Salt Palace Velodrome
Coordinates: 40 ° 44 ′ 54.7 ″ N , 111 ° 53 ′ 23.3 ″ W The Salt Palace Velodrome existed from 1899 to 1913 in the US city of Salt Lake City .
The cycle track was made of wood, was 201 meters long (1/8 mile) and offered space for 5000 spectators. Since the track was at an altitude of around 1340 meters, particularly fast times were achieved on it. From 1902 to 1907, John Chapman was the director of the track, after having successfully raced on this track himself. In July 1901, for example, he and Iver Lawson set a tandem world record of 9 minutes and 44 seconds over five miles on the track that lasted for 50 years. Chapman succeeded his predecessor Floyd MacFarland , who had gone to Newark Velodrome, as director . After Chapman became more involved with his activities in the east of the USA and the high-class racing drivers therefore stayed away, the track had to close due to a lack of profitability and was demolished.
Today the Salt Lake Velodrome Association is committed to building a new cycle track in Draper , a town 30 kilometers south of Salt Lake City.
literature
- Peter Nye: Hearts of Lions. The History of American Bicycle Racing. Norton, New York NY et al. 1988, ISBN 0-393-02543-8 .
Individual evidence
- ^ Peter Joffre Nye: The Six-Day Bicycle Races . America's Jazz Age Sport. San Francisco 2006, pp. 44f.
- ↑ saltlakevelodrome.com