PENNSYLVANIA (USA)
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1926 - LANGHORNE SPEEDWAY.
This one mile dirt circle track was built by members of the National Motor Racing Association and opened on the 12th of June 1926, The official opener was set down for the 31st of May but was rained out.
The National Motor Racing Association ran mainly 100 lap events at the track, This was a regular Labour Day feature, These events and other shorter races continued through to 1930.
The association struggled at managing the venue, Problems such as track preparation, management disputes and poor spectator numbers drove the speedway to near on bankruptey.
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1930 - RALPH "PAPPY" HANKINSON.
Pappy Hankinson: a well known promotor at the time took control of track in 1930, He introduced the AAA Championship Langhorne championship events, as well as shorter sprint racing events.
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1933 - LANGHORNE SPEEDWAY. Flyover.
Photo: Mark Koegel collection.
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1934 - LANGHORNE SPEEDWAY. 16th June 1934. |
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1935 - LANGHORNE SPEEDWAY. 16th June 1935. |
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1936 - LANGHORNE SPEEDWAY. 21st June 1936. |
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1940 - STOCK CAR RACING.
Stock car racing was introduced in 1940 at Langhorne with Roy Hall from Atlanta Georgia winning the 1st 200 lap event.
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1940 - LANGHORNE SPEEDWAY. 16 June 1940. |
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1941 - EARL "LUCKY" TETER.
In 1941 Earl "Lucky" Teter took control of the venue from Hankinson only to be short lived, He died on the 5th of July 1942 attempting a rocket car jump at the Indiana State Fairgrounds.
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1941 - LANGHORNE SPEEDWAY. 15 June 1941. |
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1942 - WORLD WAR 2.
Like every track in America the venue was banned from opening because of World War 2, This meant that Hankinson's track lay idle up until 1946, Still under the ownership of Hankinson the venue faced further problems when Hankinson died only weeks after the USA government ban on motorsport was lifter.
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1946 - JOHN BABCOCK.
With the death of Hankinson ownership of the track was passed to John Babcock and his family.
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1946 - LANGHORNE SPEEDWAY. 22nd September 1946. |
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1947 - LANGHORNE SPEEDWAY. 10th August 1947. |
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1947 - LANGHORNE SPEEDWAY. 31st August 1947. |
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1948 - LANGHORNE SPEEDWAY. 16th May 1948. |
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1949 - LANGHORNE SPEEDWAY. September 1949. |
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1950 - LANGHORNE SPEEDWAY. 16th April 1950. |
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1951 - IRV FRIED & AL GERBER.
In 1951 Fried and Gerber took over the promotion duties at the speedway, running mainly USAC's Championship Car division.
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1954 - LANGHORNE SPEEDWAY. 20th June 1954. |
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1954 - LANGHORNE SPEEDWAY. 16th September 1954. |
16th September 1954
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1955 - LANGHORNE SPEEDWAY. 20th March 1955. |
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1955 - LANGHORNE SPEEDWAY. 24th April 1955. |
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1955 - LANGHORNE SPEEDWAY. 11th September 1955. |
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1956 - LANGHORNE SPEEDWAY. 22nd April 1956. |
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1956 - LANGHORNE SPEEDWAY. 20th May 1956. |
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1956 - LANGHORNE SPEEDWAY. 24th June 1956. |
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1956 - LANGHORNE SPEEDWAY. 2nd July 1956. |
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1957 - LANGHORNE SPEEDWAY. 5th May 1957. |
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1959 - LANGHORNE SPEEDWAY. 19th April 1959. |
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1959 - LANGHORNE SPEEDWAY. 14th June 1959. |
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1959 - LANGHORNE SPEEDWAY. 13th September 1959. |
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1960's - SPRINTCAR ACTION.
Photo: Speed Sport.
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1960 - JIMMY BRYAN.
Indiana Racing Memorial Association facebook feature
AJ Watson and Jimmy Bryan at Langhorne on the 19th of June 1960, Jimmy had come out of semi retirement, he had stopped running the Championship Trail except for Indianapolis, to run the Watson prepared Leader Card Special.
Regular driver Rodger Ward, refused to run Langhorne, he concidered it to dangerous, Starting second, Jimmy caught a rut in Puke Hollow, and flipped to his death on the first lap.
Photo: David Batten.
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1960 - JIM HURTUBISE.
Turn 5 Turn Around facebook Photo feature
1960 - Jim Hurtubise with car owner Pete Schmidt after a win at Langhorne Speedway. Photo: Guido Marino collection.
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1962 - JIM HURTUBISE. Sprintcar's.
1962 - Jim Hurtubise running inside Parnelli Jones. Photo: Walt Imlay.
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1962 - PAUL MILLER.
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1962 - Paul Miller with his number 133 machine at Langhorne Speedway. Photo: Lloyd King.
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1962 - LANGHORNE SPEEDWAY. 14th October 1962. |
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1963 - LANGHORNE SPEEDWAY. 23rd June 1963. |
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1964 - MARIO ANDRETTI. Sprintcar's.
1963 - Covered in dirt AJ Foyt is interviewed by Chris Economaki. Phototographer: unknown.
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1963 - AL TASNADY.
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1963 - Al Tasnady with the Paul Deasey owned number 707 at Langhorne Speedway. Photo: Ken Johnson collection.
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1964 - MARIO ANDRETTI. Sprintcar's.
Indiana Racing Memorial Association facebook feature
1964: Mario Andretti running with Bobby Marshman at Langhorne in 1964, This was Mario's first race, he started 8th and finished 9th, Bobby finished 3rd. Photo: unknown.
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1964 - HERB SCOTT.
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1964 - Herb Scott with the number 1 Ford at Langhorne Speedway. Photo: Lloyd King.
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1965 - LANGHORNE PAVEMENT.
By 1965 the round circuit had a back straight added giving the track a D shape, The surface was also sealed with asphalt.
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1967 - THE END IS NEAR.
By 1967 suburban growth was starting to engulf the track, and the developers were hovering, The site was sold but racing did continue up until 1971 when the track closed.
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1969 - LANGHORNE SPEEDWAY. 15th June 1969. |
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1971 - LANGHORNE SPEEDWAY. 17th October 1971. |
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