This Flying Merkle motorcycle was the first and only bike to top Summit Mountain in the SW PA hillclimb - sponsored by Firestone Tires, 1914.

This diagram by Jack Prince, Uniontown Speedway board track designer, shows the 1 1/8th mile oval which reached from the National Pike to the B&O RR tracks 1/2 mile away. The curves were banked at 34 degrees allowing Jimmy Murphy and Tommy Milton to set 52 AAA speed records in 1919 in their Duesies. These records held through the 1960's!

Uniontown Speedway board track Grand Opening Race, May 10, 1917. Barney Oldfield (center turned sideways in white shirt) with his new Golden Submarine behind him. Louis & Arthur Chevrolet stand just a few men to the right w/ mustaches. Fred Duesenberg in back of Louis in top hat. Driver Ralph Mulford waves to the left. In the preliminary race just 6 months earlier, 5 died and 17 were injured when the press stand was hit, collapsing it w 100 journalists and associates.