Glen Milton Breed
1881 – 1960
A True Pioneer in the Sport of Automobile Racing
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The rather poor quality picture at left of Glen Breed appeared on a handbill announcing a series of 10-lap match races between Fred Horey and Breed that were to be run at the Kansas State Fair in Hutchinson, Kansas on September 21 and 22, 1917. Click your mouse on the picture to see the complete handbill – handbill from the Christine Logan collection |
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The picture at right of Glen Breed in his black and white #1 Hudson Super-Six special appeared in a number of ads run in Hutchinson, Kansas newspapers in September of 1917 announcing a series of 10-lap match races between Fred Horey and Breed that were to be run at the Kansas State Fair in Hutchinson on September 21 and 22, 1917. Click your mouse on the picture to see a little larger version of it - Hutchinson Gazette and Hutchinson News from September of 1917 |
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Glen Milton Breed was born on May 4, 1881 near Breedsville in Van Buren County, Michigan. He was the younger of two sons born to Silas A. Breed (1848-?) and Emily (Stoughton). Breedsville was named in honor of Glen’s paternal grandfather who settled there in 1835.
After a quarrel with his father, Glen left home at the age of 18 and moved to Jackson, Michigan to work as a mechanic for driver Bob Burman on the Buick factory auto racing team.
Breed soon found himself behind the wheel of a factory backed Buick racer:
August 7, 1905
1-mile dirt oval - Detroit Driving Park at Grosse Pointe, Michigan
Breed drove a Buick.
Breed finished in second place just ½ car length behind E. Ferdinand Schoeffler who was driving a Jackson automobile. The event was a five-mile race for stock, stripped touring cars valued at less than $1.500. One newspaper reporter described the contest between Breed and Schoeffler as a “pretty race”.
August 8, 1905
1-mile dirt oval – Detroit Driving Park at Grosse Pointe, Michigan
Breed drove a Buick.
These were non-championship races but sanctioned by the American Automobile Association (A.A.A.)
Breed won a five-mile race for stock, stripped touring cars valued at less than $1,500. His winning time was 8 minutes, 11.4 seconds for an average speed of 36.63 M.P.H.
One of the five-mile races in the open class at Grosse Pointe that day is still talked about today. Barney Oldfield barely escaped with his life when he crashed his famous Peerless Green Dragon after tangling with a Reo driven by Dan Wurgis. Webb Jay went on to win the race in his famous White steamer Whistling Billy. Oldfield had won his first race on the one-mile dirt oval Grosse Pointe racetrack in 1902. Breed did not compete in the open class that day so was not in this particular race.
May 24, 1906
1-mile hill climb – Dead Horse Hill at Worchester, Massachusetts
Breed drove a Buffum Model 24 Runabout.
Breed finished fourth in 2 minutes 50.2 seconds and behind L. Markle, George Kimball, and a Mr. Burrage. He was 53.2 seconds behind winner Markle.
June 27, 1908
½ mile hill climb – Dodson Hill at Kansas City, Missouri
Breed drove a Buick.
Breed finished fourth in 2 minutes 46.0 seconds and behind George Gibson, E. L. Weiser, and William Hiatt. He was 1 minute 16 seconds behind winner Gibson. The class was for Runabout automobiles valued at between $851 and $1250. Breed then finished eighth in 1 minute 30.4 seconds in the “free-for-all” race behind A. O. Brooks, Don Cole, R. C. Greenlease, L. Scott, E. L. Weiser, William Hiatt, and Charles Lavendoski. He was 30.8 seconds behind winner Brooks. The term “free-for-all” refers to feature races for all entries regardless of class.
July 4, 1908
1-mile dirt oval Elm Ridge Racetrack in Kansas City, Missouri
Breed drove a Buick Model 18.
Breed won a three-mile race for Runabouts valued under $1,201 in a time of 4 minutes 10 seconds.
