Barney Oldfield Greeting a "Safety First" Dog, New Jersey, 1936

Barney Oldfield remained active in racing and the automotive industry after his last professional race in 1918. The showman attended and refereed racing meets, ran a tire company, drove a tractor faster than a mile a minute, test drove vehicles and appeared in movies. In the 1930s, Oldfield--who survived several racing accidents and had lost race track colleagues--campaigned for safe driving.