Speedway

The Speedway pinball machine is a rare and intriguing piece of electro-mechanical (EM) pinball history from an unknown manufacturer. According to a list of game conversions published in Cash Box (Jan. 13, 1947), 'Speedway' was a conversion of Bally's 1941 'Entry,' and is highly likely one of the wartime conversions made between 1941 and 1945, when manufacturers reworked existing cabinets due to wartime material shortages.

Speedway is a flipperless, single-player EM machine — as with other games of its era and type, scoring relied on skillful plunging and the layout of targets and holes rather than flipper control, since flippers had not yet been introduced to pinball at the time it was made.

Due to a lack of documentation on its manufacturer, designer, and exact release date, many details about this machine remain unknown. Its status as a wartime conversion of an early Bally title, combined with its rarity, makes it a notable find for collectors and historians interested in the pre-flipper era of pinball and the industry's adaptations during World War II.