Mike Riley

Ocean Drive Speedway pics from July 4, 1933 - Front Stretch

Race_Meet_Won_by_Jimmie_Davis___July_5_1933_Zoom.pdf The name of the track was either Ocean Beach Speedway or Ocean Drive Speedway. News articles had it both ways. July 4, 1933 - See attached. Surface was dirt, and by the looks of pictures flat and slightly larger than 1/4 mile. Race_Meet_Won_by_Jimmie_Davis___July_5_1933.pdf

I went to look at some of Doc McGregor's photos a couple of weeks ago. For those not familier with him, he has over 250,000 photos from all over Corpus Christi during the 20s, 30s and 40s. All his pictures are owned and archived by the Corpus Christi Museum of Science and History. There were some pictures of a dirt race track, I believe from the 30s (maybe 40's), but after asking around and I think it was CC Speedway before it was paved. I plan to try to purchase copies of these pics and if and when I do, I will post them on here.

Here's just a little more info about past champions: I was talking to Freddie Barnec last night, and he said he started racing at CC in 1957 and raced until 1974. He won 7 championships within his 17 years of racing. Not a bad record.