Motor racing was becoming increasingly popular as a spectator sport in the postwar era, with newly emerging TV broadcasting joining the show as well.
This was the penultimate theatrical animated short to feature Droopy as the main character. The Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon studio shut down in 1958.
The $100,000.00 prize for winning the race would be the equivalent of about $1.09M in the year 2024.