Just prior to 1930, Pocantico Hills, New York, was the country home of Barron Collier, a wildly successful businessman who made his fortune initially in advertising on streetcars. While, also the largest land owner and developer in the state of Florida, his country property became the launching pad of ARCA, the Automobile Racing Club of America.
The wealth of their father allowed teenaged sons Barron Jr., Sam and Miles to create racing circuits on the estate’s many driveways and service roads. They gave their organization the name OARC: Overlook Automobile Racing Club. These early races found the brothers and their friends racing motorized buckboards and homemade machines with low-powered cycle engines. Even in these humble beginnings, the brothers imitated the Grand Prix and sports car races of Europe as best they could. They continued for several years, even going so far as to have their own point standings.
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