Fairmount Park Motor Races, 1908-1911

Häftad, Engelska, 2010

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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.

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Utgivningsdatum2010-04-19
Mått178 x 254 x 12 mm
Vikt413 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor238
FörlagMcFarland & Co Inc
ISBN9780786445929

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Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Preface 1. An Unlikely Venue 2. Making Plans 3. The Founders’ Week Cup 4. A Charitable Event 5. The Second Annual Fairmount Park Race 6. Surpassing Vanderbilt 7. The Third Annual Fairmount Park Race 8. Controversy 9. The Fourth Annual Fairmount Park Race 10. Opposition 11. Conclusion Appendix Notes Bibliography Index

“a model of historical scholarship...a pioneering exploration of historical events...a well-written, well-researched and well-organized book with an excellent index and good bibliography...incredible detail...good history and a ‘good read’”—SAH Journal; “closes a gap in motor racing history...recommended”—The Automobile; “a lot of historic merit”—Hemmings Motor News; “superb in-depth examination of the behind-the-scenes...an excellent example of how automobile racing history should be written”—SpeedReaders; “an insider’s look at one of the early twentieth-century’s spectacular racing venues, replete with period photographs, records, statistics, and maps...greatly adds sports, social, and political history to Philadelphia”—Pennsylvania Heritage.