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Coon Road Speedway* - aka Sherman/Wesfield. Thank you. It is just how things go, sometimes things get left behind so that better things can take their place. So if you're worried about seats more than seeing an actual show, this is the place to go. One was in Mt Holly or near Mt Holly and was used in the 1950's the other was It was built 1901-06 as part of the Jerome Park Reservoir complex. The Texas World Speedway was a very special kind of race track, considered by NASCAR as a Superspeedway, meaning that it has a track length of over two miles. Ran in the '40s and '50s. WebClay, New York. Billy Rafter finished third in that same, Not a New York track, but some interesting stuff about the North Wilkesburo (Nascar) track: And that would have been Hoods junkyard, correct? By Opening day crowd of 6,000. According to the New York Times, it was one of the most famous and charming spots in America that has ever been devoted to the interest of sport and the nursery ground of the sport of thoroughbred racing It featured a large dining room, magnificent ballroom, and clubhouse accommodations comparable to a luxury hotel. http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n13/HalSaranacLake.jpg, Schodack Center Speedbowl (aka: Ups and Downs) Schodack Center mile dirt oval (1955) located five miles from East Greenbush Speedbowl / closed by NYS Police as they raced on Sundays (violated blue law. 1/2 and 1/5 mile. The reservoir has massive elegantly crafted Roman-inspired walls and brick and stone WPA-era Art Deco gate house superstructures with stone voussoir (wedge-shaped) arches below.

When I had brown hair. Its clear these two New Yorkers are poised to be here at Buzz-a-Rama for the long haul. Haddonfield, NJ. View Track's Profile. NY | CSX , NYC , SN.

Display as a link instead, The first track is located within eyesight of exit 41 eastbound on the NYS Thruway between Birdsey Road and Route 414, about 100 yards before the exit ramp starts. I was trying to decide if the next two tracks should be included in this list. It's not always that everything falls apart in the absence of humans. My ultimate goal is to write for a living, though in particular science-fiction and fantasy novels.

I'm not sure that Dominic and rival promoter Glenn Donnelly got along. This track also closed in the 60s. Legion Speedway - Ebenezer, NY Known event ran on 10/6/35 Track completely gone. by ScottKo in RacingIn News, Track Promoters Get FREE Promotion with RacingIn.com's Track Directory and Race Dates Page Everyone who watches silently wishes they could see a crash, as they are excited at such high speeds. For the Enduro racer, the Empire State offers fifteen circle tracks with Enduro races as well as twenty nine tracks with divisions ranging from Hornet and Mini Stock to Bomber and 4 Cylinder.

According to an October 5, 1928, Long Islander article, "The new oval [track] is designed after the Ascot track in Pasadena, California, where they turn in time for the half-mile in 23 seconds." It's an oval racetrack with 8 course and a quarter-mile length. Buzz-a-Rama is one of those idiosyncratic New York City mom and pop shops you hope will never close. Description: Various length off road course, Description: 1/3 mi Clay Oval, Status unclear for 2010, Description: 1/8 mile Asphalt Drag Strip, 5/8 mile Asphalt Oval, 1/10 mile Asphalt Oval, Description: 1 mi Dirt Oval, Sadly, now demolished and gone from the racing world, Description: 3/4 mile asphalt sprint karting track, Description: 1/10 mile Asphalt Drag Strip, 1/2 mile Asphalt Oval, BRINKMANN RECORDS BEST BMARA FINISH OF SEASON No longer exists. Jerome Park Racetrack was the Sidney's grandstand bleachers are the same bleachers that now sit in Fondas fourth turn. Mentioned by outkast24 in the Share Your Stories thread on this board: http://www.terraserver-usa.com/image.aspx?mp;z=18&w=1.

The track was on the south side of Garner Road between the junctions with Sheer Road and Pond Hollow Road. The topmost view of the NASCAR races that used to take place here can be seen from the box in the above picture. It is considered among the citys finest brick facades. Fort Independence Playground, at the northwest corner of the reservoir, came under Parks Department jurisdiction in 1915. Since it has been abandoned, though, it's clear that time has not been good to this building, with pieces falling from the ceiling, glass broken out, and anything and everything else falling apart in collapse. Edgewood* - Alexandria Bay, NY.

