Driver of the Week: Charles Ewing Easter -Winner of the 1908 Jericho Sweepstakes
This week's driver of the week is Charles Ewing Easter who drove the #N3 Buick to victory in the 1908 Nassau Sweepstakes.
Enjoy,
Howard Kroplick
Courtesy of the book "The First American Grand Prix" by Tanya A. Bailey
1908 Nassau Sweepstakes
At the starting line for the beginning of the Nassau Sweepstakes which ran concurrently with the 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race.
Starter Fred Wagner is standing to the left of Easter.
Easter is seen here driving the Buick past the Central Avenue/LIRR Bridge in Bethpage.
Easter finished first, averaging 44 miles per hour.
Comments
Need some advice on how to sell a car? 1908 Nassau Sweepstakes winner Charlie Easter can help. Easter sold automobiles for nearly 50 years, first Franklins in 1905, then Loesers in 1907 and then Buicks in 1908 which appears he sold at least through the 1950s. So I guess he knew what he was talking about. From “Automobile Daily News” Aug. 13, 1961. There is a discrepancy however, in the account given in the Tanya A. Bailey book above and the article shown here. The books states that Easter moved to Berlin in 1949 however the article doesn’t mention that. I would have thought that would have been mentioned. Can anyone clarify?