Alyssa Dyksterhouse, Chicago tour guide, history lover and research extraordinaire, walks her friends through her favorite well-known and lesser-known moments in Chicago’s quirky past while exploring each story's parallels to current affairs.
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Alyssa Dyksterhouse, Chicago tour guide, history lover and research extraordinaire, walks her friends through her favorite well-known and lesser-known moments in Chicago’s quirky past while exploring each story's parallels to current affairs.
I am joined by Vanessa from Reel Relationships to talk about the first Motocycle (automobile) race in America which took place in Chicago.
Show Notes:
Smithsonian: Six Cars Raced to the Finish Line of the U.S.’s First Automobile Race—at Speeds of Seven Miles Per Hour
SI: Days of Blunder: The First U.S. Car Race Was Won 125 Years Ago ... at 7 mph
WGN: Second City Firsts
NBC Chicago: From the first auto race to NASCAR street racing: Chicago's racing history
NBC: Chicago hosted America's first auto race more than 100 years ago
Library of Illinois: America's First Automobile Race Occured in Chicago, Illinois, in 1895.
Chicago History Museum:H. H. Kohlsaat and the First Automotive Race in the US
NASCAR: Before the Chicago Street Race, there was the race that started it all
ABC-7: Aldermen meet with NASCAR over future of Chicago Street Race
Chicago Tribune: Chicago made a bit of money on NASCAR race in 2024
New York Times: NASCAR’s weather-plagued Chicago debut: On the Xfinity decision and what to expect for Cup
Block Club Chicago: Rain-Delayed NASCAR Chicago Street Race Wraps After Weather Cancels Morning Race And Concerts
Fortune: ‘Life-threatening’ floods bring Nascar race through downtown Chicago to screeching halt
Road & Track: NASCAR Needed Its Chicago Street Race to be a Success. Then Came the Flood.
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Oh, Malort!
Alyssa Dyksterhouse, Chicago tour guide, history lover and research extraordinaire, walks her friends through her favorite well-known and lesser-known moments in Chicago’s quirky past while exploring each story's parallels to current affairs.
