Publisher's Synopsis
Forty pages of action with times filled in. The Summit Mountain Hill Climbs of Uniontown, Pennsylvania ran three miles from Hopwood to the top of Summit Mountain. This 1915 program takes you to the mountain with 25,000 onlookers and Indy 500 winner Ralph DePalma. The original program was donated to author, Marci McGuinness, by Gary Cooper of Charleroi, PA. A year after this pro race, coal, auto and film barons joined famed driver (beat DePalma!), Charlie Johnson to build the fastest board track in America, the Uniontown Speedway. Some of the 1915 Summit Mt. Hill Climb Drivers: Denny Hickey - Metz A.D. Spencer - Buick Ralph DePalma - Mercedes Charlie Johnson - Packard Guy Woodward - Ford Joe Dawson - Marmon I.P. Fetterman - Simplex Joe Boyce - Hispanosuiza
