It's been said that the first car race was held shortly after the second car was built, but since that's impossible to document, we'll go with what we know: 125 years ago this past weekend, the United States' first official car race was held on cold and snowy Thanksgiving Day in Illinois. https://www.hagerty.com/media/automotive-history/the-first-ever-u-s-car-race-in-1885-was-survival-of-the-fittest/
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