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7 Aug 2015, 02:02 (Ref:3564284) | #11 | ||
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While not quite as glamorous as the road courses of Europe, the Southeastern US and my home state was once littered with short dirt tracks. One from my hometown:
http://georgiaracinghistory.com/lost...hens-speedway/ Some of my earliest memories is of Athens Speedway. I went through there about 12 years ago and can't find my photos but I think they're buried on an old computer. It's actually about a mile as the crow flies from my current residence. http://georgiaracinghistory.com/lost-tracks/ Development and danger shut these all down, with probably the most famous being Lakewood Speedway, which I just realized is right next to the amphitheater (always knew it was close, but didn't know I "tailgated" so close to it decades ago). http://georgiaracinghistory.com/lost...wood-speedway/ The Peach Bowl looked really cool: http://georgiaracinghistory.com/lost...he-peach-bowl/ Damn MARTA depot now... "Skeeters" were really popular back then. Winged Modified is the only way I can describe them... Athens, Habersham, Jackson, Hollywood and Banks plus the Atlanta tracks were all within about a modern day's hour and a half drive between them all. Now, there's only a handful left across the entire state. I need to get to a dirttrack soon! |
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