Even in 1911, though, America already had a sports car—the Mercer Raceabout. One of these pioneering motorcars, built 111 years ago, is up for grabs at this year’s Monterey auctions.

A Lizella man died in a motorcycle crash Monday morning when he collided with a car on Mercer University Drive in Macon, officials said. John William Vinson III, 56, was riding his motorcycle east ...