1994 Buick Skylark Owner's Manual - Page 7

Durant also created a racing team that won racing 500 trophies in 1909 and 10, including successes at 19 Indianapolis two years before Indy 500 began. the The success of Buick engines was visible not only on the race track, but in endurance tests across country the and aroundthe world. Buick wasthe only car to complete a 1,000-mile Chicago-to-New Yorkrace in 1906. And a Buick was first car to travel across the South America, driven from Buenos Aim, Argentina, over the Andes to Santiago, Chile in 1914. Buick drew plentyof attention becauseit could elimb hills and run through mud like no other . Buick's cs world famous. endurance and reliability were During World WarI, Buick built Liberty aircraft engines so as well as Red Cross ambulances successful thatone Buick ambulance was awarded Croix de Gaerre by the the French government. I 9 I I Model 2i Touring Car on Buick's Test Hill First Buick Factory