Dwight Clock (Offline)
#12
10/10/07 5:33 AM
Bloomington is at the same location, just a different track. And how did I leave Kokomo off my list?:kookoo2:
Charles Nungester (Offline)
#13
10/10/07 6:22 AM
Dizz Wilson actually had both Bloomington and LBurg built in their current forms. Both tracks were different 5/8 1/2 and someone told me once that LBurg was once in a different location prior to 52 but that Im unsure of
Chuck
Charles Nungester
Jerry Shaw (Offline)
#15
10/10/07 8:24 AM
Paragon- 1954
Haubstadt- 1957
T.H.A.T.- 1952
Jerry
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psullivan
#16
10/10/07 8:58 AM
Bloomington is in the same location and you can see the outline of the track from the stands today - I have some film clips from around 1947 to 1948 and fans sat on the hillside just like they do today
psullivan
#17
10/10/07 9:01 AM
also the Speedrome actually ran 1 race (if I remember right won by Duke Nalon) in 1945 during a brief lift of the racing ban during WWII - so they can lay claim ( there may be others out there that we don't know about) to be the longest continuously running track in the country.
FOR4
#18
10/10/07 9:55 AM
My family just recently looked at our family pictures and I saw my Dad and some of his friends at we think the Bloomington Speedway they where wearing coats and ties to a race unbelievable. He always talked about a car called the rocking chair special,who would that be?
wbr (Offline)
#20
10/10/07 10:26 AM
This is real interesting guys, here's my $.02:
Ben Hur Speedway- Crawfordsville, Indiana
Its not a sprint car track but has been holding regular races since it opened in 1961 as a flat track motorcycle track. The Karts took over in the mid 70's and the track has hosted the Indiana State Championship race every year since 1984.