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  1.   Cooper posted:
  03.25.2010 - 7:19 pm
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Grand Rapids Speedrome not Grand River Speedrome. 1/2 Mile Dirt oval
located in Grand Rapids. Races in 1951 and 1954. The first ever race was
run on September 26, 1903. At that time it was a 1 mile dirt track that
was located about ten feet from the grand river. In 1966 the track was
forced to close and be demolished to make room for the 131 expressway.


  2.   Aldo posted:
  08.14.2015 - 4:21 am
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The site of the track is at the cross between North Park Street and Mill
Creek Avenue.


  3.   RaceFanX posted:
  09.16.2015 - 9:13 pm
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Correct Track Name: Grand Rapids Speedrome
Source: http://www.water-winterwonderland.com/autoracing.aspx?id=1706&Type=9

This track was nicknamed the "Drome." While this track was demolished in
1966 it wasn't the end of professional racing in Grand Rapids. In 1998
and 1999 a street course was set up downtown for the SCCA Trans-Am
series' "West Michigan Grand Prix" and its variety of undercard races.


  4.   23andJoe posted:
  07.30.2016 - 10:02 pm
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The 1/2mi track was paved in 1964; a 1/4mi track also operated, paved
c.1961.

The 1/2mi and 1/4mi tracks were built in 1950; the original 1-mi track
operated 1903-1937 and was demolished in 1948 for an airport, before the
site was turned back into a racetrack.


  5.   Andy U posted:
  12.12.2018 - 4:21 pm
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#3..dead link

This site has some good aerial photos but it is still hard to place it
exactly.

If you look at the 1967 USGS Cedar Springs SW map you will see a curved
change in elevation. My trained eyes tell me that might be the banking
of the second turn. That would be just north of North Park St on the
west side of the river.

Final answer....you can pick out the track based on Park St, the river
and the RR tracks. Look at the photos here


https://www.mlive.com/autoracing/index.ssf/2016/07/grand_rapids_speedrome_still_m.html

If you go to the Speedrome Historical Society group on facebook you can
see a blowup of the before and after track.


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