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  1.   rm posted:
  07.10.2018 - 9:40 pm
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Didn't realize races from this track had found their way to this site -
amazing! Stumbled across the following link a couple years ago with
excellent info about this historic racetrack:

http://collections.mnhs.org/mnhistorymagazine/articles/60/v60i08p304-311.pdf

Well worth the read, even if you're someone like me who knows or cares
very little about the early days of organized auto racing otherwise.
This was one of the first true oval superspeedways in the world,
trailing only Indianapolis and Brooklands in England. Places like Texas
World and Ontario are considered forgotten superspeedways today - but
what about Twin Cities?

Fascinating stuff all around, really.


  2.   RaceFanX posted:
  04.03.2019 - 10:45 am
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This track operated only briefly from Labor Day 1915 to 1917 before it
went bankrupt and was shuttered forever. In 1920 an airport fittingly
named Speedway Field was built inside the defunct oval. That airport
would grow and expand greatly over the years, eventually leading to the
remains of the track being demolished as it did. Today the airport is
Minneapolis?Saint Paul International Airport, one of the busiest in the
United States.


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