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1947 Hudson Speedway Midget Racing Poster Print

June 22, 2010 By: stevo Category: 1940's

1947 Hudson Speedway Midget Racing Poster Print

1947 Hudson Speedway Midget Racing Poster Print

Too Cool !! Love the artwork on this poster print. What a great retro reproduction poster from the 40′s. This reproduction poster print measures 17 inches wide x 22 inches tall.

A 1/4 mile paved racetrack, the Hudson Speedway, lies near the northern edge of town by the intersection of Old Derry Road and Robinson Road. It can be accessed off Route 102.

Midget car racing was officially born on August 10, 1933 at the Loyola High School Stadium in Los Angeles as a regular weekly program under the control of the first official governing body, the Midget Auto Racing Association (MARA. After spreading right across the country, the sport traveled around the world; first to Australia in 1934, and to New Zealand in 1937. Early midget races were held on board tracks previously used for bicycle racing. When the purpose built speedway at Gilmore Stadium was completed, racing ended at the school stadium, and hundreds of tracks began to spring up across the United States. Other major tracks in the United States operating in the first half of the twentieth century include Angell Park Speedway in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin (near Madison), and Ascot Park near Los Angeles.