Meyers Negative 1
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Stimson Negative 4
May 5, 1909, finishing sometime in June. Although the
track was finished under the supervision of Buick’s top
automobile drivers, the club still wanted approval from
other professionals in the field.
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Wyoming Lifestyle Magazine | Spring 2016
Club member Warren Richardson discovered that
Elbert E. Bellows, a top racer in the 1909 New York
to Seattle Race, was knocked out of the race due to an
accident – and as luck would have it, was in Cheyenne.
Richardson asked Bellows to come out and “…pass
critical judgment on what had been accomplished so
far.” Bellows was definitely impressed by what he saw,
as he gave his accolades to The Wyoming Tribune. Bellows
stated, “You will easily have one of the fastest and finest
automobile race courses in the country if not the fastest.
I want to race over this track, and will try and introduce
Mr. Robert Guggenheim for whom I drive, to send
me here to make a run in a 24-hour race. I am certain
records will be broken.” Having the endorsement of
auto racing’s biggest names, the Cheyenne Motor Club
completed the auto track and prepared for an August
1909 race date.