Dayton speedway?

SUPERDUKE · 4/16/09, 6:30 AM

Just want to ask how many on here every seen a race a dayton speedway?

cecil98 · 4/16/09, 7:17 AM

been to dayton many times. saw sonny ates set the world record in the Iddings car, saw parnelli, AJ etc and i guess i attended the most races during the larry & gary show era and, for some reason, i remember being impressed with a guy by the name of cy fairchild during the larry & gary era.

SteveE · 4/16/09, 7:44 AM

I seen many.

fifthwheel · 4/16/09, 7:51 AM

Saw Herk sail out into the trees probably about 1960 or 61

Racerrob · 4/16/09, 7:51 AM

I remember the track and the steep rutted drive to the pits.

Rob Hoffman

Gifford G Solem · 4/16/09, 7:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SteveE

I seen many.

I started in 1960, when I moved here from Wisconsin, and watched sprint cars and midgets race up to it's closing.

Seadog · 4/16/09, 8:09 AM

Saw many races there. One of my last memories of the track is when Gary B. set a new qual record of 16 seconds flat in the Ace Nut & Bolt Special (my recall faculties are off more and more so feel free to correct me.)

We mostly stood in the infield and watched.

:crying:Those were the days.:crying:

FishBurger · 4/16/09, 1:19 PM

Oldtimer that I am, I also watched many great races there. My favorite might have been the Jan Opperman win in the Longhorn Racers (or somethin' like that) car. Until then I had thought of Opp as pretty much a "dirt only" guy, not that there is anything wrong with that. :wink Sonny Ates in the Iddings car was breathtakingly fast there. :eek:

Gregg · 4/16/09, 1:39 PM

Saw several races. In the late '60s we would see a race there. A week later we would watch the same race on TV a week later on Dayton's channel 22.

SUPERDUKE · 4/16/09, 2:39 PM

I seen my first race in 1946! We used to go to all the roaring roadsters on the 1/4 mile and all the big car races! First time i seen lloyd ruby he was driving a midget on the half mile dirt at the bottom of the high banks! A night race!

4/16/09, 6:30 AM	#1 Dayton speedway?
SUPERDUKE Banned Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 2,256	Just want to ask how many on here every seen a race a dayton speedway?

4/16/09, 7:17 AM	#2 Re: Dayton speedway?
cecil98 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 1,399	been to dayton many times. saw sonny ates set the world record in the Iddings car, saw parnelli, AJ etc and i guess i attended the most races during the larry & gary show era and, for some reason, i remember being impressed with a guy by the name of cy fairchild during the larry & gary era.

4/16/09, 7:44 AM	#3 Re: Dayton speedway?
SteveE Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 102	I seen many.

4/16/09, 7:51 AM	#4 Re: Dayton speedway?
fifthwheel Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 24	Saw Herk sail out into the trees probably about 1960 or 61

4/16/09, 7:51 AM	#5 Re: Dayton speedway?
Racerrob Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 237	I remember the track and the steep rutted drive to the pits. Rob Hoffman

4/16/09, 8:09 AM	#7 Re: Dayton speedway?
Seadog Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 2,136	Saw many races there. One of my last memories of the track is when Gary B. set a new qual record of 16 seconds flat in the Ace Nut & Bolt Special (my recall faculties are off more and more so feel free to correct me.) We mostly stood in the infield and watched. :crying:Those were the days.:crying:

4/16/09, 1:19 PM	#8 Re: Dayton speedway?
FishBurger Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 4,356	Oldtimer that I am, I also watched many great races there. My favorite might have been the Jan Opperman win in the Longhorn Racers (or somethin' like that) car. Until then I had thought of Opp as pretty much a "dirt only" guy, not that there is anything wrong with that. :wink Sonny Ates in the Iddings car was breathtakingly fast there. :eek:

4/16/09, 1:39 PM	#9 Re: Dayton speedway?
Gregg Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 3,941	Saw several races. In the late '60s we would see a race there. A week later we would watch the same race on TV a week later on Dayton's channel 22.

4/16/09, 2:39 PM	#10 Re: Dayton speedway?
SUPERDUKE Banned Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 2,256	I seen my first race in 1946! We used to go to all the roaring roadsters on the 1/4 mile and all the big car races! First time i seen lloyd ruby he was driving a midget on the half mile dirt at the bottom of the high banks! A night race!