Altoona Speedway is one of the most recognizable racing tracks of the InterWar period. Today here lies an industrial site, but one century ago motors used to roar on the wooden surface of Altoona. Originally opened in 1923 as a board track, as a 1.25-mile oval with a banking of 32 degrees on the turns, and it was in operation until 1931. Board track was a type of circuit popular in the United States in the 1910s and 1920s. Competitions took place on circular or oval courses with wooden planks surfaces. This kind of track originally hosted motorcycle races, but then cars made their way to board tracks. The Indycar ancestor AAA abused of these autodromes. In particular, Altoona has been in the AAA National Championship from its opening to its closure. Board tracks made their fortune thanks to low costs, but they required a great deal of maintenance. Many of the tracks survived for less than three years. After the Black Tuesday of 1929, board track racing disappeared rapidly. Altoona wa...