Roosevelt Raceway (motor sports)
- Roosevelt Raceway (motor sports)
The Roosevelt Raceway motor sports race track was a Vanderbilt Cup / GP venue on New York's Long Island for the United States Grand Prix in 1936 and 1937. The original raceway was twisty and bumpy, making it not quite suited to the big-bore big-BHP racecars of the day. The 1937 layout was faster, had less corners and longer straights. Despite these adaptations, no more GP motor car races were held there afterwards.
The Westbury, New York track was left semi-abandoned for a while, located next to the Roosevelt Field airfield, then disappeared and made way for a horse racing track that served as the pioneer in its sport from its 1940 opening until it closed in 1988.
The Roosevelt Raceway site is now a shopping mall, parking lot and housing complex in Westbury. The 1936 race was won by Tazio Nuvolari in an Alfa Romeo while the 1937 race was won by Bernd Rosemeyer in an Auto Union.
Although long gone, the 1937 track has been recreated in at least two racing games, Spirit of Speed 1937 and the Grand Prix Legends racing simulation. The latter track version was/is freely available on the Internet. [ [http://www.javinester.co.uk/gpl/roosevelt.html Roosevelt ] ] ]References
External links
* [http://home.att.net/~Berliner-Ultrasonics/limpvcup.html Pictures of the track]
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