Tunis Speedway--1948-1983, Waterloo, Iowa - racersreunion. com I've begun work on a book that will detail the history of Tunis Speedway in Waterloo, Iowa, a track that operated for over 35 years and produced some pretty impressive dirt track drivers, many of whom went on to bigger competitions and venues throughout the midwest Waterloo happens to be home to the world's largest tractor factory (John Deere) and many of these drivers honed their mechanical
Baltimore Areas Dorsey Speedway Moonshine Still Pre-Dated Middle . . . I know we have several wonderful RR Cracker members on our site down in the fine state of Georgia who think stock car racing and moonshine stills at stock car race tracks were both invented in Georgia With this Saturday's upcoming Middle Georgia reunion, I gotta tell y'all good folks that you are wrong on both counts 14 years before the revenooers discovered untaxed spirits being distilled at
Middle Georgia Raceway Creates Another Chapter For Its Storied History . . . Middle Georgia Raceway is snuggled within a peach orchard community called Byron, Georgia just south of Macon Since it opened it has a history of making news It seems the recently quiet but hallowed grounds that spawned great racing back in the day, a hi-tech moonshine distribution, and the 1970 Atlanta International Pop Festival are not yet ready to be written off Many who have wished the
Middle Georgia Raceway Creates Another Chapter For Its Storied History Middle Georgia Raceway Creates Another Chapter For Its Storied History This one's for the Fans Middle Georgia Raceway is snuggled within a peach orchard community called Byron, Georgia just south of Macon Since it opened it has a history of making news It seems the recently quiet but hallowed grounds that spawned great racing back in the day, a hi-tech moonshine distribution, and the 1970
Track Locations-North Carolina - racersreunion. com You'll need to look for the old Chantilly Speedway site just outside of Weldon, rather than Roanoke Rapids as listed No mention in the list of Cumberland International, the great asphalt track that hosted NASCAR events in Fayetteville where the dirt Fayetteville Motor Speedway now stands Also see no Charlotte Motor Speedway, North Carolina Motor Speedway, North Wilkesboro, Wake County
Green Hill Speedway - Mount Airy, NC - 1955 - RacersReunion Most who know stock car history know about Mount Airy Speedway, one of the first post-war stock car tracksof NC and VA that became known for where the legendary Curtis Turner began his epic racing career But did you know that the sleepy little town of Mayberry had another stock car track?On Monday July 4, 1955, ownersJimmy Robertson and the Strickland brothers, along with promoter A D Wagoner
Jacksonville Speedway Park - Gallery - racersreunion. com Speedway Park, or Jacksonville Speedway, different names for those hallowed grounds on the corner of Lenox Avenue and Plymouth Street in Jacksonville, Fl From its 1947 opening until its death in 1973, Speedway Park played a significant role in stock car racing, not only in Florida, but nationwide The NASCAR Grand National division raced at Jacksonville in 1951, 52, 54, 55, 61, finally
Ghost Track In Sanford, Maine Opened In 1950; Home . . . - RacersReunion Found this very interesting series of articles from 2008 in the Sanford, Maine newspaper about a local ghost track Seems the Sanford area was a hot bed of racing in the 1950s Part II of the story below (The Drivers) holds a surprise as it reveals the Maine track as the original home track for a member of the Georgia Racing Hall of Fame 'Friday Night Thunder'': Old Sanford Speedway
Cape Fear Spdwy. IV - Gallery - Bobby Williamson | racersreunion. com Bobby Williamson Cape Fear Spdwy IV By the 1970's Leland Raceway, near Wilmington, NC, had undergone several different promoters and names, and was operating as "Cape Fear Speedway" Also, by the 1970's the speedway had added extra fan comforts, as can be seen in this photo