American Board Tracks -- "Glory Roads"

Jack Prince, designer of Playa del Ray, Elmhurst, Des Moines, Omaha,Uniontown, Cotati, Charlotte, Laurel; co-designer with Arthur Pilsbury Fresno, San Carlos, Kansas City, Altoona, Culver City, Salem, and Amatol.

Hi folks -- I am just starting my next project -- a cultural history of automobile racing in America to 1941. So I am starting from near scratch, so to speak, and my first major source is Griff Borgeson's The Golden Age of the American Racing Car. Board tracks have always fascinated me -- see reference in my Automoible and American Life. Taken from Borgeson, p. 323, 2nd edition, here is a list of Board Tracks and length of operation:

Playa del Rey, CA 1.0 mi 1910-1913

Elmhurst, CA 0.5 mi 1911-1913

Chicago (Maywood) 2.0mi 1915-1917

Des Moines, IA 1.0 mi 1915-1917

Omaha, NE 1.25 1915-1917

Brooklyn,NY (Sheepshead Bay) 2.0 1915-1919

Uniontwon, PA 1.125 1916-1922

Cincinnati, OH 2.0 1916-1919

Tacoma, WA 2.0 1915-1921

BeverlyHills, CA 1.25 1920-1924

Fresno, CA 1.0 1920-1927

San Carlos, CA 1.25 1921-1922

Cotati, CA 1.25 1921-1922

Kansas City, MO 1.25 1922-1924

Altoona, PA 1.25 1923-1931

Charlotte, NC 1.25 1924-1926

Culver City CA 1.25 1924-1927

Salem, NH (Rockingham) 1.25 1925-1927

Laurel, MD 1.125 1925-1926

Miami, Fl (Fulford-by-the-Sea) 1.25 1926-1927

Amatol, NJ (Atlantic City) 1.5 1926-1928