1956 Portland Speedway Poster Print
1956 Portland Speedway Poster Print. This reproduction poster print is from 1956. It measures 17 inches wide x 22 inches tall, a perfect retro print to be matted and framed up and hung up in the garage, office, shop or workshop.
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.
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.
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.
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
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
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.
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
this print measures 17 inches wide x 22 inches tall, a great reproduction print.
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