8x10 black and white Packard Co. file photograph of a 1928 Packard race car being checked out by three men, driver behind wheel. Inscribed on photo back; Packard Motor Car Co. Proving Grounds 2.5 mile concrete speedway, Utica, Mich., inauguration ceremonies 14 June 1928; Leon Duray, 91-cubic inch front drive Miller special #4, set closed course one lap record of 148.17-mph, thus did proving ground track become the world's fastest speedway, a title held until the opening of Monza in Italy after WWII.
Item #: EB01e902
Photo courtesy of the Detroit Public Library, National Automotive History Collection and used with permission.
7.5x9.5 black and white Packard Co. file photograph of two 1928 Packard race cars on track at proving grounds. Inscribed on photo back; Packard Motor Car Co. Proving Grounds 2.5 mile concrete speedway, Utica, Mich., inauguration ceremonies 14 June 1928; Leon Duray, 91-cubic inch front drive Miller special #4, & Norman Batton, #22, coming out of curve at 140-mph.
Item #: EB01e901
Photo courtesy of the Detroit Public Library, National Automotive History Collection and used with permission.
8x10 black and white Packard Co. file photograph of a 1928 Packard seven-eights left front view, known as the Col. Jesse Vincent Speedster, at Packard Proving Grounds. Inscribed on photo back; Packard, Col. Jesse G. Vincent's special roadster, it was built on a fourth series chassis.
Item #: EB01d362
Photo courtesy of the Detroit Public Library, National Automotive History Collection and used with permission.
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