Eddie Rickenbacker with the Mason Racing Team
Title
Eddie Rickenbacker with the Mason Racing Team
Description
The Mason Racing Team (left to right) : Eddie Rickenbacker , Eddie O'Donnell , Billie Chandler and Fritz Walker . Walker was killed in a crash at Galesburg , Illinois in 1914 . Rickenbacker left the Columbus Buggy Company in 1912 to become a professional racer . From 1912 to the end of 1914 , Rickenbacker worked for Fred and Augie Duesenberg building and driving Mason race cars (later called Duesenbergs) . Auto racing was a harrowing sport in those days , as evidenced in this episode recorded by Rickenbacker biographer W . David Lewis , "On 28 July , in a 300-mile race at Galveston , Texas , one of his (Rickenbacker's) tires blew out when he was going 90 miles an hour . Instead of coming off the rim , it got caught and flapped repeatedly across his left arm and shoulder , hitting him like a club . Suddenly , as he considered leaving the race before his arm fractured , the blows stopped . Climbing out of his seat , his riding mechanic , Eddie O'Donnell , had thrown himself across Edd's body and was absorbing the punishing hits . By the time Edd got to the pit both men had severly lacerated arms and torsos and O'Donnell had a separated shoulder. "
Creator
Unknown
Publisher
Auburn University Libraries
Date
1913-08-00
Decade
1910s
LC Subject Headings
Rickenbacker, Eddie, 1890-1973 Automobile racing Automobile racing drivers Automobile industry and trade Automobile factories Duesenberg automobile
Format
JPEG
Type
Image
Technical Information
Black and White Photo
Accession Number
101-97-054-2-023
Collection
Eddie Rickenbacker Papers
Repository
Auburn University . Special Collections and Archives
Language
eng
Rights
This image is the property of the Auburn University Libraries and is intended for non-commercial use. Users of the image are asked to acknowledge the Auburn University Libraries. For information about obtaining high-resolution copies of this and other images in this collection, please contact the Auburn University Libraries Special Collections & Archives Department at archives@auburn.edu or (334) 844-1732.
Submitted by
Abernethy , Lynn
Date Submitted
2007-02-14
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