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DIrtshooter
@dirtshooter
04/19/23 07:23:06PM
26 posts

Mount Airy Speedway - Elusive Ghost Track Aerials


Historic Speedways and Ghost Tracks

Coordinates are N 36-30-34 / W 80-41-27 Directions: from the High school go West on NC89 to Race Track Rd turn right. Go 0.43 miles, track was behind the woodline to the right. Layout was NW-SE https://www.historicaerials.com/viewer  1948 aerial

DIrtshooter
@dirtshooter
10/20/19 10:14:40PM
26 posts

Stock Island Speedway Florida


Historic Speedways and Ghost Tracks


This is the earliest high altitude aerial that I have found dated -9 DEC 59


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updated by @dirtshooter: 10/20/19 10:15:24PM
DIrtshooter
@dirtshooter
08/14/19 11:01:54PM
26 posts

Ponderosa Speedway


Historic Speedways and Ghost Tracks

A dirt 1/2 miler that ran in the mid 60's. Leaving Oakboro, NC on NC 295 it was on the right just before Rocky River which can be seen at the bottom of the photo.


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DIrtshooter
@dirtshooter
07/20/19 10:42:50PM
26 posts

Hankinson Speedway


Historic Speedways and Ghost Tracks

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 able to find a clip of a race at Hankinson. It appears to be Langhorne. Has any of the members ran across this Hankinson Speedway in the course of their research?


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DIrtshooter
@dirtshooter
07/20/19 10:29:49PM
26 posts

Southside Park in W-S


Historic Speedways and Ghost Tracks

Auto Racing Records lists a South Side Park in Winston-Salem as a 1/4 mile dirt oval that ran "regular cars" in 1935. The only thing I can find is the old minor league baseball park with the same name. The oldest aerial does not show any trace of a dirt oval in the South Side neighborhood. 


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updated by @dirtshooter: 04/19/23 07:09:16PM
DIrtshooter
@dirtshooter
07/15/19 09:59:06PM
26 posts

Morehead City track


Historic Speedways and Ghost Tracks

I was going threw the AutoRacingRecords.com tack list or North Carolina working on my location database. I was looking for the 1/2 mile dirt oval listed as Morehead City and came across this on a Feb. 1957 aerial. It measures out @ 1/3 mile and was located on the northside of Country Club Road, between W/E Hedrick Drives and Oxford Court, 1/2 mile west of the Country Club golf course. I did a newspaper search and only found stuff for the greyhound course called Carolina Race Track on US 70. Does anyone have any info on this mystery track? 


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DIrtshooter
@dirtshooter
07/12/19 04:19:55AM
26 posts

Kings Mountain Speedway


Historic Speedways and Ghost Tracks

I am sill looking for the physical location of this track. But in the course of my research I found the following articles.


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DIrtshooter
@dirtshooter
07/11/19 11:09:39PM
26 posts

Lake Wood Speedway - Denver, NC - 1950


Historic Speedways and Ghost Tracks

I finally found a good aerial of Lake Wood in 1950.


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DIrtshooter
@dirtshooter
07/09/19 12:20:34PM
26 posts

Mystery Fayetteville 1/2m


Historic Speedways and Ghost Tracks

I have been searching for a 1/2 mile track that ran "sprints" (roadsters?) in 1937. I came across this on a 1951 aerial. This oval lies 1.5 miles due East of the current Fayetteville Motor Speedway dirt track. Does anyone have any info on the track I am looking for?


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updated by @dirtshooter: 01/18/20 05:20:38AM
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