Larry Lawrence
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"Thrills and Funerals": Researching the Board Track Era of Motorcycle Racing in America's Historical Newspapers
Motorcycle board track racing was the deadliest form of racing in the history of motorsports. Hundreds of lives were lost, both racers and spectators, during the relatively short-lived era of the boards. Yet in spite of, or perhaps partly because of, the dangers, motorcycle board track racing in the 1910s...