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    Page Notes: QueenCityMotorsports.com hopes to find more detailed information about the Oakley Park Track.
    Source for the Oakley Park race results comes from the Website "History of Motorsport before World War I" by Darren Galpin.

    Last Updated (12/30/06)
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    Brief Track History
    Track:  Defunct - 1.0 mile dirt oval (November 25, 1901) (August 18, 1905 - 1907) (1909)
    Track Location:  Located in the Southeast corner of the City of Cincinnati, the site is now Ball Fields.
    Brief History:  Built as a Horse Track. The Cincinnati Lawn Bowling Club first bowled in the inner green inside the Oakley Park horse-racing track around 1922.
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    Oakley Park Race History
    1901
      Monday November 25, 1901 | 5 Laps/5 Miles; Winner: Emmett P. Gray; Time: 0:12:04 sec., Speed: 24.86 mph
    Finish: 1-Emmett Gray, 2-Howard Miller, 3-John Buttenhofer, 4-William Martin.
    1905
      Friday August 18, 1905 | 1 Lap/1 Mile; Winner: J.H. Stricker; Car: Oldsmobile; Time: 0:01:46 sec., Speed: 33.96 mph
    Finish: 1-J.H. Stricker (Oldsmobile), 2-V. Emerson (Autocar).
      Friday August 18, 1905 | 2 Laps/2 Miles; Winner: J.H. Stricker; Car: Oldsmobile; Time: 0:03:31 sec., Speed: 34.12 mph
    Finish: 1-J.H. Stricker (Oldsmobile), 2-V. Emerson (Autocar).
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