First Super Speedway

William Bourque Dominates Beach Race

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By: Mark Dill

This is my wife's favorite excerpt from my book, "The Legend of the First Super Speedway." Autographed copies available at the link.

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This article is from an August 1908 issue of Motor Age and describes how William Bourque, the first driver to lose his life at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, dominated the events of the day Wildwood-By-the-Sea in New Jersey. Bourque drove for the Knox Automobile Company.

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