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RE: Oldest Motorsports Race


     >ppihc references the Indy 500 as the oldest motorsports race.
     >That one should be easy to settle. When did Indy first run? Mt. Wash 
     >was = 1902 or 1903..... The first Indy was like in the 1920s or 
     >sumptin? - -glen ------
     
     First Indy 500 was 1911 with understandable pauses 1917-18 and 
     1942-45.  Check www.brickyard.com.
     
     Steve
    
Thanks. So we know that the oldest (in the US) was not the Indy 500.
Any others still run before 1902/3? Internationally?

-glen