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- ↑ Pete Bicknell (2020). Ransomville Speedway: Dirt Track Workers in Western New York (Oral history interviews). Interviewed by Edward Y. Millar. Lewistown NY: Castellani Art Museum of Niagara University. Retrieved January 6, 2025– via Library of Congress.
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