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| Manufacturer | John J. McElwee, James McElwee | ||||||||||
| Builder | Ingersoll | ||||||||||
| Type | Wooden - Twin | ||||||||||
| Propulsion | Chain lift hill | ||||||||||
| Drop angle | 80° | ||||||||||
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Jack Rabbit Derby Racer was a wooden double track racing roller coaster at Ramona Park in Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA. The coaster was built in 1914 and closed along with the park in 1955. It replaced the former Figure 8 roller coaster that closed in 1913 to make way for what was originally known as Ingersoll's Derby Racer, until it opened in 1914 when the name was changed to Jack Rabbit Derby Racer.[1][2]
- Jack Rabbit Derby Racer
Design
Jack Rabbit Derby Racer features two tracks that run mostly simultaneously together with a few exceptions allowing the trains to race throughout the layout.[2]
Trains
2 trains with 3 cars per train. In each car, riders are arranged 2 across in 3 rows, for a total of 18 riders per train. Both trains ran simultaneously as they raced one another side by side.[1][2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Photograph, Jack Rabbit Derby Racer". Grand Rapids Public Museum. 2013. https://www.grpmcollections.org/index.php/Detail/objects/164196. Retrieved 2021.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Hook, Patrick (2019). Ticket to Ride. USA: Chartwell Books. pp. 85. ISBN 9780785835776.