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In contrast to the hot rod racing popular in the US, this new series uses unmodified "stock cars". The series quickly becomes popular throughout the country. The Sports Car Club of America is founded; Oldsmobile introduces the 88, later to become competitive in racing and the subject of the famous rock and roll song Rocket 88
The forerunners to the hotrod were the modified cars used in the Prohibition era by bootleggers to evade revenue agents and other law enforcement. [7]Hot rods first appeared in the late 1930s in southern California, where people raced modified cars on dry lake beds northeast of Los Angeles, under the rules of the Southern California Timing Association (SCTA), among other groups.
The following is an overview of the events of 1930 in motorsport including the major racing events, motorsport venues that were opened and closed during a year, championships and non-championship events that were established and disestablished in a year, and births and deaths of racing drivers and other motorsport people.
Pat Flaherty won the hot rod division of Soldier Field's 1949 racing championship. [20] Despite being eclipsed by stock car racing, Hot Rods would still race at the stadium for several years. [70] On July 25, 1954 Soldier Field hosted the Hurricane Hot Rod Association Mid-Season Championship. [6] Following World War II, the stadium held many ...
Temporary exhibits have also been created to honor participants in hot rodding including Vic Edelbrock, Don Prudhomme, the 1932 Ford, Track Roadsters, Parnelli Jones, and the So-Cal Speed Shop. In 2008, the museum began hosting a special exhibition dedicated to Gale Banks and his contributions to the sport of drag racing. The exhibit is ...
This list of 1930 motorsport champions is a list of national or international auto racing series with a Championship decided by the points or positions earned by a driver from multiple races. Open wheel racing
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The Ford Model A and B engines dominated American auto racing until World War II [41] [43] [44] [13] Some racing is still done with Ford Model A engines, [43] [45] [46] [47] and high-performance aftermarket modifications are available to increase performance, with some achieving 110 horsepower, at compression ratios of up to 6.5-to-1. [13] [39 ...