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Racing Legend Paul Goldsmith at Rock & Rail Car Show

Griffith Resident and racing legend Paul Goldsmith will be at the Griffith Historical Society’s Franklin Center History Room on Friday, September 1st, from 5 to 8 p.m., during the Rock & Rail Car Show on Broad Street sponsored by the Griffith Firefighters Association.

Goldsmith, owner and operator of the Griffith/Merrillvile Airport, won five American MotorCyclist Association Nationals from 1952-1955, as well as winning the ’53 Daytona 200 before moving onto four-wheeled vehicles in 1956. Continue reading “Racing Legend Paul Goldsmith at Rock & Rail Car Show” →

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Racing Legend Paul Goldsmith to visit Franklin Center

Motorcycles. Stock cars. Indy cars. Griffith resident and owner of the Griffith Airport, Paul Goldsmith has raced them all — and won.

Born in West Virginia, moving to Detroit in his teens, Goldsmith found work in a Chrysler plant. With the money earned there, he bought his first motorcycle shortly after World War II, found he had the skills to be a competitive racer and the rest is racing history.

Goldsmith won five American Motorcyclist Association (AMA) Nationals from 1952-1955, as well as the winning the ’53 Daytona 200, before moving onto stock cars in 1956 at the urging of a friend. For a number of years he raced Pontiacs, then moved on to Chryslers. Continue reading “Racing Legend Paul Goldsmith to visit Franklin Center” →