Mystery Foto #30 Solved: Ralph Mulford winning the 1911 Vanderbilt Cup Race in the #8 Lozier
Did you identify this weekend's Mystery Foto?
Answers to the Mystery Foto questions:
Identify:
- The driver, mechanician and racer
Driver Ralph Mulford and mechanician Billy Chandler in the winning #8 Lozier.
- The race, date and location of the photo
The 1911 Vanderbilt Cup Race held on November 27, 1911 in Savannah, Georgia.
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Congrats to Greg O., Dick Gorman, Ken Parrotte, Art Kleiner, Steve Lucas and Al Velocci for identifying smiling Ralph Mulford.
Kudos to Ken Parrotte, Art Kleiner and Steve Lucas for identifying mechanician Billy Chandler.
Enjoy,
Howard Kroplick
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#8 51hp Lozier driven by Ralph Mulford. Finished 1st. Completed the race, averaging 73.4 mph in Savannah, Georgia, November 27, 1911
Mystery Foto # 30… The driver is Ralph Mulford with mechanician John Horan in the Lozier race car. The race is the Vanderbilt Cup for November 12, 1911 in Savannah, Georgia. Ralph won that race in the Lozier.
There was another race that weekend in which Ralph participated. That was the Grand Prize race.
F.Y.I., Ralph was known as the Gumdrop Kid because of his favorite snack.
Ralph did a lot of racing including the Indy 500, which he drove in ten times.
I see Mobil Oil, Valvoline, and Michelin Tires advertised, products that are still sold today. This photo is none of the Vanderbilt Cup Races on Long Island (1904-1910), nor the Sweepstakes and American Elimination Trial races. I’m stumped. The photo doesn’t look like early Long Island terrain, but more like a race track. Probably early Indy 500 based on those early race machines. What excitement it must’ve been to test these early machines towards optimal performance, a practice that continues today with more modern racers.
November 27, 1911 8th Vanderbilt Cup at Savannah GA.
Winning #8 Lozier driven by Ralph Mulford with mechanician Billy Chandler.
Of interest to me is that The Lozier Motor Company started in Plattsburg, NY
PS: the number 22 car is the winner of the Savannah race, Hughie Hughes driver of the Mercer.
Driver: Ralph Mulford (winner)
Mechanician: Billy Chandler
Racer: Lozier
Race: Vanderbilt Cup Race
Date: November 27, 1911
Location: Savannah, GA
The driver with the big smile is Ralph Mulford. Sitting next to him in the #8 Lozier racer is his mechanician, Billy Chandler. I believe the date was November 27, 1911 on the course for the 1911 Vanderbilt Cup Race in Savannah, GA. Reason for the smile was Mulford had just won the race.
That is Ralph K. Mulford, driver, and Joe Horan, mechanician, in the winning Lozier at Elgin, Ill. in 1910; Race was was referred to as the “western Vanderbilt”