AURORA DOWNS / EXPOSITION PARK PHOTO SCRAPBOOK

IMCA sprint cars roar down the main straightaway at Aurora Downs in 1949.
(Bob Sheldon Photo Collection)

IMCA sprint cars get lined up, ready to run, on the half-mile dirt Aurora Downs in 1953.
(Bob Sheldon Photo)

Young racing photographer Wayne Adams caught the aftermath of a three-car wreck during midget racing action at Exposition Park in Aurora in 1939.
(Wayne Adams Photo)

Midget auto racing is about to begin on the short dirt track at Exposition Park in Aurora, Ill. in 1939. Chicago area racing photographer Ed Kirchner captured the scene.
(Ed Kirchner Photo/Bob Sheldon Collection)