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Old 08-23-2006, 12:26 PM
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Originally Posted by Gander
Is Fairmont a half mile track sort of like Fairplex in LA? A bull ring?
Nope, one mile oval with chutes for 6f and 10f, according to the American Racing Manual. St. Louis area was a big racing venue back in the 1890s, but the anti-vice people got to it not long thereafter (about the same time racing killed in New York for 2 years and in California for a couple of decades).
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