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  1.   Chriswo posted:
  05.11.2018 - 1:19 pm
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Not much info on this track


  2.   DM posted:
  12.28.2018 - 4:49 pm
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Jut visited the Elgin Historical Museum. It was an 8 mile 2030ft.
course, although that was approximate.

Start/Finish was on US Rt.20 just west of McLean Blvd. The course headed
east from there and turned left on McLean (today that's a major
intersection with exit ramps, etc), then turned left onto Highland Ave.
From Highland it turned left onto Coombs, which was known as the hairpin
turn. Then it continued south on Coombs until US Rt.20. The left turn
there onto Rt.20 was known as the Graveyard Turn (cemetery on SW side of
intersection, still there today). Then it continued on US Rt.20 to the
finish line.

Admission to the event was $1, and much of the parking was done on the
local farms.

From the pictures at the museum, it looks like the course was unpaved,
bumpy, and rutted in places, as many of the roads were used almost
exclusively by local farmers. So now imagine taking the cars of that
time and trying to average 65/70mph on that, and do it for 36 laps.


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