I'm old enough to remember going up to Hartley Field and watching those races.  What a great slice of Duluth history. Thanks for posting this!

1) Now this is what we're talking about.

2) "No other city in the world is ready and willing to stand itself on its ear for a bunch of boys it likes than Akron."

3) Harold "Bo" Conrad? Where's your car, "Bo" Bandit?

FYI

Harold "Bo" Conrad grew up and started a jug band in the late 60s. They were called the Bo Conrad Spit Band (named after the spit that drips out the other end of a kazoo when it's played). Here's a clip of one of their old recordings: 



I know all this because my dad was in that band. We grew up listening to their record.

Cousin Bo, we all were, and still are, soooooo very proud of you.