July 31, 1909
1-mile dirt oval Elm Ridge Racetrack in Kansas City, Missouri
As a member of the Buick racing team, Breed had at least four different cars at his disposal and both he and Bob Burman drove a different Buick in each of the four races they competed in this day.
Breed finished second to Burman in a five-mile race for gasoline powered stock cars valued at $1,000 or less. Breed completed the five laps in 5 minutes, 36 seconds in the #22 Buick which was 20 seconds slower than Burman’s time.
Breed finished second to Burman in a 10-mile race for gasoline powered stock cars valued at between $1,001 and $2,000. Breed finished the 10 laps in 10 minutes, 24 seconds which was 21.6 seconds slower than Burman’s time. Breeds mount was the #29 Buick. Third place finisher A. O. Brooks of the Stoddard-Dayton factory racing team filed a formal protest against saying the Buicks driven by Breed and Burman were not stock. The protest was apparently denied as the finishing order was allowed to stand.
Breed finished second to Burman in a 10-mile race for either gasoline or steam powered cars that was sponsored by the Kansas City Board of Trade. Breed’s time in the #37 Buick was 10 minutes, 18 seconds which was 5 seconds slower than Burman’s time.
Breed finished second to Burman in a 100-mile open race for gasoline powered stock cars completing the distance in 2 hours, 2 minutes, and 48 seconds which was 8 minutes and 40 seconds slower than Burman’s time. Breed drove the #4 Buick in this event.
The night of March 2, 1910, Mrs. D. D. Anderson hired an automobile and chauffeur from the Woods Garage in Hutchinson, Kansas to transport herself and her 17-year-old daughter to a nearby town for a family emergency. Given the urgency of the situation, Glen Breed, who worked as a mechanic at the garage, was selected to do the driving. The three had not traveled far from Hutchinson when the car struck a rut in the road at a high rate of speed and veered sharply throwing both ladies onto the road and seriously injuring them.
Breed was married on July 12, 1910 at Hutchinson, Kansas to Martha Elizabeth “Mattie” (Sparr) Krukal. Mattie was already the mother of a young son, Albert E. Sparr who had been born on March 29, 1909 at Wichita, Kansas.
½ mile dirt oval – Kansas State Fairgrounds Racetrack in Hutchinson, Kansas
Breed drove both a Buick Model 10 and a Buick Model 16.
Breed had moved his new family to Bushton, Kansas before he competed in this event. He won a match race between his Buick Model 16 and an Auburn 40 driven by Carl E. Evans of Wichita, Kansas. He then switched to a Buick Model 10 and won a 10-lap race for stock automobiles valued up to $1,000. He then finished fourth behind C. W. “Will” Swain, George C. Wiles, and William A. “Will” Burke in a 20-lap race for stock automobiles valued up to $1,500. Finally, Breed won the 20-lap Free-for-All in his Buick Model 16.
Breed purchased a fire damaged 30 H.P. 1910 Buick Model 17 from a dealership that had burned at Hutchinson, Kansas and began racing it on dirt tracks around Kansas.
Sometime around 1911, Breed moved his family to Winfield, Kansas where he got a job as an auto mechanic.
½ mile dirt oval - Cowley County Fairgrounds Racetrack in Winfield, Kansas
Breed drove his 1910 Buick Model 17.
Breed finished second in a 4-lap heat race to fellow Buick driver W. W. Brown and then won the 20-lap feature race over Brown in a new track record time of either 12 minutes, 8 seconds or 14 minutes, 8 seconds depending on which source is to be believed.
½ mile dirt oval - Cowley County Fairgrounds Racetrack in Winfield, Kansas
Breed drove his 1910 Buick Model 17.
Breed had moved his family to Emporia, Kansas since the last race at Winfield but returned with his Buick on this date to win three 6-lap heat races.
September 12, 1913
½ mile dirt oval – North Central Kansas Fairgrounds Racetrack in Belleville, Kansas
Breed drove his 1910 Buick Model 17.
