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Merrimack Valley Course
The Merrimack Valley Course was a temporary street circuit in Lowell, Massachusetts. The 10.6 mile track hosted its first races in 1908 and was on the 1909 AAA Championship Car schedule. Due to financial losses, racing was discontinued after that season. Layout The Merrimack Valley Course was a 10.6 mile-long street circuit that ran through Lowell's Pawtucketville neighborhood and part of Tyngsborough, Massachusetts. 6 miles of the course stretched along Pawtucket Boulevard, which ran along the Merrimack River. The boulevard was originally built for harness racing and contained a four-mile straightaway which was the only straight part of the course. The grandstand was constructed on the straightaway. The remainder of the course, known as the back stretch, was on country roads that, although they dated back to the Colonial era, were in fairly good condition. The back stretch contained a sharp downward slope known as "The Dip". The course contained 30 turns and was described by ''Mot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lowell, Massachusetts
Lowell () is a city in Massachusetts, in the United States. Alongside Cambridge, It is one of two traditional seats of Middlesex County. With an estimated population of 115,554 in 2020, it was the fifth most populous city in Massachusetts as of the last census, and the third most populous in the Boston metropolitan statistical area. The city also is part of a smaller Massachusetts statistical area, called Greater Lowell, and of New England's Merrimack Valley region. Incorporated in 1826 to serve as a mill town, Lowell was named after Francis Cabot Lowell, a local figure in the Industrial Revolution. The city became known as the cradle of the American Industrial Revolution because of its textile mills and factories. Many of Lowell's historic manufacturing sites were later preserved by the National Park Service to create Lowell National Historical Park. During the Cambodian genocide (1975–1979), the city took in an influx of refugees, leading to a Cambodia Town and Americ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Massachusetts General Court
The Massachusetts General Court (formally styled the General Court of Massachusetts) is the state legislature of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The name "General Court" is a hold-over from the earliest days of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, when the colonial assembly, in addition to making laws, sat as a judicial court of appeals. Before the adoption of the state constitution in 1780, it was called the ''Great and General Court'', but the official title was shortened by John Adams, author of the state constitution. It is a bicameral body. The upper house is the Massachusetts Senate which is composed of 40 members. The lower body, the Massachusetts House of Representatives, has 160 members. (Until 1978, it had 240 members.) It meets in the Massachusetts State House on Beacon Hill in Boston. The current President of the Senate is Karen Spilka, and the Speaker of the House is Ronald Mariano. Since 1959, Democrats have controlled both houses of the Massachusetts General Court ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billy Knipper
William Peter Knipper (August 9, 1882 – September 7, 1968) was an American race car driver. Biography He was born in Rochester, New York, the son of William Peter and Mary E. Nura Knipper. He married Mae Christine Ottman November 6, 1913, in Rochester. A hillclimb was held at West Dugway Hill, Penfield, New York, on October 13, 1906. The free-for-all class was won by Billy Knipper (Thomas 60 h.p.) in a time of 51.8 sec.''Democrat and Chronicle, 21 Oct 1906'' page 4, Rochester New York At the time of his marriage in 1913 he was employed as an engraver, and was an automobile sealership owner in Rochester, New York. He died on September 7, 1968, in Rochester, New York Rochester () is a city in the U.S. state of New York, the seat of Monroe County, and the fourth-most populous in the state after New York City, Buffalo, and Yonkers, with a population of 211,328 at the 2020 United States census. Located in W .... Indy 500 results References 1882 bir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Matson
Joe Matson (6 March 1881 – 4 January 1937) was an American racecar driver from Brighton, Massachusetts (now a neighborhood of Boston) who raced in the second Indianapolis 500 The Indianapolis 500, formally known as the Indianapolis 500-Mile Race, and commonly called the Indy 500, is an annual automobile race held at Indianapolis Motor Speedway (IMS) in Speedway, Indiana, United States, an enclave suburb of Indi .... Indy 500 results References 1881 births 1937 deaths AAA Championship Car drivers Indianapolis 500 drivers Racing drivers from Boston Racing drivers from Massachusetts {{US-autoracing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AAA Contest Board
AAA, Triple A, or Triple-A is a three-letter initialism or abbreviation which may refer to: Airports * Anaa Airport in French Polynesia (IATA airport code AAA) * Logan County Airport (Illinois) (FAA airport code AAA) Arts, entertainment, and media Gaming * AAA (video game industry) - a category of high budget video games *'' TripleA'', an open source wargame Music Groups and labels * AAA (band), a Japanese pop band * Against All Authority (''-AAA-''), an American ska-punk band * Acid Angel From Asia ''(AAA)'' the first sub-unit of K-pop girl group TripleS referred to as "AVA" * Triple A (musical group), a Dutch trance group Works * Song on ''City'' (Strapping Young Lad album) * ''A.A.A'' (EP), by Nigerian band A.A.A Other music * Triple A or Adult Alternative Songs, a record chart Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media * Adult album alternative, a radio format * AAA, the production code for the 1970 ''Doctor Who'' serial ''Spearhead from Space'' * (''Aces o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chicago
