Motor Racing
Grand Prix racing
- As in 1909 and 1910, there is no Grand Prix racing in Europe
Indianapolis 500
- 30 May — inaugural Indianapolis 500 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway is won by Ray Harroun (USA) driving a Marmon "Wasp", which is based on Marmon's 1909 Model 32 and features the world's first rear-view mirror.
Monte Carlo Rally
- 21 January — inaugural Monte Carlo Rally is organised by Albert I, Prince of Monaco and is won by Henri Rougier driving a Turcat-Mery.
Vanderbilt Cup
- 27 November — 7th running of the Vanderbilt Cup at Savannah, Georgia over 468.93 km (27.52 km x 17 laps) is won by Ralph Mulford (USA) driving a Lozier 6 in 3:56:00.
American Grand Prize
- 30 November — 3rd running of the American Grand Prize takes place at Savannah, Georgia over 660.48 km (27.52 km x 24 laps) and is won by David Bruce-Brown (USA) driving a FIAT S74 in 5:31:29.13.
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“We disparage reason.
But all the time it’s what we’re most concerned with.
There’s will as motor and there’s will as brakes.
Reason is, I suppose, the steering gear.”
—Robert Frost (1874–1963)
“Upscale people are fixated with food simply because they are now able to eat so much of it without getting fat, and the reason they don’t get fat is that they maintain a profligate level of calorie expenditure. The very same people whose evenings begin with melted goat’s cheese ... get up at dawn to run, break for a mid-morning aerobics class, and watch the evening news while racing on a stationary bicycle.”
—Barbara Ehrenreich (b. 1941)