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Mr. Local History Motorsports Special Edition Magazine – Free!

Get all this great Jersey Motorsports History – Free

Over the last few years, researchers at the Mr. Local History Project here in New Jersey have been busy at work and have released several stories related to the motorsports racing history in New Jersey. We’ve even now branched out to a national story highlighting the history of racing on board tracks, yes, two-mile banked tracks made of wood, with banking steeper than Daytona International Motorspeedway. Daredevils traveling at speeds over 100 mph on wood, sand, and asphalt.

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Vol.6 Motorsports Special Edition – CLICK HERE

Volume 6 – Motorsports History Special Edition:

  • Help Map America’s Lost Motorsports Board Tracks – Interactive Map Project
  • Looking Back: 1926 Atlantic City Speedway Greatest in the World
  • Mapping ALL the Racetracks, Dragstrips, and Speedways in New Jersey (Active and Lost)
  • The Race of Gentlemen (TROG) – Pure Jersey History Right In Front of Your Eyes
  • Woodbridge Speedway 1928 – Fastest 1/2 mile in the World
  • Wildwood, New Jersey’s Motorcycle Wall of Death
  • Wearing Lost Jersey Motorsports Icons is Fun History
  • Lost Racetrack Series: Auto Racing’s 10,000 Seat Track in Union, New Jersey
  • Bring Auto Racing Back to Paterson’s Hinchliffe Stadium, Home of the New York Black Yankees of the Negro Leagues
  • New Jersey’s Cape May Beach Racing Rivaled Florida’s Daytona Beach

and much, much more.

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The Free Library of Philadelphia has a great collection of motorsports racing in the early 20th century. Pictured here is Ralph Hepburn at Atlantic City Speedway in 1928. His car is on display at the Studebaker National Museum in South Bend, Indiana.

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