The Bridgehampton Public Road Course

The Bridgehampton Public Road Course was used briefly after WWII. The course was located on public roads in Bridgehampton, New York, on the South Fork of Long Island.

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Elevation: sea level - 30 feet Latitude: 40.924344 Longitude: -72.290297 Time zone: EST/EDT (-0500/-0400)

The course was first used on June 11th, 1949, a year after the 1948 Watkins Glen Grand Prix revived US road racing after the end of WWII. The last race was in 1953, when Robert Wilder was killed in practice. New York State subsequently stopped issuing permits to race on state highways, leading to the construction of Watkins Glen International and Bridgehampton Race Circuit.

References

Gordon Eliot White, Lost Race Tracks: Treasures of Automobile Racing. Hudson, Wisconsin: Iconographix, 2006 , ISBN 1583880844 , pp. 72.

Allan E. Brown, The History of America's Speedways: Past & Present. Comstock Park, Michigan: Brown, 2003 , ISBN 0931105617 , pp. 478. Order from National Speedway Directory