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Things Change: 1908 and its significance on American Motorsport


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Join us for PART 2 of "Cup Races that lead to American Road Racing!"

Automotive Historian Don Capps is currently engaged in research surrounding the sport and contests sanctioned by the AAA from its beginning, including the American national auto racing championships, until the Contest Board ceased operations at the end of the 1955 season.

Don has been a member of the SAH Board of Directors since 2014 and is now the immediate past president of the Society. He is a member of the Historians Council of the IMRRC and is the co-chair of the Symposium. Capps began following motor sports at an early age while attending races with his father at Lakewood Speedway in Atlanta. In addition to motor racing, military and civil aviation and military history have also been lifelong interests that formed early on. Capps holds graduate degrees from the University of South Carolina and George Mason University and has taught history at both the high school and college levels, the latter being The Citadel. He was a faculty member of the Defense Model & Simulation University and spent over three years in Southwest Asia with the Program Executive Office for Simulation Training and Instrumentation.

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00:00 About Don Capps
01:17 Discovering American Motorsport
02:34 The Significance of 1908
03:45 Key Events in 1908
05:12 Road Racing in America
07:28 The ACA vs. AAA Conflict
13:01 Season Reviews and Racing Champions
16:18 IndyCar Controversies
18:30 Conclusion and Acknowledgements
23:03 Closing Remarks and Credits

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