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Des Moines SpeedwayYEARS OF OPERATION KEY:
/ c = circa (about) / cn = cancelled / E = early / L = late / M = mid / r = ran / RO = rained out / s = scheduled to run / z = ran karts, motorcycles, or other motorsport /
| Valley Junction | nr. Des Moines | | Iowa | USA |
| Valley Junction is now West Des Moines |
| later site of cornfield just W of Penn-Dixie Cement Plant |
| Des Moines Speedway |
12202 a |
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| 1 mi. wood oval | r7/25/1915-6/26/16 |
defunct |
| 40 degree banked turns |
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TRACK DRIVER STANDINGS
RACES
| Des Moines Speedway |
| 1 |
1915-07-25 |
track 'a' |
sprint |
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| 1-Barney Oldfield |
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| Des Moines Speedway |
| 2 |
1915-08-07 |
track 'a' |
AAA Champ, 300 ci max. |
Des Moines Derby |
| 1-Ralph Mulford, 2-Ralph DePalma, 3-Eddie O'Donnell, 4-W.W. Brown, 5-Winfield Barndollar, 6-Pete Henderson |
| 300 laps; 12 starters/8 finishers; fatal: Joe Cooper |
| Des Moines Speedway |
| 3 |
1916-06-24 |
track 'a' |
AAA Champ |
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| 1-Eddie Rickenbacher, 2-Ralph DePalma, 3-Earl Cooper, 4-Frank Galvin, 5-Eddie O'Donnell, 6-Dave Lewis |
| 50 laps; 11 starters/10 finishers |
| Des Moines Speedway |
| 4 |
1916-06-24 |
track 'a' |
AAA National Champ |
Des Moines Derby |
| 1-Ralph DePalma, 2-Pete Henderson, 3-Eddie Rickenbacher, 4-Dave Lewis, 5-Earl Cooper, 6-Ralph Mulford |
| 150 laps; 12 starters/8 finishers |
| Des Moines Speedway |
| 5 |
1916-06-26 |
track 'a' |
AAA |
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| 1-Dave Lewis |
| 50 laps |
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