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Portola Road Race
The Portola Road Race was an automobile race spanning several cities of Alameda County, California, in 1909 and 1911, the start/finish line positioned in Oakland, California, Oakland. The races were held in concert with the Portola Festival celebrating San Francisco's renewal following the devastation of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, 1906 earthquake. 1909 The main race in 1909 ran under the auspices of the Automobile Club of Southern California. It was a little over long—12 laps of a course laid out over which included road segments of Melrose, Oakland, California, Melrose, a settlement newly annexed by Oakland, and San Leandro, California, San Leandro and Hayward, California, Hayward—two communities south of Oakland in Alameda County, California, Alameda County. An estimated 250,000, 280,000 or 300,000 people watched the nearly four-hour race. A 24-page race program was published with photographs, advertisements, and a diagram of the race circuit. An article written by M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oakland Portola Road Race 1909 Program
Oakland is the largest city and the county seat of Alameda County, California, United States. A major West Coast of the United States, West Coast port, Oakland is the largest city in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area, the third largest city overall in the Bay Area and the List of largest California cities by population, eighth most populated city in California. With a population of 440,646 in 2020, it serves as the Bay Area's trade center and economic engine: the Port of Oakland is the busiest port in Northern California, and the fifth busiest in the United States of America. An act to municipal corporation, incorporate the city was passed on May 4, 1852, and incorporation was later approved on March 25, 1854. Oakland is a charter city. Oakland's territory covers what was once a mosaic of California coastal prairie, California coastal terrace prairie, oak woodland, and north coastal scrub. In the late 18th century, it became part of a large ''rancho'' grant in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
