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Uniontown Speedway was a wooden board track in Hopwood, near
Uniontown Speedway
at the GEL Motorsport Information Page {{Uniontown, Pennsylvania Sports venues completed in 1916 Motorsport venues in Pennsylvania Defunct motorsport venues in the United States Uniontown, Pennsylvania 1916 establishments in Pennsylvania 1922 disestablishments in Pennsylvania
Uniontown Speedway was a wooden board track in Hopwood, near Uniontown, Pennsylvania
Uniontown is the largest city in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, United States, and its county seat. The population was 9,984 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Pittsburgh metropolitan area, southeast of Pittsburgh.
History
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. The track was built in 1916, after the Summit Mountain Hill Climbs were outlawed, and held its final race in June 1922. The May/June race was known as the Universal Trophy, so named because Carl Laemmle
Carl Laemmle (; born Karl Lämmle ; January 17, 1867 – September 24, 1939) was a German-American film producer and the co-founder and, until 1934, owner of Universal Pictures. He produced or worked on over 400 films.
Regarded as one of the ...
, president of Universal Films, had sponsored the $3,000, solid silver trophy. Laemmle's company filmed each race, playing them at local theaters. Two National Championship
A national championship(s) is the top achievement for any sport or competition, contest within a league of a particular nation or nation state. The title is usually awarded by contests, ranking systems, stature, ability, etc. This determines the be ...
races were held at Uniontown, in 1921
Events
January
* January 2
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and 1922
Events
January
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History
Motorsport
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was extremely dangerous in the days of the board tracks, but the inaugural race at Uniontown on December 2, 1916 was an especially bloody event, even for the standards of the day. Two were killed (a driver and his riding mechanic) during practice a few days prior, and five (two spectators and three participants) died during the race.
A second Uniontown Speedway, adjacent to the original site, was active in 1946, as a half-mile (.805 km) dirt track. It held a National Championship-level sprint car race won by Ted Horn
Eylard Theodore Horn (February 27, 1910 – October 10, 1948) was an American racing driver. Widely considered one of the greatest racers of his era, he was the first person in history to win the AAA Contest Board, AAA American open-wheel car rac ...
.
AAA Championship Car results
Non-championship races in ''italics'' : Shared driveSee also
* Beverly Hills Speedway * Tacoma Speedway *AAA Contest Board
The AAA Contest Board was the motorsports arm of the American Automobile Association. The contest board sanctioned automobile races from 1904 until 1955, establishing American Championship car racing. Modern-day Indy car racing traces its roots d ...
*American Championship car racing
American open-wheel car racing, generally and commonly known as Indy car racing, is a category of professional automobile racing in the United States. As of 2025 IndyCar Series, 2025, the top-level American open-wheel racing championship is sa ...
References
External links
Uniontown Speedway
at the GEL Motorsport Information Page {{Uniontown, Pennsylvania Sports venues completed in 1916 Motorsport venues in Pennsylvania Defunct motorsport venues in the United States Uniontown, Pennsylvania 1916 establishments in Pennsylvania 1922 disestablishments in Pennsylvania