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The Bettenhausen 100 was part of the AAA/USAC Championship Car schedule from 1934 to 1940, 1947 to 1970 and again in 1981 and 1982, and has been a Silver Crown race since then. From 1946 to 1953, the A.M.A. Grand National Champion was crowned based solely on the results of the Springfield Mile held at the fairground racetrack. [3]
Land of Lincoln Trophy: Illinois: Northwestern: 1892 2024 118 Illinois–Ohio State Illibuck Trophy: Illinois: Ohio State: 1902 2017 103 Illinois–Purdue: Purdue Cannon: Illinois: Purdue: 1890 2024 100 Indiana–Kentucky: The Bourbon Barrel: Indiana: Kentucky: 1893 2005 36 Indiana–Michigan State: Old Brass Spittoon: Indiana: Michigan State ...
The most successful competitor at the Elgin races was Ralph DePalma, who won the Elgin Trophy four times (1912-1914, 1920). [2] Gil Andersen and his Stutz during the 1913 races. Automobile manufacturers were attracted to the Elgin races because the course provided few obstacles to reduce the car's speed. [1]
USAC developed a split-calendar season, beginning in June, and ending in May with the Indy 500. After 1983, however, the Gold Crown schedule would consist of only one event per season (Indy 500), and the Gold Crown title would be regarded largely as ceremonial.
The United States Auto Club formed the Gold Crown Series in 1981 which was a combination of the Indianapolis 500 and other races including races on dirt tracks. It was set up so that season would extend over the course of two years with the final race of the season being the Indianapolis 500, with all races running on Oval /Speedway courses.
The Illinois–Missouri football rivalry, also known as the Arch Rivalry, [2] [3] is an American college football rivalry between the Illinois Fighting Illini football team of the University of Illinois and Missouri Tigers football team of the University of Missouri.
The trophy's name derives from the official state nickname of Illinois and depicts a bronze replica of a stovepipe hat famously worn by Abraham Lincoln. It was designed by Dick Tracy cartoonist Dick Locher [4] and cast by sculptor Don Reed of River's Edge Foundry, Beloit Wisconsin. Northwestern won the trophy in its inaugural game in 2009.
Tournament was played at the Chicago World's Fair and included Virginia, Illinois, Wisconsin, Vanderbilt, Yale, Amherst, Wesleyan and Vermont. [3] William McKinley attended the opening game. [ 4 ] It was organized by the Columbian National Inter-Collegiate Baseball Association, notably by its secretary, Amos Alonzo Stagg , then the new head ...