Car Track Racing History
Board car track racing was a kind of car racing, which was popular in the USA in the beginning of the 20th century, where the contest was held on oval racing tracks covered with wooden planks. In the board car track racing competitions many different kinds of racing vehicles took part. In the 30's board car track racing was already not popular because of the dangers and the expensiveness of the wooden surface of the tracks. But despite this fact, the most prominent features of board car track racing influenced the development of American sports car racing tendencies.

The first board car track was opened in the Los Angeles Coliseum Motordome in 1910 on the 8th of April. It was based on the technology used on the French bicycle velodromes. For the tracks boards 51 mm x 100 mm were created and banked up to 45. About half a dozen of car racing tracks were opened in 1915. In 1931 24 board car tracks were opened in Atlantic City, New Jersey, and New York. Board car track racing was known to be very dangerous. If a race car driver got became to control his racing vehicle, he had many chances to get into the crowd of fans and kill a lot of viewers. In 1913 the car track racing competitions were replaced by dirt car racing contests as they were safer. Soon rally car racing became popular.

By the latest 1930s board car track racing were not popular any more as a lot of great car racer died during the contests. Another reason for it was expensiveness of board car tracks up keeping. Every 5 years they needed renewal. During the last years of board car track racing, tracks were repaired after the automobiles accidents the at 120 mph speed. When speeds became high, it became difficult to take control over the vehicles.