"Where Racing History Repeats Itself"

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Rhode Island, smallest state, but it is a big deal when it comes to the history of our beloved sport, Auto Racing. In Cranston Rhode Island, Narragansett Trotting Park was the site of the first organized oval race in the United States on September 7th, 1896. Races were held on the flat dirt oval until 1913. In 1915 huge modifications occurred to this 1 mile oval. It was paved, and 20 degrees of banking were added in the corners. The Super Speedway configuration was extremely novel, as paving and banking were both entirely new concepts in oval track racing nationally as it was the first super speedway built to this caliber with it being 1 mile in length,  paved, and 20 degrees of banking in the corners! In 1916 the AAA (AMERICAN AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION) Sanctioning body sanctioned all races and championships at the track. That is quite a big deal for literally nearly everyone we bring these facts up to would have never known if it weren't for hearing it from us. In 1924, there was a hotel attached to the straightaway grandstands, and it caught fire. The fire destroyed the place and the track never reopened. Instead the land was converted into one of the many neighborhoods in Cranston Rhode Island. With all that said, stories like this would be lost if it weren't for historians having this knowledge and opening museums like the PRONYNE MOTORSPORTS MUSEUM located in a 7,400 square foot 125 year old building nestled in a Pawtucket neighborhood. You would never know by driving by that it had 16 vintage race cars on display and 2 floors including the basement filled with artifacts from all different corners of motorsports history.  Although we mainly cater to stock car racing (open wheel asphalt modified and midget racing from the early 1900s through the 1980s. We opened the PRONYNE MOTORSPORTS MUSEUM in 2003. For going on 20 years we have kept racing history repeating itself aswell as put smiles upon so many visitors faces once they see what's inside Rhode Islands Best Kept Secret!!