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property that many wanted to develop for the growing metropolis. As 1911
came into view, the Cheyenne Motor Club rallied for a race to come back
once again to the Cheyenne Auto Track. Tucked away on page four of the
June 20, 1911 Wyoming Tribune, sat a small article titled simply, “Save the
4-Mile Track.” The Motor Club was attempting in the brief article to inform
the residents of Cheyenne just how important the track was to the city and
the economy. In the article, the club explained that builders were already
planning out areas on the site and in another year, the track would be gone
all together.
While a large 1911 event was boasted in the papers, an August 7th Wyoming
Tribune article announced that the club decided to cancel the event. The
Tribune explained that the club attempted to bring in big names to the event,
however this was only feasible with an inexhaustible limit of funds. The
track closed, the land was absorbed, and the rest, as they say, is history.
Those who raced across the dusty four-mile track, setting records, exciting
fans, and ushering in a new era, did all of that here in Cheyenne. Although
Indianapolis is the auto track so many in the racing community consider to
be where racing was born, Wyomingites should know that Cheyenne was
part of that great story. W L M
SOURCES
n Cheyenne Daily Leader, Race Track Work, May 5, 1909
n Cheyenne Daily Leader, Cheyenne Drivers In An Organization
Formed Last Night, March 3, 1909
n Cheyenne Daily Leaders, Plan Auto Race Track, March 27, 1909
n The Wyoming Tribune, T ]