Breed had moved his family to Iola, Kansas before he competed in this event. This “free-for-all” race consisted of three 10-lap segments each starting all nine cars that were entered. The over-all winner was determined by adding together each competitor’s best two finishes in those three races. Breed was declared that over-all winner. The best time for ten laps was 6 minutes, 11 seconds and the best time for two consecutive laps was 1 minute, 11 seconds.
August 28, 1914
½ mile dirt oval – North Central Kansas Fairgrounds Racetrack in Belleville, Kansas
Breed drove his 1910 Buick Model 17.
Breed had moved his family to Chanute, Kansas before he competed in this event. Seven cars were entered in the “free-for-all” that was run in three 10-lap segments. Breed’s name does not appear among the top three over-all finishers who were the only ones to get their names published in the Belleville Telescope and Freeman. Albert “Dutch” Striegel of Kansas City driving his Stafford was the over-all winner completing the final 10-lap segment in 6 minutes, 39.5 seconds. B. T. Barber of Iola, Kansas finished second in his Ford, and A. T. Jones of Kansas City finished third in his Regal.
October 1, 1914
1-mile dirt oval - Johnson County Fairgrounds Racetrack in Iowa City, Iowa
Breed drove his 1910 Buick Model 17.
Breed survived a collision with a J. Sam Wilson of Iowa City, Iowa on the third lap of the 30-mile feature race that damaged his steering and caused his car to behave erratically for the remainder of the event but he managed to finish in fourth place behind Gus Monckmeier driving a Staver owned by F. H. Phelps; “Speedy” Walters driving a Buick owned by C. R. Parker; and “Bud” Jones driving a Mercer owned by F. W. Lewis.
½ dirt oval - Cowley County Fairgrounds Racetrack in Winfield, Kansas
Breed entered his 1910 Buick Model 17 in this race but engine trouble kept him from competing.
August 19, 1915
1-mile dirt oval - Johnson County Fairgrounds Racetrack in Iowa City, Iowa
According to the Iowa City Daily Press, Breed competed against such drivers and Sig Haugdahl and Floyd Willard on this date but no results of that race have been located.
August 11, 1916
1-mile dirt oval - Johnson County Fairgrounds Racetrack in Iowa City, Iowa
Breed entered a Stutz in this race.
Breed did not finish among the top three in this race as those are the only ones mentioned in the account of this event the Iowa City Citizen. C. R. Parker won the 30-mile feature race driving a Duesenberg and followed by J. A. Thompson and Floyd Willard both driving Fords. 8 cars started that feature race.
August 29, 1916
½ mile dirt oval – North Central Kansas Fairgrounds Racetrack in Belleville, Kansas
Breed drove his 1916 Hudson “Super-Six”.
Breed was clearly the class of the field in these races. The “free-for-all” consisted of three 10-lap segments each starting all cars entered. Each competitor’s best two finishing positions were used to determine the over-all winner. Breed easily out distanced the field in each of the first two segments winning them handily. With an insurmountable lead, he chose to sit out the final segment and was still declared the over-all champion.
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Glen Breed in his 1916 Hudson “Super-Six” Don Radbruch collection |
Summer, 1916
½ mile dirt oval - Nemaha County Fairgrounds Racetrack at Seneca, Kansas
Breed drove his 1916 Hudson “Super-Six”.
Breed set the fastest time in time trials at 1 minute, 4.6 seconds for two laps.
September 23, 1916
½ mile dirt oval – Kansas State Fair Racetrack in Hutchinson, Kansas
Breed drove his Hudson “Super-Six”.
Races sanctioned by: International Motor Contest Association (I.M.C.A). Breed possessed a valid I.M.C.A. license allowing him to compete.
