Originally Posted by Ancrdave:
Thanks for the info... I lived on Hannah St. not far from South Anthony Speedway... I could lay in bed at night with the window open and listen to the race cars... Only went there once, probably in 57-58... I was only 5-6 years old at the time... My dad preferred the racing at the "big" track... I'm sure there have to be some old newspaper articles/photos still out there from Ft. Wayne... I've been able to find a lot of stuff on South Anthony...
Jeepers, Dave. I had already thought that I had given you a ton of photos and articles about it, almost exactly as above, LOL.
You didn't lose that stuff already, have you?
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And another thing, here. Speedway drive, as it is sits today, is currently located almost exactly down the old frontstrech of the Fort Wayne Speedway.
I have read somewhere a long time ago, (and this may not be entirely true,) that the 84 Lumber that is/was there, was the first 84 Lumber ever built, was so named after the average speed of the cars around the Old Track.