The Fairmount Park Motor Races, 1908-1911 Paperback / softback
by Michael J. Seneca
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For four years in the early 1900s, the Fairmount Park Motor Races were run on an eight-mile course in Philadelphia's West Fairmount Park.
They drew half a million spectators the first year but surprisingly have largely been overlooked as part of automobile racing history.
There were never any serious injuries and not a single death but after four years the event was banned, with safety concerns cited. Both the on-track action and the off-track events that affected the races are described as are the successful crusade to stop the races and the attempts to revive it in the years following.
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:238 pages, 68 photos, tables, notes, bibliography, index
- Publisher:McFarland & Co Inc
- Publication Date:19/04/2010
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- ISBN:9780786445929
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:238 pages, 68 photos, tables, notes, bibliography, index
- Publisher:McFarland & Co Inc
- Publication Date:19/04/2010
- Category:
- ISBN:9780786445929