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Texas Museum of Automotive History

The Texas Museum of Automotive History opened in Fair Park Noverber 20th, 2010. The Museum showcases the inter-development between race cars and commercial cars from 1901 to 1984. Call: 214-223-8491

Website: http://www.tmah.org
Location: Fair Park, Dallas Texas USA
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The Texas Museum of Automotive History


Automobile racing started in Fair Park in 1901 and culminated with the staging of the United States Formula One race in Fair Park during the summer of 1984.
We are working with the City of Dallas and the Dallas Parks and Recreation Department
to build a world-class Museum of Automotive History in Fair Park and eventually stage a Vintage Race and Concours event weekend.
The operating goal of the Museum is to become recognized as one of the top 10 Automotive Museums in the world. The Museum will provide attendees with an overview of the history of the automobile from 1901 to 1984, and showcase the interaction between racing and commercial car development during that period.
The Museum will feature an open restoration capability, (“The Restoration Factory”). The Restoration Factory will employ “at risk” youths and will function to educate and provide a career path for selected individuals. Four year graduates will be placed in local automotive businesses or they will be assisted in funding their college education.
TMAH Opening Party
Saturday November 20th, 2010 - 7:00pm – 10:00pm
30 x Tables (for 10) at $10,000; $5,000 and $2,500. Attendees receive lifetime, two year and one year museum memberships respectively.
To contribute to the Texas Museum of Automotive History (501-c-3), and for more
information, go to www.tmah.org or contact us by calling 214-676-4333 or email spage@tmah.org
Please read our story in the Discussion Forum below. Please contact me directly with your suggestions or to discuss donations. Stephen Page.


Take a look at the 1984 F1 circuit around Fair Park from an onboard video:
http://www.myvrl.com/video/f1-at-fair-park-dallas-1984

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Comment by Wilbert Grinsven on February 13, 2010 at 12:29pm
Dallas Morning News 1-02-1922: Racing Car Driver Harry Milburn Has Narrow Escape

Comment by Stephen Page on February 13, 2010 at 7:57am
Great research Wilbert - thank you:-)))))))
Comment by Wilbert Grinsven on February 13, 2010 at 6:40am
Ben Musick "Bill Morris" of Dallas Texas (1908-1966)

This photo of Ben Musick a.k.a. Bill Morris was taken on July 21, 1934 at Anthony, Kansas just one week before Musick won the feature race at Winfield, Kansas in the #4 McDowell Ford. The man in the darker shirt is Carl Goosbe

Ben Musick, a.k.a. Bill Morris is shown here in 1936 in the yellow #3 Messer Special at V.F.W. Speedway in Detroit, Michigan

Ben Musick with the #4 Messer Special that he drove at the Kansas State Fair at Hutchinson, Kansas in September of 1937

This photograph of Ben Musick was taken in 1939 at Topeka, Kansas. Note that the trees are inside the fence around the track. The fence must have been more for keeping nonpaying spectators from watching the race than it was for the protection of the participants



The Alias

For a time, Ben Musick, Sr. was wanted by federal agents in connection with the theft of a truck load of moonshine while it was impounded by authorities during Prohibition. Ben continued to drive racing cars under the alias “Bill Morris” while trying to elude capture. He was eventually apprehended, convicted, and served time in prison for the offence.
Comment by Wilbert Grinsven on February 13, 2010 at 6:26am
Tex West, whose real name was Austin E. Wetzler, was born in 1903 at Marysville, Kansas and later moved to Dallas TX. He died in an airplane crash in Texas in 1962.

Tex West of Dallas, Texas is shown below at speed in his Model-A Ford Riley #22A. This is the car that he won the feature race in at Winfield, Kansas on this day

Comment by Wilbert Grinsven on February 13, 2010 at 6:18am
OSCAR LLOYD COLEMAN
(1905-1938) of Dallas, Texas was two-time defending Southwest Racing Association champion when he set quick time in time trials at Winfield in his family owned dual overhead cam Cragar Ford on July 28, 1934. He was not able to capitalize on his fast pace though as damage from a crash with Cotton Grable in the fast heat race put Oscar out of competition for the remainder of the program. Oscar was named in Who’s Who in Automobile Racing in 1936. He was fatally injured in an accident while racing a midget at Sportsman Park Raceway in Dallas, Texas in 1938 and is buried in Restland Cemetery in Dallas, Texas.

Comment by Wilbert Grinsven on February 7, 2010 at 4:39pm
October 27, 1917 : 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 in car No.4 whom he lost to on this day in a match race.

Comment by Wilbert Grinsven on February 7, 2010 at 10:31am
March 25th, 1905

Comment by Wilbert Grinsven on February 7, 2010 at 6:18am
Motor Age Vol.7

Comment by Wilbert Grinsven on February 7, 2010 at 6:01am
Colonel E.H.R. Green buys the "Gray Wolf"

Comment by Wilbert Grinsven on February 6, 2010 at 6:28pm
Delete Comment Time-line regarding Automobile Races at Fair Park in Dallas
State Fair Timeline Racing.doc
 

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