The Fairmount Park Motor Races, 1908-1911 (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780786445929)

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.

Author: Michael J. Seneca
ISBN-10: 0786445920
ISBN-13: 9780786445929
Publisher: McFarland & Company
Language: English
Published: 04/19/2010
Pages: 238
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 9.90h x 6.90w x 0.60d