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The International Tour de Toona was a stage bicycle race held in Central Pennsylvania in July from 1987 until 2011. The event became the largest pro-am cycling event in North America and had stages spanning Blair, Cambria, Bedford, and Somerset Counties in Pennsylvania. The name was changed to The International for the 2002 edition of the race ...
Winner of the 1919 Indianapolis 500 Howdy Wilcox died in an Altoona race on September 4, 1923, while co-1924 winner Joe Boyer and 1929 winner Ray Keech both suffered fatal accidents at the facility in the same years as their Indianapolis 500 wins – Keech's occurring only seventeen days after, on June 15, 1929.
Altoona (/ æ l ˈ t uː n ə / al-TOO-nə) [9] is a city in Blair County, Pennsylvania, United States.The population was 43,963 at the time of the 2020 census. [10] It is the principal city of the Altoona metropolitan area, which includes all of Blair County and was recorded as having a population of 122,823.
Keech died 16 days after his victory at Indianapolis in a racing accident at the Altoona 200-Mile Race in Tipton, Pennsylvania, on June 15, 1929. Rob Robinson ran over a hole in the track sending him into the wooden guardrail. The impact knocked the safety railing onto the track into oncoming traffic.
Detroit Race - 100 Michigan State Fairgrounds: Detroit, Michigan: Dirt Chet Gardner: Wilbur Shaw: 4 June 14 Altoona Race 1 - 200 Altoona Speedway: Tyrone, Pennsylvania: Board Billy Arnold: Billy Arnold: 5 June 22 Akron Race - 100 Akron Speedway: Northampton Township, Ohio: Board Wilbur Shaw: Shorty Cantlon: 6 July 4 Bridgeville Race - 100 ...
The current attendance record was set on August 26, 2023 when 10,164 fans witnessed the Double-A debut of Altoona's Paul Skenes against the Akron RubberDucks. [6] On January 31, 2012, it was announced that Peoples Natural Gas had signed a naming-rights deal, making the new Peoples Natural Gas Field name official.
Baseball players from Altoona, Pennsylvania (6 P) Pages in category "Sportspeople from Altoona, Pennsylvania" The following 28 pages are in this category, out of 28 total.
Blair County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.As of the 2020 census, the population was 122,822. [2] Its county seat is Hollidaysburg, and its largest city is Altoona. [3]