1915 Chicago Speedway Park Poster Print

Today in History……June 19, 1915 Chicago Speedway Park . Indy/Championship car racing first appeared in the Chicago area in 1914-1915 at Galesburg District Fairgrounds. Both races were 100 laps around the 1-mile dirt oval. AAA held races at Speedway Park, a 2-mile board track in nearby Maywood, Illinois. The first such race was a 500-mile event in 1915. Subsequent races ranged from 10-300 miles, and the final race was held in 1918. The track was eventually demolished, and the Edward Hines Veterans Hospital now stands on its former location.

Past winners of other Open Wheel Chicago events AAA Championship car

* 1914 Ralph Mulford (Galesburg)
* 1915 Eddie O’Donnell (Galesburg)
* 1915 Dario Resta (Speedway Park)
* 1915 Dario Resta (Speedway Park)
* 1916 Dario Resta (Speedway Park)
* 1916 Dario Resta (Speedway Park)
* 1917 Earl Cooper (Speedway Park)
* 1917 Ralph DePalma (Speedway Park)
* 1917 Louis Chevrolet (Speedway Park)
* 1917 Tom Alley (Speedway Park)
* 1917 Ralph Mulford (Speedway Park)
* 1917 Pete Henderson (Speedway Park)
* 1918 Louis Chevrolet (Speedway Park)
* 1918 Ralph DePalma (Speedway Park)
* 1918 Ralph DePalma (Speedway Park)
* 1918 Ralph DePalma (Speedway Park)

Chicago’s First International 500 Mile Auto Race. This reproduction 1915 Chicago Speedway Park Poster Print will look great in any shop, garage, office or workshop wall as some great vintage retro artwork.

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