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The Syracuse Mile was a 1-mile (1.6 km) dirt oval raceway located at the New York State Fairgrounds in Syracuse, New York.Originally built for harness racing in 1826, the first auto race was run in 1903, making it the second oldest auto racing facility in United States history.
The Syracuse Mile remained the featured race track until 2015, and companion races were added over the week at the nearby race tracks in Elbridge, Weedsport Speedway, and Brewerton Speedway. [3] After the 2015 event the grandstands at the Syracuse Mile were torn down and the track was eliminated.
Syracuse 100 Syracuse Mile: 1920–1941 1949–1955 1956–1962 36 36 Target Grand Prix: Chicago Motor Speedway: 1999–2002 4 4 ... 100-mile race 1916* Recreation Park
Dave Lape began his stock car career campaigning a Modified Sportsman at age 16 in 1964 at the Victoria Speedway near Schenectady, New York. It took Lape five years to win his first feature, but he then went on to win 191 main events at the renown tracks of the northeast, including Canandaigua Speedway, Orange County Fair Speedway, the Syracuse Mile, Ransomville Speedway, and Rolling Wheels ...
Powell Motor Speedway 0.500-mile dirt oval Ohio 1953 Closed in 1959; smaller tracks used same site until 1965. Track was sold to developers in 2001 and torn down to make room for a housing development. [37] Princess Anne Speedway 0.500-mile dirt oval Virginia 1953 Closed in 1954. Rapid Valley Speedway 0.500-mile dirt oval
Other venues where Gibbs competed successfully include Brewerton Speedway NY, Canandaigua Speedway NY, Hagerstown Speedway MD, Orange County Fair Speedway NY, Penn Can Speedway in Susquehanna PA, Rolling Wheels Raceway NY, the Syracuse Mile NY, and the Weedsport Speedway NY. [4] [5] [6]
Syracuse is one of more than 130 communities that shared $3 billion in federal awards this year to reconnect neighborhoods segregated by highway planners in the 1900s. Highway that divided city in ...
[7] [10] Gernatt's horses also raced at the Buffalo Raceway, Syracuse Mile, Vernon Downs, Pompano, Greenwood Raceway in Toronto, and Brandywine in Yonkers. [10] [20] [21] At the Yonkers Raceway in 1999, the Dan Gernatt Farms Pace for three-year-old fillies was held on the 10th annual New York Night of Champions. [22]