Breed had moved his family to Salina, Kansas before he competed in this event. He won a 10-lap match race over Eddie Hearne pulling away a little more each lap to win by at least 150 yards and covered the five miles in a time of 5 minutes, 50 seconds. Hearn was driving a Briscoe and offered no excuses. He was quoted after the race as saying that Breed was just the better driver. Hearn had started on the pole position and had been allowed to set the starting pace. Breed disclosed that his Hudson’s wheel base had been shortened to 100 inches and that the six-cylinder Hudson engine was equipped with an oversized carburetor and manifolds. He also said the engine had a 3½ inch bore, 5 inch stroke, a 288 CID, and used caster oil as a lubricant. His employer, a Salina Hudson dealer, presented him with “in the neighborhood of $300” for winning and a Hutchinson Hudson dealer, A. A. Kirk, immediately added $100 to that. Fair management attributed the largest Saturday crowd to ever be seen on the fairgrounds to this race.
October, 1916
½ mile dirt oval – Cloud County Fairgrounds Racetrack at Concordia, Kansas
Breed drove his 1916 Hudson “Super-Six”.
10,000 people saw Breed finish first in each of the five-mile heats that made up the “free-for-all” event. His time for the first five-mile heat was 7 minutes, 26 seconds and he collected a total of $300 from the purse.
November 3, 1916
Meridian Road Cup Record Run Across Kansas
Breed drove his 1916 Hudson “Super-Six”.
He was given a trophy for this event which a grandson still has to this day. He completed his 277 mile leg in 5 ¾ hours.
Glen Breed was licensed to race with the International Motor Contest Association (I.M.C.A.) in 1917 and possibly in other years as well, but it is unclear how many of the races that he competed in were actually sanctioned by that organization.
May, 1917
La Condesa Racetrack near Mexico City, Mexico
Breed drove his Hudson “Super-Six” special.
According to articles in the Oakland Tribune and the Nevada State Journal, more than 50,000 people were there when Breed won two “free-for-all” races.
September 3, 1917
2-mile dirt oval – Dodge City Speedway northeast of Dodge City, Kansas
Breed drove his Hudson “Super-Six” special.
Breed won the feature race here by a margin of 15 miles over the second place finisher! According to an articles in the Boston Daily Globe and the Reno Nevada State Journal published in September of 1917, the triumph at Dodge City was the 26th victory in 27 starts for Breed in just the past two years.
September 21, 1917
½ mile dirt oval – Kansas State Fair Racetrack in Hutchinson, Kansas
Breed drove his black and white #1 Hudson “Super-Six” special.
Races sanctioned by: International Motor Contest Association (I.M.C.A)
Breed won a match race over Fred Horey driving a new short wheelbase four-cylinder Fiat racer before a crowd estimated at 25,000 people and set a new 10-lap track record of 5 minutes, 33.2 seconds in the process. At no time during the race was there more than one car length between the two automobiles.
September 22, 1917
½ mile dirt oval – Kansas State Fair Racetrack in Hutchinson, Kansas
Breed drove his black and white #1 Hudson “Super-Six” special.
Races sanctioned by: International Motor Contest Association (I.M.C.A)
Breed was defeated in two straight 10-lap match races by Fred Horey who was driving a four-cylinder Fiat racer. Horey had won a coin toss and started the first match race of the day from the pole position. Breed jumped out in front at the start and lead for two laps before Horey passed him and went on to win in a time of 5 minutes, 34.2 seconds. Horey led the second race from start to finish covering the distance in a time of 5 minutes, 31.2 seconds and was declared the winner of the best two-out-of-three, two-day match race. Breed would ignore the plaudits of the crowd. He was a quiet, retiring man who seldom said a word but he did pull along side Horey’s racer and offer his congratulations saying he had just been beat by a faster car. He did not offer any excuses.
October 27, 1917
1-mile dirt oval - Fair Park Racetrack at the Texas State Expo in Dallas, Texas
Breed drove black and white #1 Hudson “Super-Six” special.
Breed competed against the likes of Jules Ellingboe and Fred Horey whom he lost to on this day in a match race.