(''City in a Garden''); I Will , image_map = , map_caption = Interactive Map of Chicago , coordinates = , coordinates_footnotes = , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = United States , subdivision_type1 = State , subdivision_type2 = Counties , subdivision_name1 = Illinois , subdivision_name2 = Cook and DuPage , established_title = Settled , established_date = , established_title2 = Incorporated (city) , established_date2 = , founder = Jean Baptiste Point du Sable , government_type = Mayor–council , governing_body = Chicago City Council , leader_title = Mayor , leader_name = Lori Lightfoot ( D) , leader_title1 = City Clerk , leader_name1 = Anna Valencia ( D) , unit_pref = Imperial , area_footnotes = , area_tot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Basle
Charles Lucien Basle (8 January 1885 Paris – 4 February 1962 Los Angeles, California) was a French racecar driver. Basle did most of his racing in the 1900s and early 1910s. He won a 24 Hour race at Brighton Beach Race Course, Brighton Beach in August 1909. Basle made 9 starts in AAA sanctioned races, including the 1911 Indianapolis 500, International Sweepstakes. After a 10-year break, Basle made a surprise reappearance at the Beverly Hills Speedway, Los Angeles Speedway board track in 1922. His younger brother, Marcel, died in a racing accident at Chicago in June 1911. Charles Basle lived in Los Angeles for many years, where he worked in the auto industry. He eventually operated an auto repair business. He is buried in San Gabriel Mission Cemetery in San Gabriel, California. Indy 500 results References External links * 1885 births 1962 deaths French racing drivers Indianapolis 500 drivers French expatriates in the United States {{France-autoracing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob Burman
Robert R. Burman (April 23, 1884 – April 8, 1916) was an American race car driver, he was an open-wheel pioneer, setting numerous speed records in the early 1900s. He participated in many historic races and was one of the drivers to compete in the first edition of the Indianapolis 500 in 1911. Biography Burman was born in Imlay City, Michigan on April 23, 1884. While working as a road tester for Jackson Automobile Co. in 1906, he got the opportunity to enter in several races, in which he performed well. In 1908, William C. Durant the founder of General Motors brought Burman and the Chevrolet brothers on as drivers for the newly formed Buick racing team. Burman won the Prest-O-Lite Trophy Race in his Buick in 1909, the precursor to the Indy 500. He finished first in the 1909 Vesper Club Trophy Race driving for the Buick team and fourth in the 1909 Lowell Trophy Race. In 1910 Burman won the Remy Brassard Trophy 2 on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. In 1911, Burman won ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fiat
Fiat Automobiles S.p.A. (, , ; originally FIAT, it, Fabbrica Italiana Automobili di Torino, lit=Italian Automobiles Factory of Turin) is an Italian automobile manufacturer, formerly part of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, and since 2021 a subsidiary of Stellantis through its Italian division Stellantis Italy. Fiat Automobiles was formed in January 2007 when Fiat S.p.A. reorganized its automobile business, and traces its history back to 1899 when the first Fiat automobile, the Fiat 4 HP, was produced. Fiat Automobiles is the largest automobile manufacturer in Italy. During its more than century-long history, it remained the largest automobile manufacturer in Europe and the third in the world after General Motors and Ford for over 20 years, until the car industry crisis in the late 1980s. In 2013, Fiat S.p.A. was the second largest European automaker by volumes produced and the seventh in the world, while FCA was the world's eighth-largest automaker. In 1970, Fiat Automobiles employ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Robertson (racing Driver)
George Hepburn Robertson (November 22, 1884 – July 3, 1955) was an American racecar driver. His father ran one of New York's first big garages and Robertson grew up surrounded by Mors, Panhards and other cars. Career Robertson raced a Christie, a Hotchkiss, and a Simplex, as well as a Locomobile with which he won the 1908 Vanderbilt Cup. This victory was the first in the Cup by an American driver in an American car, the legendary "Old No. 16". For the 1910 Vanderbilt Cup, he was the captain of the Benz team but suffered arm injuries in a crash while showing a newspaper reporter the Long Island course and was forced to retire from driving. In 1921, he served as Duesenberg's team manager in their victory of the French Grand Prix at Le Mans as Jimmy Murphy drove the first American car to win a Grand Prix held in Europe. Robertson later became vice president of the ''Motor Development Corporation'' and general manager of Roosevelt Raceway, host to the George Vanderb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Knox Automobile Company
The Knox Automobile Company was a manufacturer of automobiles in Springfield, Massachusetts, United States, between 1900 and 1914. Knox also built trucks and farm tractors until 1924. They are notable for building the very first modern fire engine in 1905. History Harry Austin Knox built three experimental gasoline cars at Overman Wheel Company between 1895 and 1898. He left Overman when they decided to build a steam car. Knox joined with his former employer, Elihu H. Cutler of the Elektron Company to form the Knox Automobile Company in Springfield Massachusetts in 1900. The Waltham Watch Company factory was purchased and Knox built 15 cars in their first year. The Knox Model A was a three-wheel runabout with a 5-hp one-cylinder air-cooled engine. In 1902 a four-wheel runabout and a 8-hp two-cylinder engine joined the model line-up. Early cars were called Knoxmobile with the Waterless Knox being used from 1903. A slogan used was "The Car That Never Drinks". In some models, pas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
