Tag: North Carolina
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Kleiner’s Korner: North Carolina’s First Motor Speedway - Part 3 (The End Comes)
The Charlotte Motor Speedway was promoted in 1924 as the state's entry into big time racing. However, expectations were not met and the track closed after only 3 years.
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Kleiner’s Korner: North Carolina’s First Motor Speedway - Part 2 (Opening Day)
The opening of the Charlotte Motor Speedway was promoted as bringing big-time racing, cars and drivers to the south. It was expected to break many speed records which in its three year history proved correct.
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Kleiner’s Korner: North Carolina’s First Motor Speedway - Part 1 (Planning and Construction)
Automobile racing in North Carolina during the early part of the 1900s consisted of local enthusiasts trying to outdo their neighbors in informal, unorganized events. This changed in 1924.
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Kleiner’s Korner: Part 5 - The Rise of the Automobile in my New Home State (North Carolina): A 1907 Race on the Beach
Forty years before the creation of NASCAR in North Carolina several Wilmington auto enthusiasts envisioned an annual racing event to be held on the main beach of the area, Wrightsville Beach.
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Kleiner’s Korner: Part 4 -The Rise of the Automobile in my New Home State (North Carolina)
The beginnings of the automobile in North Carolina started with a steam engine called the Buggymobile. In part 4 of this series I uncover the individuals and their plans to bring the auto to the everyday person in my new home state.
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Kleiner’s Korner: Part 3: The Vanderbilt (George) Connection and the Rise of the Automobile in my New Home State - North Carolina
Part 3 of this 5 part series explores the acquisition of land in western North Carolina by Willie K's. uncle, George Washington Vanderbilt II, and the building of Biltmore, the largest private residence in the United States.
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Kleiner’s Korner: Part 2 - The Vanderbilt (Willie K.) Connection and the Rise of the Automobile in my New Home State - North Carolina
While Willie K. spent time in both North and South Carolina the majority of his time was spent some 30 miles south of Wilmington, NC in the port city of Southport where he docked his many yachts throughout the years.
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Kleiner’s Korner: Part 1 - The Vanderbilt Connection and the Rise of the Automobile in my New Home State - North Carolina
Having relocated to just outside of Wilmington, NC last summer I'm investigating any connections the Vanderbilt family have had with this part of the country as well as its automotive and racing history.
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