Bobby Williamson
Columbus Speedway
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 spectators, with one fatal injury.
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The series returned agained returned, and the overflow spectators, to chicken-wire protected Columbus Speedway for the season ending and the 1948 championship deceiding event. Fonty Flock and Byron had battled all season for the top spot, with Red Byron finally emerging victorius.
Little remains of the old speedway, it's a true ghost. It's indicated on a 1985 topo-area map, and the faint evidence can be seen in the aerial photos
