he appeared on Groucho Marx's "You Bet Your Life" in 1958 and won $1,050.
	www.geocities.com /~barneyoldfield/BOColBarneyTribute.htm (201 words)

	Peerless Motor Car - Racing (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Barney Oldfield was a National Champion bicycle racer.
		Barney was catapulted from the wreckage and recieved a deep head wound, a puntured lung, a shattered ankle and a crushed chest.
		Barney at the wheel of the Green Dragon and Tom Cooper in the Peerless Blue on a tread mill with engines roaring and the scenery flying by, recreating a race on the stage.
	www.peerlessmotorcar.com /racing.htm (1424 words)

	American GP - Ralph DePalma (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Oldfield was well pleased until he found out that DePalma had announced that he would modify his old Mercedes and enter as a private individual.
		In front of him was Oldfield but as soon as he passed his rival he made signals to his pit that he was coming in.
		Oldfield, for all his braggadocio was not without talent or courage.
	www.bonus.com /contour/Grand_Prix_History/http@@/www.ddavid.com/formula1/depalma.htm (856 words)

	Barney Oldfield introduced Bill Miller: Teton County Peace Officer of the Year Award and Wyoming Peace Officer of the ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Barney Oldfield urged everyone expecting to make public comment to give their name and keep their thoughts concise and to the point and urged everyone to keep their comments to about three to five minutes.
		Barney Oldfield asked Michael Parda to coordinate with staff to determine whether 15 miles per hour was appropriate and if it was to direct staff to prepare a resolution changing that.
		Barney Oldfield felt that we did have an enforcement issue and if all of the allegations were accurate, he was very disappointed and irritated.
	www.townofjackson.com /minutes/2000/minutes070300.html (4966 words)

	VH1.com : Movies : Movie : Barney Oldfield's Race for a Life : Plot
		as box-office draws, Oldfield was among the first celebrity non-actors to appear in films designed to showcase him; and the action comedy shorts produced by Mack Sennett were a good venue for this racing star whose "bad boy" persona and frequent conflicts with authorities made him a natural choice for media attention.
		Barney Oldfield's Race for a Life combined Victorian rescue motifs with the modern technology battle of a car vs. a train.
		Oldfield appeared in only a handful of other films; the first sports star to go to Hollywood and sustain a career in motion pictures would be University of Alabama football hero Johnny Mack Brown.
	www.vh1.com /movies/movie/110722/plot.jhtml (213 words)

	Barney Oldfield - International Motorsports Hall of Fame Member
		But one thing is certain: Barney Oldfield was one of the greatest, if not the greatest, race drivers of all time.
		Oldfield was asked if he would like to drive one and he agreed, heading East on his own money.
		In 1910, Oldfield bought a Benz with which he broke all existing speed records for the mile, two miles and the kilometer in special runs at Ormond Beach, Fla. After that, he was able to charge a whopping $4,000 for personal appearances, something he didn't mind at all.
	www.motorsportshalloffame.com /halloffame/1990/Barney_Oldfield_main.htm (565 words)

	Simesite - the contact point for 46th Street and Cahuenga Blvd staffers and contributors
		Barney, a cinephile, was later christened the "marathon movie seer" in the pages of Robert Ripley's "Believe It of Not" cartoons for having screened more than 500 films in a single year.
		Alongside military brass, Oldfield fought in WWII — he was the first journo to become a paratrooper — and served as a press aide to Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower.
		Barney Oldfield — show biz journalist and philanthropist who died April 26 in L.A. In military mode — Barney was the first journalist to join the U.S. airborne.
	www.simesite.net /muggs.asp?articleid=278 (675 words)

	Barney Oldfield (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Barney and Vada Oldfield National Security Reporting Fellowship
		Further, throughout his lifetime, the Trustees order the President of the Foundation to have included on all RTNDF letterhead and other publications listing officers and trustees, the name of Barney Oldfield as Founder, signifying he shall remain a part of the RTNDF in its work and its goals.
		Another resolution, passed in April 2003 by the membership of RTNDF, wished Oldfield good health and thanked him for founding the organization.
	www.rtnda.org /news/2003/oldfield.html (78 words)

