"Twistin' at the Motodrome" Acrylic on canvas Painting

Don't forget to use the new Saatchi Art "VIEW IN MY ROOM" tool to see how this painting will look on your chosen wall. Painting: Acrylic, Oil on Canvas. Size in cms: H91.44 x W167.64 cm Large acrylic and oil on 12 oz heavy canvas. Ships rolled in a secure mailing canister. Rolled shipment is especially safe for oversized works and provides much lower shipping costs. Rolled works can be easily placed onto wooden stretcher bars or framed by your local framer. Includes a raw canvas border several inches wide for easy re-stretching (see additional photos). MOTODROMES were enormous race tracks made of wood, hugely popular from 1900 until about 1916. Their wide, steeply banked walls allowed the fastest speeds of the day and records for both cars and motorcycles were routinely set and broken. The tracks were cheap and easy to build so they popped up in almost every American city of any size. Vehicles had no brakes and racers could expect a win only if they maintained an average speed above 100 MPH. For this reason motodromes could also be dangerous for both fans and racers and acquired the nickname "murderdromes" after a series of fatal accidents - however that's not what lead to their demise. The tracks were nearly impossible to maintain as planks shed "splinters" several feet long and had to be replaced almost constantly. This more than any other factor lead to the end of "board track" racing. This is my fantasy homage to the Los Angeles Motodrome, largest in the country and a sight I would dearly love to have seen in its heyday. Chubby Checker and friends "Do the Twist" during an exciting race; the Twist came out in 1960 but the LA Motodrome burned in 1913 and was never rebuilt. But that's not important, is it?