The following is a portion of the article on the 1913 Los Angeles to Phoenix overland road race. It does not include the full text of the article, which mostly relates to when each car fell out of the race, or arrived at a checkpoint. All this is well summarized in the table. If no time appears for Phoenix, the car never made it. Car number 25, driven by Buxton and Webber, evidently made it, but no time is given for Phoenix. The winning car is shown in blue, with 2nd and 3rd in red and green respectively.
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No |
Car |
Drivers |
San |
El |
Yuma |
Phoe- |
Elapsed |
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1 |
Cadillac |
Chas. Soules, G. Morris |
8:40 |
12:27 |
4:40 |
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2 |
Simplex |
W. H. Carlson, Bob Zutner |
8:20 |
Out at Mountain Springs. |
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3 |
Cadillac |
Harry Ham, O. Austria |
8:47 |
12:57 |
7:03 |
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4 |
Locomobile |
Olin Davis, Clarence Watts |
8:20 |
11:45 |
4:08 |
1:48 |
18h 50m |
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5 |
Simplex |
Omar Toft, Oscar Nelson |
Wrecked near Santa Ana. |
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6 |
Cadillac |
L. J. McKone, John Maganety |
Ditched at Cardiff. |
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7 |
Simplex |
Barney Oldfield, Bruno Seibel |
8:21 |
11:48 |
4:45 |
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8 |
Ford |
Lowell Smith, John Sabra |
Broke down near Fullerton. |
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9 |
Buick |
J. M. Smith, G. W. Smith |
9:10 |
1:19 |
5:50 |
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10 |
Fiat |
Tom Waters, “Spider” Campbell |
9:01 |
Out at El Cajon. |
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11 |
Marmon |
Guy Ball, Charles Muth |
8:53 |
12:41 |
5:47 |
3:03 |
21h 45m |
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12 |
National |
E. A. Tracey, Chester Grath |
11:00 |
Out west of El Centro. |
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14 |
Fiat |
Frank Verbeck, J. Ballish |
8:49 |
12:38 |
6:49 |
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15 |
Packard |
A. T. Dickey, L. F. Riley |
9:25 |
1:34 |
7:55 |
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16 |
Apperson |
F. Wallace, R. Allen, T. Caress |
Out north of San Diego. |
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17 |
Blue Midget |
W. A. Folcke, W. H. Snow |
9:12 |
Out east of Imperial. |
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19 |
Buick |
Henry Ellis, Boyd Ellis |
9:19 |
1:26 |
7:05 |
5:33 |
24h 4m |
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21 |
Cole |
H. J. Pink, T. Snead |
Out near Anaheim. |
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22 |
Mitchell |
R. L. Greer, H. Gibbons |
9:37 |
1:34 |
6:42 |
5:36 |
24h 3m |
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23 |
Simplex |
J. C. Rice, B. W. Jarres |
9:06 |
12:35 |
4:56 |
5:59 |
22h 58m |
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24 |
Apperson |
J. C. Tobin, Roy T. Rose |
Ditched at Whittier. |
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25 |
Mercer |
Ben B. Buxton, J. Webber |
9:13 |
12:53 |
6:43 |
….. |
23h 28m |
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26 |
Ford |
Earl P. Schnack, T. Robinson |
9:45 |
1:46 |
7:03 |
6:15 |
24h 40m |
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27 |
Buick |
Louis Nickrent, Fred Nickrent |
9:30 |
1:24 |
6:03 |
4:18 |
22h 45m |
Time given is unofficial.
START—Stephenson Avenue and Whittier Boulevard at 5:30 a.m., November 3rd. Finish first day in Yuma, 368.4 miles. Second day, start from Yuma at 5:30 Tuesday morning. Finish of race at Phoenix, 574.4 miles from Los Angeles.
ROUTE—Via Santa Ana, San Diego, El Centro, Black Butte, Yuma, Castle Dome, Palomas, Arlington to the Phoenix Fair Grounds.
DISTANCES—130.4 miles to San Diego, 252.4 to El Centro, 358.4 to Yuma, 574.4 to Phoenix. Boulevards or good roads, 150 miles; mountain roads, 160 miles; desert, 254 miles.
TIME LIMIT—San Diego, 2:22 p.m.; Brawley, 8 p.m.; Black Butte, midnight; Phoenix, 6 p.m, (Tuesday.)
CHECKING STATIONS—Oceanside, 87.4 miles; La Jolla, 115.5; San Diego, 130.4; Descanso, 171.1; El Centro, 254.4; Imperial, 256.4; Brawley, 277.4; Black Butte, 354.4; Yuma, 368.4; Castle Dome, 413.2; Middle Wells. 439.4; Phoenix, 574.4.
PROTESTS—Only two points will be considered—failure to check in at the various stations and driving on the railroad tracks.
Links to people and cars mentioned in the article
Lowell Smith is likely the military pilot and air racer from Santa Barbara. 
In addition, the more familiar Buick, Cadillac, Fiat, and Ford.