This pictorial history documents dirt track racing, with what is today called sprint cars, around the United States from 1919 to 1941. Information on dirt track racing in Mexico and Canada during this time is also provided. Regionally divided chapters detail the drivers, tracks, and specific races of each area of the country. Some of the drivers went on to win fame and fortune while others faded into obscurity. Tracks included well known facilities as well as out-of-the-way sites few people had ever heard of. The cars ranged from state of the art machines to the more common home built specials based on Model T or Model A Ford parts. The activities of this era were instrumental in making auto racing the popular sport it is today.

Radbruch is a former racer who now writes for racing publications; he's been an auto racing fan since 1930, when he was six years old and his parents took him to his first race in San Jose, California. In this text, Radbruch focuses on the dirt track racing phenomenon of the 1920s and 30s, when there was racing on a thousand dirt tracks in the U.S. and Canada. The text is organized into chapters by geographic regions, each detailing the drivers, tracks, and specific races of the region, and is illustrated throughout with b&w photographs.
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