Oldfield, Barney

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Oldfield, (Berna Eli) Barney (1878–1946) auto racer; born in Wauseon, Ohio. One of racing's pioneers, he began as a bicycle racer. He was the first to race a car a mile a minute (1903), while driving Henry Ford's famous "999" racer. A colorful showman who specialized in short "match" races on dirt tracks, he also established a land speed record in 1910 for a one-mile distance at over 131 miles per hour.

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