INDIANA (USA)
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1947 - LAFAYETTE SPEEDWAY STADIUM
Lafayette Speedway Stadium opened in 1947 as a 1/5th mile dirt oval track on East Main Road.
Midgets were the main attraction for the venue with many AAA Sanctioned events held there.
Midget racing. Photo: unknown.
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1950's - LAFAYETTE SPEEDWAY STADIUMDuring the 1950's Stock Car Racing was becoming very popular with speedway fan as well as competitors right across America, they could now go racing on a very small budget, There were older model cars lying around unwanted every ware.
Unfortunately with the introduction of these striped down road cars the Midgets were sqeezed out.
Lafayette was very successful during its ten years of operation, but did close down in 1957.
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