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Title
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Do You Remember the Kansas City Speedway?
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Description
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The Kansas City Speedway was built by Jack Prince and Art Pillsbury at 94th and Holmes Road. The floor of the track was made of 2 x 4's laid on edge; over a million feet of lumber were used. It was 1.25 miles long in an oval shape. The corners were banked so that greater speeds were possible than at the brick track in Indianapolis. The grand opening was on September 16, 1922. Barney Oldfield was on hand for the opening. Kansas City's temperamental weather of freezing and thawing was too much for an outside board track. By 1924 the timbers could no longer be held in place, and the speedway closed.
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Date
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1973-04-09
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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Speedway Races July 22
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Description
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Article about the completion of the Kansas City Speedway, with plans for opening on July 15, 1916, and a star-studded race on July 22, including "Earl Cooper, 1915 road champion of the world and Eddie Rickenbacker, 1915 speedway champion of the world."
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Date
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1916-07-15
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Kansas City....The Way We Were
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Description
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Two large photos of the Kansas City Speedway at 94th and Holmes Road in 1923, the site of that year's national championship.
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Date
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1981
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Object Type
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Book
