1928 Packard race car being checked on track
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Description
Packard Co. file photograph of a 1928 Packard race car being checked out by three men, driver behind wheel. Inscribed on photo back: "Packard Motor Car Co. Proving Grounds 2.5 mile concrete speedway, Utica, Mich., inauguration ceremonies 14 June 1928; Leon Duray, 91-cubic inch front drive Miller special #4, set closed course one lap record of 148.17-mph, thus did proving ground track become the world's fastest speedway, a title held until the opening of Monza in Italy after WWII."
Details
- Creator:
- Packard Motor Car Company
- Resource ID:
- EB01e902
- Subject:
- Packard automobile
- Automobiles, Racing--Michigan--Utica
- Automobile racing--Michigan--Utica
- Photographic prints
- Date:
- 1928-06-14
- Format:
- 1 photographic print ; 8 x 10 in.
- Department:
- National Automotive History Collection
- Collection:
- Packard Collection
- Copyright:
- Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.