Why aren't more trophy's recycling old pistons? Seems cooler looking than most of the women in robes trophies, or the modern stupid trend of glass panels

 

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This year’s trophy for The Formula E Race event at Art Center College of Design.

https://www.instagram.com/hotwheelsdreamteam/

the Beatniks of Koolsville had this cool trophy made to award to a special car in the Suede Palace

Cold Hard Art is frequently commisioned to make awesome trophys

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10153440708251149.1073741970.310875001148&type=3

the self taught racer so good, that within 7 years of learning to drive, she nearly beat De Palma, and caused male racers and the AAA to ban women drivers, because they felt that threatened. I present, Joan Cuneo

She was banned from ascending the road up New Hampshire’s Mount Washington. The American Automobile Association, AAA, who sanctioned the race, deemed the ascent up the steep and winding carriage road “too dangerous” for the woman driver, likely as a result of complaints delivered by her male counterparts. 

At the time, driving a car required considerable strength, and racing required a vague indifference towards bodily injury; that a woman could drive as well as a man was emasculating and crushed the egos of the male racers. Fast Forward to New Orleans:

same car, Knox Giant, above and below

With the big Knox Giant racer.

In early 1909 she ran this car to numerous victories at the New Orleans Mardi Gras celebration, at one point nearly beating the famous Ralph De Palma. She was named the National Amateur Champion and claimed five trophys.

Not long after her stunning victories in New Orleans, and despite the fact that Mrs. Cuneo had been a member of theirs since 1905, the American Automobile Association (the organization that sponsored most of the big events) banned not just women drivers from their events, but women passengers as well.

Many writers of the day felt it was because too many men drivers would stay away if they were consistently beaten by a woman.

Joan Cuneo did not protest; she just more or less retired from racing. She bought a duplicate of the Knox Giant from the factory and continued to run non-AAA sponsored tours, and setting track records in exhibitions.

In the March 1908 issue of Country Life in America she wrote an article titled "Why There Are So Few Women Automobilists" that is still quoted today in histories of early woman drivers.

In the 1908 Glidden Tour, Cuneo drove a 1908 Rainier touring car while representing the Chicago Motor Club 2 team, and despite the numerous hardships encountered during the race, managed to finish with a perfect score of 1,000 points. More impressively, Cuneo had driven the entire tour herself, while other entrants, too tired to press on, called for the services of relief drivers.

http://www.viewsofthepast.com/topics/fr-automobiles.htm

For her efforts, Cuneo received a silver cup from the other entrants for her sportsmanship and “pluck,” as well as a gold medal from the AAA and a second cup from the Chicago Motor Club for her efforts on its behalf.

In 1914, she told Country Life magazine that she had already owned eighteen automobiles.

She moved to Vermont in 1918 and eventually to Ontonagon, Michigan where she died in relative obscurity in 1934.

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Elsa A. Nystrom, a professor of history at Kennesaw State University, has written the definitive book about Joan Cuneo:
http://www.amazon.com/Mad-Speed-Racing-Newton-Cuneo/dp/0786470933/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1454993735&sr=8-1&keywords=Mad+for+Speed+%E2%80%93+The+Racing+Life+of+Joan+Newton+Cuneo.

"The story of this auto racing pioneer is essential reading for anyone who appreciates motorsport or is intrigued by the role of women making their mark on American culture. Elsa's thorough research and breezy writing style insures the time you spend with this engaging biography will be a great investment in not only your education but entertainment as well."
--Mark Dill, former Vice President, Marketing, Indianapolis Motor Speedway

It's not often you get a look into a garage of 110 years ago

http://www.velocetoday.com/mad-for-speed-book-review/

http://blog.hemmings.com/index.php/2013/11/19/racing-heroes-joan-newton-cuneo/#&gid=1&pid=4

In 1911, Cuneo would set a woman’s speed record of 111.5 MPH behind the wheel of a Pope Hummer on the Long Island Motor Parkway, but the bulk of her racing glory was behind her by then.

A little more than four years later, by the end of 1915, her marriage to Andrew Cuneo would be over, and in 1917 she would turn her back on New York for a rural life in Vermont. Even this relocation was temporary, as in 1922 she followed her son and his wife west, settling in Ontonagon, Michigan. Joan would marry James Francis Sickman there in 1928, but would die just six years later, in 1934, at age 58.

http://www.firstsuperspeedway.com/articles/joan-cuneo-new-orleans

her 1905 White

http://www.viewsofthepast.com/topics/fr-automobiles.htm

https://new.liveauctioneers.com/catalog/91786_rare-sports-and-historical-memorabilia-#page=2

the trophy for achieving the 1904 land speed record at Ormand Beach Florida

Made by the Gorham trophy company, who also made the Borg Warner trophy (Indy 500)

http://www.vanderbiltcupraces.com/blog/article/the_trophy_that_may_have_inspired_the_vanderbilt_cup

the kids choice award at the Phoenix Concours... very cool

The Arizona Concours d’Elegance benefits Make-A-Wish® Arizona, the founding chapter of the national organization that grants wishes for children facing life-threatening medical conditions.

that is not photoshopped, that is a really BIG trophy

the Amelia Island Concours will be featuring 11 race winning cars, and the trophies in a special class called “The Great Trophies and Cars” at the 2016 Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance in Florida in March.

Towering over them all will be the seven-foot-tall Wheeler-Schebler Trophy, first awarded at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 1909, the year the Speedway opened. Its last presentation was in 1932 to winning-car owner Harry Hartz, who donated the imposing cup to the Indianapolis Speedway Museum.

 The Indy 500’s famed Borg-Warner Trophy, the early-era Vanderbilt Cup, two separate year trophies from the 24 Hours of Le Mans, the Harley J. Earl Daytona 500 Perpetual Trophy and the French Grand Prix trophy of 1914 will be among those tracing the history of world auto racing.

The 2016 Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance events will be held March 11-13 on the Golf Club of Amelia Island at The Ritz-Carlton.

http://www.vanderbiltcupraces.com/blog/article/classiccars.com_amelia_island_concours_to_host_11_motorsports_trophies_with

some of the cool trophys that were proudly on display at SEMA

Ford trophies 1911

Found on http://digitalcollections.detroitpubliclibrary.org/islandora/object/islandora%3A197662

the Standard Oil Company trophy cup for fuel economy, 1908... and 1905 Worlds Fair 5 Mile Stock Car trophy

sponsored by the Chicago Motor Club

Found on http://digitalcollections.detroitpubliclibrary.org/islandora/object/islandora%3A198329

awarded to Webb Jay, driving the White Steamer called "Whistling Billy."

Which also won this

quite a pair of unusual designed trophy cups, but it was an unusual design for a car

http://digitalcollections.detroitpubliclibrary.org/islandora/object/islandora%3A182287

http://digitalcollections.detroitpubliclibrary.org/islandora/object/islandora%3A199531

Great home made trophy, I love these

Found on https://www.facebook.com/groups/yachtclubdesavionsdelaroute/?fref=nf

cool idea for a trophy, a gold ingot

Handmade trophys from Boys Republic for the annual friends of Steve McQueen car show

last years trophys: http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2013/06/the-wonderful-hand-made-car-parts-and.html