History Lost Speedways

I have been think about how many speedways have been lost over the years, and ask everyone to share photos and history-

Coxsackie Speedway Coxsackie N.Y.

May 14th, 1953.

courtesy Joe Grosseti


Photo-Donna Kreeber-Mateer.


Photo-Donna Kreeber-Mateer.


Photo George T . Morgan courtesy of Donna Kreeber-Mateer.

Victoria Speedway Dunnesville N.Y.

From-http://www.catamountstadium.com/victoria.htm

 

Pine Bowl Speedway Troy N.Y.
Paved










From-http://www.catamountstadium.com/pinebowl.htm

 

No pics, but Dorsey Speedway south of Baltimore, MD just east of the I-95/MD rte 100 interchange

 

Va , Old Dommion Speed way , about 4 yrs ago , the oldest on east coast,
There is a new track is built about 50 miles away ODSW now
75/80 Md
Cecil County Race way , ( I think )Md
and a few others in last 12 or so yrs gone
Even the places we street raced ,
I still have a few On the street I test @

 

I was looking hear on the HAMB, (Drag Car in Motoin thread ) & seen the brick ,I was like I seen that style of brick befor , they must have that style in other parts of the country,then I realized it was Old Domion Speed Way , Pretty much of my family has worked there from start to the end including Me
I grew up there , I wish I paid more attention in early 70's to the cars then Runing around chasing Fuzzy Norton daughter & a few other @ the track !!
But late 70's I was lucky to witness and stand at the starting line ( Tree ) between BAD A$$ car's , until it pretty much closed ,the circle track and Drag strip in the beginning was dirt then went asphalt,
This is why I am addicted to speed & cars , &I have a fast H-R,
Sad to say in those many years I witnessed Death ,@ my home track I grew up @
I am one of the LUCKY one's to be able to stand @ starting line @ MIR in Md
For Top Fuel D , F/C , Pro Mod's ,PS , Funny Bike ,Fuel Bike , A/D , A/FC
all the Cl***es , and have ran in Blown Out Law ,
My grand father told me Sevreal story after he did his tour in WWII sneaking threw the woods & lying on the Ground against the wood fence (guardrail ) watch the Roundy Round Race

 

...............................Still operating.

 

I deleted the C.R.W.

 

Route 66 also known as Hollywood Speedway
Troy N.Y.



From-http://www.catamountstadium.com/route66speedway.htm



Today

 

Link to Coxsackie Speedway today-
www.google.com/maps/place/26+Noble+St,+Coxsackie,+NY+12051/@42.3639665,-73.8050154,200m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x89ddeaf99c1da3bd:0x77b3b3a87352216d!8m2!3d42.361899!4d-73.803663


Link to Victoria Speedway today-
www.google.com/maps/place/Altamont+Orchards+Inc./@42.7451944,-74.0297764,398m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x89de776827a6530b:0x1b2bc1006970dc01!8m2!3d42.7206959!4d-74.016229

 

https://www.cartechbooks.com/lost-road-courses-ghosts-of-riverside-ontario-bridgehampton-more.html

 

jungle park, parke county indiana, 1926-1955 and for a couple races in 1960

jungle park reunion sunday, october 9, 2016

google it

 

Wisconsin, Milwaukee area, The Milwaukee Mile, I believe is finished, they auctioned off the bleechers, the short track inside Milwaukee Mile, been gone since early 60's, Hales Corner Speedway, Cederburg Speedway, Columbus raceway near Sun Prairie, Lake Geneva, Oshkosh (in contract dispute), Manitowoc and the Douseman Kart track is under restrictions due to sub division building around it. Some other Wisconsinites/Cheeseheads can add to the list, these are the ones I thought of.

 

There was the 1/4 mile Waukegan Speedway 40 miles north of Chicago which operated from 1949-1979. We lived on the north side of Waukegan about 5 miles from it but every Saturday night in the summer you could hear them racing....

