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  1.   RaceFanX posted:
  06.06.2019 - 2:52 pm
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It appears this was a horse racing track at the county fairgrounds.

Champ Car came here three times to race but only the first two races
were run to completion. The third race took the green flag on August 27,
1916 but the event was marred by a horrific crash in Turn 1 on the
opening lap that resulted in 11 of the 14 cars entered being involved
after race leader Jack Peacock hit the outside wall and flipped over
right into the path of the other cars. Two died as a result with Peacock
crushed to death and Andy Burt's riding mechanic Marion Arnold
decapitated. Peacock's riding mechanic F. E. Marquette was badly injured
and not expected to survive his injuries afterward. The race was
cancelled immediately afterward and the Champ Cars never returned. The
Automobile Journal called the crash "the worst mixup ever at an American
race track."


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