November 7, 1917
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This photo of Glen Breed (center) with his black and white #1 Hudson “Super-Six” special was taken on November 7, 1917 at the West Side Racetrack in Wichita, Kansas |
½ mile dirt oval – West Side Racetrack in Wichita, Kansas
Breed drove his black and white #1 Hudson “Super-Six” special.
Breed set a new one-lap track record of 33.4 seconds in time trials breaking the previous record by .2 seconds that had been held by Jerry Wonderlich. Breed then lead all the way in the first segment of the best two-out-of three segments match race against “Wild Bill” Endicott who was driving the “Sweeney Special”. Breed finished just one foot ahead of Endicott in a time of 3 minutes, 45.4 seconds. Breed also lead all the way in taking the second of the six-lap segments in 3 minutes, 42.0 seconds again beating Endicott to the finish line by mere inches and setting a new track record for that distance. The crowd watching the races was described as being small.
November 8, 1917
½ mile dirt oval – West Side Racetrack in Wichita, Kansas
Breed drove his black and white #1 Hudson “Super-Six” special.
Breed set the fastest one-lap time of the day in time trials at 33.8 seconds. A scheduled match race between Breed and Ray Burr Lampkin was canceled when Lampkin’s Sun Ray Duesenberg was unable to report to the starting line due to a broken housing. Breed then started last of the four entrants in the Australian Pursuit race and finished second to “Farmer” Paul Henderson who completed the seven laps in his Du Chesneau in 4 minutes, 27.0 seconds.
September 20, 1918
½ mile dirt oval – Kansas State Fair Racetrack in Hutchinson, Kansas
Breed drove his 1916 Hudson “Super-Six”.
Races sanctioned by: International Motor Contest Association (I.M.C.A).
Breed won the first heat in a best two-out-of-three series of 10-lap match races between himself and Sig Haugdahl. Haugdahl lost a cylinder in his engine and dropped out on the ninth lap of that first race. Breed refused to allow Haugdahl to change cars for the remaining races so Haugdahl disconnected the damaged cylinder and easily won the second and third heats to be declared the over-all winner.
April 5, 1919
½ mile dirt oval – Garfield County Fairgrounds in Enid, Oklahoma
Breed drove his 1916 Hudson “Super-Six”.
Breed had moved his family to Fredonia, Kansas before he competed in this event. He finished first in the 15-mile feature race against six other competitors in a time of 19 minutes, 24.2 seconds. 4,000 spectators attended this race.
April 6, 1919
½ mile dirt oval – Garfield County Fairgrounds in Enid, Oklahoma
Breed drove his 1916 Hudson “Super-Six”.
No results of these races have been located to date.
September 1, 1919
½ mile dirt oval – Lincoln County Fairgrounds Racetrack at North Platte, Nebraska
Breed drove his Hudson “Super-Six” special.
Breed’s one lap time of 34.8 seconds in time trials was the second quickest time of the day, 1.6 seconds slower than the lap turned in by King Rhiley. Breed then finished second behind Noel Bullock in the Handicap race and second behind Rhiley in the 25-mile sweepstakes race.
May 15 – 16, 1920
½ mile dirt oval – Colcord Track in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Breed entered his Hudson “Super-Six” special.
There was a $2,000 purse posted for these races but they were canceled due to flooding in the area.
September 6, 1920
½ mile dirt oval – Lincoln County Fairgrounds Racetrack at North Platte, Nebraska
Breed drove his Hudson “Super-Six” special.
Although his engine went sour halfway through the 25-mile sweepstakes race, Breed managed to hold on to second place behind King Rhiley which was good enough for $750 of the day’s total purse of $6,000.
October 22 - 24, 1920
1-mile dirt oval - Fair Park Racetrack at the Texas State Expo in Dallas, Texas
Breed drove his white Hudson “Super-Six” special.
Races sanctioned by: International Motor Contest Association (I.M.C.A)
Breed had moved his family to Dallas, Texas before these races. He was to compete in the third match race of a series here against Fred Horey on the 22nd but that event was postponed to the 23rd and then to the 24th before being finally canceled due to a too wet racetrack.
