Re: Racing Packards of the 1930's???

Posted by Rusty O\'Toole On 2010/1/18 9:58:19

There were plenty of home built racing cars in the US from the 30s but they were much smaller than what you are used to.

The predominant racing venue was the oval dirt track of 1/2 mile to 1 mile per lap. Originally horse tracks were used but later they built tracks exclusively for cars.

There were regular and midget racers in various sizes.

Road racing was out of the question.

Packards and Packard engines were far too big.