Speedway Programs, by RC Jones

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LOS ANGELES

White Sox Park
Los Angeles, California
1931
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Compliments of Duncan Luke
Time now for a some background on the program as I think this will be of interest to you and explain why I am so keen to get it. I have attached an article from an early Broadsider magazine (below) which details the first days of speedway in the U.S. It says that the first attempt to launch the sport was in the summer of 1931 at the Breakfast Club. This seems to have been short lived and this article is the only original mention I have come across of racing there. That was followed by five meetings staged at the White Sox Park which apparently started in late Sept. As the program on its way to you is for the meeting on October 1 it is from one of the earliest recorded speedway meetings staged in the U.S. As you will see from the program when it arrives, it is such an early item that the meeting format which quickly became standard for US tracks wasn't in use. Weird to read that Cordy Milne was classed as an amateur!
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Loyola Stadium
Los Angeles, California
October 16, 1933
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Gilmore Stadium
Los Angeles, California
July 9, 1935
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Compliments of Duncan Luke

 

Atlantic Boulevard Stadium
Los Angeles, California
September 7, 1938
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Compliments of Duncan Luke

 

1946 National Championship
November 2, 1946 - Lincoln Park Stadium
Los Angeles, California
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Compliments of Duncan Luke

Lincoln Park

1947 National Championship
October 4, 1947 - Lincoln Park Stadium
Los Angeles, California
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Cordy Milne 20, Jack Milne 18, Jimmy Gibb 18, Pee Wee Cullum 17, Lammy Lamoreaux 16, Hogan 15, McKinney 13,
Emde 11, Albrecht 11, Blair 11, Mueller 10, Roccio 9, Bamford 9, Hinkle 7, Feuerhelm 6, Black 5.
*Jack Milne beat Gibb in a run-off for second place.
Compliments of Duncan Luke
Don-Mar Park Speedway
Los Angeles, California
1947
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Compliments of Duncan Luke

 

Los Angeles Sports Arena
Los Angeles, California
September 13, 1969
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Dawn Roll Collection

 

1981 World Speedway Championship Qualifier
Los Angeles Coliseum
30 May 1981
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Some photos I took.
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These were added in 2000, and 2007