The Morris Park Racecourse (in the Morris Park neighborhood), built by John Albert Morris, the Louisiana Lottery King, replaced the Jerome Park Racetrack, where racing ended in 1894. Circle K - aka Whitesville. It failed to perform on seat sales, paired with a big amount of issues with ownership and was left to decay in the early 2000s. Dec 6, 2006. For any car enthusiast, they know this track like the back of their hand. It was a NASCAR original, too, in operation since the very inception of NASCAR itself, and held many iconic races over the years. 2 tracks here, a 1/4 mile and 1/2 mile dirt. One thing about the track is that if you we're unlucky enough to get over the high 3rd turn wall you would go down a big ravine. Like Shuffletown, this was another rural track that was used for drag racing only its located in Kentucky as opposed to North Carolina. always trying to use the message boards, whose URL links often dry up. Ran in the '50s and '60s. The discovery of the track, and Mike stepping forward with the news that he has a direct tie with it all came about simultaneously with my divorce, so I was forced to put it on the back burner. Since he's been domesticated, it might be that he has a hard time finding food. Ran in the '30s. But then again, he seems to have made this abandoned NASCAR track his home. Dirt 1/4 mile, ran in the '40s and '50s. And it probably will. 1/3 mile dirt. It was located in a part of Westchester County, New York that was annexed into the Bronx in 1874. Oh, that is too cool!!! It's all that reigns in this abandoned raceway not many mayknow of. Weve done 14 marathons. It didn't have to end this way for I-70 Speedway outside Odessa, Missouri. 20 Thunderhill Raceway As packed as California can get, being one of the most popular states to live at in the US, theres plenty of The Board of Aldermen relented, resulting in the officially named Jerome Avenue, at 5.6 miles, one of the longest streets in the Bronx. The following race tracks in New York were found. With 12,000 students, it was said to be the largest high school in the world in 1934.

I mentioned this one in another thread a while back. So in wake of the two World Wars, the aircraft side of things took over leading to the race track's eventual abandonment. Webabandoned race tracks in new york angers asse. Image from Library of Congress. It was located in a part of Westchester County, New York that was annexed into the Bronx in 1874. Untapped New York unearths New York Citys secrets and hidden gems. The tracks are still there, but no racing on them. Most of it though does not see racing use, not surprising given how dangerous it was.

Abandoned Dragstrips: East Coast May 18, 2015 by Muscle Car DiY As we continue eastward on our trek to find the coolest abandoned drag strips in the country, the terrain becomes a little rougher, and its easy to see why it was more popular to build tracks out West. These lanes bank left into oblivion, forever more to resonate with the haunted echoes of racers and cars that no longer run laps. by ScottKo in RacingIn News, Rivalry Renewed: Lanigan & Richards Set To Face Off In 2015 As Richards Returns To Full-Time World of Outlaws Competition WebCurrently, there are forty one race tracks in New York, including ten asphalt tracks and thirty one dirt tracks. Special events in the '50s. http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n13/HalrthCollins3.jpg, http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n13/Hal/NorthRidge.jpg, Olive Bridge aka Onteara* No further information, http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n13/HalidgeOnteara.jpg, Palmyra 1* - 1/4 mile dirt.

Some of the same crowd who raced at Brookfield back then raced here: Im pretty sure this is Victoria Speedway near Dunnsville NY.

The reservoir was designed with four separate basins divided by north-south and east-west roads. WebBel Air Racetrack Benning Race Track Beulah Park racetrack Birmingham International Raceway Blue Ribbon Downs Bowie Race Track C Camp Concordia Centennial Race Track Charter Oak Park Commodore Downs Cumberland Race Track D Detroit Race Course The Downs at Santa Fe E Eureka Downs F Freestate Raceway G G. Rollie

With the invention of the automobile in the late Nineteenth century, so did the desire to turn it into a recreational sport. Untapped New York unearths New York Citys secrets and hidden gems. Last ran in 1951. Maybe Bob, Zach or someone else whos more adept at Google Earth than I am should be able to find these for better images if theyre available. Dutchess County Fairgrounds - aka Rhinebeck - 2 tracks, both dirt. Pine Bowl, which was south of Troy NY was originally a dirt track but was later paved and closed somewhere in the 1960s (Tommy Corellis used to race here): http://terraserver.homeadvisor.msn.com/imamp;z=18&w=1. Description: 1/8 mile Asphalt Drag Strip, 5/8 mile Asphalt Oval, 1/10 mile Asphalt Oval. That could prove to be a pretty bad scenario. No longer exists. While various racing championships have been held on this track, none of them have been nearly as famous as the ones covered in this article thus far. Built by Kenny Shoemaker. Everything else, for the most part, thrives and can come back to life. The track was an early URC sprint car stop when the organization was first getting going. Ive e-mailed the Sidney Historical Society to see exactly where the track was located but Ive yet to hear back from them. Another California-based race track, it has gone by other names in the past. Though the previous image demonstrates these points quite well, it isnt nearly as old as the Autodromo Nazionale Monza track in Italy. The first track is located within eyesight of exit 41 eastbound on the NYS Thruway between Birdsey Road and Route 414, about 100 yards before the exit ramp starts. Its not visible and it would be from this distance. 20 Abandoned At Sunset via fox8.com This track has seen much more life in its time than it currently has at this moment at sunset, where empty echoes reverberate off the lanes and stadium seating around the empty Of course, the convenience of the tracks locations largely depends on where one lives and what kind of car racing they offer. Lots of good info on the track is found here: http://www.geocities.com/racing20us2/columbianraceway.html, http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n13/Halhcolumbia-1.jpg. I have been told NASCAR had a "big car" race there in the '50s. The decay and abandonment are clear in this photo, with refuse piled up against the stands. You cannot paste images directly.

