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  1.   @statscrash posted:
  03.03.2020 - 7:31 am
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Only track for 1905 to race in other seaasons


  2.   RaceFanX posted:
  07.14.2020 - 10:50 am
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This was initially a flat one-mile horse track, known mainly as
Narragansett Trotting Park, and auto races were held there until 1913.
After horse racing ended the track was rebuilt in 1915 into one of the
United States pioneering super speedways and it featured both a true
asphalt paved surface and a notable amount of banking (20 degrees) in
the corners (much more like the tracks that followed compared to say the
brick surface and flat corners at Indianapolis). The track eventually
closed in 1924 after its grandstands burned to the ground and it was too
pricey a prospect to rebuild them. The Rhode Island State Fairground
took over the land and the property is now a subdivision.


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