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August 28, 1932 Oakland Speedway Program Poster Print

stevo — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 13:00:13 +0000

1932 Oakland Speedway Program Poster Print

The Oakland Speedway was the first motor racing track near Oakland, California, a one-mile, banked dirt oval track built in 1931, which operated throughout the Great Depression and postwar years. The track featured AAA National Championship races with Indy cars and drivers from 1931 until 1936, when the AAA pulled out of the West Coast. Thereafter the track still featured racing by members of the Bay Cities Racing Association, in roadsters and motorcycles, as well as Big Cars, stock cars, and midgets. It was known as the “fastest dirt track in the Nation”.

In 1931 the Oakland Speedway was built near Oakland, but actually was located between Oakland and nearby Hayward, California, on the site of what is now Bayfair Mall in San Leandro, California.

Annually each fall the track hosted the “Oakland 500″ race. Many of the local East Bay races were exhibited by the Bay Cities Racing Association (BCRA). In 1948 local East Bay driver Bob Barkhimer quit racing to become the Business Manager for BCRA. In 1949 Barkhimer took over San Jose Speedway and also started his own association (CSCRA), and in 1954 he co-founded west coast NASCAR.

Among top drivers who were killed at the Oakland Speedway was Clyde Rea Bray, who had held second place in the A.R.A. points in 1939, behind champion Wally Schock. Bray had come in 5th in the Oakland “500″ that year. Two years later, on Labor Day, 1941, during the Oakland Speedway 500 race, on the 356th lap, Bray was fatally injured after being thrown from his car, after it sailed over the south fence.

Among legendary top race drivers who got their start at the Oakland Speedway was Bob Sweikert, the 1955 Indianapolis 500 winner. On Memorial Day, May 26, 1947 at the Oakland Speedway, Sweikert drove his own handbuilt track roadster in his debut race for prize money, and finished second.

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1947 Carpinteria Thunderbowl Midget Racing Program Poster Print

stevo — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 13:00:20 +0000

1947 Carpinteria Thunderbowl Midget Racing Program Poster Print

1947 Carpinteria Thunderbowl Midget Racing Program Poster Print. Measures 17 inches wide x 22 inches tall. One of two program posters prints we have from Carpinteria. 1947 and also another from 1956 Jalopy Races. Both super cool posters.

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1934 Los Angeles Municipal Airport Pacific Speedway Poster Print

stevo — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 13:00:29 +0000

1934 Los Angeles Municipal Airport Pacific Speedway Poster Print

Before Los Angeles International Airport became a bustling modern airport, it included L.A. Municipal Airport Speedway, where cars raced from 1934 to 1936. Speed-mad Angelenos flocked to the two-mile dirt track to see such daredevils as Rex Mays of Riverside, Louie Meyer of Los Angeles, Lou Moore of San Gabriel and Kelly Petillo of Huntington Park, who wore dashing scarves, white-cloth headgear and goggles during their adventures. In the early part of the 20th century, L.A. was the centerpiece of motor racing. In Beverly Hills and Culver City, tracks were made of lumber. Long Beach and Santa Monica used city streets. Lincoln Heights and Saugus favored dirt. In fact, according to author Harold L. Osmer, Southern California was the biggest racing market in the world.

This program poster print from 1934 is awesome. The reproduction poster measures 16 inches wide x 20 inches tall, will make for a great candidate to be framed up for the garage, shop, office or workshop.

June 20, 1947 Aurora Stadium Midget Racing Poster Print

stevo — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 13:00:20 +0000

1947 Aurora Stadium Midget Racing Poster Print

On this day in history….the time was 1947. The place was Aurora Stadium in Seattle Washington. Midget Racing !! Earl J. Heroux Presents Midget Auto Races !!! An Awesome print.

