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    CINCINNATI RACE BOWL
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    Page Notes: Besides the AAA & USAC races listed below, there were many weekly Stock Car races held at the Race Bowl. Plans are to add those results as they are found. If you have any results, or information on other races held, please E-mail Me.

    Last Updated (3/17/09)
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    Cincinnati Race Bowl
    Aerial photo of the Cincinnati Race Bowl track & grounds. (Photographer unknown)

      Midget Racing ProgramCincinnati Race Bowl Midget Program
    Scans of the Midget and Stock Car racing programs from the Cincinnati Midget Race Bowl.

    Brief Track History
    Track:  Defunct - 1/4 mile paved oval (May 1948 - c. 8/28/58); 1/4 mile dirt oval (c. 7/3/1951 - c. 1951); 1/8 mile dirt oval (September 1956 - c.1956)
    Track Location: Southwest corner of the intersection of Reading Road and Glendale Milford Road in Hamilton County, Evendale, Ohio.
    Cincinnati Racebowl - aka. Cincinnati Speedway, Milford Speedway
    Brief History: Conceived in early 1947 by a group known as Cincinnati Raceways., Inc., the Cincinnati Race Bowl opened as a 1/4 mile high banked paved oval in 1948. The Race Bowl's straightaways were banked 15 degrees, and the turns at 34 degrees making it one of the fastest Race Tracks running at the time. The mighty Midgets cars began to run the Race Bowl in August of 1948 for the first of 4 AAA races. For the most part the Midget races were held on week nights (the majority on Wednesday), and Stock Cars primarily ran on Friday's & Saturday's. AAA and then later USAC Midgets continued running the Race Bowl until its close in 1958. Stock Cars ran a 1/4 mile dirt oval that was inside the paved 1/4 mile beginning in 1951, under the track name Cincinnati Speedway. In late 1958 a local developer, P.G. Graves of Cincinnati, had purchased the 20 acre Race Bowl site for commercial development.
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    Cincinnati Race Bowl Photo/Scan Slideshow
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    Cincinnati Race Bowl Sanctioned Race History
    AAA | Automobile Association of America
    USAC | United States Auto Club
    MARC (ARCA) | Midwest Association for Race Cars
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    Fatalities
    1950
    Friday July 21, 1950 | Spectator James Karpe, age 12,  Cincinnati, Ohio
    Saturday July 22, 1950 | Spectator Robert Ellis, Age 17, Cincinnati, Ohio
    Cousins Robert Ellis and James Karpe were fatally injured when a wheel from a Midget Car driven by Albert Duris of Bedford, Ohio, cleared the catch fence, entered the Grandstand area, striking the two boys. Karpe died of his injuries that night, Ellis died of his injuries the next day.
    1954
    Wednesday June 30, 1954 | Driver Johnny Key, age 30, Salinas, California
    Midget driver Johnny Key crashed into the wall and was ejected from his car, where he was then run over by the cars of Elmer George and Jack Turner.
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