Re: Big bore

Posted by Owen_Dyneto On 2013/5/13 13:10:29

I didn't know that Packard ever officially backed racing

Well, "ever" encompasses a long time. As a business venture Packard participated in some performance races very early in their business life to help establish the brand and it's reliability. The New York to Boston time trials come to mind with George Weiss driving a Model F in 1902 for the Ohio Automobile Co., at the time Mr. Weiss was a major stockholder in the company and I believe he was also a Vice President. I believe there were 5 Packards in the event, two of which won medals. You can read about them and other early factory sponsored trials in either the Kimes-edited or Terry Martin books.