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The tracks are still there, but no racing on them. The Croton Aqueduct Commissioners decided to build the storage and distributing reservoir in 1884. Bob Savoie, Donnie Ackner, John Kollar and other CVRA drivers also ran as regulars. I am about 90% sure that this track was being built in Donnelly's face to spite him and nothing more. Lots of really good old pics and info on Glen Aubrey can be found here: http://midstateantiquestockcarclub.com/gleey_raceway.html, I do know a little bit about Sidney Speedway which was in the town of Sidney off Interstate 88 (northeast of Afton). Apart from its long history, the Interlagos track (also known as Autdromo Jos Carlos Pace) became famous due to being a challenging course with elevation changes and decreasing radius corners as stated by Road & Track. 20 Abandoned At Sunset via fox8.com This track has seen much more life in its time than it currently has at this moment at sunset, where empty echoes reverberate off the lanes and stadium seating around the empty http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n13/Halcanandaigua.jpg, Civic Stadium in Buffalo was very popular in it's heyday. WebJerome Park Racetrack was an American thoroughbred horse racing facility from 1866 until 1894. same goes for the picture of Bath racetrack. The original Ransomville Speedway: http://terraserver-usa.com/image.aspx?T=1&Y=23943&W=3. The Cortland Branch. Both sit back in a woods and since late summer 2006 Glen Ridge is facing towns people that forced a curfew and from what i'm hearing lately also want the track closed. The Morris Park Racecourse (in the Morris Park neighborhood), built by John Albert Morris, the Louisiana Lottery King, replaced the Jerome Park Racetrack, where racing ended in 1894. Ran a few Street Stock events in the late 80s or early 90s. This dog, for example, seems to have found a new home here. I had heard about this one as a kid, and spent quite a bit of my spare time looking for it after a non racefan fishing buddy told me about it's rumored existance. I believe it was the old Tri-County Fairgrounds but I have no idea where that was either. Michelle is the founder of Untapped New York. I remember it being built and it was open for a short time in the 1980s. http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n13/Halw/Mettowee2.jpg, http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n13/HalFairgrounds.jpg, http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n13/Halew/Midstate.jpg. http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n13/HalieldSprings.jpg. Asphalt 1/4 mile. Next to the Moose is the Volunteers of America. This was a Friday night stop for Shangri-la, Chemung and Five Mile Point stock car regulars. 3.

by ScottKo in RacingIn News, Bay Area Modifieds bringing IMCA Racing back to Emerald Coast the end 1990? The story of the Jerome Park Racetrack, its rise, fall and rebirth as a reservoir and site for institutional buildings, tells the story of a certain point in time in Bronxs history (and the city as a whole). #1. Dec 6, 2006. I know someone who used to go to the races there way back then. A couple of other defunct Southern Tier tracks that probably most people have no idea ever existed are. It also had an extensive view and is now marked by a flagstaff and bronze tablet. Jerome Park on race day, as pictured in Harpers Weekly in 1886. Abandoned Dragstrips: East Coast May 18, 2015 by Muscle Car DiY As we continue eastward on our trek to find the coolest abandoned drag strips in the country, the terrain becomes a little rougher, and its easy to see why it was more popular to build tracks out West. Considered to be One of the oldest race tracks in America, as stated by Road & Track, its certainly showing its age judging by the swerve lines in the above picture. Ran for 3 years in the 50's. Though its not as old as Brooklands, this circuit is a close second as it was built in the 1920s. The asphalt track used to be a dirt race track before 1955. This in turn led many race tracks of historical importance to be abandoned while improved ones opened elsewhere which are still available today. In 1999 US News and World Report named it as one of 96 outstanding schools in America. Some of us old fart historians, who $40 Fall Family Fun at Houston Motorsports Park TechNet SpeedFest Saturday, November 9th! This is the same for race tracks! Track served double duty as baseball park and closed when repairs to outside wall became too costly, http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n13/Haling/Corning.jpg, Coxsackie - Coxsackie, NY. Victoria* - Duanesburg, NY. There is also the North Ridge Speedway in Argyle, NY. Explore an abandoned 19th century cemetery, a unique racetrack and beautiful old growth forests at the Hyuck Preserve in Rensselaerville. I've heard people say that the property is for sale -or- has been sold, and Native Americans are looking to place a Casino there.
Lehman College sits directly behind reservoir walls. It was in back of where the Moose Club is. Parts of the railways route can still be seen today where several oddly shaped buildings were built along its right of way. Yet as cars improved over time, so did the tracks. A mobile home park occupies the property today. Then there's the composition of the photo, thoughtfully taken just after the stadium seating ends. I know the track that's pictured, however I believe it is a private track builit for training horses. This speedway hasn't seen a race in decades now, it closed in 1995.

