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Racing & Results 1911 to 1916
1911 Season
5/08/11 - Indianapolis, Indiana
Buick team prepares for Indy 500
Louis & Arthur Chevrolet
(Indianapolis Star)
5/14/11 - Indianapolis, Indiana
Practice for the Indy 500
Arthur Chevrolet flips Buick race car
(Indianapolis Star)
5/26/11 - Indianapolis, Indiana
Practice for the Indy 500, Louis takes
Buick over 100 miles per hour
(Flint Daily Journal / Associated Press)
5/26/11 - Indianapolis, Indiana
Buick Racing Team
Louis Chevrolet files post entry for 500
(Indianapolis News)
5/30/11 - Indianapolis, Indianapolis
Inaugural Indianapolis 500
Arthur Chevrolet breaks crankshaft
(Indianapolis News)
5/30/11 - Indianapolis, Indianapolis
Inaugural Indianapolis 500
Louis Chevrolet offers relief to Burman
(Indianapolis News)
5/31/11 - Fort Wayne, Indiana
Buick team & executives
dine in Fort Wayne after 500 mile race
(Fort Wayne Sentinel)
6/21/11 - Detroit, Michigan
Louis Chevrolet withdraws entry from the French Grand Prix Race
(New York Times)
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Arthur Chevrolet
Candid Photograph
(Henry Winterhoff Collection)
1914 Season
10/09/14 - Newport, Indiana
Newport Hill Climbing Event
Arthur Chevrolet wins driving a Chevy
(Brazil Daily Times)
11/04/14 - Los Angeles, California
Cactus Derby Race
Louis Chevrolet testing Chevy in desert
(Los Angeles Times)
11/04/14 - Prescott, Arizona
Cactus Derby Event
Louis Chevrolet has bad luck in race
(Santa Ana Register)
1915 Season
4/26/15 - Indianapolis, Indiana
Chevrolet Race Team of William Small,
Gaston was a mechanician for Doughty
(Brazil Daily Times)
5/21/15 - Indianapolis, Indiana
Cornelian Race Car
Joe Boyer qualifies car for Louis
(Indianapolis News)
5/31/15 - Indianapolis, Indiana
Cornelian Race Car
Louis Chevrolet's first Indy 500
(Indianapolis News)
6/07/15 - Indianapolis, Indiana
Delage Race Car
Louis Chevrolet prepares for Chicago
(Indianapolis News)
6/07/15 - Chicago, Illinois
Delage Race Car
Louis Chevrolet in practice for race
(Indianapolis News)
7/04/15 - Indianapolis, Indiana
Chevrolet Race Team of William Small,
Arthur Chevrolet to compete in races
(Indianapolis Star)
7/08/15 - Bluffton, Indiana
Chevrolet Race Team of William Small,
Gaston Chevrolet injured in accident
(Indianapolis Star)
9/16/15 - Detroit, Michigan
Healy Garage - Grand River Avenue
Louis Chevrolet builds Frontenac racer
(Detroit Free Press)
11/10/15 - Detroit, Michigan
Healy Garage - Grand River Avenue
Louis Chevrolet builds Frontenac racer
(Detroit Free Press)
11/12/15 - Detroit, Michigan
Aluminum Convention
Louis Chevrolet tests Frontenac racer
(The Automobile)
11/20/15 - Indianapolis, Indiana
Automobile Convention
Louis meets with William Small
(Indianapolis News)
12/17/15 - Detroit, Michigan
Frontenac Motor Company is created,
Louis Chevrolet is principal shareholder
(The Automobile)
1916 Season
5/30/16 - Indianapolis, Indiana
#8 Frontenac
Louis & Gaston with Joe Boyer
(Indianapolis News)
6/10/16 - Chicago, Illinois
Maywood Board Track Event
Frontenac Team slated to compete
(Wire Report)
6/20/16 - Detroit Michigan
Frontenac Race Cars
Louis Chevrolet addresses problems
(Detroit Free Press)
7/02/16 - Detroit Michigan
Frontenac to race at Minneapolis,
team dealing with engine problems
(Detroit Free Press)
8/19/16 - Chicago, Illinois
Frontenac Race Car
Louis Chevrolet cuts lap at 107 MPH
(Wire Report)
8/19/16 - Chicago, Illinois
Frontenac Race Car
Louie looses an engine in practice
(Wire Report)
9/04/16 - Cincinnati, Ohio
Frontenac Race Car
Louis Chevrolet qualifies car for race
(Cincinnati Enquirer)
9/05/16 - Indianapolis, Indiana
Sunbeam Race Car
Louis parks Frontenac for Indy Event
(Indianapolis News)
9/09/16 - Indianapolis, Indiana
Sunbeam Race Car
Louis Chevrolet has 2 podium finishes
(Wire Report)
9/29/16 - Brooklyn, New York
Astor Cup - Sheepshead Bay Speedway
Louis Chevrolet practices at 115 MPH
(Wire Report)
9/30/16 - Brooklyn, New York
Astor Cup - Sheepshead Bay Speedway
Louis Chevrolet drops out early in race
(Wire Report)
10/01/16 - Detroit Michigan
Frontenac Motor Company
Engineer Victor Gauvreau leaves firm
(Society of Automotive Engineers)
10/14/16 - Chicago, Illinois
"Ben Hur" Delage Race Car
Louis Chevrolet is scratched from race
(The Automobile)
12/02/16 - Uniontown, Pennsylvania
Universal Films Trophy Race
Louis Chevrolet wins in Frontenac
(The Automobile)
12/05/16 - Uniontown, Pennsylvania
Bison Theatre
Movie of Race shown in local cinema
(The Morning Herald - Uniontown, PA)