Puzzle #1407 1st International Cycle Car Race held in Detroit in 1914

[Otto Puzzell]

What goes on here?

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[Otto Puzzell]

Expert time

[Djetset]

Could it be a French Darmont?

[pnegyesi]

D'Yrsan?

[D-type]

Morgan

(or is that too obvious?)

[pnegyesi]

Ooops, we did not read carefully what this puzzle is about. So it looks like a dirt track from the mid-1920s in Europe, probably UK?

[Otto Puzzell]

So it looks like a dirt track from the mid-1920s in Europe, probably UK?

[Otto Puzzell]

That looks like a dirt track, alright.

[D-type]

If not Europe, is it Australia?

[Otto Puzzell]

No sir.

[jimjarron]

They don't look very happy, so I suppose that whatever it was that they were trying to do, they didn't manage to do it.

[Otto Puzzell]

To my knowledge, the activity that took place here was completed. I have no explanation for their dour expressions - perhaps it was pre-event jitters, or post-event fatigue.

[pnegyesi]

From the environment I'd place this event to somewhere in USA. I'd say something interesting took place here, at the left an early 1910s racecar is visible, while the 3-wheeler at the center is from the 1920s or so.

[João]

This picture shows a close-up of two of the 16 cars competing in the 1st International Cycle Car Race held in Detroit in 1914.
Morgan car!

[Otto Puzzell]

That's it!

Nicely done - you found the original pic, too!