Winton Bullet

The Winton Bullet was the racing car that Alexander Winton had his Cleveland firm build in 1902 to win public attention for the Winton marque. It used a four-cylinder engine of 492 cubic inches that gave 57 horsepower, and it set unofficial speed marks on Cleveland's Clifton Boulevard, where it reached 70 miles per hour, and averaged 55.38 miles per hour in a timed run at the Glenville oval. It lost to Henry Ford's Old 999 with Barney Oldfield driving, breaking down after four laps. Winton answered with the more powerful Bullet No. 2, built from two four-cylinder engines joined together, and with Bullet No. 3, and Oldfield took Bullet No. 2 to 83.7 miles per hour at Daytona Beach in 1904.