Monday, September 15, 2025

Speed Age, April 1948


Here's a magazine from before my time, not too much interesting content 7 decades later. I don't recognize any names in the editorial staff, but on the cover that's Rollie Free fully clothed on what looks like a Harley, and we know Bill France from his promotion on the back cover...






 

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

:Ahem: Looks like Rollie Free is riding an Indian.
--rats the rivet counter

Dave said...

A Count and a Doctor...that's pretty impressive. Hopefully this isn't what became of Jimmy Quisenberry:

https://okcfox.com/archive/noble-man-arrested-after-allegedly-stabbing-deputy-in-the-face

Anonymous said...

I seem to remember that Rollie hated Milwaukee and would go out of his way to humiliate riders from "the motor company".

Anonymous said...

The man must have been mad. No sane person would hate the MoCo.
--rats the dimestore ironist

Anonymous said...

Danville is probably better known for The Wreck Of The Old 97 than the racetrack, I'd suggest... D.