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old time Hoosier (Offline)
  #22 6/22/09 5:52 AM
The Velodrome Midget Speedway ran until 1948. In 1949 as kids we used to 'race' our bicycles around the abandoned asphalt oval. It was on Burlington Pike about a 1/2 mile east from the five points intersection. It has been many, many years since I was in the area but my recall of the location was NOT where the trailer park is now located. It was where the building that housed the produce market and banana cooler was located. I remember the track being behind that building and to gain entrance to the track you had to drive around the building. After we were finished 'racing' our bicycles we would sneak inside the cooler and 'borrow' a handful of bananas.