Uniontown Speedway

Uniontown Speedway
Location	Hopwood, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	39°52′38″N 79°42′39″W / 39.87722°N 79.71083°W}
Opened	1916
Closed	1922
Major events	Universal Trophy; Liberty Sweepstakes; Autumn Classic; AAA Championship Car
Board (1916–1922)
Surface	Wood
Length	1.125 miles (1.8 km)
Banking	34°
Dirt (1946–?)
Surface	Dirt
Length	.5 miles (.805 km)

Uniontown Speedway was a wooden board track in Hopwood, near Uniontown, Pennsylvania. The track was built in 1916, after the Summit Mountain Hill Climbs were outlawed, and held its final race in June 1922. The May/June race was known as the Universal Trophy, so named because Carl Laemmle, president of Universal Films, had sponsored the $3,000, solid silver trophy.^[1] Laemmle's company filmed each race, playing them at local theaters. Two National Championship races were held at Uniontown, in 1921 and 1922.

^ McGuinness, Marci (2009). Uniontown Speedway Program, 1916: Preliminary Opening Race. Shore Publications. p. 7. ISBN 978-0938833291.

[1] McGuinness, Marci (2009). Uniontown Speedway Program, 1916: Preliminary Opening Race. Shore Publications. p. 7. ISBN 978-0938833291.

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