The Mighty Mite Was One Heck Of A Midget Driver
cd_c1960.jpgKnown as “Iron Mike,” “Dyna-Mike” and “Mighty-Mite,” diminutive Mike McGreevy — standing 5 feet, 1 inch — excelled in midgets, but also fared well…
cd_c1960.jpgKnown as “Iron Mike,” “Dyna-Mike” and “Mighty-Mite,” diminutive Mike McGreevy — standing 5 feet, 1 inch — excelled in midgets, but also fared well…
KICKING UP DIRT: Midgets round the north turn at San Diego’s Balboa Stadium. (Radbruch Collection Courtesy Bob Lawrence Photo) Located barely a mile from…
INDY MASTER: Former big-car and championship car driver Frank Wearne in the Burkitt Chrome Special. (Radbruch Collection From Bob Lawrence Photo) From his beginnings…
OUT FRONT: Scott Cain (10) leads the pack at Gardena (Calif.) Stadium in 1955. (Tom Luce Collection Photo) Scotty Cain was a tough, hard-nosed…
IN THE PASS: Competitors push their cars to the grid at California’s Banning Legion Speedway during the 1920s. (Radbruch Collection Courtesy Bob Lawrence Photo)…
BIG-TIME WINNER: Bill Cantrell prepares to hit the race track at Orange Show Stadium in San Bernardino, Calif. (Radbruch Collection Courtesy Bob Lawrence Photo)…
CONTACT: Two cars get a little too close for comfort during roadster racing at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, Calif., in 1947. (Radbruch Collection…
One of the first race tracks to open in Southern California after World War II was located near San Bernardino — a sandy, rough…