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for a cost of $ 140,000. Derby Racer's racing coaster design was a popular type of roller coaster in the first two decades of the 20th century; more than one quarter of all the racing coasters ever built were constructed in the 1900s and 1910s. The twin tracks of the Derby Racer were laid out in a
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Derby Racer was known for a particularly poor safety record. A young man was thrown from the coaster, inflicting life-threatening injuries on June 8, 1911, shortly after the coaster opened. The coaster then re-opened two weeks following the incident. Six years later, another man was killed on the
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Revere Beach Derby Racer after being thrown in front of a coaster train. In 1923 a couple was severely injured on the Derby Racer as well. Another rider was thrown from a train in 1929, which resulted in a 1935
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