Race car driver Shorty Cantlon seated in "Miller" car at Legion Ascot Speedway in City Terrace, East Los Angeles. The car is number 10 and says "Lion Head special." Title devised by cataloger. "Shorty Cantlon's Miller "--handwritten in ink on front. Location determined by research and grouping with related photographs - (see photCL_555_01_307). Legion Ascot Speedway operated 1924-1936 in City Terrace, East Los Angeles. (Source: “History of America's Speedways, Past and Present" by Allan E. Brown). Shorty Cantlon had a long career that included Legion Ascot and 13 appearances at Indy. He died at Indianapolis in 1947. (Source: "Dirt Track Auto Racing, 1919-1941: A Pictorial History" by Don Radbruch, 2004.)
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