The Oakland Speedway claimed scores of injuries, and ultimately, the lives of four motorcycle racers. The first was Dick Ince, the millionaire son of Hollywood Director Thomas Ince, in 1938. Tommy Hayes and June McCall died in a multi-rider accident in 1940, and Gus Hunter died in October,1941. After that race, Oakland Tribune columnist Alan Ward called for the end of motorcycle racing on the track. But two months later, there would be no more racing at all. Oakland Speedway lost its lease just as America entered World War II.