	Scholarship America -Scholarship America News Releases (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Barney Oldfield USAF (ret.), a Nebraska native, now living in Beverly Hills, CA, has been presented the President’s Award by Citizens’ Scholarship Foundation of America (CSFA) in recognition of his dedication to helping students achieve their postsecondary educational dreams.
		The Oldfields were married 64 years when she died in 1999 from complications of pneumonia and Alzheimer’s disease.
		Oldfield has had a long and colorful career which included a stint as press officer for General Dwight D. Eisenhower during WW II, a Hollywood publicist for the movie stars, and 27 years in corporate public relations with Litton Industries.
	www.scholarshipamerica.org /home/news_item.php?newsid=89&cur=178 (442 words)

	Illinois Times: Features: History Talk: The speed demon’s green dragon
		Oldfield leaped at the opportunity, and on Oct. 25, 1902, under a gray sky at the Grosse Pointe horse track, he climbed behind the wheel of an automobile for the first time.
		However, it was incontrovertible fact that Oldfield was the greatest figure in the racing game, and he was already known as America’s premier racer when he visited Springfield in the first week of May 1905.
		Oldfield was married four times to three different women (his second wife actually took him back after a 20-year separation).
	www.illinoistimes.com /gbase/Gyrosite/PrintFriendly?oid=oid:3976 (935 words)

	Barney Oldfield read a letter (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Barney Oldfield stated that he didn’t have a problem spending some of the revenues from fees on the social programs.
		Barney Oldfield stated he would be gone for the next Council meeting.
		Barney Oldfield brought up the issue of the social services programs and the promotional programs and he stated that the matrix needed some work.
	www.ci.jackson.wy.us /minutes/2000/minutes040300.html (4670 words)

	The Object At Hand - Wow! A Mile a Minute! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Barney Oldfield, billed as "America's Premier Driver," has just become the first man in America to drive a gas-powered automobile around a dirt track at — think of it — a mile a minute!
		But Oldfield, who dominated car racing for ten years, set records in the object at hand, namely a Winton Bullet, one of two owned by the Smithsonian and now on long-term loan to the Crawford Auto-Aviation Museum in Cleveland.
		Quick as a wink Oldfield cut a hole in the gas tank, stuck in a hose and kept blowing air in as his partner, seizing the tiller, drove all the way around the track.
	www.smithsonianmag.si.edu /smithsonian/issues98/may98/object_may98.html (1454 words)

	Articles - Barney Oldfield (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Barney Oldfield (June 3, 1878 â€“ October 4, 1946) was an automobile racer and pioneer.
		Oldfield became famous after agreeing to drive a racecar made by Detroit automaker Henry Ford.
		It was a great victory for Ford and led to Barney Oldfield being a household name at the time.
	www.poncier.com /articles/Barney_Oldfield (178 words)

	Afro-Americans in New York Life and History: The Jack Johnson v. Barney Oldfield match race of 1910; What it says about ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		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.
		For the first half of the twentieth century, motorists caught in speeding violations were commonly asked; "who do you think you are, Barney Oldfield?" (3) Oldfield began his career as a bicycle racer.
		For example, in 1909 Oldfield himself was banned and later reinstated on an appeal for failing to honor a contract to a race promoter.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0SAF/is_1_29/ai_n12417354 (1565 words)

