Anybody know which race track this is?

[pem]

Found this photo on Ebay. Sold before I could bid. Darn! First photo that had Waverley in the photo. Most likely from 1910/1911 in Wisconsin. It's not the State Fair track I believe. Could be the Janesville track or Cambridge or ? Anybody know which track? I think it might be an original photo but with AI now who knows. Thanks
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[cabanadan]

There was a track in Racine Wi too Here are a few Mitchell motorcycles at the track.

[JoJo357]

Don't know offhand Dick, but maybe this 'awesome link' with some looking, will reveal the track's identity?

http://dlmracing.blogspot.com/

*M.A.D.*

[pem]

Thanks guys. Now I will spend all day going through that website. Looks really interesting.

[pem]

By golly you hit it right on the nose. Thanks a lot. This was probably only the second race for the Waverley prototype. I believe the man with the white shirt and cap is R.A. Thom who worked for Harley-Davidson previously and for the Evinrude Marine Engine Company in the engine department. Must have taken the train from Milwaukee to Chicago to Cicero. It is so cool that information still shows up after all these years. You are a digger for history. Keep it up. Now if we only had a photo from that race in 1905 of Perry on his Harley-Davidson at the cement bicycle track in Garfield Park. I've checked at the Chicago Historical Society and local Chicago news papers with out success. Never thought about the museum. I'll have to check there now. Again, thanks for you help.

[pem]

I agree on Ray Comstock. I'm also sure the rider is Ralph Sporleder but he is obscured. While going through my files yesterday I came across an article I forgot I had. Ralph was racing Harley-Davidson's as early as 1906. So that is his connection to Perry and Waverley motorcycles and how he ended up on the incorporation paperwork for the Waverley Mfg. Co. in 1910. And as far as the Indian race bike I believe that is another Waverley prototype. Notice the guy holding another Waverley banner. There is a 1911 newspaper article form Cambridge, Wi. where they say there were two Kenzler-Waverley racers at a race meet. I'm sure both were prototype Waverley motorcycles using 1909/10 Indian frames. No production Kenzler-Waverley motorcycles were ever built. Much less pre-production. R.A.Thom

[pem]

I see what you are talking about with your enhanced photo. Good job bringing out the details. Thanks