Herbert Lytle

Lytle was born in Malone, New York on July 9, 1874. He began racing automobiles circa 1900, and first teamed-up with James Bates, who became his riding mechanic. He competed in multiple racing venues and won a 50-mile race at the Atlanta Motordorome, which was a two-mile dirt race course.^[2]

Lytle was the only American driver to finish the Gordon Bennett Cup races in France in 1905.

Lytle died in Warsaw, Indiana on March 4, 1932.^[3] His wife Josephine Della J. Leer Lytle died the following day, at the age of 36.^[4] They both died of pneumonia. A dual funeral service was conducted on March 7, 1932.^[3] He was previously married to Gertrude Fannie Harbord Lytle, who predeceased him on May 23, 1926.