EVANSTON MOTOR SPEEDWAY

Track Name:  Evanston Motor Speedway (also known as Evanston Speedway, Chicago Midget Speedway and Lincolnwood Motor Speedway)

Years of operation: 1932 through 1936

Location:  track located in what is now known as Lincolnwood , Ill. ; track property was bordered to the north by Touhy Ave. , to the south by Pratt Ave. , to the northwest by railroad tracks and to the east by McCormick Blvd. and the North Shore Channel.  Early newspaper stories, ads, etc. said location was at Lincoln & Devon and McCormick Blvd.

Notes:  first mention of track was in the summer of 1932; Bill Kiser of Chicago was the feature winner there on 8/7/32 – he was later seriously injured there and later died from injuries suffered on 8/21/32; stock cars and race cars competed there in 1932, 1933 and 1934; Jimmy Snyder, Emil Andres and Cletus “Cowboy” O’Rourke got their starts there; half-mile track “cut down” to quarter-mile for midget racing in 1935 and 1936 – Ernie Carlson first feature winner there on 6/5/35; midget racing there in 1935 and 1936 with track known as Chicago Midget Speedway; “big cars” returned there (now known as Lincolnwood Motor Speedway on 7/19/36; last race perhaps on 8/9/36 with Mike Salay the feature winner; Chicago Tribune reported that track property suffered “storm damage” with races scheduled for 8/16/36 being canceled.