1910 Glidden Tour

Chalmers "30" Touring Car won the 1910 Glidden Trophy

The 1910 Glidden Tour went from Cincinnati to Chicago, but certainly not by the most direct route. The Gliddenites went first from Cincinnati to Louisville, followed by Sheffield, Memphis, Little Rock, Texarkana, Dallas, Lawton, Oklahoma City, Wichita, Kansas City, Omaha, Des Moines, Davenport, and wound up in Chicago. This tour was the longest undertaken up to this time and covered 2,851 miles. An average day's travel was 178 miles with the lengthiest day of touring covering 242 miles.

The reliability run was conducted from June 14 to 20. There were 18 contestants, but no perfect scores were obtained as this was an extremely difficult tour. There had been concern for several years among Glidden participants that the scoring system often resulted in many perfect scores, and no clear-cut winner was determined. This was particularly true for factory teams who wanted the accolades all to themselves. A new set of rules was adopted in 1910; although, this did not eliminate the controversy surrounding the winning car. Chalmers protested the awarding of first place honors to a Premier based on a detail of the latter's lubricating system. Chalmers was successful and was finally presented with the Glidden Trophy.