Before World War Two, professional street races, contests on circuits laid out on public roads, had grown in popularity in America in places like Bridgehampton Connecticut, and on Long Island. But shortly after Pearl Harbor all motor racing in America was put on hold. After the war, a young Cornell law student began an effort that would bring road racing back to America.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wjLr9FBQSc‘Uniquely New York’
is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.Links:Path Through HistoryWSKG’s Path Through HistorySchuyler County Historical SocietyPhotos Courtesy of:Schuyler County Historical SocietyInternational Motor Racing Research LibraryLibrary of Congress