January 16, 1921
2-mile dirt oval – San Antonio Speedway at San Antonio, Texas
Breed drove his white #5 Hudson “Super-Six” special.
Breed entered all six scheduled races that were run in conjunction with the third annual San Antonio Automobile Show. He set a new one-lap track record of one minute and twenty-five seconds flat in qualifying that stood for over six years. He then proceeded to easily win each of the six races.
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Glen Breed in 1941 Don Sparr collection |
April 24, 1921
2-mile dirt oval – San Antonio Speedway at San Antonio, Texas
Breed drove his white #5 Hudson “Super-Six” special.
Breed competed in four races finishing in second place just two seconds behind Ira Vail in a Duesenberg in the first 20-mile event. He also finished in second place 11 seconds behind Vale in a second 20-mile event. He then finished in second place just three seconds behind Vail in the third event which was 30 miles long. By all accounts, Breed battled Vail for every lap of those three races. Finally, Breed finished in third place behind John Mais driving a Dodge and John Boling driving the C. L. Richards special in the final event of the afternoon which was a 10-mile handicap race.
July 4, 1921
5/8 mile dirt oval – West Texas State Fairgrounds Racetrack at Abilene, Texas
Breed drove his white Hudson “Super-Six” special.
Breed had moved his family to San Antonio, Texas by the time this race took place. A crowed officially estimated at over 10,000 saw Breed win the second heat completing the five-mile distance in 5 minutes. 22.4 seconds. He then won the five-mile fourth heat in 5 minutes, 25.4 seconds. Finally, he finished first in the 25-mile “free-for-all” covering that distance in 28 minutes and .4 seconds.
Summer, 1921
½ mile dirt oval – Iowa State Fair Racetrack in Des Moines, Iowa
Breed’s car is listed as having been a Frontenac.
Races sanctioned by: International Motor Contest Association (I.M.C.A)
Breed’s name does not appear in the incomplete published results of this race.
September 28, 1921
5/8 mile dirt oval – West Texas State Fairgrounds Racetrack at Abilene, Texas
Breed drove his white Hudson “Super-Six” special.
Breed won the third race, a five-mile “free for all,” in 5 minutes, 22 seconds. That one race paid a total purse of $350. He then won a 10-mile “free-for-all” handicap in a total of 11 minutes, 32 seconds over Phil “Red” Shafer, that time including one caution period. The actually racing time for that race was 10 minutes, 43 seconds and the total purse for that one race was $650.
January 1, 1922
1-mile dirt oval - Fair Park Racetrack at the Texas State Expo in Dallas, Texas
Breed drove his white #20 Hudson “Super-Six” special.
Breed set a new one-lap track record 49 seconds flat and then won a five-mile “free-for-all” in a time of 4:27. He took the lead over the nine other competitors on the seventh lap of the 15-mile “free-for-all” and pulling away to win in a time of 13:08. Again, Phil “Red” Shafer finished second in each of the races won by Breed.
July 4, 1922
5/8 mile dirt oval – West Texas State Fairgrounds Racetrack at Abilene, Texas
Breed drove his white #20 Hudson “Super-Six” special.
A crowd estimated at between 15,000 and 20,000 saw Breed finish fourth behind Phil “Red” Shafer in a Duesenberg, George Clark in a Hudson, and Ed H. Eckenroth in the 50-mile feature race but Breed was three laps behind the winner at the finish. Shafer and Breed had competed against each other on numerous occasions over the years but this was the first time Shafer had finished ahead of Breed.
September 29, 1922
5/8 mile dirt oval – West Texas State Fairgrounds Racetrack at Abilene, Texas
Breed drove his white #20 Hudson “Super-Six” special.
The largest crowd in the history of the West Texas State Fair to that date (17,000 people) witnessed a fiery crash. Breed’s Hudson was heavily damaged in the melee but he escaped injury.
