Re: Question for TCrouch
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I wanted to wait until Terry answered this because the thread was addressed to him.
But according to a chat I had with Indianapolis Motor Speedway Historian Donald Davidson once about this very subject, oval races in the U.S. go counter-clockwise because that's the direction in which horse races take place in the U.S. Most of the early oval auto races in the U.S. in the early 1900s took place on horse tracks at fairgrounds around the country, so the cars just followed the same direction as the horses.
True story!
Take care,
PK
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Wow! horse racing never came to mind, but I can see the nexus. Excellent info, so is it safe to say the reason for the left turn was influenced by horse racing counterclockwise, very believeable.
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I wanted to wait until Terry answered this because the thread was addressed to him.
But according to a chat I had with Indianapolis Motor Speedway Historian Donald Davidson once about this very subject, oval races in the U.S. go counter-clockwise because that's the direction in which horse races take place in the U.S. Most of the early oval auto races in the U.S. in the early 1900s took place on horse tracks at fairgrounds around the country, so the cars just followed the same direction as the horses.
True story!
Take care,
PK
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Wow! horse racing never came to mind, but I can see the nexus. Excellent info, so is it safe to say the reason for the left turn was influenced by horse racing counterclockwise, very believeable.
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