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The first event was a dirt track midget car race. [2] The track was paved in 1956, [3] and the current 1/3 mile dirt oval opened in 1973. [4] Richardson remained owner until 1965, after which the racetrack went through a series of owners and promoters, as well as several years of inactivity. In 1994, Harvey, Joan, and David Fink purchased the ...
After World War II, the stadium's track became a "hotbed" for midget racing. [6] In 1946, the Chicago Auto Racing Association began hosting regular midget automobile races at the stadium. [6] In 1948, Prince Bertil, Duke of Halland, a member of the Swedish royal family, drove a midget car around the track for fun while in Chicago on an official ...
Auto racing was first presented at the former horse track located on Coffeen St in 1936 and again in 1940, when the Jefferson County Fair featured sprint car races sanctioned by the American Automobile Association. In 1949, the Fair introduced the International Midget Auto Racing Association, which returned for two additional shows the same ...
The organizers of the Hinchliffe Stadium Racing Expo, a group dedicated to midget car racing, this past weekend held their first event since the stadium underwent a $109 million renovation.
The years of 1953 and 1954 saw the fortunes of midget racing at their lowest ebb. Total purses of less than what is paid to the winner of a race feature today were common place. The group credited with keeping NEMA afloat during this timewere; Milt Dentch, the first club president, car owners Ray and Wen Kelley, and John McCarthy; drivers Al ...
Roosevelt Raceway was a race track located just outside the village of Westbury on Long Island, New York. Initially created as a venue for the 1936 Vanderbilt Cup auto race, it was converted to a ½-mile harness racing facility (the actual circumference was 100 feet shorter). The harness racing facility operated from September 2, 1940 until ...
Arch Tuckett's Midget speed car, Sydney, 1934 Bob Swanson at the Legion Ascot Speedway in Los Angeles in 1935 1954 AAA National Midget Championship trophy awarded to Jack Turner A 1969 Harry Turner midget race car. The first organized Midget car race happened on June 4, 1933. [4] The sports' first regular weekly program began on August 10, 1933 ...
Raymond "Ray" Brown (October 13, 1923 – August 19, 1989) was a pioneering driver of Dirt Modified stock cars and later a standout open-cockpit Midget racer. From 1951 to 1959 Brown recorded 43 victories at the Orange County Fair Speedway and claimed three track championships.