Bel Air Racetrack

Bel Air Racetrack
Location	Bel Air, Maryland, United States
Coordinates	39°31′33″N 76°21′24″W / 39.525703°N 76.356702°W
Date opened	1870
Date closed	1962

Bel Air Racetrack was a horse racing facility located one mile north of Baltimore Pike and east of Tollgate Road in Bel Air, Maryland. The 100-acre site was originally plotted in 1870 but was later improved and expanded in 1936 by new owner Ray Bryson to include a 3/4-mile race track, new starting gate, and larger grandstands.^[1] The track flourished until the 1940s when the owners became embroiled in political efforts to close the track.^{[citation needed]}

After Bryson died in 1958, the state legislature eventually prevailed and the track closed in 1962. The property is now the site of Harford Mall.^[2]

References

^ Bel Air Meet Opens Aug 15, The Sunday Star, July 29, 1951
^ Bel Air Chronicles, Carol Deibel

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[1] Bel Air Meet Opens Aug 15, The Sunday Star, July 29, 1951

[2] Bel Air Chronicles, Carol Deibel

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