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1902. "Reimers Loco winning five-miles event in 10:51 4-5, Grosse Pointe track, Detroit." A Locomobile steamer piloted by one M.R. Reimers. View full size.
I grew up in a house, built on the outside of that turn. Track was long gone by 1936, when the house was constructed. The track ceased to be about 1910.
Curiously and sadly, the house I mentioned above was recently demolished to increase the size of a nearby hospital parking lot.
There was another nearby track, this one for the four-legged variety. Grosse Pointe (now an adjacent suburb of Detroit) was a "sleepy" vacation spot for Detroiters wishing to get away from the city at the end of the 18th and beginning of the 20th century.
Here is a link about the race track.
I presume 27 miles per hour was blazing fast for an automobile 114 years ago. At least fast enough to make the papers.
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