Vintage STOCK CAR Photo AUTO RACING Rex Mays 1937 Langhorne PA for Sale

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Vintage STOCK CAR Photo AUTO RACING Rex Mays 1937 Langhorne PA For Sale

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Vintage STOCK CAR Photo AUTO RACING Rex Mays 1937 Langhorne PA:
$50.00

This vintage photo features Rex Mays in a stock car during the 1937 Langhorne PA auto racing event. The car is a classic representation of the era with its sleek design and powerful engine. The photo captures the excitement and adrenaline of the race, with Mays behind the wheel and the other drivers in the background. The photo was taken in the United States and is a unique piece of automobilia for any collector. It is an original photo that has been well-preserved over the years and is a great addition to any transportation or collectibles collection. Don't miss out on the opportunity to own a piece of history from the golden age of auto racing.
Has a little tear upper right-hand corner

This 5 in by 7 in Photo came from a smoke free House.

Authentic, original, period item, no reproductions

Please look carefully at front and back to ascertain condition

Photo is in vintage condition with little wear.

This photo was removed from my fathers, photo albums and May have residue on the back from the album PLEASE LOOK AT PHOTO.

Please see photos NO Returns selling as is.

THIS PHOTO IS FORINTERNET ECOMMERCE LISTING ONLYDO NOT COPY

Rex Houston Mays Jr. (March 10, 1913 – November 6, 1949) was an American racing driver. He was a two-time National Champion, won four polesfor the Indianapolis 500, and is generally regarded as one of the greatest drivers of his era.

Racing career

Mays won regional sprint car championships in the mid-1930s.He made his Indianapolis 500 debut in 1934 and won the pole in 1935, 1936, and again in 1940 and finished second, he returned the next year and finished second again. Mays won the AAA National Championship in 1940 and 1941. However, World War II suspended racing until 1946, denying Mays of what likely would have been the peak of his career. After the war, Mays again won the Indianapolis pole in 1948 but was knocked out by a mechanical problem.

In a race at Milwaukee, a fellow driver, Duke Dinsmore, was thrown from his car during an incident in the south turn. Mays was leading the race and saw Dinsmore's body lying in the middle of the south turn. Mays spun his car into the wall, got out of the car, and pulled the unconscious Dinsmoreto safety.

Death

Mays was killed at the age of 36 in a crash during the only Championship Car race held at Del Mar Fairgrounds racetrack in Del Mar, California in November 1949. In this accident, Mays swerved to miss a car that had crashed in front of him. His car went out of control and flipped, throwing Mays to the track surface, where he was hit by a trailing car.