On one such excursion a few months back, while walking through a neighborhood on the fringe of Savannah’s tourist district, I found myself doubling back to examine a historical marker for something called the American Grand Prize. In that triumphant moment, grand prize racing seemed as if it had arrived, too. Photograph: National Motor Museum/Heritage Images/Getty ImagesThe grand prize seemed here to stay. – soon had other cities lining up to steal the grand prize away from Savannah. Just think for a moment of the racing world we might’ve inhabited if the heir presumptive to the Austro-Hungarian throne had rescheduled his trip to Sarajevo.

Source: The Guardian October 21, 2017 14:15 UTC