Mark Dill's blog

In 1910 the first purpose-built auto racing speedways were emerging. The technology underpinning them was sorting itself out as well. The 2.5-mile squared-off oval just outside Indianapolis had been paved with rugged, durable brick. Down south near Atlanta a two mile speedway of red clay had sprouted up the previous year. Out on the West Coast outside Los Angeles America's first wood plank speedway was completed and launched into action. The high-banked board track was blazingly fast.