Earl P. Cooper

(1886-1965) born at Arborville, York County. Pioneer auto racing driver and engineer, internationally renowned for winning every kind of race except the Indianapolis 500, the first person to take a scientific approach to racing, inducted into several racing halls of fame. Consult Lincoln Evening Journal, September 17, 1962, p. 13 and New York Times obituary, October 24, 1965, p. 86 and Biographical Dictionary of American Sports: Outdoor Sports (Greenwood Press, 1988) 6-7.

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