History 1930s/1940s Racing Photos from Nashville, TN

I went to an estate sale this weekend for a house of a woman whose brother was apparently involved in (or a fan of) racing back in the day. I bought a pile of snapshots and thought I'd post them on here as I get them scanned. I assume these were taken at the TN State Fairgrounds track; anyone with more knowledge on the subject fell free to chime in.

These first 2 were labeled "Nashville 1939"

 

"Cecil Burnbaugh, 1939, Nashville"

 

"Elbert Booker, 1939, Nashville, Killed in 48"

 

"Bert Hellmueller, 1940"

 

"Lyle Christie, 1940, Nashville"

 

"Shano Fitzgerald, Nashville, 1940"

 

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It looks like the second picture was taken at a playground!

 

This large framed photo was gone by the time I got to the estate sale. It looked like the guy that the snapshots belonged to wrote a book (or a 3 ring binder with pages from a typewriter) about Bill Boyd's racing career. There were a few copies for sale there.

 

cool stuff.

 

Great pics.

 

Thanks for sharing, pretty good Find, especially
with the photos that are identified. lol

 

awesome. thanks

 

damn.....some really good stuff from the era....and some good pics from the area....thanks for the save.....and for posting.....

 

Any idea what the large framed photo sold for?

 

Cool thread too bad it died.

 

I don't have racing programs for these events, but I have some info.

The 1939 event was on 23rd September and it was part of the Tennesse State Fair, and the races held at Cumberland Park.
The main winner was that day Jimmy Wilburn, the 2nd was Everett Saylor and the 3rd was Horace Shaw. The H1 winner was Wilburn, followed him Saylor and Shaw, and the H2 winner was Buddy Calloway, others were C.J. Waller and Kirk Washburn. The consy result was Les Adair winner, 2nd was Elbert Booker and followed him Bob Sledge.