[3] Durant went to Flint grammar schools and later the University of Detroit and the Pennsylvania Military Academy.

[5] Durant had four marriages and was rumored to treat his wives poorly through extramarital affairs and physical abuse.

In 1919 Durant was named the "Pacific Coast Champion," when he drove a blue Chevrolet-sponsored "Special" to victory in the Santa Monica Road Race.

[11] In May 1923, Durant shattered eight world speed records for events 75 miles (121 km) and under at the Beverly Hills Speedway.

[15] In 1921 Durant was a partner with Thomas O'Brian in the Lebec Hotel in the Mountains north of Los Angeles near present-day I-5.

Durant had a large estate in Roscommon, Michigan on the South Branch of the Au Sable River, where "The Castle," a 54-room mansion, burned to the ground February 6, 1931.

On April 25, 1930, test pilot Herbert J. Fahy died two days after an airplane he had been showing Durant had crashed on takeoff at this airstrip.

Fahy and his wife Claire, both prominent pilots, acted as sales agents for Lockheed.

[16] The community airport in Roscommon, Michigan, was named Durant Field in his honor on July 16, 1933.

[14] In addition to being a businessman, race car driver, aviator and musician, he was also a yachtsman who owned the sailing yacht "Aurora."