Racing star Rex Mays (left) poses with "midget" car driver Bob Swanson (right) at the Legion Ascot speedway. The day's program consisted of a variety of challenges, with both drivers using "big" cars and "midget" cars during different races. Both drivers were later killed in accidents on the track.
Racing star Rex Mays (left) poses with "midget" car driver Bob Swanson (right) at the Legion Ascot speedway. The day's program consisted of a variety of challenges, with both drivers using "big" cars and "midget" cars during different races. Both drivers were later killed in accidents on the track.
Racing star Rex Mays (left) poses with "midget" car driver Bob Swanson (right) at the Legion Ascot speedway. The day's program consisted of a variety of challenges, with both drivers using "big" cars and "midget" cars during different races. Both drivers were later killed in accidents on the track.
Racing star Rex Mays (right) poses with "midget" car driver Bob Swanson (left) at the Legion Ascot speedway. The day's program consisted of a variety of challenges, with both drivers using "big" cars and "midget" cars during different races. Both drivers were later killed in accidents on the track.
Racing star Rex Mays poses with a celebratory hat and an unidentified woman at the Legion Ascot speedway. The day's program consisted of a variety of challenges, with both drivers using "big" cars and "midget" cars during different races. Both drivers were later killed in accidents on the track.
Racing star Rex Mays poses in a "midget" car decorated with Felix the Cat for a race against "midget" car driver Bob Swanson at the Legion Ascot speedway. The day's program consisted of a variety of challenges, with both drivers using "big" cars and "midget" cars during different races. Both drivers were later killed in accidents on the track.
Racing star Rex Mays (right) poses with "midget" car driver Bob Swanson (left) at the Legion Ascot speedway. The day's program consisted of a variety of challenges, with both drivers using "big" cars and "midget" cars during different races. Both drivers were later killed in accidents on the track.
Racing star Rex Mays (right) poses with "midget" car driver Bob Swanson (left) at the Legion Ascot speedway. The day's program consisted of a variety of challenges, with both drivers using "big" cars and "midget" cars during different races. Both drivers were later killed in accidents on the track.
Racing star Rex Mays (front) poses with "midget" car driver Bob Swanson (back) and an unidentified woman at the Legion Ascot speedway. The day's program consisted of a variety of challenges, with both drivers using "big" cars and "midget" cars during different races. Both drivers were later killed in accidents on the track.
This photograph appears with the article, "Spider Matlock Plays Tag with Grim Reaper. Devil-May-Care Racing "Fiend" Had Many Narrow Escapes in Colorful Career," Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 1935: 24.
Pete Kreis (Albert Jacob Peter Kreis) was a race car driver from Knoxville, (Tenn.), active from 1925 to 1934, when he crashed and died at Indianapolis Motor Speedway during a practice run for the Indy 500.
Pete Kreis (Albert Jacob Peter Kreis) was a race car driver from Knoxville, (Tenn.), active from 1925 to 1934, when he crashed and died at Indianapolis Motor Speedway during a practice run for the Indy 500.