[2] One of Andersen's major victories was in the 1913 Elgin National Road Races, which he won at an average speed of 71 mph.

[4] On October 9, 1915, he set a new auto speed record of 102.6 mph, winning the first Astor Cup race at Sheepshead Bay.

[5] In 1928 Andersen established a new American stock car speed record, when he clocked 106.52 mph in a Stutz Blackhawk on the measured mile at Daytona Beach, Florida.

He also was an engineer for the ReVere Motor Company,[7] located in Logansport, Cass County, Indiana.

[8] Andersen died of pulmonary tuberculosis on September 20, 1930, in Logansport, Indiana, at age 50.