1. The power and the gory.
- Author
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Yates, Brock
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AUTOMOBILE racetracks - Abstract
Discusses the historical trip back in time at Los Angeles's Ascot Speedway 60 years ago when auto racing was still young and when doomsday dirt racers faced death at night and William Randolph Hearst in the day. A Glendale, Calif. dentist, Dr. Fred Loring, was chosen to open the track for Post 127. Cars were beautiful; Lights installed in 1931; Many superstars of racing died at Ascot; William Randolph Hearst's papers, The Los Angeles `Herald' and `Examiner'; More.
- Published
- 1992