The 20 Earliest Known Photos of Cars Really Burning Rubber

As soon as humanity figured out how to make four wheels move without the help of a horse, they were racing.

Published 1 month ago in Wow

As soon as humanity figured out how to make four wheels move without the help of a horse, they raced those contraptions. In fairness, they raced the horses, too.

Watching rubber squeal on dirt or asphalt is essential to the motoring experience, and here are some of the earliest photos we could find of the earliest racers making it happen.

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Racing in 1906.

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The car once set a lap with an average speed over 140 mph.

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Burning rubber.
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French Eliminating Trials, 1905

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Manassas, Virginia 1952. The first drag stretch east of the Mississippi.
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Racing in 1907.
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Popping a wheelie.

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Racing in 1910.
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Racing in 1910.
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Wheel spin and wheelies.

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Racing at the future cycling track, 1907.
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Better than one.
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He was once cited for "operating a steam boiler without an engineer’s license," because there was not yet a law agains speeding.
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Do early motorcycles work?
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A local dirt track.