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Toledo Raceway Park. A full time horse track and a part time auto racing track in the late 50's and early 60's. Horses finish up this summer and it goes dark for good. Toledo Speedway became the full time speedway for us in the early 60's. My Dad and I stood in the first turn the day they laid down the asphalt that we know today. The cars back then were modified stock cars, super modifieds/super sprints and then the late model stock cars. Drivers included Rollie and Al Beale, Leo Caldwell, Johnny White, Benny Rapp, Dick Good, Tom York, Gordon and Nolan Johncock, Jerry Nemire, Sam Sessions, Johnny Logan, and so many more. From this start in racing we began to follow Rollie Beale throughout Ohio and Indiana as he took to the IMCA and USAC trail. Great thread! It forced me to go back and look at all of those old programs and ball point pen autographs from that era.
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Last edited by Will Shunk; 6/26/13 at 5:47 PM.
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