Board Track, Playa Del Rey, California
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Faster race cars prompted promoters to build board tracks in the 1910s. Wooden boards provided a smooth road surface and were less expensive than bricks or concrete. But rotting wood required frequent replacement. Improvements in concrete and asphalt made board tracks obsolete in the 1930s. The one-mile Los Angeles Motordrome at Playa del Rey, California, operated from 1910-1913.
Faster race cars prompted promoters to build board tracks in the 1910s. Wooden boards provided a smooth road surface and were less expensive than bricks or concrete. But rotting wood required frequent replacement. Improvements in concrete and asphalt made board tracks obsolete in the 1930s. The one-mile Los Angeles Motordrome at Playa del Rey, California, operated from 1910-1913.
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
circa 1911
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
2009.103.P.1249.6
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 8.00 in
Width: 10.00 in
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