June 19, 1915 Chicago Speedway Park Poster Print , Chicago’s First International 500 Mile Auto Race

stevo — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 13:00:37 +0000

1915 Chicago Speedway Park Poster Print

Today in History……June 19, 1915 Chicago Speedway Park . Indy/Championship car racing first appeared in the Chicago area in 1914-1915 at Galesburg District Fairgrounds. Both races were 100 laps around the 1-mile dirt oval. AAA held races at Speedway Park, a 2-mile board track in nearby Maywood, Illinois. The first such race was a 500-mile event in 1915. Subsequent races ranged from 10-300 miles, and the final race was held in 1918. The track was eventually demolished, and the Edward Hines Veterans Hospital now stands on its former location.

Past winners of other Open Wheel Chicago events AAA Championship car

* 1914 Ralph Mulford (Galesburg)
* 1915 Eddie O’Donnell (Galesburg)
* 1915 Dario Resta (Speedway Park)
* 1915 Dario Resta (Speedway Park)
* 1916 Dario Resta (Speedway Park)
* 1916 Dario Resta (Speedway Park)
* 1917 Earl Cooper (Speedway Park)
* 1917 Ralph DePalma (Speedway Park)
* 1917 Louis Chevrolet (Speedway Park)
* 1917 Tom Alley (Speedway Park)
* 1917 Ralph Mulford (Speedway Park)
* 1917 Pete Henderson (Speedway Park)
* 1918 Louis Chevrolet (Speedway Park)
* 1918 Ralph DePalma (Speedway Park)
* 1918 Ralph DePalma (Speedway Park)
* 1918 Ralph DePalma (Speedway Park)

Chicago’s First International 500 Mile Auto Race. This reproduction 1915 Chicago Speedway Park Poster Print will look great in any shop, garage, office or workshop wall as some great vintage retro artwork.

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1963 Minnesota Dragway Drag Racing Program Poster Print

stevo — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 13:00:24 +0000

1963 Minnesota Dragway Drag Racing Program Poster Print

Minnesota Dragways , 3 miles east of Anoka on Highway #242. 1963 Minnesota Dragway Drag Racing Program Poster Print. A great poster to hang in the garage.Strip Records Fuel: 169 MPH, 8.98 ET, Gas: 162 MPH ,9.54 ET.

Racers at the event

Tommy Ivo
Chris Karemisines
Bob Langley
Rod Stuckey
Al Williams

May 29-30, 1963. Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota. This reproduction poster measures 14 inches wide x 22 inches tall.

The front engine dragster is a is a race car purpose built for drag racing.

Now considered obsolete, the “rail”, “digger”, or “slingshot” dragster is now used mainly in nostalgia drag racing. Models range in length from 160–225 in (4,064–5,715 mm) in wheelbase. They were originally used in the highest class of drag racing, Top Fuel. The front engine dragster naturally came about due to engines for the most part, being in front of the driver. However they used and still do not use any form of suspension, so the top fuel and alcohol cars became very unstable. This due in part to their making 2,000–3,000 hp (1,491–2,237 kW), plus having poor tire technology, short wheelbases, and very light weight. (This was demonstrated to extremes in the Fuel Altereds.) The driver sits angled backward, over the top of the differential in a cockpit that is situated between the two rear tires, a design originating with Mickey Thompson in 1954, as a way of improving traction. This position led to many drivers being maimed when catastrophic clutch failures occurred.[citation needed]

Introduced with the start of organized drag racing, they were limited by the availability of traction from their rear slicks. A number of with four rear drive wheels were attempted, as well, including cars by Art Chrisman (along with his brother, Lloyd, and partner Frank Cannon), Bill Coburn, and Eddie Hill. (Coburn and the Chrisman brothers used twin engines, also.)

The rail was supplanted by the rear-engined car now standard when Don Garlits introduced Swap Rat XIV in 1971. He designed the car designed while in the hospital, himself suffering from severe injuries caused by an exploding clutch.

June 2, 1940 Dayton Speedway Poster Print Dayton Ohio

stevo — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 13:00:47 +0000

1940 Dayton Speedway Poster Print Ohio

A great time of year for racing all over the country. Here is a poster from June 2, 1940 Dayton Speedway . A great print.

Famous Drivers

Wilburn
Dinsmore
DeCamp
Crone
Booker
Webb
Woodford
Engle
Schlossler
and Salay

this print measures 17 inches wide x 22 inches tall, a great reproduction print.