In keeping with the Owl's Head Transportation Museum’s newest exhibition, “Faster: The Quest for Speed,” a special winter education lecture series will focus on various incarnations of racing, exploring themes involving automotive racing, motorcycle racing and bicycle racing. All events begin at 1 p.m. on their respective dates and are free to the public

On Saturday, Jan. 17, Joe Freeman, automobile collector, and vintage racing enthusiast, driver and President of Racemaker Press, will lead the series with his talk “On Vintage Racing.”

Freeman will discuss his love of vintage racing with the museum’s latest exhibition, and a portion of his own collection of vintage racing vehicles, as a backdrop. A particular focus will be paid to dirt track racing and Freeman’s 1915 Duesenberg Benedict Special, the second place car in the 1916 Indianapolis 500.

Journalist Lynn Tolman will present “The Fastest Bicycle rider in the World: Major Taylor’s Legacy Picks Up Speed,” on Saturday, Feb. 21 When automobiles and aviation were in their infancy, bicycles were the fastest thing going. And the fastest cyclist of all was Major Taylor, "the Worcester Whirlwind."

But as a black man in an increasingly segregated society, he had to fight Jim Crow just to get on the starting line. Tolman tells the story of Major Taylor's remarkable life on and off the racetracks of the world at the turn of the 20th century, and how his legacy is shaping cycling today.

Dick Berggren returns to the Museum on Saturday, March 21 to present “A History of New England Auto Racing.” Berggren, a member of the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame and the New England Auto Racers Hall of Fame, motorsports announcer and magazine editor and president of the board at the up and coming North East Motorsports Museum will discuss on the history of auto racing in New England.

The series will conclude on Saturday, April 18 with Jack Churchill and Charlie Vincent presenting “Motorcycle Racing on the Isle of Man.” Churchill, a motorcycle aficionado, constructor and collector was among the crowd’s favorite speakers at the 2014 Winter Education Series.

Churchill will return accompanied by Vincent an International Six Days Trial gold medalist and top 1960s off-road racer. The duo will address the Isle of Man races, both on- and off-road. A selection of their own machines will be used to illustrate this fascinating topic.

The Owls Head Transportation Museum is located at 117 Museum Street and is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily, year-round.

For more information, call 207-594-4418.