Originally Posted by backitin:
We lost my heaven to progress. Flemington Fairgrounds Speedway, man I loved and miss that place. Modified country USA was what it was called, huh huh. Around mid seventys there were a couple mods weighing in at under 1400 lbs., basically sprintcars. It was great and fast, i believe the modified lap record in the seventys was 121.6 mph, on a 5/8 mile. The sportsman cars could go around without lifting and the big blocks only let off slightly. I seen great drivers do great things there and seen a couple of em killed also. I always dreamed of owning a modified and then it was possible for a working man to build one. A product from Indiana helped change the way I saw the sport, and not in a good way. That was the Grant King modified. I believe one of the first ones build was raced at flemington. Between that car and the new weld creations I knew driving a mod, probley wasnt in my future. Its when the first of the big money was getting spent, at that time there were still farmers who drove they're car to the track instead of trailering it. Anyhow back to Flemington, finally the dust was to much for the town to handle and it was paved, I never went back, neither did anyone else and now a lowes sits there.
Backitin, sounds like you missed the ISMA supermodifieds running at Flemington after it was paved. I know what you are saying special shows like that couldn't keep the place alive when the dirt crowd refused to go after it was paved. But I sure did enjoy the trips we made there to race supers.
Patti