# I haven't forgotten about the Duryea brothers, but

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/i-havent-forgotten-about-the-duryea-brothers-but/96748>\
**Category:** General Discussion\
**Created:** [November 28, 2016, 11:42pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/i-havent-forgotten-about-the-duryea-brothers-but/96748 "2016-11-28T23:42:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\
**Post date:** [November 28, 2016, 11:42pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/i-havent-forgotten-about-the-duryea-brothers-but/96748/1 "2016-11-28T23:42:44Z")

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…apparently many other folks have forgotten about their importance in American automotive history:

> **[The Forgotten Car That Won America's First Auto Race](https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/model-t-came-duryea-wagon-180961218/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20161128-daily-responsive&spMailingID=27185828&spUserID=NzQwNDU2MzY2MjAS1&spJobID=925576956&spReportId=OTI1NTc2OTU2S0)**
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> The zippy roadster won America's first automobile race in 1895 with an average speed of 5 mph

😔

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**Author:** ![the\_same\_mountainbike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@the\_same\_mountainbike](https://community.cartalk.com/u/the_same_mountainbike)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2016, 12:02am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/i-havent-forgotten-about-the-duryea-brothers-but/96748/2 "2016-11-29T00:02:40Z")

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I just heard something about them on a TV show named “Decades” that looks back in time.  
I seem to recall that they said it was done as some sort of promotion.