NickHolt Posted February 4, 2010 Report Share Posted February 4, 2010 Check out this 1949 movie newsreel. This is great stuff! Click here Nick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Budman Posted February 4, 2010 Report Share Posted February 4, 2010 Interestingly Nick, I shot this photo at the vintage racecar show in Irving last fall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
txtom Posted February 4, 2010 Report Share Posted February 4, 2010 (edited) There were two types of racing with these little cars; the board track like in the video, and, what is currenty done, a round track with a tether pole in the middle, with one car running at a time. My Grandfather and Dad ran the board track racers, and they ran a 4 lane track at the southwest corner of the intersection of Northwest Highway and Preston Road in Dallas. The popular cars were either Dooling or McCoys, but there were several other brands out there. Interestingly, the board track record when that video was made was 127 mph, the current world record for tether cars is over 214 mph. With a 10CC engine. Click this link to see what they currently have going on: AMRCA Edited February 6, 2010 by txtom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jakdad Posted February 5, 2010 Report Share Posted February 5, 2010 Great post Nick, thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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