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Brunots Island Race Track was a one-mile dirt oval on Brunot Island in
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. It hosted races from 1903 to 1914, including a race in 1905 AAA Championship Car season won by
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. It is now the site of a fossil-fuel power plant.


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Brunot Island Race Track
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