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8/8/09, 8:51 AM   #28
Re: abandoned speedways
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Originally Posted by Dusty Goggles View Post
Hey guys, Don't forget the weekend right after Jungle Park is the Winchester Old Timers weekend at Winchester Speedway. Two day event. Midgets on Saturday night and Sprint cars on Sunday with a bunch of Vintage cars on the track Sunday. Oct 3-4, 2009.

On a note about some old speedways, how about the 'Hole" in Columbus, In. Careys Ranch south of Greenfield, Indian Lake NE side of Indy, and the New Castle Speedway ( not Mt Lawn) in New Castle.
Dusty
Dusty Goggles, I been tryin to get Butch to come up with the official name for the track, along Clifty Creek, at Columbus. It was called a lot of things, some not so nice, but I think the "official name" was Columbus Speedway, I know that sounds a "little" on the upside, but a lot of folks remember it as "the hole", and "the pit", which seems to fit better, but there were some good races held there. I raced there in the mid to late 50's, then sometime in the early 60's, we had a Kart race there. I was back there in the early 80's, the hillside is so grown over with briars, it's almost impossible to get down the hill, but the layout was still visible. Bob
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