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- Columbus Speedway - Gallery - Bobby Williamson | racersreunion. com
Although barely visible, the footprint of the former Columbus, GA Speedway is still visible off of Blackmon Road The once 1 2 mile dirt oval was the site of NASCAR's (original season) 1948, championship finale' with Red Byron claiming the modified championship Columbus hosted a single NASCAR Grand National even in 1951, won by Tim Flock The speedway ceased operation around 1953
- Columbus Speedway - Gallery - Bobby Williamson | racersreunion. com
In 1948, on the outskirts of Columbus, Ga, in the Midland community, the Columbus Speedway (twice) played host during NASCAR's inaugual season The track was boarded by a chicken-wire fence, that offered little resistance to Red Byron's flat-tired '39 Ford coupe Leading the July race in its final laps, Byron's misfortune hurled the Ford through the fence and into the crowed throng of
- Sportsman Speedway - Gallery - Bobby Williamson | racersreunion. com
Johnson City, TN's historic Sportsman Speedway no longer exists, being replaced by a bowling alley Judging by the shape and curvature of the adjacent street, this orientation could depict the track's original lay-out
- Tunis Speedway--1948-1983, Waterloo, Iowa - RacersReunion!!Emoji!!4 . . .
ChronologyTunis Speedway 1938Jud Tunis purchases 52 acres of land with money borrowed from his wife Marie The property sat on theoutskirts of Waterloo at that time and he paid $200 per acre to acquire it Everyone called me a damned fool 1941Builds home on the land 1947Jud uses part of the land to build a track to race horses This was a
- Hankinson Speedway - RacersReunion!!Emoji!!4!!Emoji!! Forum . . .
While searching for the lost Rocky Mount Fairgrounds track, I came across the following ad for the 1935 fair I mentions on Saturday there would be auto races from Hankinson Speedway So, I did a search for that track What I found was puzzling at first It said the track was in Langhorne, Pa So I only found the one everyone knows as "The Big Circle" Langhorne Speedway Delving deeper I was
- Old Concord Speedway Billy Barbara Scott Postings
The access road to the speedway is now called Speedway Drive Concord Speedway I or Old (Oldest) Concord Speedway (also known as Widenhouse-Cadwell Speedway) was located on the street now called Old Speedway Road and it was abandoned in 1965 There's no trace of any speedway at the cross between Exchange Road and Village Drive (as shown above)
- Anatomy Of A Ghost Track - Fredericksburg Speedway Remembered 1953 . . .
While researching information on one of the drivers in my posting titled "Racers Helping Racers Nothing New" - I came across a wonderful November 1999 story in the Fredericksburg, Virginia Free Lance Star by Larry Evans titled Pushing the Pedal to the Metal It is the story of Fredericksburg Speedway, from its opening in 1953 until its closing in 1963 It is a great piece with terrific photos,
- Running Down A Ghost: Lakeview Speedway-Lexington, NC
In spite of it's incredible success, the Lakeview Speedway on survived for a couple seasons, and joined the ranks of the Carolina Ghost Track society Nevertheless, the Lakeview Speedway played host to NASCAR's inaugural season and, consequently, shares a unique past with other notable North Carolina venues such as North Wilkesboro, Occoneechee
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