Originally Posted by Jonr

I recently read the book "The Mafia and the Machine- The story of the KC mob" by Frank Hayde. In the book it stated that a KC mobster by the name of Max Jaben had a midget auto race track. While the timing is unclear, I am guessing that it would have been in the 50's or 60's.

The book actually said " Jaben had several legitimate business including the curious favorite of mobsters, The midget auto race track"pg 144

Does anyone have any other stories of mobsters running a race track? The author made is sound like it was a common occurance.