46. FIRSTS: First Oval-Track Auto Race

<p>In 1896, the very first auto race on an oval track took place at the Rhode Island State Fair, just one year after the first city-to-city auto race in the world took place. Cars were so new, no one knew what to call them. Horseless wagons? Motor wagons? Motocycles? Electric Traps?</p><p><i>Episode Source Material: </i></p><ul><li><a href="https://www.hemmings.com/stories/article/left-turns-in-the-ocean-state">Left Turns In The Ocean State | Hemmings</a></li><li><a href="https://archive.org/details/scientific-american-1896-09-26/page/n7/mode/2up">Scientific American Volume 75</a></li><li><a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=ZwHOAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA645&lpg=PA645&dq=here+the+electric+carriages+took+their+stand&source=bl&ots=18xFtvQ8LF&sig=ACfU3U2wtEQYWhHo3x4-GGf-a-IfqvKBUA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwio9ZKgyODiAhVItZ4KHVKtCYwQ6AEwAnoECAkQAQ#v=onepage&q=here%20the%20electric%20carriages%20took%20their%20stand&f=false">The Autocar: A Journal Published in the interests of the mechanically-propelled road carriage</a></li><li><a href="https://www.firstsuperspeedway.com/photo-gallery/1896-novel-race">1896 Novel Race</a></li><li><a href="https://nascar.nbcsports.com/2017/06/07/my-home-track-rhode-island-and-the-late-great-narragansett-park-speedway/">My Home Track - Rhode Island and the late, great Narragansett Park Speedway - NASCAR Talk | NBC Sports</a></li><li><a href="https://newspaperarchive.com/boston-sunday-globe-sep-19-1915-p-15/">Boston Sunday Globe Archives, Sep 19, 1915, p. 15</a></li><li><a href="http://www.na-motorsports.com/Tracks/RI/Narragansett.html">Narragansett Park Speedway</a></li><li><a href="https://www.prewarcar.com/the-first-automobile-races-in-america">The First Automobile Races in America (Upd. Cranston, Rhode Island) - PreWarCar</a></li><li><a href="https://klandrylaw.com/ri-motorcycle-accident-attorney-narragansett/">A Look Back On Rhode Island's Narragansett Park</a></li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Times-Herald_race">Chicago Times-Herald race - Wikipedia</a></li><li><a href="