the 1907 Spyker that competed in the Peking to Paris great race

Found on http://www.cardesign.ru/forum/diskussii/obschenie/1352

 the Italia that won the race is here: http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2010/08/winner-of-1907-paris-to-peking.html

The challenge to drive from Peking, China (modern day Beijing) to Paris, France in 1907, using totally untested automobiles, was taken up by five men:
- Prince Scipione Borghese, accompanied by his mechanic Ettore Guizzardi. They were further accompanied by Italian journalist Luigi Barzini, Sr.
- Charles Goddard, accompanied by journalist Jean du Taillis.
- Auguste Pons and Octave Foucault, his mechanic.
- Georges Cormier.
- Victor Collignon.

On the 30th of August, twenty days later, the Spyker, followed by the two De Dions, arrived in Paris. Charles Goddard wasn’t behind the wheel of the Spyker; due to money-troubles, he wasn’t able to finish the race! But his car won second place and that was probably good enoughfound on http://scheong.wordpress.com/2010/02/25/peking-to-paris-the-original-amazing-race/

A 1911 Velie won this years great race from Tennesssee to Vermont

Read about it at http://blog.hemmings.com/index.php/2011/06/20/100-year-old-velie-wins-the-2011-great-race/

William Lamb Velie, the grandson of John Deere, started the Velie Carriage Company in 1902 in Moline, Illinois. By 1909, he switched to automobiles and incorporated the Velie Motor Vehicle Company. While the Velie used supplied engines in its first two model years, the company switched to its own four-cylinder engine in 1911, the same year a Velie driven by Howard Hall entered the inaugural Indianapolis 500. The company continued to build automobiles – including a six-cylinder and an eight-cylinder – through 1928.

for a gallery of another 1911 Velie (how can 2 of these be driving around, and on opposite coasts?) that I photographed in Aug 2009 http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2009/08/1911-velie-at-lamesa.html

For an idea of how much it costs to apply; just for the privilige of joining this race, an entrance fee of $125,500 must be forked over for a sponsored car, and $109,500 for a private car.

http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2008/02/heres-story-about-great-race-and-how.html

The Beerster Buick Straight 8 was at the LA Roadster Show

Not based on a real car, but what the makers could approximate as a 1936 Indy 500 roadster race car http://www.beerster8.com/