First Super Speedway

America's First Auto Race - Thanksgiving 1895

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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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1911 Indianapolis 500 champ Ray Harroun is alive again in the new book, "The Legend of the First Super Speedway," (

Barney Oldfield

Wayne Petersen

Brooklands

Duesenberg

Hughie Hughes

Mickey Rooney

Harley Davidson

Chesterfield

Rambler Automobile

Bernd Rosemeyer

11/23/2017

The first recognized auto race in the United States was the Chicago Times-Herald Race held on Thanksgiving Day, 1895.