Meridian Speedway
Photograph from ‘Motorcycle & Bicycle Illustrated’ Magazine
Carl
E. Evans
|
Date
|
Feature Winner
|
From
|
Distance |
Winning Motorcycle |
October 4,
1921
|
Ralph
Hepburn
|
Wichita, Kansas |
24 miles |
Harley-Davidson |
October 5, 1921
|
John
Seymour
|
Springfield, Massachusetts |
18 miles |
Indian |
Ralph
Hepburn
|
Wichita, Kansas |
12 miles |
Harley-Davidson |
|
Ralph
Hepburn
|
Los Angeles, California |
300 miles |
Indian |
|
Curley
Fredericks
|
Denver, Colorado |
200 miles |
Indian |
Kansas Wheat Exposition - Meridian Speedway
Wichita, Kansas - October, 1921
Photograph from the Cossitt collection – Local History Section, Wichita Public Library
The automobile races known to have been contested at Meridian Speedway were:
Date
|
Feature Winner
|
From
|
Car Owner |
From |
Distance |
Automobile |
John
A. Mais
|
Indianapolis, Indiana |
John A. Mais |
Indianapolis, Indiana |
60 miles |
Dodge |
|
John
Boling
|
Mounds, Oklahoma |
C. L. Richards |
Kansas City, Missouri |
15 miles |
Richards Special |
|
October 7, 1921 |
Postponed and apparently canceled due to cold weather |
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John A. Mais |
Indianapolis, Indiana |
John A. Mais |
Indianapolis, Indiana |
60 miles |
Dodge Special |
Kansas Wheat Exposition - Meridian Speedway, Wichita, Kansas
October, 1921
Photograph from the Cossitt collection – Local History Section, Wichita Public Library
This drawing of the Meridian Speedway layout was published on page 10 of the September 18, 1921 issue of the Wichita Eagle newspaper. North would be to the left side of this drawing. Click your mouse on the drawing above to see an aerial photograph of Meridian Speedway published on page 2 of the June 25, 1922 issue of the Wichita Beacon newspaper. That photograph was taken looking to the northeast. Meridian is the street visible to the lower left of the racetrack while 23rd St. (later named Pawnee) can be seen at the lower right in that photo.
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