Mcafee's main claim to fame in the SoCal area was his 1938 136 mph Modified division record; this record was set in a Winfield-modified 4-cylinder flathead Ford.
McAfee raced Modified Fords during the 1930s and was an innovator in streamlining.
McAfee, along with fellow SCTA Road Runners Club member Jack Harvey, built and ran the first wheel enclosed Streamliner on Lake Muroc.
He owned a Ferrari, Siata, Alfa Romeo, Moretti, and O.S.C.A.
When driving a Ferrari 121 LM, he was killed during the 1956 running of the Del Monte trophy (Pebble Beach race), after colliding into a tree.