1901
July 4: First automobile races in Dallas and all of Texas held at FairPark racetrack between L.S. Thorne and H.D. Raff. Thorne won and was awarded a gold medal.
1902
Jan. 1: Automobile races held at fairgrounds; steam, electric, and gasoline-powered vehicles participate.
1904
June 24:Dallas Auto Club formed in Henry Garrett's garage.
July 4:
Fourth of July celebration at Fair Grounds and automobile races.
Henry Hill wins Times-Herald cup in automobile race
September 30:
Auto club met to arrange for Fall Festival race program.
October 10:
Large crowds are attracted by the automobile races at the Fall Festival.
October 28:
A number of Dallas automobiles are shipped to San Antonio to take part in the races during the Fair in that city.
November 9:
Meeting of the Dallas Auto club and discussion of plans to bring Oldfield here.
November 25:
E. H. R. Green returns from Houston auto races with several trophies.
1905
Fall:Barney Oldfield participates in auto races during the State Fair.
1908
Fall: First auto show held during State Fair.
1909
Oct. 28: Motorcycle racer Eugene J. Marsh is killed in accident at FairPark racetrack.
1912
January 19 - Plans made for big stake races at State Fair
January25 -- Dallas automobile men ask for Vanderbilt races
June 30 -- Entries are made for State Fair races
1914
LARGE PARK
PLAN; OFFER
MADE TO CITY
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A park tract of 305 acres, situated a little over a mile beyond the city limits at FairPark, on the lower Orphans Home road, has been offered to the park board at a nominal cost to the city. M. N. Baker and Emil Fretz of the park board will inspect the property Friday afternoon and make a report at the meeting next week.
George P. Jones, well known local real estate man, who has offices in the Gaston building, is negotiating the deal by which the people of Dallas may be able to secure a great out of town park at a comparatively small expenditure of public funds. Already, pledges for bonuses in the amount of $10,000 and other tentative offers of money, by interested property owners and business men, have been made.
The new park land is situated on a hill side which overlooks the city. The Terrell interurban will run right through the property and the Texas & Pacific Railway skirts one edge near the main entrance. The property is valued at $250 an acre, but can be secured for less than that amount.
About 100 acres of the park land is thickly wooded. Several groves of pecans and other native trees make the place ideal for picnic purposes. About 200 acres is smooth and flat table land. This space is said to be ideal for the construction of a series of baseball diamonds for public usage, or for play parks. The ground could easily be adapted for an automobile speedway or race track of a mile and a quarter around.
Two swimming pools or small lakes for boating and fishing can be made on the property, if a couple of inexpensive dams are built across two streams, it is said. A running spring will supply water for picnic parties.
The plan of George P. Jones is to raise the majority of the $75,000 needed for the land purchase through adjoining property owners whose land would be enhanced by the establishment of the big park. The interurban company would also, in all probability, help in securing the park land.
"All other cities of importance in Texas have great out of town parks donated by people who have the public good at heart," Mr. Jones says. "While I hope to secure much money to defray the cost of the property purchase from interested property holders, yet, I think that many Dallas business men would pay their part in such a public enterprise if the park board thinks well of the location. The land should cost the park board only about $10,000."
- July 10, 1914, Dallas Daily Times Herald, p. 1, col. 6.
1917
October 27: 1-mile dirt oval - Fair Park Racetrack at the Texas State Expo in Dallas, Texas. Breed drove black and white #1 Hudson “Super-Six” special. Breed competed against the likes of Jules Ellingboe and Fred Horey whom he lost to on this day in a match race.
1919
October 19:
Auto races at Fair
1920
October 22 – 24: 1-mile dirt oval - Fair Park Racetrack at the Texas State Expo in Dallas, Texas. Breed drove his white Hudson “Super-Six” special. Races sanctioned by: International Motor Contest Association (I.M.C.A)
Breed had moved his family to Dallas, Texas before these races. He was to compete in the third match race of a series here against Fred Horey on the 22nd but that event was postponed to the 23rd and then to the 24th before being finally canceled due to a too wet racetrack.
1922
January 1: 1-mile dirt oval - Fair Park Racetrack at the Texas State Expo in Dallas, Texas. Breed drove his white #20 Hudson “Super-Six” special.
Breed set a new one-lap track record 49 seconds flat and then won a five-mile “free-for-all” in a time of 4:27. He took the lead over the nine other competitors on the seventh lap of the 15-mile “free-for-all” and pulling away to win in a time of 13:08. Again, Phil “Red” Shafer finished second in each of the races won by Breed.
1927
July 9:
Work started on new race track at FairPark.