Oakland Auto Races Vintage Metal Sign - 12" x 18"

The artwork recreates a 1947 Oakland Stadium auto racing program with bold, blocky typography and a limited palette of cream, green, red, and blue. At the center, the oversized red words 'Auto Races' dominate the composition, set against fast brush-stroke shapes that give the layout a hand-painted racing poster feel. Smaller blue and green lettering reads 'The Oakland Stadium presents Major Car' and 'Official Program 25c,' while the bottom line calls out 'Nov. 23, 1947' and 'ARA Sanction.' Along the lower portion, a blue open-wheel race car with the number 27 and a helmeted driver charges past a simplified grandstand, tying the typography to the speedway scene.

This vintage racing sign artwork keeps the energy direct: big type, motion lines, a single race car, and the look of aged program graphics. The weathered edges, scuffs, and worn color blocks are part of the printed artwork, giving it the appearance of an old racing program without adding clutter. For a garage, workshop, showroom, office, game room, or man cave, it brings a clean piece of American racing atmosphere with a specific Oakland event date right in the design.

Specifications

• Measurements: 12 inches by 18 inches
• Weight: 2 lbs.
• Made after ordered
• Made in the USA
• Heavy 24 gauge American steel is laser cut and primed then the design is baked on to the metal using sublimation

The manufacturing and finishing process is intended to preserve the distressed program artwork clearly, from the bold letterforms to the small scuffs and color breaks that give the print its period character.