Peugeot’s Sweet 16

Lindley Bothwell Jr. is shown at the 1998 Visalia motorsports festival driving his 1913 Grand Prix Peugeot, winner of the 1916 Indianapolis 500-mile race. Photo: Pete Lyons / www.petelyons.com

Our sport is gaudy, so noisy, so cherished and studied and conserved … how can so much of racing’s history have gone missing in the dark deeps of time?

Pete Lyons
Pete Lyons

Example: the true background story of this 16-valve Peugeot, 1916 winner of the great Indianapolis race.

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