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- Board Track, Playa Del Rey, California - 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.
- circa 1911
- Collections - Artifact
Board Track, Playa Del Rey, California
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.
- Barney Oldfield Driving a Christie Race Car at Ascot Speedway, March 5, 1916 -
- March 05, 1916
- Collections - Artifact
Barney Oldfield Driving a Christie Race Car at Ascot Speedway, March 5, 1916
- Harry Grant, #30 Case, San Francisco, California, 1915 - For 1915, both the Vanderbilt Cup and American Grand Prize road races moved to San Francisco. The competitions tied in with the city's Panama-Pacific International Exposition, which celebrated the completion of the Panama Canal and the 400th anniversary of the Pacific Ocean's discovery. British driver Dario Resta won both races in the #9 Peugeot.
- 1915
- Collections - Artifact
Harry Grant, #30 Case, San Francisco, California, 1915
For 1915, both the Vanderbilt Cup and American Grand Prize road races moved to San Francisco. The competitions tied in with the city's Panama-Pacific International Exposition, which celebrated the completion of the Panama Canal and the 400th anniversary of the Pacific Ocean's discovery. British driver Dario Resta won both races in the #9 Peugeot.
- Glover Ruckstell, #6 Mercer and Al Newhouse, #15 Delage, San Francisco, California, 1915 - For 1915, both the Vanderbilt Cup and American Grand Prize road races moved to San Francisco. The competitions tied in with the city's Panama-Pacific International Exposition, which celebrated the completion of the Panama Canal and the 400th anniversary of the Pacific Ocean's discovery. British driver Dario Resta won both races in the #9 Peugeot.
- 1915
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Glover Ruckstell, #6 Mercer and Al Newhouse, #15 Delage, San Francisco, California, 1915
For 1915, both the Vanderbilt Cup and American Grand Prize road races moved to San Francisco. The competitions tied in with the city's Panama-Pacific International Exposition, which celebrated the completion of the Panama Canal and the 400th anniversary of the Pacific Ocean's discovery. British driver Dario Resta won both races in the #9 Peugeot.
- Eddie Pullen and Joe Thomas, #4 Mercer, San Francisco, California, 1915 - For 1915, both the Vanderbilt Cup and American Grand Prize road races moved to San Francisco. The competitions tied in with the city's Panama-Pacific International Exposition, which celebrated the completion of the Panama Canal and the 400th anniversary of the Pacific Ocean's discovery. British driver Dario Resta won both races in the #9 Peugeot.
- 1915
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Eddie Pullen and Joe Thomas, #4 Mercer, San Francisco, California, 1915
For 1915, both the Vanderbilt Cup and American Grand Prize road races moved to San Francisco. The competitions tied in with the city's Panama-Pacific International Exposition, which celebrated the completion of the Panama Canal and the 400th anniversary of the Pacific Ocean's discovery. British driver Dario Resta won both races in the #9 Peugeot.
- Gaston Morris, #37 Renault, San Francisco, California, 1915 - For 1915, both the Vanderbilt Cup and American Grand Prize road races moved to San Francisco. The competitions tied in with the city's Panama-Pacific International Exposition, which celebrated the completion of the Panama Canal and the 400th anniversary of the Pacific Ocean's discovery. British driver Dario Resta won both races in the #9 Peugeot.
- 1915
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Gaston Morris, #37 Renault, San Francisco, California, 1915
For 1915, both the Vanderbilt Cup and American Grand Prize road races moved to San Francisco. The competitions tied in with the city's Panama-Pacific International Exposition, which celebrated the completion of the Panama Canal and the 400th anniversary of the Pacific Ocean's discovery. British driver Dario Resta won both races in the #9 Peugeot.
- Cliff Durant, #20 Stutz, San Francisco, California, 1915 - For 1915, both the Vanderbilt Cup and American Grand Prize road races moved to San Francisco. The competitions tied in with the city's Panama-Pacific International Exposition, which celebrated the completion of the Panama Canal and the 400th anniversary of the Pacific Ocean's discovery. British driver Dario Resta won both races in the #9 Peugeot.
- 1915
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Cliff Durant, #20 Stutz, San Francisco, California, 1915
For 1915, both the Vanderbilt Cup and American Grand Prize road races moved to San Francisco. The competitions tied in with the city's Panama-Pacific International Exposition, which celebrated the completion of the Panama Canal and the 400th anniversary of the Pacific Ocean's discovery. British driver Dario Resta won both races in the #9 Peugeot.
- Cars Lined Up, San Francisco, California, 1915 - For 1915, both the Vanderbilt Cup and American Grand Prize road races moved to San Francisco. The competitions tied in with the city's Panama-Pacific International Exposition, which celebrated the completion of the Panama Canal and the 400th anniversary of the Pacific Ocean's discovery. British driver Dario Resta won both races in the #9 Peugeot.
- 1915
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Cars Lined Up, San Francisco, California, 1915
For 1915, both the Vanderbilt Cup and American Grand Prize road races moved to San Francisco. The competitions tied in with the city's Panama-Pacific International Exposition, which celebrated the completion of the Panama Canal and the 400th anniversary of the Pacific Ocean's discovery. British driver Dario Resta won both races in the #9 Peugeot.
- American Grand Prize, San Francisco, California, 1915 - For 1915, both the Vanderbilt Cup and American Grand Prize road races moved to San Francisco. The competitions tied in with the city's Panama-Pacific International Exposition, which celebrated the completion of the Panama Canal and the 400th anniversary of the Pacific Ocean's discovery. British driver Dario Resta won both races in the #9 Peugeot.
- 1915
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American Grand Prize, San Francisco, California, 1915
For 1915, both the Vanderbilt Cup and American Grand Prize road races moved to San Francisco. The competitions tied in with the city's Panama-Pacific International Exposition, which celebrated the completion of the Panama Canal and the 400th anniversary of the Pacific Ocean's discovery. British driver Dario Resta won both races in the #9 Peugeot.
- Hughie Hughes, #28 Ono, San Francisco, California, 1915 - For 1915, both the Vanderbilt Cup and American Grand Prize road races moved to San Francisco. The competitions tied in with the city's Panama-Pacific International Exposition, which celebrated the completion of the Panama Canal and the 400th anniversary of the Pacific Ocean's discovery. British driver Dario Resta won both races in the #9 Peugeot.
- 1915
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Hughie Hughes, #28 Ono, San Francisco, California, 1915
For 1915, both the Vanderbilt Cup and American Grand Prize road races moved to San Francisco. The competitions tied in with the city's Panama-Pacific International Exposition, which celebrated the completion of the Panama Canal and the 400th anniversary of the Pacific Ocean's discovery. British driver Dario Resta won both races in the #9 Peugeot.