Here's the news photo from Ted Ernst. Thanks Ted!
http://www.wooljersey.com/
A bit small, but you can see the shape of the track.
Aldo Ross
Middletown, Ohio
> All: that's really an historic foto!
> If you look at the front left of the pic you will see that the track
> actually stops it's banking at the black line visible at the left.
> That's the pole line at the bottom of the track.
> From ther it's the flat of the track which is for comung on and off, and
> technichally not the racing surface.
> In competitions, it's against the rules to ride under that line and could
> result in disqualification or relegation, especialy if you went under the
> pole line deliberately to advance your position.
> The track is measured at the bottom of that line.
> I'e forwarded a news photo of the Newark Track to Aldo. Maybe it will be
> good enough to repro. It's not dated but looks to be late 20's also.
> Ted Ernst
> Palos Verdes Estates
> CA USA
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Aldo Ross" <aldoross4@siscom.net>
> To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
> Sent: Sunday, June 15, 2008 7:34 PM
> Subject: [CR]Pic of the Day - Newark Velodrome
>
>
>> Pic of the Day
>> 15 June 2008
>>
>> Toto Grassin at the Newark Vélodrome
>>
>> French motorpacing great Toto Grassin made to trips, in 1926 & 1927, to
>> race on the tracks in New York and New Jersey. Though not a great
>> photo, here we see Grassin in action against Chapman (probably American
>> George Chapman) on the track in Newark in 1927. Note the railings at
>> the top, and the treacherous drop-off from the track to the infield!
>>>From "L'Intran Match" No.283, 9 February 1932.
>>
>> http://www.wooljersey.com/
>>
>> Aldo Ross
>> Middletown, Ohio, USA