{"id":1077,"date":"2015-01-05T21:27:10","date_gmt":"2015-01-06T05:27:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/?p=1077"},"modified":"2024-08-21T15:31:00","modified_gmt":"2024-08-21T22:31:00","slug":"the-exposition-road-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/?p=1077","title":{"rendered":"The Exposition Road Race"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>San Diego is now the automobile racing capital of America. For the brief space of one week the Southern California exposition city is to revel in all the glory of the speed game. Next Saturday America&#8217;s foremost drivers are to risk their lives . . . in one of the most unique motor races ever staged on the Pacific Coast.\u00a0 <\/em>&#8211;Los Angeles Times, Jan. 3, 1915<\/p>\n<p><strong>The story of the 1915 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Exposition-Road-Race1.pdf\">Exposition Road Race<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1079\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/PtLomaRoadRace1915.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1079\" data-attachment-id=\"1079\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/?attachment_id=1079\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/PtLomaRoadRace1915.jpg?fit=1967%2C1011&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1967,1011\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"PtLomaRoadRace1915\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;The fastest racers in the world making a turn on the dirt track at Point Loma.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/PtLomaRoadRace1915.jpg?fit=1024%2C526&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-1079\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/PtLomaRoadRace1915.jpg?resize=500%2C257\" alt=\"The fastest racers in the world making a turn on the dirt track at Point Loma.\" width=\"500\" height=\"257\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/PtLomaRoadRace1915.jpg?resize=1024%2C526&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/PtLomaRoadRace1915.jpg?resize=300%2C154&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/PtLomaRoadRace1915.jpg?w=1967&amp;ssl=1 1967w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1079\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The fastest racers in the world making a turn on the dirt track at Point Loma.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/PtLomaRoadRace1915.jpg\">\u00c2\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"fblikebutton_button\" style=\"float: left; margin-left: 10px;\"><iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sandiegoyesterday.com%2F%3Fp%3D1077&amp;layout=standard&amp;show-faces=true&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowTransparency=\"true\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height:26px\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>San Diego is now the automobile racing capital of America. 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