The Fairmount Park Motor Races, 1908-1911

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Beschreibung

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.

Über den Autor

Michael J. Seneca is a member of the Society of Automotive Historians, the Organization of American Historians and the National Council on Public History. He lives in Glendora, New Jersey.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

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

Details

Empfohlen (von):	18
Erscheinungsjahr:	2010
Genre:	Fahrzeuge , Importe
Produktart:	Nachschlagewerke
Rubrik:	Hobby & Freizeit
Thema:	Auto/Motorrad/Moped
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13:	9780786445929
ISBN-10:	0786445920
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Seneca, Michael J.
Hersteller:	McFarland
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	254 x 178 x 13 mm
Von/Mit:	Michael J. Seneca
Erscheinungsdatum:	30.04.2010
Gewicht:	0,46 kg