In the 70's I wrote for a now-forgotten paper called Competitive Cycling. The most interesting thing I was ever asked to do was transcribe a long interview with Jack Disney detailing racing from the late 40's to the early 60's. It seems like there was considerable track racing in that time span with almost no paved tracks, except for a number of "street sprint" type of races held on closed-off straight stretches of road! David Feldman
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> > They use costerbrakes. The track is a dead flat
> > cinder 400 yard classic track track. This was
> > a very popular style of racing until 1970 or so...
> I didn't realize there was still racing on cinder tracks
> that late - other than special events like the Little
> 500. I do remember racing on flat asphalt tracks, though.
> I grew up in New York City where, before the Kissena Park
> Velodrome was built, track events were conducted on this
> sort of in Flushing Meadow Park. Later, I saw a similar
> track in France, although it actually had slight banking.
> This must have been in St. Quentin, which apparently was
> not wealthy enough to build a "proper" velodrome.
> Best regards,
> Fred
>
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