Jerome Park Racetrack was the The first facility well be looking at has a fascinating but somewhat convoluted history. Now, there's no hope that any car could go safely around this track at two hundred miles per hour, or even at highway speeds. always trying to use the message boards, whose URL links often dry up. Now compared to Keimola, this race track in England is pretty famous in the history of car racing in general. The High Pumping Station on Jerome Avenue south of Mosholu Parkway South is an historic neo-Romanesque red brick building with a slate gable roof. There is a ball field built by the Moose Club. 1/2 mile Tri Oval. Yet in the 50s and 60s, the track wasnt doing well financially following a remodeling. Rock and Roll - Frewsburg, NY. There's something about the photography opportunities galore, the empty hollow and stories that echo silently through the space, resonating with all that once was, that is truly captivating. Bennetts Field: The track was on 5s east of Utica near the city line.



Given that this track is located on the border of North Carolina and Virginia, it makes sense that there would be sections that require the driver to make sharp turns and go uphill. Leonard Jeromes one-mile Jerome Park Railway ran from 1880 to 1906. And way, waaaaaaaaaaay back when, my grandfather once told me he used to go to the big car races as a kid in the 1920s at the Binghamton Fairgrounds which is where the Binghamton Plaza is today on State Street near downtown. Description: 1/8 mile Asphalt Drag Strip, 5/8 mile Asphalt Oval, 1/10 mile Asphalt Oval. Track completely gone. And wouldn't you know it, fellow DTD'er Mike Coleates steps forward and says it was his father and grandfather that built it. It closed in the late 60s. The city offered it to the United Nationsas a temporary meeting place. But, there hasn't been any racing in sight for years, and since then the second story wide-windowed hasn't had a view of anything. Most of it though does not see racing use, not surprising given how dangerous it was. The 1879 rapid transit routes map shows the Jerome Park Railway crossing Central (now Jerome) Avenue. In fact, it is The home of the Formula 1 Brazilian Grand Prix according to Road & Track magazine. The first facility well be looking at has a fascinating but somewhat convoluted history. But no matter what anyone calls it, its still a pretty famous race track in California. Shangri-la Speedway was built after WW2 and filled the void Campville left after it closed sometime in the 1940s. The access for the junk yard was on trolley road.

This year Buzz-a-Rama will celebrate its 55th anniversary. This was when NASCAR created race cars designed like trucks for racing purposes, and they became a big hit with races continuing into the present. Brookfield: This is another one I'm not so sure about. Next, check out the 5 tallest buildings in the Bronx. By comparison, the WeatherTech Raceway is also located in California and Marked by 11 turns on the route Road & Track says. Let's take a look at 20 abandoned racetracks NASCAR wants us to forget about. http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n13/Hal/BurdenLake.jpg, http://www.geocities.com/racing20us2/columbianraceway.html, http://maps.yahoo.com/#tp=1&tt=fort%2086876&mag=2, http://s108.photobucket.com/albums/n13/Hala1954Aerial.jpg, http://www.whowon.com/Results.asp?TrackID=;StoryID=168917. 20 Thunderhill Raceway As packed as California can get, being one of the most popular states to live at in the US, theres plenty of Elmira to Sodus Point and Canandaigua, NY. Smyrna* - Located between Smyrna and Sherburne, NY. Originally opened after World War II, it was A NASCAR mecca (or popular place where NASCAR races were held) according to Urban Ghosts before closing in the 90s. Description: 1/8 mile Asphalt Drag Strip, 5/8 mile Asphalt Oval, 1/10 mile Asphalt Oval. 1/3 mile asphalt. Anyone interested in a little NY State Racing history and education can help themselves here at this link. A total of 3,200,000 cubic yards of sand, gravel, hardpan, and solid rock was dumped and filled in to a depth of 18 to 20 feet to turn the marsh into valuable property.. NASCAR has had quite a storied history with America since the very beginning. Niagara Fairgrounds - Lockport, NY - Known event ran on 9/3/34. There was joy, laughing, camaraderie, delicious food and drink, and race cars zooming past at over 200 miles per hour. AERIAL VIEWS OF

There is nearly no trace of this once esteemed track that hosted the Belmont Stakes for over two decades.

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