	Exoto 1:18 1902 Ford #999 - Barney Oldfield- Ford's First Race Car - Diecast Zone
		Oldfield then assiduously worked on expanding his career by touring the country in a series of match races and speed runs.
		Oldfield became a hero to American racing enthusiasts and fairgoers because of his showmanship and record-breaking proclivities.
		Even today, the name of Barney Oldfield evokes a mental picture of the hard-charging, gutsy, young, racecar driver, hunched behind the wheel of a boxy, wire-wheeled contrivance—with dust boiling up from beneath its wheels on a dirt racetrack—locked in combat with other drivers.
	www.diecast.org /diecast98/html/asp/list_reviews/xq/ASP/id.EX88040/qx/reviewpix.htm (1982 words)

	barney oldfield
		The text reads as follows: No less an authority than Barney Oldfield, boss of the dare-devils, is authority for the statement that the freak track racer is buried in oblivion.
		Barney may have received this trophy for winning a 10-mile race for cars with stock chassis and large engines on Friday, April 15, 1910.
		Barney won the race, a 300-mile event, which was run on a dirt track, although the turns were reinforced with boards.
	www.rumbledrome.com /barneyracer.html (889 words)

	LINCOLN BEACHEY - Beachey and Oldfield (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Oldfield, simply the most famous race driver in the U.S., and Beachey, then among the most famous aviators in the world, staged hippodrome races throughout the U.S. These were not races in the true meaning of the word, for it really mattered little who won, since Beachey and Oldfield were partners.
		Oldfield also had the front-wheel drive CHRISTIE (popularly known as the "Monster Christie" and the "Killer Christie") at his disposal.
		Barney and Lincoln could both draw large crowds, for the public had seen Barney racing for years.
	www.lincolnbeachey.com /lbbo.html (239 words)

	Tecumseh, Nebraska - brought to you by LASR - Leisure And Sport Review
		Among notables native to the Johnson County area, Col. Barney Oldfield was born in Tecumseh and graduated from Elk Creek high school.
		In his honor and appreciation, the Colonel Barney Oldfield Memorial Highway was designated in 1996 to that stretch of Highway 136 east from Tecumseh to the Johnson County line.
		The Col. Barney Oldfield Exhibit entitled "Believe It or Not" - The Life and Times of Vada and Col. Barney Oldfield created by the Nebraska State Historical Society is a permanent exhibit in Tecumseh and features Col. Oldfield's military uniform.
	www.lasr.net /pages/city.php?City_ID=NE0308031&VA=Y (465 words)

	Welcome to the Nebraska Coast Connection
		Wednesday April 30th we hosted a gathering of Barney's friends in LA. It was a real celebration of Barney's life and works...good deeds which we plan to help continue.
		Barney photos, books, videos and scrapbooks filled a table and covered surrounding walls...we showed his website on one computer and the George Foreman tribute to Barney from his recent RTNDA honors in Vegas on another.
		Per Barney's request, and in the Barney tradition of keeping his good deeds going, we even sold a pile of his new books as donations to Vada's alzheimer's research fund.
	www.nebraskacoast.com /barney403.html (395 words)

	The Barney Timeline
		Barney Oldfield was the first man to drive a car at 60
		Barney Fife debuted as the bumbling deputy sheriff
		Barney Miller and the detectives of Precinct 12
	digitaldoorway.net /The_Barney_Timeline.html (1031 words)

	HickokSports.com - Biography - Barney Oldfield
		One of the most colorful figures in auto racing history, Oldfield boxed professionally for a time, then became a bicycle racer in 1895.
		Driving the car as he'd learned to race bikes, by sliding through turns rather than braking for them, he won the five-mile race in 5 minutes, 28 seconds, a half-mile ahead of his nearest competitor.
		Oldfield in 1903 became the first American to drive a mile in a minute.
	www.hickoksports.com /biograph/oldfieldbarney.shtml (290 words)

	MSN Encarta - Search Results - Barney Oldfield
		MSN Encarta - Search Results - Barney Oldfield
		Oldfield, Barney (1878–1946), American race car driver, who set several land speed records.
		Oldfield, Bruce, born in 1950, British fashion designer, whose evening wear is worn by the British royal family, film stars, and socialites.
	encarta.msn.com /Barney_Oldfield.html (113 words)

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