In these last days of August, during ‘state fair time,’ big crowds routinely gather for outdoor performances at the New York State Fair concert grounds known as Suburban Park. To get there, many fair-goers follow a trail beyond the midway, leading past a quiet pond.
They have no reason — at least for now — to imagine they are walking on “hallowed ground.”
Those words are used by the Cousineau family of Syracuse. Several cousins wear tattoos with the mapping coordinates of an exact spot, near the pond, that’s dear to the family. That’s where the third turn was located when the fairgrounds were home to the legendary dirt track known as the “Moody Mile,” one of the great auto racing tracks in American history…