Crown Hill Cemetery
George L. Smyth was born 1899 in Nova Scotia. Smyth was an early race car driver from the 1920s to the early 1930s, handling a variety of cars that included a 1915 Stutz, a Begg and a McDowell
On March 4, 1934 he participated in his last race, a fifteen mile race for AAA Pacific Coast Big Cars in California.
The track became so overblown with dust, drivers had difficulty seeing the course. One car, slowed by engine problems, conked out in one of the turns. The raised dust was so effective in hiding the disabled car that by the time Swede drove into the turn, it was too late to swerve away from a collision. The impact caused Swede’s car to roll, causing fatal injuries to him and two others.
Source: Motorsport Memorials
Check out this car racing clip from the 1940s. How times have changed!
