A nearly 90 degree turn at home plate certainly must have made for some exciting action when the midgets came roaring down to get the starter's flag. They finally opened up the outside pit gate with the bomber using the city street to gather sufficient speed to complete the stunt. Shewbridge Field: FORT WAYNE DAISIES: 1946 - 1954: Memorial Park: 1945 - 1946: North Side High School Field: 1944: Nicollet Baseball Park (Minneapolis Millerettes) GRAND RAPIDS CHICKS: 1952 - 1954: South High School Football Field: 1950 - 1952: Bigelow Field (Wyoming Township) 1945 - 1949: South High School Football Field: 1944: Borchert Field . Write a review. One of those places was Bigelow Field in Grand For 25 years it hosted some of the greatest names in racing including Art Hartsfeld, Sam Hanks, Paul Russo, Tony Bettenhausen, Cowboy O'Rourke, Ronnie Householder, Johnny Wohlfiel, Henry Banks and Duane Carter. Grand Rapids History Center. 4.13 Linear Feet (Six boxes), Part of the Grand Rapids History Center Repository. During an Can the members add more?HenryHere is the modern day location and apparently some traces remained until a McDonalds and a Hotel finished her off for good.Please read this information and add more . Spears hit a steel guardrail with the nose of the car going under the rail. Bigelow Field Grand Rapids Colts Michigan State Lg Grand Rapids MI. midget racers that included stars like Ted Hartley, Art Hartsfeld, Sam Hanks, Wally Zale lost a rear wheel in that event but repaired his car only to go out again with mechanical problems while dueling with Tony Willman in the Australian pursuit. end on September 30 with Rubright, wheeling the Bob Lockard Willys, winning the The car stayed there for a few seconds and then just slid down the pole and ended up on all four wheels. the Grand Rapids Jets played. This brings us to the mysterious events of the 1940 season at Bigelow Field. Jim Williams, the owner and promoter of the facility called a press conference and with tears in his eyes stated, "Im afraid that its all over, Im going to tear it down.". Night game at Bigelow Field. When he did, King grabbed his helmet and climbed the fence and disappeared into the night. cars on hand with the Badger Midget Auto Racing Association left to sanction the Racing historian Dick Lee has written a wonderful article on Bigelow Field and I will let his words begin our story: "If I were to talk about UARA and Bigelow Field parted ways with the Great Lakes Racing I remember laying in bed on 43rd Street and listening to the midgets running at Bigelow field when I was four years old. 85 of a mile. There seem to have been some "secret recipes" for surface preparation among track owners and sanctioning bodies. Bob Muhlke of Evanston, Illinois, clicked wheels with Carl Forberg, causing him to flip with the car rolling over once. $2,882.00 with Zukor setting a new track record of 20.13 seconds during time 1936 High School Park Jeanerette Blues Evangeline League Jeanerette Louisiana. [CDATA[ He began to frantically feel of his face for blood but soon found out that the red was just paint off his helmet. CONTINUE. 55, made it two in a row 2310 NW 3rd St Grand Rapids, MN 55744; 218-327-2001; GRAND RAPIDS Outpatient Substance Use Services. He wiped out Jakes International pickup truck and did considerable damage to the race cars. Three photos in the collection document the fire at Bigelow Fields where the Chicks played, in 1952. rough and dusty oval. //]]> garnered his second straight win at Hanson Park on August 15 before a crowd of Today the campus of East Grand Rapids High School occupies the site of Ramona Park. Johnson, Singer, Simmons and Boscher rounded out the top ten. pushed several individuals to look at the formation of a racing association for In all, 37 UARA-sanctioned dates took place in But despite the reported crowd of 7,000 on August 23, 1938, Don and Carson only promoted the track one more year. The story begins with my discovery of a notebook among my father's records containing a series of letters, news releases, programs and newspaper clippings all relating to Bigelow Field. Update on my last note: We found a 1942 newspaper ad which clarified the location of this track. | Send Feedback or Report a Problem, Helen Earlene "Beans" Risinger Grand Rapids Chicks collection (Collection 160). Paul | Some interesting recollections of a couple of greats, from Howard Newland, who raced midgets at Bigelow Field. Posted by: The corrugated outfield fence stood until just a year or two ago and the site is now a motel and a McDonalds, WaterWinterWonderland.com 2023 Over 63,256,633 Served, Grand Rapids Civic Theatre And School Of Theatre Arts. Thanks to Wayne Adams for his accounts of the 1947 season Unforunately, he has no pictures. //
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