First race program (midgets) held on September 4, 1949—heat races won by Harry Turner, Chuck Marshall and Ernie Zartler, feature rained out… a week later, Jimmy Caris won the first midget feature race at the track…quarter mile track was dirt/clay from 1949 through 1968, paved in November of 1968 for the 1969 racing season…first race on new pavement held on April 12, 1969…paved track until 1978 when it was returned to a dirt surface…last race program held on September 15, 1979...

Here's a (poor quality) video from 1951....

 

forgot about roby speedway and the hammond speedway

 

Mid-State Speedway in Morris N.Y.
Half mile dirt ran 1949 to 1973



From the stands


Ray Kennedy 67, Jimmy Mott 65, Moose Carry 43


**** Schoonover


Gordy Smith


Stan Wetmore and Lou Searing in the pits.




Al Turner 10 now owned by John and Barb Clark


The car today on the front straight at Mid-State


The 28 Bill Roese 56 Ford Late Model, My father Willard Palmer crewed on this car.


The Track today

From-http://www.midstateantiquestockcarclub.com/midstate_speedway_denny_moores_photos.html


A Video I took a Mid-State two weeks ago at the Central N.Y. Stockcar H.O.F

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=527206034156816

Form my Mom's Facebook

 

For dirt fans, this was the place to be every October:

There is a movement to get it resurrected I hear. Hope it happens.

 

So was this The Moody Mile on The N.Y. State Fairground.





Link to thread on the end I started last year-
http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/...he-mile-oval-at-the-n-y-s-fair-grouds.981395/

 

Reading PA , nazareth PA penn national PA heightstown NJ flemington NJ Vineland NJ ...damn....way too many....get out to your nearest race track and help keep the sport alive....take a kid too!

 

Some one mentioned Dorsey Speedway.
^The last race, 1985

 

Tennessee-Carolina Speedway, Newport, Tennessee. Home track of 2-time NASCAR Late Model Sportsman Champion and Busch Grand National Star, L.D. Ottinger.

 

Black River Falls Speedway ---- Black River Falls, Wi
Adams County Fairgrounds ----- Friendship, Wi
North La Crosse Speedbowl ----- La Crosse, Wi

I actually took spin around the BRF racetrack this summer, couldnt get up any speed because of all the trees though

 

Beltsville Speedway, Beltsville, Md.

 

Aquasco Speedway, Aquasco, Md.

 

Marlboro Raceway, Upper Marlboro, Maryland

 

Oval tracks that are gone now,that I raced at starting in 1959 with a Hudson an then many other racers;
Hialeah Speedway,Hollywood Speedway,an not the same place;Hollywood Speedway Park,Medly Speedway/Palmeto Speedway,Florida City Speedway,Warner Robbins Speedway Ga.,Naples Speedway,old Punta Gorda Speedway,Ft Price Speedway,Flamington Fair Grounds Speedway NJ,old Winter Haven Speedway, old Abrundale Speedway.Vero Beach Speedway,Melburn Speedway,West Palm Beach Speedway,Deland Speedway,Daytona Stadiom Speedway,Stock Inland Speedway ,Sunshine Speedway,Golden Gate Speedway ,Lake City Speedway,Gator Speedway,and also Drag strips now gone Masters Field,Amila Airhart,Hollywood sports park,Valcurea, Vencis.,. Only one has been reactavited after many years of nothing an renamed from Sunshine to Showtime Speedway,all the others are gone, Floirda was a hot bed of racing up tell the 1990s an it all fell down. There is less than 25% of the tracks left.

 

Damn Don, good stuff. Maryland was a Hot Bed for sure. You could go to a different track every weekend for a year and never leave the state. Not bad for a state ranked 42 out of 50 in size.

 

......There were many others......Pomonkey , West Lanham, Braddock Heights, Vista (motorcycles) and the list goes on.

 

North Wilkesboro Speedway, Wilkesboro N.C.
Built three year before the fromation of N.A.S.C.A.R
One of the first N.A.S.C.A.R sanctioned tracks
5/8 mile dirt 1946-1958
Paved 1958
Last race won by Jeff Gordon 1996


Ralph Earnhardt 8