Kulling - Eat my dust!: Henry Fords first race

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and for Shana Corey, charming editor
M.K.For two of the most interesting and likable
people I knowmy brothers, Bill and John
R.W.With special thanks to Mark Patrick, Curator of the National Automotive History Collection of the Detroit Public Library, for his time and expertise in reviewing this book.

Henry Ford liked to drive. He liked to drive into town. People got excited
when they saw him. There is that crazy Henry
driving his horseless buggy
again, they said.

Ladies ran for the sidewalk. Men leaped for cover. Dogs barked. Horses reared. Henry liked driving into town. Henry had built
his car by himself.

It ran on gas. It did not have brakes. Henry stopped his car
by turning off the engine. Then he jumped out. Henry tied his car to a post
just like a horse
so it would not roll away. Everyone wished
Henry would go back
to driving a horse and buggy.

But Henry loved cars. He loved driving them. And he loved building them. Other people were
building cars, too. Their cars cost a lot of money. They always needed repairs.

Since most people
did not know how to drive,
car owners hired drivers. Only the rich
could afford to own a car. Henry had a dream. He wanted to build a car
everyone could own. Henry needed money
to build his dream car. How could he get it? He decided to enter a race.

Henry had never
raced a car in his life! Car racing was a new sport. People dressed up
for a day at the races. They cheered the fastest car
to victory. If I win the race,
Henry told his wife, Clara,
I will be able to build
my new car. Henry and a mechanic
named Spider Huff
went to work. They put a twenty-six
horsepower engine
in their race car.

One horsepower equaled
the pulling power
of one horse. That meant Henrys car
could beat any horse
in seconds flat! People laughed
at Henry. Youll never beat
the Daredevil!
they said. The Daredevil
was Alexander Winton. He was the American
racing car champion.