Thursday 4th July 1912

The 8,000-seat Newark Motordrome, New Jersey (US) opened and regularly ran motorcycle races on Sunday afternoons until it closed in 1917 after a fire. Racing fans from in and around Newark would pack the grandstands that ring the 60-degree, quarter-mile wooden “saucer” to see riders from around the country compete at speeds approaching 90 to 100 mph.