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...
Historic Cleveland County Fairgrounds Speedway, Shelby, NC A race track of great significance in the overall history of stock car racing. Discussion Forum
Think your local highway is crowded? Try running a NASCAR Modified at South Boston (Va.) Speedway on . The top photo shows the beginning of a huge crash that took out 12 cars in the National Championship event. The bottom photo shows the Tant/Mitchell #11 coupe of Rapid Ray Hendrick seconds before it was totally destroyed. Ted Hairfield of Richmond would win the 200-lap race held...
Summerville Speedway opened up on August 26th, 1965. It wasfirst namedDorchester County Speedway, and ran 2 nights a week (Thursday , and Saturday). The trackwhen opened was a 3/8 mile clay track.
The second 300 lapper for the LMS division, on the newly configured 36 degree banked Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway-Nascar Late Model Sportsman division
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...