Michigan State Fairgrounds Speedway

The Michigan State Fairgrounds Speedway was a dirt oval racing track located in Detroit, Michigan. The track was built in 1899 for horse racing, and was part of the grounds purchased to provide a permanent venue for the Michigan State Fair. Joseph Lowthian Hudson donated the land, at Woodward Avenue and what is now 8 Mile Road, to the Michigan State Agricultural Society.

By 1908, the racetrack, at the east end of the fairgrounds, had a 5,000-seat capacity grandstand. The track originally hosted thoroughbred flat racing as well as standardbred harness racing. Later, it was used for auto racing, after the growth of that industry. In 1971 the grandstand was declared unsafe and was demolished in 2001.

Race winners

AAA/USAC Champ Car race winners

Season	Date	Driver	Chassis	Engine	Sanctioning body
1928	June 10	Ray Keech	Miller	Miller	AAA
1929	June 9	Cliff Woodbury	Miller (2)	Miller (2)	AAA
1930	June 9	Wilbur Shaw	Smith	Miller (3)	AAA
1931	June 14	Louis Meyer	Stevens	Miller (4)	AAA
1932	June 9	Bob Carey	Stevens (2)	Miller (5)	AAA
	September 10	Mauri Rose	Stevens (3)	Miller (6)	AAA
1933	June 11	Bill Cummings	Miller (3)	Miller (6)	AAA
1949	September 11	Tony Bettenhausen	Kurtis Kraft	Offenhauser	AAA
1950	September 10	Henry Banks	Moore	Offenhauser (2)	AAA
1951	September 9	Paul Russo	Russo/Nichels	Offenhauser (3)	AAA
1952	August 30	Bill Vukovich	Kuzma	Offenhauser (4)	AAA
1953	July 4	Rodger Ward	Kurtis Kraft (2)	Offenhauser (5)	AAA
1957	June 23	Jimmy Bryan	Kuzma (2)	Offenhauser (6)	USAC

See also

• Michigan portal
• Sports portal

References