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Originally Posted by OpenwheelRob
Interesting read Seadog, nice to see Cincinnati mentioned in a racing article. I have a question though, in the pictures of that blog it shows some races. Am I correct noticing that there are two people in these cars? Any reason why they had passengers or were they in the car for a reason?
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Riding Mechanics I would say. They also served as sort of "on board" (no pun intended) spotters for drivers. IIRC, the Cincy board track held a 300 mile race as a substitute for the Indy 500 (World War I) around 1918 or 1919. The track was shown on an old map that I saw from back then and it was less than a mile from my house that I currently live in.