Seattle Speed Bowl 1936 Baseball T-Shirt

After the bridge over Fremont was dedicated in 1932, Seattle's Aurora Avenue became the centerline for a wide, long swath of car culture with auto dealers, parts stores, drive-ins for burgers, drive-ins for movies and more than one racetrack. The Seattle Speed Bowl, which opened in 1936 in what is now known as Edmonds, was one such track. For nearly a decade, racers were drawn to this oval track, where racers driving midget-class cars as well as jalopies duked it out for bragging rights and the occasional trophy. Like most racetracks, Seattle Speed Bowl closed as World War II rationing put racing on the back burner nationwide, but unlike many others, the track never opened again.