November 5, 1922
1.5 mile dirt oval – Gulf Coast Speedway at Houston, Texas
Breed drove his white #20 Hudson “Super-Six” special.
A crowd of 10,000 spectators looked on as Breed won the final race of the day, a 24-mile free-for-all in 18 minutes and 31 seconds which was 26 seconds faster than the second place finisher.
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Glen Breedc1950 Don Sparr collection |
Early June, 1923
1.5 mile dirt oval – East Texas Motor Speedway between Port Arthur and Beaumont, Texas
Breed drove his white #5 Hudson “Super-Six” special.
Breed had moved his family to Austin, Texas when he entered these races. He did not do well in this first appearance there.
June 17, 1923
1.5 mile dirt oval – East Texas Motor Speedway between Port Arthur and Beaumont, Texas
Breed drove his white #5 Hudson “Super-Six” special.
Breed set a new one-lap track record of 65 seconds averaging 83.07 M.P.H. He then completed the 9-lap “free-for-all” in 9 minutes, 17.6 seconds against seven other cars finishing in second place six seconds behind Dick Calhoun in a Dodge. The 18-lap feature race started with Dick Calhoun on the pole position while Breed had to start last in the field of seven cars. Calhoun finished first just 7.2 seconds ahead of the second place driver – the by then fast closing Glen Breed.
June, 1923
½ mile dirt oval – Gulf Coast Racetrack in Houston, Texas
Breed drove his white #5 Hudson “Super-Six” special.
Breed won every race in which he was entered.
September 3, 1923
1.5 mile dirt oval – East Texas Motor Speedway between Port Arthur and Beaumont, Texas
Breed drove his white #5 Hudson “Super-Six” special.
Never having been one to remain in one place for very long, Breed had moved his family to Corpus Christi, Texas by August of 1923 where he opened a small garage. On this date, he set a new track record averaging 87 M.P.H. for 8-laps in his heat race and won the feature race by a large margin over the second place finisher. When he climbed out of his Hudson, he is quoted in the local newspaper as having said:
“I’m through boys. That was my last race. I’m 36 years old (sic) and for over 20 years, I’ve flirted with the danger. I’m through now. I’m going back to Corpus and settle down in my garage business and say boys, the Hudson is for sale. She is a good boat and faithful and say, if you take her, be good to her and she will turn the tracks.”
As it turns out though, Breed did not retire from driving immediately.
Late October, 1923
2-mile dirt oval – San Antonio Speedway at San Antonio, Texas
Breed drove his white #5 Hudson “Super-Six” special.
No results of this race have been located to date.
November 11, 1923
1.5 mile dirt oval – East Texas Motor Speedway between Port Arthur and Beaumont, Texas
Breed drove his white #5 Hudson “Super-Six” special.
No results of this race have been located to date.
Breed did sell the Hudson “Super-Six” special to Herbert Haas of San Angelo, Texas the following winter and finally did retire from competitive driving.
In 1948, Glen and Mattie Breed moved to Gobles, Michigan where he took a job at Gobles Auto Supply. A year later, he moved to Paw Paw, Michigan where he rebuilt engines for the Troy Motor Company, a job he kept until his retirement. Glen passed away at his home in Paw Paw, Michigan on November 11, 1960 and is buried in Robinson Cemetery south of Gobles, Michigan.
After Glen’s death, Mattie moved to Flour Bluff (now a part of Corpus Christi) Texas to be near her son and his family. Less than a year later, she moved to Wichita, Kansas where she lived with a sister until her death in 1962.
Glen’s step-son, Albert E. Sparr, resided at Corpus Christi, Texas where he passed away on July 1, 1965.
The above is believed to be just a small part of the racing career of Glen Breed. If you have any additional information about Glen Milton Breed, please contact Bob Lawrence.
Robinson Cemetery – Gobles, Michigan
Suzanne Breed photo
Thank You:
Suzanne Breed, Galen Kurth, Ramona Sawyer Hill, Don Radbruch, Don and Donna Sparr