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Word: speedway (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...builder of high-output motors to stick to the development of the liquid-cooled straight-line engine is Allison Engineering Co. In its little plant close by Indianapolis' famed motor speedway, its engineers and craftsmen, working on small orders for the U. S. Army, have kept the spark of in-line design firing, are now ready to go places. Already powered by Allison V-12's is the Army's twin-motored fighter, the Airacuda. More recently, the 1,000-horsepower Allison was built into a modification of the Army's snub-nosed Curtiss...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Transport: i-Line In Line | 1/30/1939 | See Source »

Indianapolis Speedway 500-mile auto race, nation's greatest, Mon. 11:45 and 4:15 p. m. MBC; 12 a. m., 3:20 p. m. and 4 p. m. NBC-Blue...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Programs Previewed: May 30, 1938 | 5/30/1938 | See Source »

Highways. Admiral Horthy, realizing that in Hungary the motorist must horn his way through every village at the speed of its cows and chickens, has slated a concrete speedway program modeled on Adolf Hitler's, tied it to Hungarian Rearmament, since a modern army does not march on its stomach but rides on its tires...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HUNGARY: Bela's Billion | 5/23/1938 | See Source »

Later Patrolman Jeremiah Murphy took all three to the Charles River Speedway station, where they were given hot drinks and had their clothing dried...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: STUDENT, GRADUATE RESCUE SKATER FROM CHARLES RIVER | 1/14/1938 | See Source »

...admit that Donald is his first name. An oldtime dirt-track manager, he appeared in Detroit five years ago with no worldly goods save a Model T Ford, convinced citizens that the U. S. auto centre should be the centre of U. S. auto racing. He built his motor speedway by securing the site, lumber, oil and contractor's services through profit-sharing agreements, attracted nightly crowds of 10,000 the past summer. His customary 83-cent top he boosted to $3.30 for last week's derby. Like his colleagues. Promoter Zeiter makes every driver sign a waiver...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Doodlebug Derby | 9/27/1937 | See Source »

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