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spade (Offline)
  #13 3/26/08 6:33 AM
For what it's worth I can recall being there for a sprint race in 1952 I think. Track was oily and we were black by the time the day was over. We stood along the fence outside turn one. Hinnershitz (sp?) I think won that day but don't hold me to that. The track is still there but barely recognizable as such. Owned at one time by the Schultz family and may still be. I think they are the same family who opened the Drive-in theater in front of the track along Eidson Road. Bill Booker a local newspaper writer and historian did some history on the track in The Greenville Daily advocate a few years back and had a huge library of information about the track. I also believe the Garst Museum has a lot of info and had Spike Iddings "Iddings Auto Parts Special" on display as well. Not sure if Mr. Booker is still living!?!? as I moved away from Darke County in 1985. Too many laps under the flagman for this guy to remember with any accuracy. I know as a twelve year old kid I was fascinated by that trip! Dave