Racing as always been dictated by local or regional activity. Each particular local market had an idea of what racing should be like often dictated by what was available to work with. In the 50's the west cost raced a lot of what I think they called track roadsters built from old 30's era Ford roadsters. In the mid west they raced hard tops comprised mostly of 40 era Ford coupes. That is what was available for that particular region to race cheaply. There were a lot of regional Midget racers also. They also varied greatly from coast to coast. There was one National sanctioning body AAA and all of the regional racers wanted to join that very exclusive Fraternity. Now We spend way too much time worrying about the big races and not enough time cultivating what we are trying to grow in our own back yards.
Honest Dad himself
