Pimlico

When Auto Races Ran at Pimlico

05/16/2009

When I posted the article about Ray Harroun's victory in a 1910 auto race held on the famous Churchill Downs horse track I received an incredible number of comments. Apparently, others shared my interest and surprise that auto races took place on such hallowed grounds for horse racing. A truly tragic moment occurred at one such race at Pimlico in June, 1908.

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