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when a car crashed into the crowd and killed a spectator. The
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consisting of public roads. Established by a consortium of
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347:"Racing down Santa Monica's Ocean Avenue, way back when"
264:. Chatsworth, California: Harold L. Osmer Publishing.
272:. Book on the history of the Santa Monica road races.
159:, the Santa Monica road races lasted for ten years.
260:Osmer, Harold L.; Harms, Phil E. (April 16, 1999).
247:Special to victory on a shortened course in 1919.
191:The free-for-all race of the 1912 event was won by
251:sustained fatal injuries when his car overturned.
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1177:Sports venues in Los Angeles County, California
171:was the winner of the heavy-car division in an
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223:was marred by a total of five deaths: After a
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262:Real Road Racing: The Santa Monica Road Races
227:had been fatally injured in practice, driver
393:"One killed and five hurt at practice spin"
526:race venues (1905, 1916, 1920–41, 1946–55)
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417:"Auto road race practice written in blood"
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203:Vanderbilt Cup and American Grand Prize
199:. He was awarded a medal for the win.
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470:"Auto racer is killed when car upsets"
437:"Racing auto leaps track; four killed"
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345:Solomon, Charles (January 31, 2001).
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371:"Santa Monica road race souviner"
455:from the original on 2018-10-01.
405:from the original on 2022-01-31.
381:from the original on 2020-11-05.
359:from the original on 2020-12-10.
329:from the original on 2020-12-10.
304:from the original on 2022-01-31.
1172:Motorsport venues in California
294:"Santa Monica Road Race Course"
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319:"Santa Monica road race 1912"
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20:Santa Monica road race course
478:. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
31:1912 Santa Monica road races
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422:Santa Monica Bay Outlook
41:Santa Monica, California
398:San Francisco Chronicle
124:8.417 miles (13.546 km)
863:Pittsburgh-Bridgeville
137:7.36 miles (11.845 km)
524:National Championship
448:. November 19, 1916.
401:. February 17, 1914.
808:Baltimore-Washington
425:. November 10, 1916.
375:First Super Speedway
323:First Super Speedway
213:American Grand Prize
106:American Grand Prize
153:Southern California
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445:The New York Times
70:34.039°N 118.488°W
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482:. March 16, 1919.
475:The Gazette Times
352:Los Angeles Times
298:ChampCarStats.com
270:978-0-9659533-1-3
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1141:(brick oval)
1139:Indianapolis
1132:Other tracks
946:Santa Monica
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903:Road courses
720:Randall Park
695:Legion Ascot
667:Indianapolis
662:Hudson River
546:Indianapolis
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102:Major events
1078:Selinsgrove
936:Mines Field
853:Kansas City
833:Culver City
785:Board ovals
760:Springfield
705:Morris Park
671:Kansas City
637:Empire City
602:Bay Meadows
533:Paved ovals
225:mechanician
157:Los Angeles
73: /
61:118°29′17″W
48:Coordinates
1161:Categories
1145:Pikes Peak
1118:Winchester
1108:Washington
1048:Port Royal
1033:Harrington
1023:Greensboro
1013:Flemington
988:Bloomsburg
838:Des Moines
823:Cincinnati
745:Sacramento
642:Fort Miami
597:Bainbridge
593:Ascot Park
576:Dirt ovals
541:Darlington
277:References
243:drive his
235:Final race
221:1916 event
217:1914 event
187:1912 races
149:race track
58:34°02′20″N
1103:Uniontown
1088:Skowhegan
1043:Langhorne
993:Charlotte
968:Allentown
941:Roosevelt
893:Uniontown
818:Charlotte
725:Readville
700:Milwaukee
685:Langhorne
647:Glenville
589:Arlington
566:Twin City
561:Southland
551:Milwaukee
245:Chevrolet
1093:Thompson
1068:Richmond
1038:Lakewood
973:Altamont
765:Syracuse
755:San Jose
750:St. Paul
680:Lakewood
450:Archived
403:Archived
379:Archived
357:Archived
327:Archived
302:Archived
211:and the
173:Apperson
37:Location
1098:Trenton
1073:Rutland
1063:Reading
1058:Raleigh
1028:Hamburg
983:Bedford
978:Batavia
959:Big car
798:Altoona
770:Trenton
715:Phoenix
710:Oakland
632:DuQuoin
627:Detroit
622:Del Mar
584:Altoona
183:Forty.
116:1909–16
1083:Shelby
1053:Powell
1003:DuBois
998:Dayton
961:tracks
931:Lowell
926:Fresno
916:Corona
888:Tacoma
843:Fresno
828:Cotati
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134:Length
121:Length
94:Closed
86:Opened
921:Elgin
858:Omaha
453:(PDF)
440:(PDF)
195:in a
956:1946
735:Roby
266:ISBN
197:Fiat
143:The
129:1919
521:AAA
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