Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 115, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 October 1909 — Probably the Last of the Auto Races At Crown Point [ARTICLE]

Probably the Last of the Auto Races At Crown Point

Dud Stevens has taken the contract for tearing down the automobile race grand stand, and began to annihilate it on Tuesday of this week. This no doubt means no more auto races in Lake connty, as it costs thousands of dollars to erect a stand like the one here. If the club intended to have another exhibition within four years it would have been money saved to let it stand. It is altogether probable that the racing is over.—Crown Point Star. An article In the Chicago Tribune, however, credits Mr. Crawford with saying that it is quite probable that the classic Cobe races will again be run next year. The stands were erected on the salvage plan by the D. A. Root company, of Crown Point, and the company refused to let the stands longer remain unless the automobile club would guarantee that the races would be run another year. This they refused to do and it is understood the lumber is being sold to the Indianapolis Speedway Company. If the races are not field at Crown Point next year it is probable that they will be run in Wisconsin at a point only an hour and a hairs auto spin from Chicago. ;