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Old 01-28-2003, 02:18 PM
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Additionally, one only needs to look at the road courses in Europe--again--a beat up, pulverized continent after the war--to get some idea of the interest in road racing: Le Mans, Nurburgring, Goodwood ('47), Reims, Monza, Oulton Park, Spa, etc.

Riverside was built in the late 50s; Elkhart, which is probably the best example of a long European track, was also built in the late 50s, some period of time after the European circuits. Most road racing was done on abandoned airport runways.
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