The Fairmount Park Motor Races, 1908-1911 (Paperback)

Language: English

Published by McFarland & Co Inc, Jefferson, NC, 2010

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Paperback. 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. The Fairmount Park Motor Races were run on an eight-mile course in Philadelphia's West Fairmount Park. This book discusses the proposal to have a race in Fairmount Park and the reasons why Philadelphia, and the park in particular, was such an unlikely place. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Title
The Fairmount Park Motor Races, 1908-1911 (Paperback)
Author
Michael J. Seneca
Publisher
McFarland & Co Inc, Jefferson, NC
Publication year
2010
Condition
new
Binding
Paperback
Language
English
ISBN 10
0786445920
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9780786445929

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