Barney Oldfield - Business Ventures

Business Ventures

Barney Oldfield also helped fellow racer Carl G. Fisher found the Fisher Automobile Company in Indianapolis. It is believed to have been the first automobile dealership in the United States.

He developed the Oldfield tire for Firestone, which helped put Firestone on the map. Firestone used the slogan "'Firestone Tires are my only life insurance,' says Barney Oldfield, world's greatest driver."

In 1924, the Kimball Truck Co. of Los Angeles, CA, built the only 1924 Oldfield.

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