Brooklands
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Brooklands was a 2.767-mile motor racing circuit and aerodrome built near Weybridge in Surrey, England, United Kingdom. It opened in 1907 and was the world's first purpose-built 'banked' motor racing
Count Zborowski with Chitty Bang Bang 1 at Brooklands, 1921
Brooklands Aero-Club car badge
The Vickers factory at Brooklands
Mercedes-Benz World at Brooklands
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
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The Indianapolis Motor Speedway is a motor racing circuit located in Speedway, Indiana, United States, an enclave suburb of Indianapolis, Indiana. It is the home of the Indianapolis 500 and the Bricky
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…the first race meeting was held on 6 July, attracting over 10,000 spectators. Apparently drawing inspiration from the development at Brooklands, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway was built soon afterwards, and held its inaugural race in August 1909. The Brooklands Mountain Circuit was a small section of the track giving a lap…
Indianapolis Motor Speedway aerial in 2016
The Indianapolis Motor Speedway under construction
Carl Graham Fisher (1874–1938) of Greensburg, Indiana, an American vehicle parts and highway entrepreneur and the co-founder and first president of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, May 1909
Artist's rendition of the original speedway plan (not a photograph)