speedway park,furys ferry road.augusta.

MICHAEL SIDENER, I CAME TO AUGUSTA IN 1953.OF COURSE THE FIRST THING I HAD TO DO WAS CHECK OUT RACE TRACKS.BILL MATHENY WAS DRIVING A CAR FOR AN OWNER IN WAYNESBORO GA.HA QUIT DRIVING A FEW YEARS LATER.I RAN THERE FROM 1954 UNTIL THE TRACK CLOSED,SOMEWHERE AROUND 1965.IT WAS A GREAT LITTLE TRACK.I HAVE A LOT OF GOOD MEMORIES FROM THERE.IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS I MAY BE ABLE TO ANSWER SOME OF THEM, FRED HARPER

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Fred, you and I will see if we can scare up some more old tales of speedway park when we get to augusta sat so rest up

Fred, didn't they run a 500 lap race on that little 1/4 mile track one time?

TONY,I DON,T REMEMBER A 500 LAPPER BUT HARVEY TOLLISON SAYS THEY HAD ONE.I DO REMEMBER A 300 LAPPER BECAUSE I RAN THIRD IN IT,JOE RIDDLE WON IT,TONY McCLELLAN WAS THIRD,ONE LAP DOWN AND I FINISHED THIRD TWO LAPS DOWN.IT WAS RUN ON A HOT SUNDAY AFTERNOON.THAT WAS A TOUGH RACE

TONY,I FOUND OUT ABOUT THE 500 LAP RACE THAT WAS RUN AT SPEEDWAY PARK.IT WAS A TEAM RACE. 2 CARS RUNNING THE SAME NUMBER.WHEN ONE WENT TO THE PITS THE OTHER CAME ON THE TRACK.JACK SMITH WON THE RACE RUNNING ALMOST ALL THE LAPS

I grew up at Speedway Park a track orginally built for Midgets and was best remembered for stock cars. My dad built the #4 Plymouth driven by Marion Hawk Geart close quater racing and fights