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Despite any claims Marv might make to the contrary I was not yet born when the board tracks were around. In doing much research I have learned about and become fascinated with the Altoona track. It was 1 1/4 miles long and 60' wide. High banked, it produced an incredible (for the time) one lap track record of 138.6 mph set by Leon Duray in 1926. In operation from 1923 through 1929 it was a lethal venue, killing three drivers in those short years. Oddly, they were all Indy 500 winners - 1919 winner Howdy Wilcox on 9/4/23, 1924 co-winner Joe Boyer on 9/2/24, and 1929 winner Ray Keech just 16 days after his Indy win on 6/15/29. Although existing knowledge shows the track as closing after the '29 season I have found a copy of a poster advertising a 1931 event but no evidence that the race was ever held.
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