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Racing
Granger has no track, and the banked Sports leg already prints that negative whole. What the venue negative could not answer is whether Granger had racers — men and boys who crossed the line to the county's tracks, to Indianapolis, to Akron. This addendum runs those tests name by name. The tracks themselves are South Bend's, printed here at boundary size as the audit row requires, with the Granger share stated in every article: in most lines the share is zero, and the searches that returned zero are shown. In one line — karting — the share is real, and it is printed at exactly the strength the record gives it.
The origin ground: the fairgrounds course and the oval inside the amusement park — South Bend's, both dated, and a Granger-side negative stated plainly
1880–1961 · Playland Park / Springbrook Park, South Bend (boundary)
The amusement-park oval: racing in this county began, as the pattern runs, on a fair-and-amusement ground — but the ground is South Bend's. Playland Park, bounded by the St. Joseph River, Ironwood Drive and Lincolnway East in…
The Indianapolis line in three distinct forms — test drivers, the builder who raced there, the home starter — all three South Bend's, none Granger's
1930–1951 · Indianapolis Motor Speedway (boundary test)
The three forms, never merged: (1) The test drivers. Luther Alexander Johnson (born 19 July 1903, South Bend; died 12 April 1978, South Bend) was a Studebaker test driver from the company's South Bend works who drove the factory…
The national names by family succession: the speedway builder's grandson, and the other home name of his generation — South Bend ties, graded; the Granger tie is none
1977–2013 · the Newman and Stremme lines (boundary test)
The builder's grandson: Ryan Newman (born 8 December 1977, South Bend) said it himself on NBC Sports' NASCAR America in 2017: "My grandfather helped build South Bend Motor Speedway, so racing's been in my blood for a long time."…
The home drivers' roll: the names the quarter-mile kept — the South Bend Motor Speedway roll as the record holds it, and the Granger roll the record does not
1946–2024 · South Bend Motor Speedway, Indiana 2 west of Mayflower Road, South Bend (boundary)
The track the drivers built: the South Bend Motor Speedway opened on Friday night, 23 August 1946, built over two years by the South Bend Auto Racing Association — Joe Kovatch and thirteen others, including the local drivers…
The price: Paul Howe, 1958 — the named fatality, verified at record strength, in his own article
18 June 1958 · South Bend Motor Speedway (boundary)
The dead, named: Paul Howe, 43, of Danville, Indiana, was killed during the 50-lap USAC National Midget feature at the South Bend Motor Speedway on Wednesday, 18 June 1958, after striking the fence, then flipping back onto the…
The Soap Box Derby at its peak: a national champion in 1960 — South Bend's boy, at a South Bend address; the Granger negative printed
14 August 1960 · Derby Downs, Akron, Ohio (boundary test)
The peak, named: the All-American Soap Box Derby's official past-champions roll reads, for 1960: "Fredric Lake, South Bend, IN." The South Bend Tribune's contemporary account, reprinted in its Headlines in History series…
Karting at its true level: the county's national room is at North Liberty — and Granger's own name in the national rankings is Chad Hartzell
2013–2014 documented · Michiana Raceway Park, North Liberty (boundary), and a Granger hometown (this ground)
The county's national room: it exists, and it is not in Granger. Michiana Raceway Park — later JET Karting at Michiana — at North Liberty, Indiana, south of South Bend, owned in this era by Garry Lobaugh, was one of the country's…
On the water and on the bicycle: each tested, each printed it returns
Tested November 2026 · this ground, and the downtown South Bend criterium (boundary pointer)
On the water — the banked negative stands, pointed to: the Sports leg's tested negative (5) already prints it: Juday Creek and McCoy's Creek carry no boating, regatta or organized fishing record.