Los Angeles Motordrome
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The Los Angeles Motordrome was a circular 1-mile wood board race track. It was located in Playa del Rey, California, and opened in 1910. In addition to automobile racing, it was used for motorcycle co
Los Angeles Motordrome as depicted on a vintage postcard; Ballona watershed visible in background.
Velodrome and board track builder Jack Prince. Photo is from 1916.
The Motordrome incorporated many features that were new ideas at the time, and eventually became common to many race tracks.
A head-to-head grudge match between Barney Oldfield and Ralph DePalma was an opening day attraction.
Eddie Hasha
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William Edward Hasha was an American motorcycle racer on board tracks early in the twentieth century. His death contributed to the demise of the board tracks. He was nicknamed the "Texas Cyclone" sinc
Los Angeles Motordrome
…Verbeck in a Fiat, completing 1,491 miles (2,400 km) at an average speed of 62+1⁄8 miles per hour (100.0 km/h). In May of that same year, "Texas Cyclone" Eddie Hasha set a new 1-mile (1.6 km) motorcycle record at the Motordrome, reaching 95 miles per hour (153 km/h). That record fell in December 1912 to Lee Humiston…
Hasha racing at Newark Motordrome in 1912